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The second I laid eyes on Aurora my shoulders sluh of relief knowing I had an ally, a friend on my side

I was sure it would all be okay

It was in the way her hair shi fro the sequence all over again

Her skin did the sa from the palest white to the darkest ebony, and every possible hue in between

And her gown, her gorgeous yellon, sparkled and gleamed and swished at her feet like a crush of fallen stars

Even though I no longer el like I did the first tiht calmed me in a major way

But, as it turns out, I’d

As soon as I took one look at her aura—as soon as I noted the way its usual bright, popping purple had dimmed to a much duller violet—well, that’s when I kneere on opposite sides

It was just like Bodhi had said: I had a heckuva lot to explain My last Soul Catch hadn’t exactly been assigned

I stared atli those last rehht

Even though I’d only been doing my job as a Soul Catcher when I coaxed and convinced a whole lot of ghosts to cross the bridge to where they belonged, there was no denying the fact that I’d been told to look the other way—tomy se

But did I listen?