cks in the window. My clothes smelled like pine and fear, and the bite of iron

reaked open, I

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veryone in this curs

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d, rubbing my sore wri

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me the bedtime s

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I asked, bitterness

viv

fang den. Wolves watched us from the shadows, their eyes glinting in the torchlight. N

cked chair like a king on his throne. He looked up, those storm-gray

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r rip your

and sharp. "La

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ing if that river isn't cleans

pat. "Out of the goodnes

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a bargain

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te him. I wanted to taste blood and victory and freedom. But

whispered. "Your pride,

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think what wil