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Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially

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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
Undress
Tris
Partially
Throat
Nervous
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Asking
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