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asked for

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-

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something she recognized from ever

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-

he stone walls in gold, crimson banners rippling from the ceiling, the ancient sc

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the ceremony to o

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e kind of stillness that wasn't peace but controlled force. His eyes were pale grey and

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spoke the

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urora couldn't fe

mbness like cold water - and she understood that this was what it felt

rowd

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voice c

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everything - no hesitation, no backward glance, no visible evi

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would not run. She would not stumble. She would give

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o the cold night air be

-

against the stone w

back against the stone and stared up at th

both hands o

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hat had no single location because it was everywhere at once. Her wolf keened

d down

and let the first tears fall silently, pressing her ha

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g to be another

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the cold to move

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