“Apparently deciding Charles’s brief introduction wasn’t good enough, his brother reintroduced himself. “Dr. Samuel Cornick, elder brother and tormentor. Very nice to meet you, Anna—”

—  Patricia Briggs , book Cry Wolf

Source: Cry Wolf

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