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“Laying a hand on his heart, she timed its beats to her own. And knew the truest magic was there.”
“Life's tough," Mia said with a shrug. "You play the cards you're dealt or you fold.”
“She wasn't speaking to me - in the juvenile, petty sense of the phrase.”
“Things are strongest where they're broken.”