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So complete had been Fred's imprisonment and torture inside this girl's body that he raised Hannah's hands to her mouth in an involuntary expression of joy. He almost even said "Thank you," but caught himself. "Still can't have you meddling," Belboz said gruffly as he looked her up and down, seeming to be thinking aloud, "but I suppose this has been punishment enough. You haven't even had a body of your own to control for fourteen years, it will take so much readjustment... and this one is so much weaker than your last. Yes, I believe I shall let you leave." Fred was weak-kneed as he contemplated what this meant. He could have a life of his own. Well... her own. But she almost didn't care about that change--not now, anyway. She was free. Belboz snapped his fingers, bringing Fred out of her reverie. "There. Hannah is no more. You are the only one left in that body. Do what you will." And he was gone. Fred stood in the tiny cottage, alone, truly alone, for the first time in fourteen years. She sat down, still reeling. After only a few moments of silence, the voices of Henry and her eldest son carried through the window from afar, and her head snapped up. They would be here inside a few minutes.
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