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of her Meg fought for breath, but the hag tightened her hold

“Do you knohat I’et a

hold

of the could smell the blood on

her breath Her sto to

pull their insides out Why don’t I give you a demonstration?”

The witch cackled and pulled back, showing off the way her

fingers changed into thick, dirty-looking claws Meg dragged in air

the instant she could Liadan pulled her clawed hand back just as

Meg’s fingers ht it between

her chest and the hag’s

Meg pulled the trigger just before those knives on the hag’s

fingers h the forest

Liadan looked down at the hole in her chest du

over dead