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To my dismay, he recovers quickly and smoothes his hair. "So you choose him?"That's all this ever was. Jealously. Rivalry. All so shadow could defeat the flame.I have to throw my head back and laugh, feeling the eyes of the brothers on me. "Cal betrayed me, and I betrayed him. And you betrayed both of us, in a thousand different ways." The words are heavy as stone but right. So right. "I choose no one.
To my dismay, he recovers quickly and smoothes his hair. "So you choose him?"That's all this ever was. Jealously. Rivalry. All so shadow could defeat the flame.I have to throw my head back and laugh, feeling the eyes of the brothers on me. "Cal betrayed me, and I betrayed him. And you betrayed both of us, in a thousand different ways." The words are heavy as stone but right. So right. "I choose no one.
Approximate author period: c. 1990 AD · modern
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- Victoria Aveyard
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- Approximate author period: c. 1990 AD · modern
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