Love's Haven (2005)
“He knew the easiest routes up the slab, where balance and friction were more essential than brute strength. And he knew the more challenging paths that followed the natural line of cracks. These required such techniques as smearing, edging, clinging and fist-jamming. He had often gone up the cliff alone; he had led skilled companions; he had guided groups of novice climbers. More than once, he had successfully free-soloed the cliff using neither rope nor equipment. He was never careless nor cas...ual, but he understood the soaring wall of stone so well it seemed like a comfortable old friend.
Yet to Mara—standing beside him in the ruins of the adobe house—the precipice represented death. He understood that, too. And for the first time in his life, another person’s feelings mattered more than his own.
“I have updated my will,” he told her quietly. In his arms, he held Mara’s baby, a soft, cuddled bundle who knew no better than to trust him instinctively. “Two weeks ago in Las Cruces I met with my lawyer to discuss the situation.MoreLess
Yet to Mara—standing beside him in the ruins of the adobe house—the precipice represented death. He understood that, too. And for the first time in his life, another person’s feelings mattered more than his own.
“I have updated my will,” he told her quietly. In his arms, he held Mara’s baby, a soft, cuddled bundle who knew no better than to trust him instinctively. “Two weeks ago in Las Cruces I met with my lawyer to discuss the situation.MoreLess
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