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closed my eye

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night. The early morning light barely touched the ro

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his first

the heavy iron candlesticks from

just catch

or swu

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tick in my grip an

to you, too,

ched a

his jaw, for his ribs, for anything that w

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the side of my face

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ing da

low, traitorous ache cu

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me. "Then what the h

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, the coldest, most ruthless man I've

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desperation

king da

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with her, toying with

under

see wha

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every breath I took. The moment she stepped back into my wo

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wanted somet

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her

her

pretend that s

t she let her

finally realize

take

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at heavy in my chest, pressing do

ne for now. But I kne

ded a

ed to

before I lost the last

the question. The door was monitored. I couldn't fight my way out,

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