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I shrugged a shoulder "With Circe"

"I ondering if I could get a rise out of you"

Rise and walk

"For the record, you and I are not allies," he said "We are one entity now Everything that is mine is yours"

In a quiet tone, I asked, "Is e yours as well?"

"Yes, I vow to you ill kill the E for you Be careful what you wish for, sievā"

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"Strike with both," Aric snapped, swattingsweat, exhausted, and in no mood

"The oak and the vines--at the same time Come noife, I’ve seen you do this before I’ve felt you do this before"

I put ed to grow, much less control Between breaths, I said, "I think this isone of those situationswhere actions look easierthan they are"

He expectedquick That hadn’t been the first ti when he’d pro Every day for the last month, drizzle or downpour, he would escort me to the yard and then push me to the limit

He pointed his sword toward the river "Circe is bri, and Fauna builds her arer as well"

The Priestess’sup the mountain We were officially an island

Lark continued breeding her creatures, our island population swelling

Aric and I helped with them whenever she searched for Richter and Finn She still hadn’t lost hope that she’d find hiht have died, but without the Arcana calls, we couldn’t know

Aric and I had recently delivered Maneater’s litter of six olves Lark said Scarface was the father, but I refused to believe it I’d told Cyclops, "You old dog, you’ve still got it going on, don’t you?"