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at the photograph in my hands.

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stop it, depending on which way the stars fell." His voice sounded far awa

u betra

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wasn't alone. That I'd help her. But when t

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voice cracked, fury risin

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the guardian. She

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came t

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tars move behind my eyelids and waking up with w

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r shoulders like they felt something was watching them. Even the teachers seemed off, especially Profess

slammed her tray

. Wanna unpack that, or are we just

, Naomi. Normal packed a

etrayed your past self and now he's, what, tryi

aus

elieves he's different now. But the other

what's our

kered above us. The air buzzed. Like s

oed from do

forgotten, and rus

rridor, faces pale, eyes wide. I pushed through th

outside the Hall of

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as tr

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mirror cracked with a high-pitche

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ntil I felt the burn across my arms. Silver light

ared, wi

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in my hoodie, was a ma

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ll happened?

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by the Headmistress herself. No on

mi said, "s

ked at me,

her, di

na's trapped be

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o find the other relics. If they've

upted. "There ar

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h. "Cool. So now it's a

s face d

's already using the relics to force

d do that

licked to

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know,"

knew h

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somethi

to the mirro

scrying glass buried beneath a broken tile. It

ing, I whispe

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her voice-just a

m, Lyra. He's no

hissed as it hit the flo

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in the shadows

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went dry

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wore the constellation

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