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e her with storm-wet hair and eyes that looked like sunlit amber thr

u?" she asked finally, her v

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u oppos

is rule with violence. So I ran. He branded me a traito

w breath. "So y

lickered in his eyes

"About men who turned into wolves. Spirits of the fore

mething like awe. "Most hu

st humans,"

ist clung low to the ground. Something rustled at the

head turning slightly.

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r scent is sharp-bitter with blood and ash.

prickled. "W

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t leavi

. "If they cat

've lived in fear most of my life. I'm done running. You said

something unreadab

now what you

e said. "Tell me w

en, slowly,

es, I'll take you into the forest. There

d already crossed a threshold. The world she thought she knew was gone-swallo