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hie
felt cold against
, the slight tremor running t
s raised their glasses, their voices booming in celebration of the full moon. Luna Rosal
ton, and I hid in the most in
and. Her palm was
way. They were like tiny, sharp stones-pity from some, conte
They passed over laughing couples and boisterous warri
le spread across
ousin, Mina. A flicker of fear crossed Mina's face, b
ss of dark red juice
eading fo
ner. Just as she drew level with my
her lips, and the gla
he arc of the glass, the dark red
e pristine white silk of
bloomed across the fab
screeched
ver the hall.
ek cut through
er fingers trembling as
rington! You! Y
d fell to her knees. "Luna, it wasn't me, I swear-I
aught in my throat, but a hand
rr, stood behind me.
as ice. His eyes were fixed on Rosalind,
swung, and the crack of her palm against m
f my mother's dark hair
ind commanded, her voi
ppled through the crowd
burned my eyes. I bit my
d, her body contorting in humiliation as she actuall
it. A flash of something in her eyes. Not fe
, washed away by
icked out, her heel connecting with my
spat. "Don't
or like a sack of grain and dragged us both from the hall,
damp, cramped room. He didn't even look at my m
d eyes
s voice flat, devoid of any emo
g the words hang
Scott. He needs a political match to app
finger at m
"You are the b
of my mother's humiliation vanished, replace
bein
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