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n't s

hrough the glass window, scattering shards like raindrops across the floor. The ribbon

didn'

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oice. "What-

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ut, scrawled in

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at

to a

know what that

to feel like I di

ndered the

oughts echo louder than your footsteps. I found myself near the we

g wrong with that

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un a

sed, his voice sharp. "I told y

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en stepped closer. "The west wing h

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the dreams

in a white field, soaked in blood. She held a bl

, the cast

me, but her

p chokin

he hearth. The sheets were damp

k the covers

blood on

across m

to the skin,