my sister 's been hiring an army off to the west , and she 's sent a part of that army to her domain . she has more on the way , but they might not reach dhrall in time . '' narasan 's eyes narrowed . '' the only people i 've ever heard of that live beyond the western sea are the maags . '' '' so ? '' '' we do n't get along very well with the maags

griffin looked over at maylee . there were hints of smudges under her eyes . she looked tired , and it was n't just from last night . he suspected his grueling schedule would exhaust anyone . he knew he was certainly tired of it . he drummed his fingers on the table , thinking . '' have you had a chance to see much of bellissime , maylee

since being bowled over by his uncle 's determined romancing , rafferty 's ' auntie ' claire had transferred her ambitions to her children . rafferty was grateful to have confirmed his conviction that none of those ambitions included marrying one of her daughters to him . but he still suffered a twinge of unease . because his ma was also a woman of ambition

he had gotten up onstage in front of everyone at the assembly , and instead of giving a speech on recycling , he recited the ' top ten reasons tessa crimson should go out with me . ' he had handouts . '' i covered my mouth , not sure whether i wanted to cry or laugh . '' yeah ? '' chloe raised an eyebrow . '' romantic . anyway , it was probably one of the stupidest things i 've ever read-i mean ,
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