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Moths
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You were always the King of Much Too Late.'
'And you were always the Queen of my heart,' said Burnet, and held out his arms to her.
For a second, Vanessa said nothing. Her angry profile was turned away; her dark hair shimmered silver. Burnet put his arms around her, and for a moment, she turned her face into the curve of his shoulder...
Then the air gave a giant sob, as if rushing in to fill a space, and the interlaced pair dispersed into dazzling fragments. Millions of butterflies and moths exp
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― The Moonlight Market
― The Moonlight Market
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He stalked back to the enormous moth, but it wouldn't return him to Elfhame until he went to a nearby general store, glamoured leaves into money to buy it an entire six-pack of lager, and then poured the booze into a frothing puddle on the ground for the creature to lap at.
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― How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
― How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories
