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She tastes like nectar and salt. Nectar and salt and apples. Pollen and stars and hinges. She tastes like fairy tales. Swan maiden at midnight. Cream on the tip of a fox’s tongue. She tastes like hope.

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Laini Taylor
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: December 11
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Salt
Maiden
Apples
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Fairy
Swans
Tales
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Stars
Midnight
Swan
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