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ght through her flimsy clothes. She shivered violently,

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*I've transmigrated,* she realized, her chest tightening. *Into a beas

or bridges, calculated building loads, argued with contractors on job sites more times than she could count. She knew how to build the sturdiest structure w

ce booming over the murmuring crowd. "If you don't have a partn

s crisscrossed their faces. Their eyes, greedy and predatory, locked onto

rambled backward, her shoulder blades hitting the rough stone of

s of bodies. She needed someone who wouldn't hur

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od a figure. He leaned against the moss-covered stone, his posture slum

riel's memories whispered. E

fabric. He clapped a hand over his mouth. When he pulled it away, dark red blood stained h

g their features. They shuffled away, leaving a w

rn in her lungs, and pushed herself off the wall. She ignored the three

er back to the wind, she used her thin body t

gray-blue, cold and guarded, like chips of ice. He

was steady. She raised her right hand, dust clinging to h

w that only he could hear it over the noise of the square. "

He looked at her outstretched hand, then slowly examined her body. S

le touched his pale lips. He raised his hand, his finge

was brief

d out a worn parchment and a charcoal stick. With rough

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ept across the square. Laughter and jeers echoed between

. She turned her head, met Elvin's gaze,

hand, his arm trembling as he struggled to stand straight with his tall

g elbows, the spitting, and the whispered insults. They descended the muddy and slippery slope, leavi