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  Julia could not stand. The chair beneath her felt too hard, too cold, too real. Around them, LAX

  Ryan’s mother did not answer. For the first time in his life, Ryan saw his mother look afraid

  For a few seconds, the woman could not move. Dallas-Fort Worth Airport kept rushing around them.

— Part 2 Claire Donovan had spent eight years teaching frightened children how to breathe through panic.

  For a moment, King Rowan did not move. He stood in the royal garden with the white ribbon hanging

  For three years, King Aldric had prayed to every god whose name he knew. He had filled the palace

  The silence in House Sterling’s grand hall was almost beautiful. For years, I had known the sound

  For several seconds, no one in the sky hall breathed. The same nobles who had smiled behind jeweled

His brother sold us his share of the land. When he lost everything, he came back saying our house was

  For twelve years, I had lived with the shape of Amelia’s absence. It was in the empty chair at