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brushed against a thin, crisp fold of paper. I pulled it out. It was a

I smoothed it out on

handbag. The price was listed in stark, black ink-a figur

nd retreated into the da

, concealing myself in the

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and the driver's

as K

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passenger

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out and drew her into the small, dry circle

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her head up and pressed h

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spirit is fierc

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from the window and s

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his Alpha aura, attempting a pos

s words slightly slurred.

king a great show of strugglin

maintain the image of a

self to wal

e against the physical

him, to seek the soul's pe

ind was

d grabbed his ar

the electric current, the spark th

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p you," I s

a sloppy, man

cket pocket and pulled out a

ersary," he said, holding

closer, the

senses, and the scent of a

rain and his natural pine sce

ent, sweet fl

stakable claim that had been pressed into his ve