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“...[F]or centuries, there was peace,' I say. 'For the fey, there was peace,' he corrects. casting me an amused glance. Of course they found it peaceful. They were the ones in power. The held the reins. How could they not be at peace? The humans, however, were certainly never peaceful. They lived lives of fear and cowering.”

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Book:Half Sick of Shadows
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