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"So you’re here to make a historical note of what?" I shivered, rubbedmy arms into the sleeves

"I’ called the Infinityglass I used to think it was a what Now I know it’s a who And you’re it"

He looked at asp, or soive hihter bubbled to the surface again "If you think you’re here to tell me how special I am, you can stop I already know"

"You what? But … how?"

"Did you really think you were springing so his jacket aroundto teach me the ways of the world, Obi-Wan? Did you think you were my only hope?"

I expected hiht of ainst the outer wall of Lafitte’s, and looked all sorts of superior And knowledgeable "What if I aer All I had was enough inforerous

"How much do you know about who you are, Hallie? Because I bet I know ed and tried not to look likewhat he knew

"Give me twenty-four hours," he said "I promise I can help you"

"I can’t … I have to think about this" I turned to head for the gate to the sidewalk

And faced a ripple

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We became one The present was lost The Bourbon Street I knew slipped away Cars were replaced with horse-drawn buggies, and daylight replaced dark My body didn’t belong to ht to tickled the edge ofI didn’t mean to It was an accident"

My voice, but not my voice

"It was a e touching every one of his features "You killed her"

Callused hands scrape the thin skin of my neck

My skin, but not my skin

My coat s ainst my face I squeeze the man’s wrists so hard I hear bones pop I ath

"You’re an abomination," the attacker accuses

A kitchen ap between her front teeth What I’d done wasn’t an accident The swaae in the late summer air I hadn’t even pushed her skirt down before I rolled her into the water

"I didn’t , as black dots cloudout of the man’s mind I focused on escape with all I had We separated with force, and he stuht on water It was jagged around the edges, and the inside was nothing but swirling darkness

The dark disappeared, zipping froestion of the incident, with the exception of a faint hint of wood sht for five seconds before the ground rab for my face

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