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a stranger, slow a

chest. Sleep had come in fleeting bursts, her dreams plagued by fragments-her brother's laugh, fire cr

e room, he looked like

turning to face him. "Real ones.

agr

d at him,

added. "Someone who knew your famil

d an eyebr

she's dangerous. Half-mad. And s

at Aria's lips. "Sounds l

he window, where the mist

watched the trees blur past. Though it was daylight,

ge wrapped in ivy and bones. Literally. Small a

y this is a good id

er once," Lucian said

t skipped.

wer, the door creak

es flickered in blue flames. At the center of the room sat a

woman rasped. "The dead

d. "I'm no

something rides your soul. And

forward. "Tell

ded her hand tow

dded ca

d fingers on her forehea

saw herself-no, her past self-standing in a red dress, eyes glowing with a wild, inhuman

rld," he whispered. "

nd so unlike her current vo

er away. "Don't listen to him,"

ion sha

ent, gasping for air. Her hands tremble

u see?" he a

e blinked back tears. "And Zane-he off

"The night you died, you didn't just die. You we

how?" Lucian

"A piece of her soul was severed. St

restored?"

ed. "But only by confron

down her sp

The one who raised you after deat

is breath. "She's be

id, voice like wind through le

spine stiffening. "

led off and gave Lucian a strange look. "You've always been her tether, w

have," he s

to him, stun

wed your scent too late. Zane attacked. He knew I would come for yo

Go now. But remember-your soul is a mirror.

ind howled lou

out the window in silence. "D

the engine. "

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would've d

ill w

own the road that day, Aria felt the

ar hadn't