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I fell asleep to the scent of my wolf. Pine needles, cold rain, earthy perfume, coarse bristles on my face.

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
Novelist
Writer
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Rain
Pine
Cold
Coarse
Face
Needles
Faces
Wolf
Perfume
Scent
Asleep
Bristles
Fell
Earthy

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