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There are some who say that when the moon is waxing, she dares things not even Magda would try. Now you know what monsters once lurked in the woods near Duva, and if you ever meet a bear with a golden collar, you will be able to greet him by name. So shut the window tight and make sure the latch is fastened. Dark things have a way of slipping in through narrow spaces.
Afficher en entierShe learned which herbs were valuable and which were dangerous, and which herbs were valuable because they were dangerous. Nadya knew there was much that Magda didn’t teach her. She told herself she was glad of it, that she wanted nothing to do with Magda’s abominations. But sometimes she felt her curiosity clawing at her like a different kind of hunger.
Afficher en entierStupid girls, you think. I would never be so foolish. But you've never known real hunger.
Afficher en entierThere was a time when the woods near Duva ate girls. It’s been many years since any child was taken. But still, on nights like these, when the wind comes cold from Tsibeya, mothers hold their daughters tight and warn them not to stray too far from home. “Be back before dark,” they whisper. “The trees are hungry tonight.”
Afficher en entierShe learned which herbs were valuable and which were dangerous, and which herbs were valuable because they were dangerous.
Afficher en entier“So shut the window tight and make sure the latch is fastened. Dark things have a way of slipping in through narrow spaces.”
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