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avy breath and sq

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fternoon with a bowl of warm broth,

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knuckles turned white. Swallowing the bitter lump

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nd covered her co

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lace. I walked into the hospital restroom, looked at the dark circles

red my nose and chin, then pushed a pair of thick,

ize before faces, I pulled out a bottle of pungent herbal masking spray and mi

xchanged a quick nod with Maya in the hallway and

s, I stepped out of the station outside

gowns strolled down the paved walkways. Pulling my hood low over my glasses, I blended into a gr

d Auditorium, two girls in cocktail dresses hurried pa

ett is personally escorting hi

thudding hard against my ribs. I shook my head sharply to clear the me

rand Auditorium, flanked by two rows of burly pack

nt oak tree thirty yards away, scanning th

ain drive and stopped at the base of the red carpet. The crowd

d black suit, his sharp, cold features looking carved from ice under the brigh

dazzling silver-sequined gown and looped

ront steps, I pulled my hood down to my eyebrows, crouched low behind the manicure

I reached for the metal doorknob, only for the toe of my sneake

forward into the dark-only to slam straight into a ch

p suit jacket, and a cold, overwhelm

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rough the thin cotton of my hoodie, clamping hard around

opped from above, thick wi

smell like

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e hell