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The Unchosen Alpha Dramareel
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00:03I threw my body into the woods, no funeral, no grave, just crows.
00:07And that was the second time I died for him.
00:09In my world, being blind is a defect.
00:12Without a wolf, I'm a mother.
00:14I am an omega, the very bottom of the pack.
00:16No strength, no shifting, no healing.
00:20A normal wolf that stops, heals in minutes.
00:23Give me a paper cut, and I'll bleed for days.
00:26But I have something no one knows about.
00:28I don't see faces, I see souls of joy, jealousy, toxic green, hate, deep, oily black.
00:34In my last life, I used it to build a king, Lucian, a forgotten fifth son.
00:39I picked him, I made him, I put him on the throne.
00:42In the day my sister Celeste died, he grabbed my jaw so hard I heard it crack.
00:49Forced a wolf's vein tincture down my throat.
00:52You blind freak, you knew I never wanted you.
00:55Celeste should have been mine from the start.
00:57And because of you, she ended up with Marcus.
01:00They tortured her to death.
01:02It was your fault.
01:05I died in agony.
01:07He gave Celeste's corpse a royal burial.
01:10He gave me the woods.
01:12But the hurt, his hate, it was so consuming it dragged me right back from the back.
01:17I opened my eyes, 17 again.
01:21Night permitting by.
01:23Lucian walked straight past me and took Celeste's hand, like he was afraid someone might stop him.
01:28The bastard came back too, and he remembered everything.
01:31He is terrified I'll choose him again.
01:33Honestly, I couldn't care less.
01:35I swept my blind gaze across the back of the room.
01:38In a sea of dark, rotten swords of sand.
01:40A soul so pure, it glowed like liquid gold.
01:43The man in the wheelchair, the true alpha.
01:46I choose Celeste as my mate.
01:49Lucian's voice cracked through the hall like a whip.
01:51She is my one and only Luna.
01:53He walked toward my sister with eyes full of a tenderness I knew through his performance.
01:58The room went silent.
01:59Then the whispers hit me like a wall.
02:01No heir in their right mind would want her.
02:03A blind Omega who couldn't even shift?
02:05What a joke.
02:06Why is she even here?
02:09Trash like her should be in the kitchen, not at a mating ball.
02:14I am an alpha's daughter born blind.
02:15When I came at age, my wolf had a soul.
02:18A world with my teeth and claws.
02:21That is not just weakness.
02:22That is a death sentence.
02:24Being wolf-less, that makes you a joke.
02:27My sister Celeste is the golden child.
02:30Born with a siren song.
02:32A voice that can calm even the most violent alpha in the world.
02:35The family treats her like a goddess.
02:38They treat me like a mistake they can't take back.
02:41Lucian dropped to one knee in front of her.
02:44Accept my mark Celeste.
02:46I will make you the most powerful woman alive.
02:49And as he spoke, he threw one look back at me.
02:52Not an apology.
02:54A warning.
02:55He thinks he can take the throne without me this time.
02:57He thinks I was what held him back.
03:00He has no idea what he just threw away.
03:02I didn't awaken a wolf once in a cage.
03:05I got something much more dangerous.
03:07The soul line.
03:11Jealousy is toxic green.
03:13Hate is a bottomless black.
03:15Love is pink.
03:16And the deeper the feeling, the darker it burns.
03:19In my last life, I kept him alive with this.
03:22I spotted assassins before they moved.
03:25I told him who to trust.
03:26Who to kill.
03:27This time.
03:28I am going to let him have exactly what he wanted.
03:31And watch him realize too late that without me.
03:33He is nothing.
03:35And I really hope, for his sake.
03:37He doesn't end up crawling back to me.
03:40Begging for a mercy on the line of me.
03:43The moment Lucian's announcement landed.
03:45Every eye in the room found me.
03:47I'm just a blind girl.
03:49I'm not worthy of a man like Lucian.
03:51Celelsta is the perfect match for him.
03:54At least you know your place.
03:55He stepped closer.
03:57An Omega with no wolf?
03:58I wouldn't choose you if you were the last woman breathing.
04:02Not even if you crawl to me on your knees.
04:05My mother Marilyn made a sound beside me.
04:07A sharp inhale.
04:08Like she was about to say something she shouldn't.
04:10I squeezed her hand.
04:12She went quiet.
04:13I swept the room with my sirloin.
04:15Marcus.
04:16Murky charcoal.
04:17Cruel underneath the surface.
04:19The other airs.
04:20Muddy swirls of greed and want.
04:22In my last life I chose Lucian because his soul looked cleaner than anyone else's in the room.
04:27It was a mask.
04:28I didn't see what was underneath until the day he killed me.
04:31A rotten, pink, purple, black.
04:33We didn't just hate what it was.
04:35We hated him.
04:35I was blind in my last life in more ways than one.
04:39Never again.
04:40Celeste glided toward him.
04:41Face arranged into the perfect picture of a loving older sister.
04:45Don't be sad.
04:46Go ahead.
04:47I'll let you have whoever you want.
04:50Her soul was churning.
04:51Toxic green.
04:52Edge to edge.
04:53Pure jealousy.
04:54Barely holding its shape.
04:56Since no one's going to claim you anyway, you can always beg me for work.
05:01Celeste will need a personal maid.
05:02If she has vest smitchy floors.
05:04Scrubbing floors all a wolfless Omega is good for.
05:06I didn't blink.
05:07I didn't even bother.
05:09None of them were worth the energy.
05:11And then, the sound of wheels.
05:13The chatter died.
05:15Then the room shifted.
05:17Kyle Ravenscroft had arrived.
05:19Uninvited.
05:21Unannounced.
05:21And completely unmoved by the spectacle.
05:23He sat in that wheelchair like a predator at rest.
05:27And then I saw.
05:28My breath caught.
05:29His soul was gold.
05:31Pure.
05:32Shimmering.
05:32Blinding gold.
05:34The mark of the moon goddess herself.
05:36The mark of a true king.
05:38I clenched my fists so hard my nails broke the skin.
05:42Last life.
05:43I picked the wrong man.
05:44I defied the moon goddess.
05:46Put a monster on the throne.
05:48And everyone paid for it.
05:50Not this time.
05:52I stood up.
05:53I walked past Lucian without a glance.
05:55Past every arrogant alpha heir in the room.
05:57I stopped in front of Kyle's wheelchair.
06:00I choose him.
06:01The hall went dead silent.
06:03Then it exploded.
06:05Lifejump.
06:06From every direction.
06:07All it was.
06:08The blind girl and the cripple.
06:11Neither of you has a wolf.
06:13You really are a perfect match.
06:18zaya you can't see you don't understand he's in a wheelchair she glanced at the crowd milking
06:26every second of it i'll pretend i didn't hear that choose again and if you truly can't find
06:34an alpha willing to have you you're welcome to follow our caravan serve lucian and me
06:41at least you won't go hungry i'm not anyone's servant and i'm not astray you take in out of pity
06:48kyle hadn't said a word through any of it he just pulled his chair forward until he was right in
06:53front
06:53of me he took my hand his palm was large and rough thick with calluses the kind of anything you
07:00get
07:00from yours of hard use he took my hand and guided it to his knee no flinching no excuses
07:10if he was lying he didn't want pity for it i left my hand there i could feel the heat
07:16of him through
07:17the fabric intense alive then a jolt it shot through my fingertips raced up my arm and hit my chest
07:24like
07:24a beast this wasn't the soul line it was something else entirely my blood was screaming i don't have
07:31a wolf i was never supposed to feel a mate but there it was
07:39kyle's whole body locked up i looked into his soul warm pink threading through shimmering gold
07:44i leaned in close and smiled i can fix you next lucian's face went ugly
07:50the mating ball isn't over and you're out here making promises you can't keep
07:55if you fail to heal him the alpha council will have your head can you actually do it i didn't
08:01answer right away i let my fingers trail slowly along his test file i can but it'll require a very
08:09specific kind of contact he understood immediately the tips of his ears went red he turned his head
08:15away couldn't quite bring himself to look at me in my peripheral vision lucian's soul ignited
08:21a roaring wall of green fire jealousy a cold laugh rose in my chest jealous of what
08:28exacerbation you are the one who poured poison down my throat the moment i stepped outside the
08:34hall the world tilted white hot pain detonated behind my eyes
08:40like something was being driven through my skull from the inside that is the cost every time i use
08:46the soul eye on that many people at once i pressed my freezing fingers to my temples
08:51the cold always came after after the ball lucian got to work
08:55he pulled up everything from our past life her favorite flowers her secret hiding spots
09:01every word she'd been waiting her whole life to hear he played her like he'd been practicing
09:06for years that same day a mating contract arrived at my door on heavy old parchment
09:14i accept you as my mate i will hold and protect you in this life and the next
09:19not even death will part us the handwriting was deep and certain no hesitation in a single stroke
09:25it felt exactly like him both weddings were set for the same morning the night before celeste
09:30walked into my room like she owned it she didn't knock her maid tossed something at my feet
09:36a tattered gray shawl a kind worn by the lowest ranking omegas a mark of total submission
09:43you're a blind freak zara
09:49no real alpha will ever claim you she leaned in voice honeyed and vicious at the same time
09:56lucian and i are being generous we're keeping you on as a servant but on the day of the ceremony
10:03no carriage for you you'll wear that and walk behind the caravan
10:08servant's entrance don't embarrass us the morning came i left the shawl on the floor where it landed
10:14i put on the dress kyle had sent instead white silk thousands of diamonds sewn into the fabric
10:20small enough to look like starlight at the estate gate two carriages waited
10:27one was extraordinary draped in thumb-sized pearls built like a throne that happened to have wheels
10:33the other was primal standard work nothing remarkable
10:39celeste didn't hesitate for a second she walked straight to the pearl carriage and stepped inside
10:46the head guard turned his expression didn't waver
10:51you're in the wrong carriage this was commissioned by alpha kyle for his luna and no one else
10:57he didn't get the time to argue guards took her by the arms and went to run
11:02she caught her heel on her skirt and went down hard for his face into the dirt
11:08lucian arrived just in time to see it
11:12celeste scrambled up and threw herself at him already crying
11:18it's zara she planned this
11:22she can't stand that i'm the one becoming a luna
11:25she turned to the crowd gathering around them eyes listening
11:29please don't hate her she's struggling
11:33i know we're in love lucian but i begged you to keep her safe
11:38i cheated for months just so she could be our servant and i not starve on the street
11:45she's a blind omega she should be grateful anyone even bothered to take her in
11:49to pull a strunt like this on her sister's wedding day it's fetic
11:53the crowd was vicious they always are when they smell witness
11:58lucian's soul was drowning in black thick suffocating ink dark
12:02he pulled celeste against his chest and turned on me
12:06you're an omega zara
12:09you have no right to wear white
12:11take that dress off right now or i'll shred it off your back myself
12:18celeste buried her face in his chest
12:20but i could see her soul
12:21she was smirking
12:23lucian
12:24you don't have me watching your back this time
12:28what's coming for you tonight isn't a wedding
12:32it's a funeral
12:35celeste's been foiled like i'd struck him
12:37how can you curse him like that
12:39just because he didn't choose you
12:41you dare curse an alpha heir
12:46guards seize her
12:48the soldiers started moving in
12:50think carefully
12:52you're laying a hand on alpha kyle's mate
12:56make sure that's a consequence you're ready to live with
12:58lucian laughed
12:59jagged
13:00ugly
13:01kyle
13:01the cripple isn't even here
13:04probably hiding in his chambers too embarrassed to show his face
13:07he's using you for sport zara
13:09nothing more
13:10he stepped forward close enough that his shadow fell over me
13:13kneel
13:13beg celeste's forgiveness
13:17and maybe
13:18maybe
13:18i'll still find a use for you
13:20then a voice cut through everything
13:21who is threatening my mate
13:23the crowd split
13:24kyle moved through them like they weren't there
13:26sharp black suit
13:27not a single piece out of grace
13:30even seated
13:30his presence was suffocating
13:32the moment he appeared
13:33the street went silent
13:34beside him
13:35lucian suddenly looked like a boy wearing his mask
13:40kyle came straight to me
13:42he took my hand and folded it inside his
13:44large warm
13:45unhurried
13:48then he looked up
13:50his eyes fixed on lucian like a blade finding its mark
13:53let's try that again
13:54who was it that told my mate to me
13:57the temperature in the street seemed to drop
13:59no one walked
14:01no one breathed
14:02he didn't shout
14:03didn't signal his men
14:04he just watched lucian the way a predator watches something it has already decided to deal with later
14:10i'll remember that
14:11i'm an alpha heir same as you
14:14who the hell do you think you are
14:15who the hell do you think you are
14:17a forgotten fifth son
14:19trying to give orders to my mate
14:21you're not a rival lucian
14:23you're a fit note
14:25the color drained from lucian's face
14:27this isn't over
14:29low and mean
14:30you'll both regret tonight
14:33i gave you a chance zara
14:36when you come crawling back
14:37and you will
14:39don't expect mercy
14:40i looked at his soul
14:42muddy breathing
14:42murky and small
14:44he genuinely believes he is the chosen one
14:46he thinks the throne is already his
14:48and that i was just dead weight holding him back
14:50he has no idea what is waiting for him
14:53without me clearing his path
14:55he won't last the season
14:56he'll be lucky to still be breathing by the time the leaves turn
15:00oh her first night as mates was quiet
15:02just the two of us
15:03and the fire crackling low between us
15:06we shared whiskey
15:08amber and slow burning on the way down
15:12i could feel his eyes
15:14heavy and silver warm against my skin
15:16my pulse wouldn't settle
15:18even sitting across from me in that chair
15:20his presence filled the entire room
15:22you said you could fix my legs
15:27how?
15:29help me with something first
15:32i've never seen this room
15:35describe it to me
15:37then he started talking
15:38the fires glow
15:40the oil paintings
15:41he told me their textures
15:43not just their subjects
15:45the velvet curtains
15:46deep and heavy
15:47on the shelf above the nightstand
15:51there's an old book
15:53the cover is faded
15:55my hand stilled around the glass
15:57that shelf was high
15:58nearly at the ceiling
16:00from a wheelchair
16:01the top of that book
16:03was completely out of sight
16:04there was no way
16:05he could know the cover was faded
16:06i didn't say a word
16:08i just took another sip
16:10and filed that detail away somewhere
16:12i wouldn't forget it
16:13i stood up with my glass in hand
16:15then let it slip
16:18it hit the carpet with a dull thud
16:20and rolled toward the sofa
16:22kyle's body moved
16:23before his mind could stop it
16:25his chest surged forward
16:27the muscles in his thighs
16:28locked and coiled
16:30dense as iron cables
16:31for a single unguarded second
16:34he was about to stand
16:35then he caught himself
16:36and settled back into the leather
16:38as if nothing had happened
16:39but i felt it
16:41that reflex was all the confirmation i needed
16:43i didn't say anything
16:45not yet
16:46there's one more way to be sure
16:51i stepped in close
16:52and i straddled his lap
16:55kyle stopped breathing
16:58the heat from his hands soaked straight through the silk
17:01it burned against my skin like a brand
17:04my heart was slamming
17:05i ignored it
17:08i raised my hand and let my fingertips trace from his jaw down to his chest
17:13hard as stone beneath the shirt
17:15not the body of a man who hadn't used his legs in seven years
17:19i looked into his soul
17:20a storm deep crimson
17:22soft pink
17:23something more tender than he'd admit
17:25and threading through both
17:27a sharp streak of dark green panic
17:29he knew i was getting close
17:32i leaned down
17:38my lips barely grazed the corner of his mouth
17:40not a kiss
17:42a question
17:43his breathing came apart
17:44and then i took his hand and pressed his palm flat against my chest
17:48the silk between us was nothing
17:50my face was burning
17:52because in that moment
17:54his body gave me the most honest answer i had
17:57his body reacted before his mind could stop it
18:00i felt the shift in his balance
18:02the sudden brace through his thighs
18:05the instinctive drive upward
18:06a man who hadn't used his legs in seven years wouldn't move like that
18:10i pulled back just enough
18:12let the smile come slowly
18:14your legs are fine
18:16that much i know
18:17kyle closed his eyes
18:19his throat moved as he swallowed
18:21then he stood up
18:22one hand stayed at my waist
18:24the other still pressed against my chest
18:27he lifted me and i felt just how much of him there was
18:30nearly six foot long
18:32all of it muscle
18:33my whole world was suddenly just him
18:36how did you know
18:38i just smiled and gave him something vague enough to pass
18:41he set me down gently on the edge of the bed
18:43then stepped back
18:45the hand that touched my chest was shaking
18:47i'm sorry i shouldn't have
18:50don't i'm the one who put your hand there
18:52he looked at me for a long moment
18:54and he laughed
18:55a real laugh
18:56warm and unguarded
18:57like seven years of tension finally giving way
19:00seven years
19:02seven years fooling everyone
19:04the whole damn world
19:06and my blind mate catches me on the very first night
19:09we didn't go any further that night
19:11we ended up on the rug in front of the fire
19:13the bottle of whiskey between us
19:15and we just talked
19:17he told me about the night his parents were killed
19:20they called it a rogue wolf attack
19:23everyone knew what it actually was
19:25the alpha king had ordered it
19:27he was 15 years old
19:29standing at their funeral
19:30and he made a decision
19:32he would become the cripple
19:34invisible
19:36unthreatening
19:37off the king's list entirely
19:39it was the only way to stay alive
19:41i told him about lucian
19:43all of it
19:44what he was underneath
19:46i didn't choose you because i had no other options
19:49i chose you because you were the only one worth choosing
19:54i watched his soul begin to shift
19:56the gold bleeding slowly into a deep and glowing lake
20:01late into the night
20:02it came back
20:03the splitting pain behind my temples
20:05like an axe working its way through bone
20:08i tried to keep my hands still
20:10they were shaking anyway
20:11kyle stopped mid-sentence
20:14your head
20:14before i could deflect
20:16his thumbs were already at my temples
20:18the pressure
20:19exact like he'd map the pain
20:21before he touched it
20:22my mother used to get them
20:24i've known what to do since i was a boy
20:26the pain didn't ease
20:28it vanished
20:28we shared the same bed
20:30his arm lay heavy and warm across my waist
20:33my head settled against his chest
20:35i listened to his heartbeat through my soul lie
20:38i watched his soul settle
20:39the gold softening
20:41deepening
20:41into a rich and quiet pink
20:43for the first time in two lifetimes
20:45i felt safe
20:46lucian's wedding night was far apart
20:48in my last life
20:49a maid tried to spike his wine with wolf's bane
20:52i caught her before she could get close
20:54i read the murder in her soul
20:56swapped the glasses
20:57had her detained before he'd taken a single seat
21:00this time
21:01i did nothing
21:03celeste wouldn't notice
21:04she wouldn't know a threat
21:05if it sat down beside her
21:06and introduced itself
21:07the next morning
21:09kyle and i arrived at the alpha king's estate
21:11no sign of lucian
21:13no sign of celeste
21:15the corridors were alive
21:16with hushed urgent voices
21:17the hair was poisoned in his own chambers
21:20he hasn't wokened
21:21the healers say the dose was enough
21:23to drop a grizzly
21:24i kept my face perfectly still
21:27but underneath me
21:28i was smiling
21:29lucian's fall had started
21:30and this time i wasn't going to stop it
21:33the carriage had barely rolled to a stop
21:36when celeste appeared at the gates
21:37she looked like she hadn't slept in days
21:39zara
21:41you poisoned him
21:44give me the antidote right now
21:47i felt the temperature inside the carriage shift
21:49kyle went very still beside me
21:51i placed a hand on his arm
21:53i've got this
21:55i leaned in and pressed a quick kiss to his cheek
21:58then i stepped out into the morning air
22:01antidote
22:03i don't have one
22:05whatever happened to lucian has nothing to do with me
22:08liar
22:11then how did you know he'd be dying on his wedding night
22:14i tilted my head
22:16that's a serious accusation
22:18where's your proof
22:20did you catch the killer
22:22did you find the poison
22:23i already knew she hadn't
22:25the spy marcus sent was a professional
22:27without my soul eye
22:29she was a ghost
22:30by now she was likely across the border
22:32untouchable
22:33celeste stood there
22:35mouth open
22:36nothing coming out
22:37if you keep causing a scene on my land
22:39my warriors will remove you
22:43her eyes dropped to my neck
22:45she saw the red mark kyle had left there
22:48you actually slept with him
22:50a blind girl and a broken man
22:53i suppose trash finds its own level
22:55i suppose trash finds its own level
22:57i thought about last night
22:58the fire the whiskey
22:59the long silence after he finally stood up
23:02and i felt the full weight of him for the first time
23:04kyle wasn't broken
23:06he was ten thousand times the man lucian would ever be
23:08i laughed
23:12what is so funny
23:13i stopped
23:13looked at her
23:14we're close enough to it
23:15i'm laughing at how blind you are
23:17lucian is going to die
23:20and when he goes down
23:22he'll take you with him
23:23if you want to survive
23:25what's coming
23:25sever the bond now
23:28while you still can
23:29that was it for her
23:30she swung at my face
23:32wide, furious
23:33telegraphed from a mile away
23:34i shifted my weight
23:35and stepped aside
23:36she hit nothing but air
23:37the momentum carried her forward
23:39and she went down hard
23:40palms and knees in the dirt
23:42i looked down at her
23:42remember this
23:44because the next time you raise a hand to me
23:47i won't step aside
23:48she stared up at me from the ground trembling
23:50for the first time in her life
23:51she was actually afraid of me
23:53the blind girl she used to torment wasn't there anymore
23:56someone else had taken her place
23:59kyle was waiting when i stepped back into the carriage
24:01he just watched me with those gray eyes
24:03and in them
24:04not worry
24:05not pity
24:06admiration
24:06he trusted me to handle my own affairs
24:09that respect landed heavier than any shield he could have raised
24:12he turned to his lead god
24:13and spoke low
24:14no one from lucian's pack crosses onto my land again
24:18for any reason
24:20ever
24:23after celeste was escorted out
24:25we turned to the business of leaving
24:27we were heading for thorn harbor
24:28the courtyard filled with people and supplies
24:31controlled chaos
24:32and through all of it
24:33my soul i found a single target
24:35a guard named vaughn
24:36his soul was a muddy treacherous gray
24:38i leaned close to kyle's ear
24:40who is that man
24:43vaughn
24:44he's been with me since i was 15
24:46saved my life twice
24:48i pulled back and looked at kyle do you trust me
24:51his soul flushed deep dark pink all at once
24:54you're my mate
24:55of course i do
24:56he's a traitor
24:58we changed the route to thorn harbor
25:01and we tell no one
25:02in my last call
25:03this was where it ended with kyle
25:05ambushed on the road to the harbor
25:07wounds that never healed
25:09he died defending the city walls
25:11i finished speaking
25:13let my lips brush his cheek
25:15kyle's arm came around my waist immediately
25:17pulling me in
25:19across the yard i felt vaughn watching us
25:22he clocked how close we were
25:23and looked really fast
25:25kyle pressed his face into the curb of my neck
25:27his breath was warm against my skin
25:29are you trying to fix my legs again
25:31because i'm happy to wait until tonight
25:34or we could start now
25:36the next morning vaughn was gone
25:38kyle sat beside me at breakfast
25:40cutting my steak into careful pieces
25:42without being asked
25:43you were right
25:45vaughn was marcus's man
25:47buried so deep i never suspected him once
25:50in seven years
25:52it took some
25:55persuasion
25:55to get him to talk
25:57he looked at me
25:58how did you know zara
26:00i looked into his soul
26:01golden pink
26:02wound together
26:03no suspicion
26:04no fear
26:06lucky guess
26:06the words were barely out
26:08when the pain hit
26:09white
26:10hot behind both temples at once
26:12my hand went to my head
26:13before i could stop it
26:14kyle didn't say a word
26:15he just moved his chair
26:17flushed against mine
26:18un in hand kept cutting my food
26:19the other reached up
26:20and wrapped around the back of my neck
26:22the pain dissolved
26:23he has stopped asking
26:24why it happens
26:25he just makes sure he is there when it does
26:27thorn harbor
26:28kyle's territory
26:30the land was rough
26:32resources thin
26:33the kind of place the alpha council never bothered to look at twice
26:37the wolves here were loyal to kyle
26:39the way wolves are loyal to someone they've chosen
26:42out of true devotion
26:44when i went to the market
26:45they called me luna
26:46and refused my coin
26:47every stall
26:48every vendor
26:49i had to set the money down
26:51and walk away before they touch it
26:53i came back to the estate breathless
26:55and my maid watched me come through the door
26:59the luna is blind
27:00but she moves faster than any soldier i've trained with
27:05kyle heard her
27:06that night his fingers found the edges of my eyes
27:11zara
27:12is it really just
27:14nothing
27:15nothing
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