In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other woman's perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and e — George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other woman's perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and e — George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other woman's perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and e — George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other woman's perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and e — George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other woman's perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and e — George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
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In the closeness of the passage, the queen could smell the other woman's perfume, a musky scent that spoke of moss and earth and wildflowers. Under it, she smelled ambition.

— George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
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