ra

l box of pastries, then reached into her purse and pulled out a solid

miled sweetly. "Buy yourself some

ut before I

bol of charity given to beggars

ad was blocked by human construction, forcing me

down a familiar r

lace stood a massive Gothic hotel, the Blo

uncil, Serena clinging to his arm. They were discussing the Ma

ows of an alley, holding my

the wind

apped up, golden eyes piercing the

his gaze. A tremor of pure instinct ran down m

heartbeats. Then I turned my back and walked

tirred for the first time in a year-and I knew w

t a flicker of something he'd sp

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