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Unspoken Sarah Rees Brennan 32010K 2023-09-02

Ka look Ka blankly for a little too long

"Coela asked with a sh Kami tried not to talk about hiast

"Have Ian arm around Kami’s shoulders as they went up the stairs "Your soul is like the souls of a thousand ether," she told Ka sofa"

They reached the blue door at the top of the stairs It had a littleof clouded glass and wire mesh Kami pulled out the chunky silver key that Ms Dollard had somewhat reluctantly entrusted her with, turned it in the lock, and opened the door with a flourish "Ta-dah!"

Kaela peered into their new headquarters The rooray carpet, ashed brick walls, a big cupboard, several desks, and Angela’s , with eht now," said Angela

Ka out their new office together Then Angela gave up, gave a low moan, and fell onto the sofa, which was still covered in boxes She lay there, her ar to herself as she folded and stacked piles of cardboard and dust fell around her like soft gray rain Her glittery blue scarf, pencil skirt, and vintage Liberty blouse were not, she had to admit, the ideal clothes for manual labor But she’d wanted to make a statement on her first day as a journalistic pioneer

Ka with a box that was determined never to fold, when there caauy she had ever seen

There were two things about hiood looks One was that he had a serious, substantial ca from around his neck The other was that Kami had never seen him before in her life, which meant he must be a Lynburn

Chapter Two

The Prince of Aurimere

Kami’d always retold her fairy tales to make the fair maidens braver and more self-sufficient, but she had never had any real objection to the handso a white T-shirt and jeans instead of arolden hair that curled at the ends and eyes the ridiculous blue of high-suht and ela "Uh, hi," said the Lynburn, wearing the saela, as if they had been s it "Are you Kaela lifted the arm over her eyes a fraction "Go away," she couys"

"You don’t know any college guys," Kaaze went to Kami, and she s" She closed her eyes again, leaving Ka at each other

Kauy Most ela’s inexplicable rudeness This guy’s expression had not changed, apart fro of his eyes She admired his self-control

"I saw a flyer on the bulletin board about the school newspaper needing a photographer, and it said to co American accent: more proof he was a Lynburn

His voice also sounded unruffled Was he really offering to be a photographer for the paper, despite the fact that he’d just been insulted and their office ash in cardboard?

Angela sat bolt upright and glared at Kami "You put up a flyer? Before you even talked ela," Kami said "We can dwell on the past or we can move into the future!"

"I can hide your body in these piles of boxes Nobody will ever find it" Angela esture of dismissal at the new kid "Do yousuy: then he would take a look at Kaela was the one with the exotic beauty, which was unfair considering that Karandmother Ka black of Angela’s hair Kami’s features were subtly different froold, but she was betrayed by a nose dusted with freckles Exotic beauties did not sport freckles

The Lynburn smiled back at her Kami liked his smile alela "Go away now"

There was only so much rudeness anyone could be expected to take Kaela’s arm and pulled her from the sofa "Would you excuse us for just one ue and I need to confer in our office" With that, she hauled Angela into the empty stationery cupboard and shut the door behind theela asked, "Why as for us to discuss right now," Kami said "The first is that to be a success, our newspaper requires a photographer"

"What’s the other thing?"

"He’d be excellent decoration for our headquarters," Ka, and I need a photographer, so can I keep hihed In the cupboard, the sigh was like a gust of wind "Ka around all the tiuntil I just want to kick the"

"So you have so suddenly open