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Being a real estate agent pays well
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The bed is no more, having bought m
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But I couldn’t be both a hacker a
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Right as I ready up again, one guy
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that pisses him off more.I sigh. Wi
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While Jay kept tabs, I allowed myse
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I help Sicily navigate through the
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The walls and floor are smooth blac
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But not before I shoot Daya a narro
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My phone buzzes as soon as my ass h
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“Do you want to leave?” he murm
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But the most notable part is direct
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“Fuck, baby, that’s it. Let me
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close to pissing my pants from the
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Red and blue lights brighten the wo
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look into you, but when they don’
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Chapter 9The Shadow’ve commi ed h
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Come get me, Archie.He hesitates on
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I pull into the driveway leading in
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looks as if he went five rounds in
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Cracking my neck, I take another de
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Chapter 10The Manipulatorave you he
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He waves a hand in acknowledgment b
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“I don’t know what to do, Daya,
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“Honestly, Daya, I’m a li le re
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I aim for it, sliding the door open
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due to insufficient evidence.A lot
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This was undoubtedly a crime of pas
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I find myself curling deeper into t
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Another flash of movement causes me
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fear. But also from something else.
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My strangled scream pierces the air
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I roll my eyes. “Because I manipu
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“Addie, he could s ll be here. We
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Chapter 12The Shadowhere’s anothe
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ones aren’t iden fiable. I imagin
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But no one is there, despite the pe
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The video restarts. I snarl, the cr
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Rushing over, I grab the swinging s
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Switching to the other note, it tak
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I li my hand and flip him the bird.
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It’s not un l a er I take a hot s
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in the world to happen—my body is
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Chapter 14The Manipulatoraya put so
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They treat it like a concert to avo
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release a shaky breath.I have a cho
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Chapter 15The Manipulator’m compl
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I gasp, my eyes widening and snappi
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“Mm,” he growls in delight. “
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the hallway I came from.I bolt thro
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the balls for it, but I couldn’t
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Above him, the stars are twinkling
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“Do you know what these mean?”
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seeing. What I’m feeling.Slowly,
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rips through me.I’m screaming. I
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I can never let Daya see those mark
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“No,” I say finally, refraining
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“They’re going to be a problem,
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She doesn’t know I’m hiding in
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me she gets scared, my li le mouse
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Chapter 18The ManipulatorNKNOWN: Yo
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The phone lights up with an incomin
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As if I wasn’t already burning up
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“Fuck. Off!” I shout, enuncia n
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But the tape doesn’t mask the sou
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Gently, he scrapes his teeth over t
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My eyes close against the sensa on,
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Being consumed by him feels like dr
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Chapter 19The Shadowdon’t regret
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Sighing again, I pluck the pack of
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Addie’s great-grandmother could
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She snorts. “You really think I
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are ever taken seriously anyways, w
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Immediately, he dives for cover, pu
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exactly alike when laid on their de
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I enter into what looks like a foye
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While Mark was burning his cigar on
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Addie won’t ever have to worry ab
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wary, and then resigned. Tears line
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Chapter 21The Manipulator’m stewi
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about the gun incident. I don’t t
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Maybe I just want to be able to say
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My world spins as I stumble up the
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And then I climb up on the bed, in
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I’ll never tell him how glorious
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When the last bit of cum drops from
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Chapter 22The Shadowy li le mouse d
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As Mark drones on about some bill h
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“S’all good,” I say calmly, s
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Addie shakes her head, closing her
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“Oh, I know that case!” Mark ex
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Sighing, I push out of my chair and
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wild with hunger. I’m ravenous an
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I frown. “What makes you think he
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Zade picks me up in a classic Musta
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“The hell are you doing, Zade?”
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I glare up at him, tears s ll linin
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Oh, what a fine gentleman you’re
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Ugh. The arrogance.His face turns s
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Chapter 24The Manipulators there an
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downright boring.The inside is even
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another senator. I guess the story
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Chapter 25The Shadowf I spend anoth
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The girl gets off on fear. The mome
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“If you were my li le girl, I wou
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I groan, the feel of her ass diggin
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Releasing her face, my hand dri s t
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Chapter 26The Manipulator’m seeth
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if I had to guess on what type of m
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"Now, of course, when my father tol
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told John he didn’t give a shit w
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I open my mouth, ready to pry, but
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“Because you’re not listening.
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"You trauma zed me."He leans down a
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“Or what?” he challenges. I sig
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Chapter 27The Manipulator’m just
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worse and probably end up leaving.
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me. He makes it a point to stay on
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My phone vibrates in my hand, and I
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“How did you even come into conta
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preparing for it.“He hasn’t sai
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“How can you even choose?” Daya
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more minutes to come up to the fron
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Chapter 28The Shadowucking imbecile
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“Loca on?” Jay asks, keyboard c
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Walking into this house feels like
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not en rely wrong. Except I’m onl
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Mark tries to brush off my story wi
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Con nuing on my wayward path, I con
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A er a few minutes, I’m out of br
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Another growl pings through my mout
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took it all the way, and every mors
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“You’d be okay with other peopl
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When I brush my finger ps over them
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“You like being a bad li le girl,
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“Zade, please,” I whimper, my v
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him sliding in and out between my f
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“You motherfucking ass—”He in
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She takes a deep, calming breath.
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Chapter 31The Shadowhat took you so
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“You uh, told them to stay down t
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The air whistles, my only indica on
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“You can only access it through a
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He admits he’s never seen their f
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Sibby is s ll too blind with bloodl
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He was a rich man who came from old
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Now I just have to figure out how t
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Savior’s looks like the type of c
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Dan and I mingle for the next sever
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Interes ng that they believe they c
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four government poli cians.This isn
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His hand ghtens further while my br
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from every spot that our skin clash
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so flesh digging into my teeth prod
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My lip wobbles, and all of the figh
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beneath his lashing tongue.My back
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delivers a sharp slap straight on m
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I’m readying to ask… I don’t
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it’s only grown with the weight o
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connected lips. Without thought, I
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My eyes roll as his tongue laps up
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With this new angle, he hits that p
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Chapter 35The Shadowhe’s nervous.
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This me I do smile, and the dila on
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her world, and she’s grasping for
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my jaw and trying to regain the com
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here.But I know we’re both incred
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I laugh, catching Daya by her arm b
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Chapter 36The Manipulatorlook down
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“But knowing that Z is your stalk
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along with a weathered note.Daya an
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The man has his hand res ng high up
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I bounce the beam of light around i
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Chapter 37The Shadowhere’s nothin
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My head spins as I try to figure ou
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My tone suggests that Jay keep his
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He stares at the pain ng with pride
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Chapter 38The Manipulatorll the inf
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Daya whips around, grabbing the bo
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I nod, a frown marring my features.
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impossible. Especially when he arch
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Chapter 39The Shadowou eat meat raw
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from my angle, but I don’t need t
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The cool air is a balm to my heated
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I laugh quietly, even as he jerks b
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Her eyes flu er, and I watch as she
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“Addie,” I snarl through clench
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And then I’m driving into her ght
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I li my hand, gently swiping a lock
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I walk directly into the main area,
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The whiskey in my stomach sours.Swa
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approach the altar.I stare at the l
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That was the trigger. The en re roo
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“Zade, dude, are you okay?” Pan
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Surprisingly, Mom doesn't have a sn
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My phone buzzes again, aler ng me t
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scream, pain lancing down my neck a
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For My ReadersWhatever this book ma
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AcknowledgmentsI feel like I have s
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About The AuthorH. D. Carlton grew
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