Ooh, fun topic. Here's the opening and closing sentences of Anne Bishop's The House of Gaian:

Ashk, Brentenwood's Lady of the Woods, wandered the familiar woodland trails of her Clan's Old Place.

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Feeling Lyrra's hand slip into his, Aiden smiled.

--edited by Amber Wolfe on 5/27/2015, 2:04 PM--