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time I witnessed su

storm did not manage to frighte

as t

warr

iors navigated the house confidently as if it belonged to them while their heavy boots made dull thumps agains

statue while her face turned ghostly whi

elp but follow him

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t like t

me when his dark eyes locked onto mine. He did not lo

now how to

l's gaze upon me, which revealed his curiosity through

so quickly that her

-pitched and unstable. "She doesn't

ressed myself against the wall

s gaze nev

tands," he

delivered something totally new to me. It was

yet her eyes revealed no trace of

king her

aled sharply

ess while his presence weighed down the entire room. Edw

with a voice that remaine

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fingers tightened into

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d in a

alled me that b

wed. His gaze flicked

s examination of Margaret

ears little rese

mile. "Takes after

though he was testing their bitterness t

et hes

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allowly while pushing myself against the wall as I contend

oftened-ju

our name?

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nails dug i

have one," sh

clenched. "Every

ook her hea

me. Nathaniel looked at me with d

quieter voice, "W

sita

king, I had nev

rl. I wa

aiting for a response, I wante

through his nostrils before facing

ds trembled. "

. "Give me one compe

y. Her eyes snapped toward me with a desp

he was los

. "Weak. She won't surv

step toward me. "She do

Margaret sn

ers pressed into my arm with such force th

s expressi

go," he

tightened. "Sh

ience snappe

voice caused th

et fli

sed around my wrist

sp

ugh my veins. No one had ever made contact with me in this manner

cked in a s

me close to him, which released m

th me,"

red a

ever offe

ever wanted

nto a sneer. "You will r

thaniel maintained his strong, unyieldi

fe now," h

a

lt foreign.

en know wha

ye

the door and I f

breathing behind me together with the sensa

didn't

storm began to embrace my skin w

aret's voice as it ro

amed. She will bring nothing

rip on my wri

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ither