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stone felt cold on her hands. Sh

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alked over and looked at the grave.

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said. "Someone hid this. They

didn't speak, but he held his sword

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rave. Big ones. Bare feet. But the to

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buried here," she sa

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foot

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ked out of

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heart

she wh

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out his sword

say something,

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