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No. She will never be queen.” She swayed toward him, and he felt like he was being encircled by a python, smothered and choked.

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Marissa Meyer
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: February 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Tacoma
Washington
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Swayed
Choked
Python
Queen
Queens
Toward
Felt
Encircled
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Smothered

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