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She had been innocent once, a little girl playing with feathers on the floor of a devil's lair. She wasn't innocent now, but she didn't know what to do about it. This was her life: magic and shame and secrets and teeth and a deep, nagging hollow at the center of herself where something was most certainly missing.

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Laini Taylor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: December 11
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Chico
California
Little
Magic
Secrets
Something
Deep
Center
Life
Playing
Teeth
Wasn
Innocent
Lair
Secret
Shame
Nagging
Girl
Devil
Feathers
Didn
Certainly
Hollow
Littles
Missing
Floor

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