These soldiers had done what they had done, and been done unto in retu…

Laini Taylor
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These soldiers had done what they had done, and been done unto in return. This was how it went. In the cycle of slaughter, reprisal begat reprisal, forever. ✨ Laini Taylor (2012). Days of Blood and Starlight: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy, p.67, Hachette UK
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These soldiers had done what they had done, and been done unto in return. This was how it went. In the cycle of slaughter, reprisal begat reprisal, forever. ✨ Laini Taylor (2012). Days of Blood and Starlight: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy, p.67, Hachette UK

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