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oh, Moon Goddess,

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pered, "The mist

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far end of the room opened-softly,

ward me instinctively, shielding me as if

my neck a

e of raven curls that framed a face too sharp, too cruelly beau

voice like poisoned ho

he women beside me pressed lower to the ground, their fear palpable,

the hardwood. She looked down at me, her eyes glittering with malice, and for

wisted v

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e sharp bite of her perfume. "Death doesn't excuse insolence

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und the words. "I don't kno

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o my face. His

owed them down. Every instinct screamed

. "No matter. Whether you remember or not

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ickering there before she mask

rning on her heel and storming out,

s exhaled in shaky unison. One of them g

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