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Lycus stood by the hill’s edge along with his mate.

He watched her silently as she stared at the drift of life below. Despite the cold, darkened weather, it was easy to spot the slant of roofs in the short distance, the thin billows of smoke that rose from chimneys. Occasionally, the bleating of sheep that triggered his hunger reflex, unconscious piling of saliva between his cheeks.

He swallowed with a sigh then forced his attention from the sheep and back towards Inayah.

She had crouched low, elbows balancing on her knees, hands cupping her cheeks. Her eyes remained fixated on the silhouettes of people moving about, drifting laughter of shrieking children as they played. A slight glaze overcame her eyes, almost serene and satisfied. Yet beneath it, he saw slivers of longing.

Lycus shifted onto his other foot. “Do you have any family?”

“No,” Inayah replied and a breeze sighed past them, stirring loose strands of hair that fell f
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Heather Woodard
Salem is such an ass.
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