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battlefield that did not exist on any map. The mission had been scrubbed, the bodie

was a

oman knew

her like a living organism. She had not seen Lucien in six years-not since she had dragged his bleeding body thro

landed with a p

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. "Everyone," she repli

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said calmly. "And end with whoever

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