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oon glowed faintly beneath her fingertip

for your help,

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t what you call this? Kidnapping me from t

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words settled betwee

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but steady. Her voice fir

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an in healer robes stepped in-s

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th into warm herbs. "You're lucky," she whispered. "Mo

eart stutte

ic," the woman said. "It burns from the in

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ved. She felt like a pris

t by the window. Shivana sat on the edge

asked, "What

. "Until we figure out h

f I re

hen the curse will de

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n in love, Alpha?"

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nown loss," she said. "And yo

answer for a

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them could ru

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