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What do you mean?” Leslie’s voice was cool, as if she questioned witches who were flat on their backs being threatened by werewolves every day.

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
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Butte
Montana
Backs
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Witch
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Leslie
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