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CHAPTER 29 – The Blood Memory

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Miriam's body lay still on the floor, silver veins fading to black as death took her.

Lyra knelt beside her, checking for a pulse she knew wouldn't be there.

"She's gone," Rowan said quietly.

"She came all this way just to warn me." Lyra's voice was hollow. "And Seraphine killed her for it."

"We need to move the body. If the Silver Court knows she was here, they'll search for her."

"Wait." Lyra noticed something in Miriam's clenched fist. She pried the fingers open gently.

A small vial fe
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