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His eyes search the crowd until they find my face. My heartbeat lives in my throat lives in my cheeks. I still don't understand, he says softly, how she knew that it would work.

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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
Understand
Crowds
Lives
Search
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Says
Tobias
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Knew
Softly
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Eyes
Heartbeat
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Face
Cheeks
Would
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