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was lucky

sed to get. Omegas didn't get Alphas-not unless the mo

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at f

aughed. My mother dropped the ceremonial offering pla

platform beneath the oath tree, Alpha Cian sta

red oncebrie

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d, voice steady. "It is flaw

didn't cry. I d

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three d

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rong on a

dy wanted to turn back even though my spirit had al

something

belong to the

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then, I d

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coin I'd hidden in my boot since I was twelve. They

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rain. The fireplace barely warmed the sp

had first appeared. It was still there faint, like a memory. It didn't hurt anymore,

ad been b

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her

slower. In

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stood on th

over one brow. Eyes li

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an inch "And

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atter," he said. "But if you want to li

and disappear

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open it r

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was short. Br

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ites. No bo

enough to silence his council and fulfill an

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tormveil didn't fe

like a c

the firelight. On the back, scraw

storm. Come before i

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packs. Not just

m

indow, watching the fog roll over the fie

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