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between his fingers, "you know you

g a strand of silver hair behind her ear. "You've got your ow

ike to think of it

spilled dog kibble on

soul," he replied sole

Finn could respond with another line of sarcasm,

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he moment she stepped inside, her cheerful demeanor sharpened into focus.

he horizon. Ivy stepped out of the clinic and into the cool air of early October. The s

slung over one shoulder, h

tram station?" he as

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ably the only person in this whole town who s

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ade you feel watched. Ivy tugged her coat tighter around her, her breath fogging in the crisp air. She wa

stories of gray stone, dark wood shutters, and ivy creeping

de, the scent of old herbs

came Elias's voi

aid, locking

hanging from a hook. Shadows pooled in the corners.

lean and wiry, with deep creases on his face that made him look older than his mid-forties. His hai

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tient," Ivy replied. She s

red toward the side table wher

inwardly.

e murmured,

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as said flatly. "You'v

swer. Because

forehead to her knees. Her dreams had been strange lately-shifting skies, glowing wolves, s

, she sometimes swore s

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r, though no one would mistake them for close. Where Ivy was warmth and awkward grace, Celeste was cold elegan

leste?" Ivy asked, to

u not to skip your potion again

did

rror and adjusted her lipstick. "We ca

gue. "Is there

remind you-you're not here to act l

here for fi

till smiling. "And yet, yo

el and left. The scent of expen

on the ceiling. She reached for

Got ho

Took the bi

arly. You sou

t Monday

out the window. The moon was high,

pressed at the b

listened to the tickin

didn't quite m

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