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its hilt. And now, another shimmered faintly just beneath her

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id he meant

res would dream her

ld be the thing they

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knife, tucking it into her wais

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ome pull inside her chest. She didn't know what she was looking for.

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low and shar

her step back

care who

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and went to the knife. She pulled i

y ba

rowed slightly. "

stiff

sked, circling her now like a predator. "He kept you bli

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opping in front of her. "You are fate's mistake and it

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not with rage-someth

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ike that,

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go home t

Forest. It had been abandoned years ago, but the view reached beyond the tree

sharper up

where Kai

re," he said, stepping onto th

more," she muttered.

ailing beside her.

no

Kai admitted. "But he's older than most

ou were protecting me. But why?

he wind tossed his hair into

said finally. "I didn't want a mate chos

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nd for the first time, Aris saw

oice too," he said. "Even i

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home, she found a letter

g. Just one line, writ

or the world wil

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sn't afraid of

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