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March 07, 2024 02:19
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Epilogue
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98.5%
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Home is wherever you are.
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March 07, 2024 02:10
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Chapter 50
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93.5%
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“I don’t want my magick. I want you.”
“Cat, you can have both.” He goes back to loosening the rope.
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March 07, 2024 02:07
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Chapter 50
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92.1%
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Caerus was Alastor’s brother
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Thereeeee we go
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March 07, 2024 02:06
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Chapter 50
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92.0%
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He’d used it to possess Alastor’s magick for years.
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March 07, 2024 02:05
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Chapter 50
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91.4%
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The archaemon wants my magick? Why? He already has more than anyone.
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March 07, 2024 02:04
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Chapter 49
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91.1%
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“Relax,” he tells me. “We have a while yet before we can finish this.”
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I FREAKING CALLED IT I KNEW IT
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March 07, 2024 02:04
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Chapter 49
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91.1%
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What in Sun’s Light was in that tea? Remi’s voice shouts. Skonia?
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March 07, 2024 02:03
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Chapter 49
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90.4%
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“The forest. Nice and quiet. No one to bother us. There’s a hilltop where you can see the Moon’s rise. Common spot for lovers. Not that that’s us.”
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March 07, 2024 02:02
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Chapter 48
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89.6%
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“You say that, and yet here I am. Here we are.”
“For now.”
Simon pulls my face to his. “For always.”
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March 07, 2024 02:01
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Chapter 48
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89.3%
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“She wants to see me tomorrow afternoon, too
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There’s always ulterior motives and she could be working with Caerus
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March 07, 2024 02:01
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Chapter 48
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89.2%
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“I don’t think I can think of anything more evil than that.”
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Bet
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March 07, 2024 01:59
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Chapter 47
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87.8%
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Caerus shakes his head slowly. “Such a shame.”
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I know it’s you you loser
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March 07, 2024 01:58
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Chapter 47
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87.1%
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“We can’t risk him giving any of our secrets away
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YOUR secrets
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March 07, 2024 01:57
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Chapter 47
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86.5%
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He tumbles off Simon and onto his back, grabbing at his shattered jaw as though he could put it back together, writhing in pain until it overwhelms him, and his body goes limp.
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That was anticlimactic
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March 07, 2024 01:26
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Chapter 46
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86.0%
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When I refocus on the carving trees, Alastor is staring right at us.
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Okay so I may have been wrong … but Caerus is definitely involved I promise you
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March 07, 2024 01:21
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Chapter 44
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83.6%
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They are who Eleanor and her friend will become.
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Yeah until Philippa and Ct show up as better options
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March 07, 2024 01:10
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Chapter 43
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81.6%
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Crown of fire, she lied to me. That corpse-cutting bitch.
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March 07, 2024 01:09
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Chapter 43
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81.0%
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she could use this stone to take my magick for her own, finally making her stronger than Caerus.
Making her archaema.
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Okay this makes sense but… still
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March 06, 2024 22:41
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Chapter 42
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78.5%
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#DFC
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I’d really rather not discuss this in bed; it should only be a place for pleasant things.
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Making out is not pleasant
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March 06, 2024 20:15
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Chapter 41
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77.9%
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“I have my doubts a window or sculpture of me like this would be appreciated in the Sanctum.”
“That’s a shame; it would convert me.”
“Blasphemy.”
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March 06, 2024 20:14
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Chapter 41
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76.7%
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“Not mine. Not a second of them.” Simon tilts his head to the side a little. “Though she did say if I didn’t make it believable, she would.”
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March 06, 2024 18:08
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Chapter 40
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75.2%
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but he doesn’t live in the Londunium Quarter
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Boooooooo
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March 06, 2024 14:53
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Chapter 36
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68.4%
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“But Caerus is working very hard to make you hate me, telling me to take you to see for yourself what ‘I did.’ On his orders, he neglected to mention.”
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March 06, 2024 14:51
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Chapter 36
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67.7%
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“Yes. And he did not resist. He knew it was the only way to save himself.”
“No, because it was the only way to save me.”
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:( okay maybe she’s not lying
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March 06, 2024 14:48
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Chapter 36
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67.3%
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#DFC
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“And I think Caerus already knows what Alastor is doing,” Hespera continues. “He just doesn’t care as long as Hadrians are the ones who die.”
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March 06, 2024 14:48
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Chapter 36
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67.0%
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There’s something evasive in her manner at the mention of the archaemon
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What I don’t understand is why she’s protecting him
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March 06, 2024 14:47
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Chapter 36
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66.9%
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“Alastor had the strongest blood magick of any Selenae in generations
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… just like Cat, which is why Hespera is trying to protect her … she’s seen this before
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March 06, 2024 14:34
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Chapter 35
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66.6%
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“No, he’s not.” Her whisper cuts through my protest. “He was once one of us.”
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Is he trying to become Selenae again? Does he think Selenae are like saints?
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March 06, 2024 14:34
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Chapter 35
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66.2%
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. Why should that matter if she’s sponged everything of me from his brain?
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Because she DIDNT
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March 06, 2024 14:33
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Chapter 35
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65.9%
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Caerus has been known to eliminate those between him and what he wants or is desperate to keep
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March 06, 2024 14:31
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Chapter 34
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64.6%
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“It took considerable effort, but I managed to extract all memories of Catrin and the akademium from his mind.”
“No!” I scream. “You promised you wouldn’t do that!”
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She’s lying she’s on Cats side
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March 06, 2024 14:30
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Chapter 34
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64.1%
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#DFC
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He doesn’t remember me at all
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Oh crap someone find Simon
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March 06, 2024 14:18
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Chapter 33
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63.2%
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“It does, but my brother and I started the process when we were children.”
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Ok then this is Caerus’s brother
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March 06, 2024 14:17
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Chapter 33
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63.0%
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#DFC
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Alastor
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March 06, 2024 14:16
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Chapter 32
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62.6%
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It’s him
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Hmmm innocent until proven guilty cause Caerus is still more suspicious
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March 06, 2024 14:09
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Chapter 30
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58.7%
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“Is there anyone else who knows of this or your involvement with the investigation?”
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Is she trying to keep Simon safe? She assumes that whoever is doing this doesn’t know Simon, but if it it’s Caerus…
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March 06, 2024 14:08
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Chapter 30
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58.4%
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“He needs to see what those deaths were truly like. Maybe he’s … drawing them or something. Simon believes he was recording them.”
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He’s trying to create a real holy person?? Why would a Selenae (aka Caerus) want to follow the other religion
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March 06, 2024 14:06
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Chapter 30
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57.8%
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I’m running down the side of the building, connecting the martyrs’ tortures to the men in the woods. Not all have a victim to match, though. Not yet.
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March 06, 2024 14:06
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Chapter 30
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57.8%
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These are what the killer is imitating
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Wait that’s actually cool (in the most morbid way possible
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March 06, 2024 14:05
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Chapter 30
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57.1%
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#DFC
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Does this also mean Simon is in danger?
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Does it make me a bad person if I kind of hope so?
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March 06, 2024 14:04
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Chapter 29
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56.7%
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He will never make the same mistake again.
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Well…
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March 06, 2024 14:03
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Chapter 29
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56.4%
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But the face is not Philippa’s.
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… did Philippa kill her mother????
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March 06, 2024 14:02
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Chapter 29
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56.0%
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Not our killer, then
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You sure?
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March 06, 2024 13:58
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Chapter 28
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54.4%
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bleached white skull
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Called it
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March 06, 2024 13:56
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Chapter 28
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53.8%
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“No, because that is not what you wish to be called.”
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I told you she’s not bad
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March 06, 2024 04:34
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Chapter 27
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52.3%
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It’s almost like the wolf’s jaw was unable to bite with much force
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Like someone took a wolf skull to his arms
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March 06, 2024 04:32
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Chapter 27
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51.5%
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It means he had bites from a wolf, but they weren’t right
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Looks like someone (Caerus) is trying to make it seem like it isn’t a murder but an accident
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March 06, 2024 04:30
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Chapter 26
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50.1%
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“If you love someone it should be enough to weather whatever storms come your way.”
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March 06, 2024 03:07
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Chapter 25
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49.0%
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“The killer is Selenae.”
“Or someone who knows our secrets. I don’t know which is worse.”
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The killer is Caerus
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March 06, 2024 03:07
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Chapter 25
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49.0%
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the news will only make Caerus more paranoid.
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Facepalm
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March 06, 2024 03:06
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Chapter 24
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48.5%
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Because now I know what happened to the woman on the citadel tower.
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March 06, 2024 03:05
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Chapter 24
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48.3%
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Something in the back of my mind is nagging me
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Then you should probably figure out what it is
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March 06, 2024 03:01
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Chapter 24
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46.7%
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“Grave-digging is not a popular profession, so it’s more commonly done by those who can find no other employment.”
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March 06, 2024 03:00
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Chapter 23
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46.0%
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#DFC
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“Yes. He is well. Edward managed to protect him from … enthusiastic questioning, and will continue to do so.”
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March 06, 2024 02:56
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Chapter 22
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44.0%
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#DFC
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“Why did this stop working and then recover its magick?”
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Maybe it was a Catrin issue and she was poisoned or something
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March 06, 2024 02:55
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Chapter 22
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43.4%
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I startle at Hespera’s voice in my head, then realize there’s a small fresh cut on her thumb, oozing blood into the soft light
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She did it on purpose to help Cat
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March 06, 2024 02:52
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Chapter 21
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41.9%
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How had I not smelled it?
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My guess is that special stone that Caerus has is used to void hadrians or something
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March 06, 2024 02:48
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Chapter 21
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39.8%
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Curses I’ve never heard in my life fall from Simon’s lips as he releases the woman’s arm and steps back.
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That’s why there were no guards … and probably why Caerus had an “urgent meeting” earlier
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March 06, 2024 02:40
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Chapter 20
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38.6%
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#DFC
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Simon is keeping something from me?
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It’s not whatever she thinks
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March 06, 2024 02:33
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Chapter 18
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36.3%
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Simon being wrong about the killer is bad for all of us, not just him. I suggest he prove his worth, and quickly
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That’s why Caerus picked a woman … it loses Simons credibility
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March 06, 2024 01:54
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Chapter 17
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34.5%
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Flowers embroidered with golden thread gleam in the sunlight, the vines making the letters AA in several places. There’s only one reason the woman would have this. “She killed the tailor?” I gasp.
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Nah it was planted
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March 06, 2024 01:53
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Chapter 17
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34.4%
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It’s clear that she was the one who did this to the man
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No he’s definitely lying bout that
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March 06, 2024 01:53
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Chapter 17
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34.4%
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“Execution, maybe before she even wakes. Tomorrow is their Sun Day, however, so likely the next day.”
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Trying to kill her so she can’t tell her story
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March 06, 2024 01:44
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Chapter 16
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33.3%
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like his soul fled his body only to be trapped in the tree.
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March 06, 2024 01:33
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Chapter 16
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33.0%
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And those stones she wore … were they his memories?
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March 06, 2024 01:30
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Chapter 16
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32.9%
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It’s more like he never knew her in the first place, though he respects her opinion more than anyone else’s
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Let me guess they had a secret kid … and they’re pretending they didn’t … it’s pretty far out there but it’s always a possibility
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March 06, 2024 01:30
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Chapter 16
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32.9%
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In all the time he spent with the coroner, had Edward stumbled onto things he shouldn’t have?
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Oh wait that makes sense too
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March 06, 2024 01:28
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Chapter 16
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32.7%
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“He needs a wife. I can name a dozen women who would drag him to the Sanctum altar if they could, but he lives as chaste as a Brother of Light.”
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March 06, 2024 01:28
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Chapter 16
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32.7%
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“I think maybe someone turned him down. Our father died when I was six and he practically raised me. He used to be much more cheerful, especially when he was first elected reeve. Then one day he just wasn’t, like something inside him was suddenly broken. He’s still good with children, though. Mine love him.”
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He’s my suspect number 2 but I also think he’s gonna be guilty of something else
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March 06, 2024 01:23
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Chapter 16
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32.7%
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“Nine years, so he’s thirty-one.” At that statement, Edward glances back, and Martin grins.
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Interesting that he falls in the specific age range
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March 06, 2024 01:22
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Chapter 16
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32.6%
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“About ten years ago he was there almost every day, working with Hespera.”
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Let me guess this is why she doesn’t like Hadrians
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March 05, 2024 19:35
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Chapter 15
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31.8%
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I wish I wanted to—
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It’s a misunderstanding Catrin it’s not what you think
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March 05, 2024 19:35
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Chapter 15
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31.6%
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And that’s when it hits me.
I love him.
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It’s just hitting you now
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March 05, 2024 19:30
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Chapter 14
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30.0%
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“At least thirty.”
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The only issue with my theory is that these descriptions don’t completely match what we know about Caerus … but Simon is also operating on instinct and could be wrong?
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March 05, 2024 19:28
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Chapter 14
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29.7%
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that the perpetrators are not all the same person
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Still don’t trust him
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March 05, 2024 14:59
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Chapter 13
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29.0%
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and I can’t help feeling again that I know her. But that’s impossible.
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That’s kinda fishy but okay
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March 05, 2024 14:53
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Chapter 13
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28.2%
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“I once asked him about how a man feels when he desires someone, but he said he didn’t know.”
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… don’t kill the aroace folks please
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March 05, 2024 14:53
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Chapter 13
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28.2%
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“There’s nothing wrong with that,” Simon says quietly. “Some people simply don’t have those feelings.”
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March 05, 2024 04:23
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Chapter 12
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25.5%
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“Being wanted isn’t something I’m used to, but it’s growing on me.”
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March 05, 2024 04:21
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Chapter 12
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24.8%
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“Pain,” I answer. “Or more likely the actual moment of death, like watching a candle burn out.”
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Or this is some sort of magical experiment that is failing … like converting normal people to Selenae or something … which explains why the wounds take a while to kill the victims; the killer (Caerus) wants the blood exposed to moonlight?
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March 05, 2024 03:09
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Chapter 10
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22.6%
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but I’m afraid his wandering without an escort is something I cannot allow.”
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Okay first MURDERER accusation: I think it’s Caerus and he doesn’t want Simon out and about because he knows the truth about where they came from
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March 05, 2024 03:06
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Chapter 10
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21.1%
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sister
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That’s Philippa
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March 05, 2024 03:04
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Chapter 9
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20.1%
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Not yet. I need to see your eyes. Open them.
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… is he looking for Selenae?
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March 05, 2024 02:54
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Chapter 7
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15.7%
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Removing such a large memory is dangerous if not impossible. Doing so could very easily destroy his mind.”
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Let’s be honest he’s already mentally unstable
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March 05, 2024 02:54
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Chapter 7
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15.7%
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Your Hadrian is quite
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Yeah no Catrins gonna have to go find whatever stone they end up putting his memory in
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March 05, 2024 02:50
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Chapter 6
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14.1%
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“Follow me, Hadrian.” Hespera spins on her heel and stalks off.
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I don’t trust her with Simon but I think she’s gonna get some stupid hero arc by the end
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March 05, 2024 02:48
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Chapter 6
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13.5%
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#DFC
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They stand close together, like newlyweds, so I expect these to last for several months.
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My guess is that Simon is gonna get his memory wiped and this is how Catrin will convince him to trust her
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March 05, 2024 02:44
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Chapter 5
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11.2%
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“And you wouldn’t be the first Hadrian whose memory we removed.”
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March 05, 2024 02:42
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Chapter 5
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10.3%
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“Except perhaps in how to dispose of you.”
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Like heck you will
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March 05, 2024 01:50
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Chapter 3
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6.1%
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#DFC
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“I’m sure I’ll see the two of you again.”
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First Accusation: I don’t trust him
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March 05, 2024 01:46
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Chapter 3
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5.1%
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#DFC
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He’s a little tipsy, which is amusing, given how reserved and controlled he usually is.
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I feel like tipsy Simon is a bad thing
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March 05, 2024 01:34
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Chapter 2
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3.7%
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#DFC
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And I honestly wouldn’t mind one more night of sharing a bed with him, even if we’ve never done what married couples do under the covers.
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Mmmmm Abby doesn’t like the wording
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March 05, 2024 01:27
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Chapter 2
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3.1%
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#DFC
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“Promise me you’ll never do anything like that again,” he whispers.
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Don’t make promises you can’t keep
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March 05, 2024 01:18
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Chapter 1
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2.6%
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#DFC
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Sun and skies, this was a mistake.
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No kidding
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March 05, 2024 01:11
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Chapter 1
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1.4%
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#DFC
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But he liked the thrill and sense of power it gave him.”
“And now he wants to feel that way again,” I finish. “Theft isn’t what drives him anymore.”
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Guys I appreciate the Sherlock Holmes mindset but also Simon…there’s gotta be something else going on here Buddy
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March 05, 2024 01:09
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Chapter 1
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1.0%
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It’s not likely any word about Simon as a fugitive has reached Brinsulli, let alone Londunium, in those three weeks, especially as he’s believed to be dead,
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Yeah…that won’t come back and bite them at all
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