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Leslie had learned two valuable things about the fae that day. They were powerful and charming -- and they ate children and puppies.

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Novelist
Writer
Butte
Montana
Learned
Powerful
Two
Fae
Children
Leslie
Things
Puppies
Puppy
Charming
Valuable

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