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- Page 4 and 5: PRAISE FORA New York Times Bestsell
- Page 6 and 7: ContentsCoverTitle PagePraise for S
- Page 10 and 11: BEFOREThe servants called them male
- Page 12 and 13: benefactor, Duke Keramsov, was a ce
- Page 14 and 15: CHAPTER 1Standing on the edge of a
- Page 16 and 17: for our military service in Polizna
- Page 18 and 19: You were just mooning over him, I c
- Page 20 and 21: “It’s not that good. You should
- Page 22 and 23: and slipped out into the night.The
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- Page 28 and 29: teeth. I saw a flash of powder from
- Page 30 and 31: CHAPTER 3I woke with a start. I cou
- Page 32 and 33: that hadn’t stopped her from conf
- Page 34 and 35: his shaggy red hair bobbing above t
- Page 36 and 37: “It’s not impossible,” said a
- Page 38 and 39: no help to be had. The soldiers sta
- Page 40 and 41: CHAPTER 4Tears of frustration welle
- Page 42 and 43: itch furiously and, as I watched in
- Page 44 and 45: taking up most of the room.The coac
- Page 46 and 47: the Vy, and Fedyor explained that t
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- Page 50 and 51: moment, I hesitated. He stood befor
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- Page 54 and 55: “The usual kind,” I said with s
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We passed through an entry chamber
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large and golden; her skin was so s
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her long, graceful fingers before h
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“Besides,” she said, “you don
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CHAPTER 7I turned and saw the Darkl
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members of the court milled about a
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to snort at this. “You are from a
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“Well, I don’t want to be high
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finished her work on me. After a mo
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arriving, so I didn’t know if I h
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from. We just didn’t tell the who
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“To the anatomy rooms.”A chill
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“I’ll pass.”We descended a se
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so unfathomably bleak that a chill
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southern front to assume command po
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“It’s just a rumour,” said Ma
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rush through me. “Rub your thumb
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But I wasn’t hungry. The appetite
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“The Lives of Saints?”He nodded
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CHAPTER 11When I thought things cou
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“Surely the Sun Summoner doesn’
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“I was very sorry to hear of your
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“Thanks,” I said hoarsely.“I
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“Don’t patronise me, boy!” He
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“Is it that bad?”To my embarras
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“You’re not even trying any mor
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“You tell me, girl. What’s so b
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It was time to let go. That day on
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At first, I’d been frightened eve
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“You can’t call a royal prince
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The Darkling shook his head. “She
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the Darkling and then to me, but I
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kiss was a secret that the Darkling
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“Well, if it gets too bad, give m
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“I thought it was important that
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Masked musicians strolled the paths
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applauding as Inferni sent arcs of
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“But after what happened by the l
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to you tonight?”I hesitated. I kn
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expression, but it was lost in the
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“You’re wearing his symbol,”
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door.She closed it behind us, keepi
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Baghra was telling me. “It’s no
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should have known he would never le
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tucked safely inside.She led me out
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We travelled through the early hour
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wounded in battle, for an infant wh
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the Darkling’s guard. His bleary
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morning light gleaming off his rifl
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the herd. They aren’t ordinary an
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When I’d finished, Mal said, “Y
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regretted his decision to come afte
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“So you don’t want a bite?”He
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“Come on!” Mal said, distractin
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When it was time to bed down for th
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had to fight their way out and that
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was done. I waited for him to retur
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I sat frozen in shock. I’d never
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CHAPTER 19My light kept us warm thr
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chest. “I’m sorry it took me so
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A wave of shame rushed through me a
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way. When his fingertips brushed ag
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CHAPTER 20We walked in silence for
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a chance to save him.“Ride with h
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Instead, they saw a pale, tired gir
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I thought of Mal and the Darkling
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staring into the fire, a glass in h
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only one thing with which to bargai
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In seconds, he was on his feet and
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CHAPTER 22Dawn was creeping over Kr
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in their cries.When they were almos
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“Peace on your terms,” said one
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The Darkling looked momentarily con
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blossoms, but the fruit was far too
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the bleak look I’d seen in his fa
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“It’s all right,” he whispers
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typing. Erdene Ukhaasai diligently
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Alina.I’ve been staring at your n
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assassinated, imprisoned, betrothed
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survive tomorrow and the day after
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putting flowers in a vase just so
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Six black horses are in the western
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would be hers, and we spent hours c
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Despite the trappings of my kit, th
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grounds, and I can just make out th
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AS A YOUNG PERSON, WHO DID YOU LOOK
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IF YOU COULD BE ONE OF THE GRISHA,
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articulate the problem in the scene
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