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. “Raze told me what happened to you, but for me—here in the Mortal Realm—it was weeks, Seelie. I thought you were dead. Leira wouldn’t let us go, just in case you came back
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April 28, 2023 13:14
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Chapter Thirty-Eight
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You’re passionate and funny and brilliant and terrifying. You stopped to ask what would become of the firedrake. To think of it as more than a weapon. You feel so much more than I do, and you see so much more than I do. You’re unlike anyone else, and...”
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April 28, 2023 13:13
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Chapter Thirty-Eight
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He doesn’t sound like he’s dying
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April 28, 2023 13:07
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Chapter Thirty-Seven
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I’ll never have the chance to reconcile with Isolde, to make her laugh again.
But maybe Raze will live.
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April 28, 2023 13:06
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Chapter Thirty-Seven
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Raze starts to shake violently.
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April 28, 2023 11:46
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Chapter Thirty-Two
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But there would, of course, be a price.”
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April 28, 2023 11:02
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I’m afraid I may have stretched the truth about that one a little bit.”
She lied. Of course she lied. Because she’s human and she can,
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April 28, 2023 11:02
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Chapter Thirty
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are. I was a child.”
“You were—are—an enchanter.”
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April 28, 2023 11:01
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smug tone finally giving way to impatience. “Why do you keep assuming that I’m as ignorant about everything as you are? I’ve been studying that compass for longer than you’ve been alive, with all the knowledge from all the Wildline matriarchs who came before me. You’re way out of your depth, all of you.”
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April 28, 2023 11:00
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Chapter Thirty
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Raze, Raze, Raze. Where did I go wrong?
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April 28, 2023 11:00
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Chapter Thirty
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“So nice of you to finally join us, changeling,” Aris purrs.
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April 28, 2023 10:59
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Chapter Thirty
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I don’t like...um...confined spaces,” he admits. Which—of course. I should have realized it earlier, after what he told me about Leira and everything she put him through
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April 28, 2023 10:53
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Chapter Twenty-Nine
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I can’t believe I ran to him.
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April 28, 2023 10:52
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Chapter Twenty-Nine
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For a moment, he’s totally still, his question forgotten. Then he wraps his arms around my small, trembling form. My arms fold, pinned between us by his, and my hands press to his chest.
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April 28, 2023 10:48
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Chapter Twenty-Seven
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What is your name?”
“Gossamer.”
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April 28, 2023 10:47
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Chapter Twenty-Seven
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“I want you to free me.”
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April 28, 2023 00:53
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Chapter Twenty-Six
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“I thought it couldn’t possibly get more embarrassing than that.”
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April 28, 2023 00:53
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Chapter Twenty-Six
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“She started locking me up. Forcing me in smaller and smaller cages. She said that if I really wanted to get out, then I could just change my shape into something small enough to slip through the bars. But I—” Raze’s hands squeeze into white-knuckled fists “—I couldn’t.”
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April 28, 2023 00:52
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Chapter Twenty-Six
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“It belonged to my dad,” he mutters.
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April 28, 2023 00:50
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Chapter Twenty-Six
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“It looks like some kind of library,” I whisper, wrinkling my nose
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April 27, 2023 13:12
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Chapter Twenty-Four
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“Raze, snap out of it. Now!”
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April 27, 2023 13:07
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Chapter Twenty-Four
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It’s disgusting. I want to run in the opposite direction, but I should probably go save him from himself.
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April 27, 2023 13:06
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Chapter Twenty-Four
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sharply. I feel the pain of each step, each uncontrollable swirl as I move from hand to hand, but I can’t remember why pain used to upset me.
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April 27, 2023 12:51
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Chapter Twenty-Three
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. So what’ll it be, changeling? Are you going to come willingly and spare your friends? Or would you like to make this more interesting?”
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April 27, 2023 12:28
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Chapter Twenty-Two
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I twist in place, slowly, to face Leira Wildfall.
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April 27, 2023 12:27
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“Seelie... I don’t want to go back.”
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April 27, 2023 12:27
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“I don’t want it to be over. I don’t want to stay in one place forever.”
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April 27, 2023 10:50
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“Well, you might have to.”
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April 27, 2023 00:47
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Chapter Twenty
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One moment I was inventing a song about the creek I was jumping over, and the next I was a sparrow. It was very disorienting.”
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April 27, 2023 00:45
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Chapter Twenty
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He’s the one talking about the destruction of civilizations like it’s last week’s gossip
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April 26, 2023 17:02
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Chapter Twenty
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It’s safe,” I say, and that decides it.
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April 26, 2023 10:56
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Chapter Seventeen
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“Aris is Leira’s favorite pet.”
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April 26, 2023 10:56
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Chapter Seventeen
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We stare blankly. Finally, Isolde prompts, “Your aunt?”
He blinks, as if surprised we don’t know who he’s talking about. “Leira Wildfall.”
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April 26, 2023 10:56
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Chapter Seventeen
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mean, she kind of raised me, but I’m not—”
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April 26, 2023 00:34
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Chapter Fourteen
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Who needs coffee when you have the icy shock of mortal terror?
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April 25, 2023 17:20
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Chapter Thirteen
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, is it? I don’t see your name...”
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April 25, 2023 13:55
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Chapter Thirteen
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“I want to go back upstairs,” I murmur, low enough that only Isolde can hear me
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April 25, 2023 12:30
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Chapter Twelve
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“He’s a spoiled brat, but he’s trying his best.”
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April 25, 2023 12:24
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Chapter Twelve
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He’s connected to Leira Wildfall, to the same enormous mansion he was breaking into, to generations of untold political and magical power—probably as a distant cousin who’s spent about as much time with her as I have, but still.
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April 25, 2023 11:51
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Chapter Twelve
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“Please try a little harder not to die.” Raze’s mouth is way too close to my ear now, and I can’t tell if that’s softness in his tone or restrained irritation.
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April 24, 2023 13:55
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Chapter Eight
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“If you can only love a child that exists within the boundaries of your expectations—if you would harm them to make them what you want—then you have no business being a parent at all
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April 24, 2023 13:55
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Chapter Eight
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. We deserve to live the way we are!”
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April 22, 2023 13:35
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Chapter Two
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“I’ve never met a changeling so pretty before,” he says, and I should brush it off as empty flattery, but when I look back into his face, he seems so earnest.
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April 22, 2023 13:34
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Chapter Two
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He’s in disguise
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April 22, 2023 13:21
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Chapter Two
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“Someone like you,” he says, quiet and smooth. Like he’s telling me a secret and doesn’t really fear the consequences. “Though, I was wondering what it is you’re doing here.”
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April 22, 2023 12:28
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Chapter Two
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the last of the shapeshifters, mortal enchanters who can transform themselves into any (nonmagical) creature
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April 21, 2023 13:17
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Chapter One
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It seems laughable that the fair folk thought leaving me in her place would be an equal trade.
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If the fae left her behind, shouldn’t they have taken Isolde?
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April 21, 2023 13:16
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Chapter One
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They’re good people. Honest people.
And they aren’t safe as long as I’m around.
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Parents that are alive?
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April 21, 2023 13:14
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I’m pretty sure they’re made of rowan wood to protect against faeries, because mine is starting to itch abominably.
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Interesting idea
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