Twice Marked, Twice Chosen

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bani

a bell struck in rage. Banishment. No

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s bruising my arms. My legs scraped against the palace ston

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m not to take me. Her prayers ripped thr

idn't even get to say goodbye. I didn't get

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d me tighter than the ro

he pack houses. Past every piece of th

eamed: You're

red: You were neve

ce where pack land e

ross stones and roots, pain erupting i

boun

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ed it..

he Forbidden sw

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ness li

ence. On

st the tree. My nails dug into the bark,

name tasted like ash. His reje

sn't I

dn't h

the ceremony. Right

never hope

to the voice that s

spec

ch

lo

ken and desperate. But I couldn't turn back. I couldn't l

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