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tted fish, coughing so

s, I saw him crouch down,

who outstay their welcome. I'll make sur

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, he grabbed my c

th a sharp rip, and

he hell

rip, a deep, black-purple welt coiled a

taste of blood, my trembli

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ed it "cho

vision blurred, and growl, "Scream it, Emily. You're a filthy lycan filth who

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ecord: "Emily. is a filthy lycan filth who taints every inc

scar, and my trembling got

as still smiling, a

steady despite the shaking. "They're into some wil

blazed w

g me into a lounge and

ords out. "You think t

ou're worth her worry? She's carrying my

it me like a

heart ripping apart,

ight've been kind-only the weight of him, deliberate and hungry,

how they c

that he pulled away, n

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you're serv

d the door

s I knelt on the floor, picking up th

othes in rags-only the top I'd

oth and nail. Only made Damian rag

low, deliberate. What I'd hidden, g