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those final words before

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fresh bread and roasted meat from the kitchen below filled the air. Outside, bi

the Blood

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ands trembling. Rushing to the mirror, she stopped

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, love-struck Luna who had sacrificed ever

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with a small smile. "Y

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hesit

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needed t

this wasn't some

as she approached. Warriors sparred in the

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palms as memories of he

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breath, she st

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hing flickered across his

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sweat from his brow. "Did

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widened. "

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feigning innocence.

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man he had once been before Lilith had poisoned hi

was unr

to be

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eyes at her words. For a momen

o

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deepened. "Then maybe we should

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