She lay there as if she was sunbathing in the heat, and the blood running from her back was still wet. Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Random House Canada and colophon are registered trademarks. Distributed in Canada and the United States by Penguin Random House Canada Limited, Toronto. Published in 2017 by Random House Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.
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