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You are the best kind of killer, Cassel Sharpe, the kind that never has blood on his hands. The kind that never has to sicken at the sight of what he's done, or come to like it too much.
Holly Black
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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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New Jersey
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