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Everything I am familiar with is gone.

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Marie Lu
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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Familiar
Gone
Everything

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to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. I make you this promise: your life is mine
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Hi, he says. I'm Daniel. Hi, I reply. I'm June.
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