Staring at her face, she began to fancy her outer layer had begun to melt away while she wasn't paying attention, and something -- some new skeleton -- was emerging from beneath the softness of her accustomed self. With a deep, visceral ache, she wished her true form might prove to be a sleek and shining one, like a stiletto blade slicing free of an ungainly sheath. Like a bird of prey losing its hatchling fluff to hunt in cold, magnificent skies. That she might become something glittering, something startling, something dangerous. β¨ Laini Taylor (2009). Lips Touch: Three Times, p.40, Scholastic Inc.
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- This gown, is it cut from shadow? the general asked. I can barely feel it between my fingers. Not for want of trying, thought Madrigal. Perhaps it is a reflection of the night sky, he suggested, skim β¦ βΆ
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