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You won, Four mutters. Stop. I wipe the sweat from my forehead. He stares at me. His eyes are too wide they look alarmed.

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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
Looks
Sweat
Staring
Wide
Mutters
Stop
Stares
Eyes
Alarmed
Four
Forehead
Eye
Foreheads
Look
Wipe

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