Tick
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Lyra is an orphan.
She has a tattoo, everyone has a tattoo. This tattoo turns on when you hit the ripe age of 18. It ticks, and ticks down until you meet the one person you're destined for.
Amazing right? Lyra hates this idea almost as much as she hates the war.
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I was supposed to be protecting her. Instead, I left her to help my former girlfriend. And she was badly hurt on my watch. Now, she won't talk to me and I can't get to her for a year. I'll work the rest of my life to regain her trust, earn her forgiveness and prove to her she's the woman I love.
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