“Until one comes who is mightier,
The one sprung from misery,
The one who was weak,
The one who was hunted,
The one marked with claw and vine,
The one named in secret,
The one called Jezelia.”

—  Mary E. Pearson , book The Kiss of Deception

Source: The Kiss of Deception

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