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    That first winter, when it was time for her friends to leave, the girl ventured out into the snow to say goodbye, and the stunning raven-haired Squaller handed her another gift."A blue kofta," said the math teacher, shaking her head. "What would she do with that?""Maybe she knew a Grisha who died," replied the cook, taking not of the tears that filled the girl's eyes. They did not see the note that read, You will always be one of us

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    I'll tell you a story- one that I used to tell a little boy with dark hair, a silent boy who rarely laughed, who listened more closely than I realized. A boy who had a name and not a title.

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    I felt that pull, the longing of a frightened girl. Even now, after everything he'd done, I wanted to believe the Darkling, to find some way to forgive him. I wanted Nikolai to be alive. I wanted to trust the other Grisha. I wanted to believe anything so that I wouldn't have to face the future alone. The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak.

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    I stared at them in disbelief. "You meant to get caught?""Turns out the easiest way to schedule a meeting is to get arrested.

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    Then what should he call me?""He should not address you directly at all."I sighed. "Next time he has something to say, I'll have him write me a letter.

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    It must be easy to ponder the universe, safe in your palace, away from the petty, brutal dealings of man. Maybe you don’t remember what it is to be powerless. I do.

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