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I closed my eyes. I forced myself to relax, to remember that here, now, and always, I was the predator.

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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Scottsdale
Arizona
Predator
Closed
Relax
Forced
Eyes
Eye
Remember
Always

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