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“You will not survive the journey.”

She could still hear his voice. “You are too soft, Ana. You feel too much. The world will eat you alive.” Her father had meant it as a warning, a plea for her to hide, to shrink, to survive. He had been a good man, but a fearful one. And fear, Ana had learned, was a slower poison than any venom. Corazon Valiente

“Let them,” the old woman said. “I have outlived better men than them.” “You will not survive the journey