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Nothing else is all right.” His whisper tickles my cheek. “But we are.

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
Right
Tickles
Insurgent
Cheek
Whisper
Cheeks
Else
Nothing

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