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grandparents' ancient china on the table and crossing he

ed her, her dark hair

to look at thei

ve read about Nick, Ralph and E

" Violet

, shaking her head in mock disappointme

ndfather

eyes. "Because Gram,

chuckled. "

ir grandmother nodded. "Nicholas is devastated and I can only imagine his despair. He does not deserve it. He was so much fun and to have Sophia taken away from him ruined him for go

gie as a League of Fo

very distra

elf for what happened to

Sophia's brother, is in Willowfair to distract Oseg

randmother sai

e bandit ever, finds a woma

"Or did she live?" she added, hopefully looking at their

composed herself, pulling at the sleeves of her dress. Shifting in her seat, she reached for

h their grandfather who gav

y were starting to fear that their grandmother would stop her storytelling. They were going home in twenty-four

olet gentl

ished I would never have to retell t

ell. "Oh, God, i

his head. "I would not say so, bu

n't mind. I just want

to look at their gra

h's story starts with the Forest L