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and crashed sideways

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d aimed straight for

reacted to being startled. It

f the shed when a scream

cious baby, what

uniform of an Upper Camp maid rushed in

l maid of the eighteen-year-old

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found a small patch of missing fur on Sn

around and glared at

hy wolfless trash, how

steady and met

face first. I o

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rp laugh, her eyes

gift from Her Majesty the Dowager Queen! Even if it

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plenty of dogs like her, bullying

breath on her. I moved the b

mplaint, take it

right

k the doorway, clearly not ex

nd looked me up and d

o can protect you? She's nothin

d lowered her voice,

who took the blame for Ruby. I heard you stol

t sank

empire's cold-blo

ready made plenty of enemi

t answer, Nora grew

d hurt my cat. Trash like yo

lder hard into mine and walked

g shoulder, my ey

nister Arthur Bender, and t

e was a pi

bottom, with no power

the situation here a

and walked quickly toward t

the courtyard, its gray stone

eps to the library doors and began swee

ept an eye on th

d scholars and young nobles, along with

good place to ga

tter of steel armor cam

in the courtyard

weeping and

ared in the courtyard, surrounding a tal

se, I could feel the terrifying A

at the air almost

ately retreated to both sides of the path, lowe