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NINETEEN
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Dylan never attended functions of any kind, everyone knew him in Averna because of his twin sister Iris. However he had been among the volunteers who went out in search of Priscilla. He had seen Cleopatra and he had been amazed my what she could do. He took an instant liking to her and when the party was announced and he dressed up and told Iris he was going. She had been surprised it was unlike him but he wanted to take any chances he had to see Cleopatra again.
He had been speechless when he saw her at her house. Unlike the other night where she was slightly disheveled and shaken up.
He had his eyes on her all night, who wouldn’t?, he thought. She was beautiful. He had seen her leave her chair to the far end of the house where she was conversing with a woman. He wa
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