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“Very few of the original handmaids survived. Those who did taught their children what they had learned, and each generation after continued to pass on the knowledge of the Fae, their magic, and the inherent dangers.” “Why would the queen send the women home, then order their deaths? If she wanted them killed, why not just kill them in Faery?” I asked, trying to understand. “We only know what we were taught—that the queen wanted no knowledge of the Fae to exist on Earth. Perhaps she intended to free them, then changed her mind. Regardless, she ordered the Hunt to kill us. That is why, to this day, our secrecy is our number one priority.” I rubbed my arms to ease the prickle of goose bumps from her chilling tone. I wanted to assure them that Lochlan and the others were not a threat to them,
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