The Vessel's Awakening: Seven Bound By Fate.

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ot be lef

ertainty. The same one who had first

r voice cut in, sharp as a blade, laced with quiet amuseme

frustration igniting in my chest. I clenched my fingers, feeling

voice murmured, thoughtful, cautious.

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ready," some

came the reply. "She must l

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deciding

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, though no less firm. "They are the most like

er," another countered, voice thick with

new voice interjected. "They would not

ood Moon Pack is already at war with itself. They would

the Va

being in existence in the hands of creatures who

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have no

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and something sharper, someth

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ed as I tried to push myself upright, my fingers scraping against damp stone.

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ess in the air, a tension in the way they stood. I should

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my hair as I was wrenched upward, a

around her

mouth, but n

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