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The Breaking Clause

Prologue

A glimpse – or not even that – just a

sliver of that early-morning sunlight shun

through the slices between the white

shutters that fell down in front of the

window. This caused the light to scatter

and fly across the room, seeming as if an

angel’s halo had been thrown in and

smashed apart into thin, long, sharp slices

of luminescence that raced across the room

with glee. Alison squinted, put her hands

in front of her face to stop the bright light

blinding her and pushed herself up so she

could swing her legs off her bed. She