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Was it all in my head? A Lunar trick?” Her stomach twisted. “No.” She shook her head, fervently. How to explain that she hadn’t had the gift before? That she couldn’t have used it against him? “I would never lie–” The words faded. She had lied. Everything he knew about her had been a lie.“ I’m so sorry, ” she finished, the words falling lamely in the open air. Kai peeled his eyes away, finding some place of resignation off in the glistening garden. “You’re even more painful to look at than she is. .Marissa Meyer
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I'm sure I'll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.Marissa Meyer
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The queen's eyes smouldered. "I know my own kind when I see them, and right now there is one in these city walls." She pointed a finger toward the balcony." I want her found and brought to me."" Right, " said Kai, "that'll be no problem in a city of two and a half million people. Let me just go dig out my special Lunar detector, and I'll get right on that.Marissa Meyer
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Listen carefully, as this may be something of a shock to you." "A shock? You mean all that was just the precursor?Marissa Meyer
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She kept her head high, even as her eyes stung, even as panic filled her vision with warnings and precautions. It was not her fault he had liked her. It was not her fault she was cyborg. She would not apologize.Marissa Meyer
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People seem to overlook an old man losing his mind if he occasionally made light of it.Marissa Meyer
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I pulled out my mp3 player and stuck the buds in, and letting out a big breath, I started to scroll through my music for something appropriate to kill by. John Tesh, it is.Derekica Snake
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What? Really? And I thought I was just emotionally withdrawn.” She pulled her feet up, hugging her knees. “I’m also incapable going to be your next brilliant observation.Marissa Meyer
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It was made out to be some kind of honor, giving your life for the good of humanity, but it was really just a reminder that cyborgs were not like everyone else.Marissa Meyer