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time since he had come into the room. "Thank you," she said.
And then she was no longer conscious.
"Mariah!" he said in alarm. He touched the side of her throat. A pulse beat there, perhaps too slowly but at least, he realized, she was alive.
For now.
He stood abruptly and hurried from his cabin.

 
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