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door, she heard muffled voic

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it's Cassandra

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voice.

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continued. "And you'll lose e

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spoke

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them, Eva crossed the room t

ut someone named Cassandra,

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itted. "But if she is, she's

hing her cheek. "Listen to me, Eva -

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I'm worth savin

darkened. "Beca

k of something old, something aching. It made her

t the door made

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dered. "I want eyes on every tre

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could stop herself, s

reath. She hadn't meant to say it - it had

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when he spoke. "That

world

ut Alexander caught he

back," she whispered,

r didn't

he knew the storm wa