REJECTED BY FATE, CURSED BY PROPHECY

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ted her h

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near the door,

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her. "You think this

save th

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nswered. "You can hate me, but you

d forward. "This

said. "The pack believ

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aid. "When you den

terly. "So now I mus

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lking," her

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ght, the coun

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did not close

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her from behind

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rapped

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kept w

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hose n

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die anyway," he

r cried.

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