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""Brother, where are you taking me?""

"Shen Qinghuan followed in his footsteps, small lantern bobbing between them as they picked their way along a dark, rutted path. Branches reached out from the black like crooked fingers; each gust made the flame jump and throw strange, leering shadows over Shen Qianzhan's face."

"Qinghuan shrank her neck into her collar. In the wavering light he seemed less like her brother and more like some mountain spirit wearing a man's skin—something that wanted to lure and deceive."