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He held up a finger and went to the hallway, where he tripped over Blotchy, and then over the two monster cats madly pursuing Blotchy. Swearing, he leaned over the landing and called to the guard that unless the kingdom fell to war or his daughter was dying, he better not be interrupted until further notice.

Kristin Cashore

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Daughter
Kingdom
Leaned
Dying
Kingdoms
Interrupted
Unless
Fell
Landing
Went
Monsters
Pursuing
Tripped
Called
Notice
Monster
Hallway
War
Cat
Finger
Madly
Two
Held
Guard
Hallways
Better
Fingers
Cats
Swearing

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