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Prologue (THE END)
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Morgan AshTu attonitus es- You are stunning amabo te in perpetuum- I will love you forever Omnia es- You are everything Amare- Love First, Thank you to each and every one of you for giving me a chance. This was my first story on GoodNovel, and you all have blown me away in the last two months with the number of people adding this to your libraries and reading. Second, I am so sad that it's over. I loved writing this. Out of all my stories so far, A Castle of Secrets has been my favorite to write. Please let me know what you thought of it <3
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