I understood that fate could not be eluded forever; it came on leathery wings, swooping through the darkness like the bats in the orchards.
There seemed to be handfuls of stars tossed right above the rooftops in Haddan, keeping the town still alight at midnight.
The River King
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There seemed to be handfuls of stars tossed right above the rooftops in Haddan, keeping the town still alight at midnight.
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