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adn't summoned her for days after the forest trial. The mark he'd seared into her arm had healed into a ring of silv

ow, and the room seemed

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ross his mouth. "There is always a

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ou, Elara. Her voice called to you acr

"That doesn't mean

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you will learn. There are things older than kings, Elara. Older

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tonight. You will learn to survive our world. To hear what the

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