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If you keep it, Daneca says, he'll have his claws in you. Everyone has their claws in me. Everyone.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
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New Jersey
United States
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Everyone
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whatever you love, that is your weakness
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You said you were allowed to lose it,' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet.
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