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Werewolf games,' Mercy said solemnly, 'play for keeps, or go home.' She was so cute sometimes it made Adam's heart hurt.

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Patricia Briggs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Novelist
Writer
Butte
Montana
Home
Solemnly
Play
Werewolf
Sometimes
Adam
Heart
Cute
Made
Keeps
Mercy
Hurt
Games

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