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And a few others laughed warmly at what I presumed to have been a joke.
“That one!” A woman near the center pointed straight at Elodie. Her face appeared ageless, and she had hook-like fingers. The hunger in her eyes was clearly visible.
My bowels twisted painfully. Elodie did not even react.
“Nonsense!” Madam Dro scoffed, swatting the woman’s arm playfully. “We haven’t even begun the demonstrations. Curb your appetite, Jinete, or it may just swallow you whole!”
“But she’s gorgeous” the woman named Jinete protested, admiring Elodie up and down without any embarrassment. “If you all weren’t so blind, you’d call dibs on her, too!”