The Marking
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Last published Sat, Mar 2, 2019
"I wish I was born different! Everyone else gets a choice! Why can't I?"
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Karina has grown up knowing that she is different. The mark on her arm proves that. She knows one day, when her mark is ready, she will be whisked off to an entirely new world of danger and destruction. But while Karina's mark is now ready, she is most certainly not.
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