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military exercise-their son, Alexande

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broadcast

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smile bloomed on Thea's face. Tea

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make mistakes," T

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need to act." She was already typi

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slowly. "I'l

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girl has no one. Her family abandoned her. Her fiancé left her. The entire

low and rumbling. "You're going to make that girl a

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