“As he bent closer, he realized they were words -- words his wife had carved into the cave ice with the last of her dying strength. As he read them, he felt them like three hard blows in the stomach.
KILL THE CHILD”
Source: The Iron Trial
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Holly Black 160
American children's fiction writer 1971Related quotes

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