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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Poisonous
Veins
Jealousy

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You both ... you both saved me? Come on, said Luis. You make it sound like it was hard for Val to go to the Unseelie Court, strike a deal with Roiben, challenge Mabry to a duel, win back your heart, and then get back here during rush hour.
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He’s quiet then. We lie next to each other, twin corpses waiting for burial.
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She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair.
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Death’s favorites don’t die.
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Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
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