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I wrapped myself tighter in my cloak, hoping to battle the chill in the air. I wasn't sure when winter had started, but my breath puffed up in front of me, and there was no denying that it was here.
Footsteps crunched on the ground and I sank back further into my corner. I'd risked casting a concealment spell, though I didn't like using the amulet the king had given me, but this was too important to mess with and it was worth going down that path.
"Is this actually real?" the prince asked, stepping right past me and not even noticing I was there.
Good. The spell was working. I used these things so rarely that I worried about whether they did or not.
"Yes, of course it's real," Gideon said, a smug air in his voice.
I smiled and rolled my eyes at that. It was so like him.
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