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Maybe I was afraid to trust him with something so personal as my devotion.

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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
Devotion
Afraid
Personal
Trust
Maybe
Something
Erudite
Insurgent

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