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Just because you're the enemy of my enemy don't mean you're my friend, Han thought.
Cinda Williams Chima
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Cinda Williams Chima
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 1
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But I don't want your throne. Then what do you want? You.
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Han made no effort to put up a brave front. Most of the time he just screamed himself hoarse, though a couple of times he amused himself by screaming Fionas's name as if he were in the throes of passion. FEEE-OHHH-NAAA! Lord Bayar made him pay for that, but afterward, Fiona didn't come down anymore, which Han appreciated.
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He keeps this up, he's bound to be caught, she thought. And this time they'll dangle him for certain.
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