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sense into her. "Listen to yourself! You have a future, Aria

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the bed, rubbing her templ

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i found him in bed with another woman on our engagement day. The fac

the memo

otted a maid carrying a tra

Damian De Luca'

n pointed toward the east wing.

t direction. My heart pounded in her

or, my hand raised to

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ran down

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letely dark, casting eerie shadows on the obsidian-colored furniture. Everything was black. The curtains, the walls, even the chandelie

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chair moved gently, side to side, as if he was deep in thought. She couldn't see his

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said, keeping her voice steady, tho

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e continued, nerves tightening around her like a vic

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when h

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on his lips as if he enjoyed her shock. "Yes," h

r, his movements graceful and deliber

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g mere inches from her. His scent, something dar

nd and gently tou

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s darkening. "Strange, considering how eage

was trapped. Her mind screamed for her to

k," she whispered

ed her, cutting her off again, leaning

w who you were

now yo

d pulling her deeper into the web