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THERE IS NO DEVIL
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CONTENTSSoundtrack1. Mara2. Cole3.
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THERE IS NO DEVIL OFFICIAL SOUNDTRA
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Cole is the most observant person I
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“I don’t want to be hungry whil
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“There’s nothing horrifying abo
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It’s flattering.I’m an exotic c
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The orgasm is as hot and pounding a
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Cole is trying to drag me down this
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“No.” He pushes me back down on
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“Where is everyone?” I whisper
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And that really fucking scares me.
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embroidered bell-bottom jeans …I,
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shifting within his pocket as he ma
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Nobody wanted me to achieve anythin
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Her excitement ignites mine like a
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Her tight little nipples poke out,
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“Yes,” Mara says softly, withou
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Many people have believed they knew
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“Yes,” Sonia laughs. “And lik
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“He was … in the car?”“That
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Her eyes flick down to the Tesla pu
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“You want me to tell you informat
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She sputters, holding up her hands.
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She loves to be praised—she can
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her. Her skin and hair glows with h
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“That’s my uncle. He was twelve
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“You’re not like that,” Mara
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“What made you start drawing?”
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pretending not to notice. I let him
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Mara makes a faint choking sound. H
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It makes me want to bite her back.
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MARA
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off the glossy black Steinway, I wa
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- Page 131 and 132: WE HEAD BACK to Cole’s house, whi
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“But he did date your roommate
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My heart twitches uncomfortably aga
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“Hey there Mr. Pratt. My name’s
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“Howard Hughes lived here,” I t
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Mara throws open the heavy drapes c
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Turning her body to the side, Mara
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But nothing about Mara disgusts me.
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It only takes me a minute to break
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“Nine years ago.”“Mara would
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“That woman would have let me do
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“It sounds like we’re negotiati
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MARACole wakes me up nice and early
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It all comes back to me in a rush.
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Under the glaring lights, with the
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I cook dinner for us both, delighti
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like Randall used to do. Instead, h
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“I can’t …” he groans. “I
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“Fuck,” I cry, covering my face
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I wanted Randall dead. Now he is. H
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I float out of the room and down th
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COLEII don’t often feel regret. I
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“He hadn’t yet learned to ingra
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“Professor Oswald was the first p
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would fight my allegations with all
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“I believed I was gaining more an
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Mara’s face blanches. She was ano
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“I felt sorry for Valerie, to a d
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The real preparation was watching t
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But he can’t escape the confirmat
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I let out a laugh, thinking that Co
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COLEShaw dies on Christmas Eve.That
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because I’m used to scheming and
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This is phase one.Mara goes to the
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“She’s more trouble than she’
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The urge to yank my hands away, to
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A half dozen people have already ga
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MARAThe wind hits me like a slap as
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This is what I wanted. I wanted him
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down their length until you find th
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I hate that sound. I really fucking
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I’m already leaping to my feet ag
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A deathly clarity settles over me.T
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I’m holding the knife, sharp as a
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We’re wrapped together, twisted u
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COLEIThe scent of her skin fills my
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3 MONTHS LATERIt takes several mont
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The grass is unwatered and uncut, t
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A tiny smirk plays over my mother
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“I don’t care what you say to r
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the front of the hoodie, pulling it
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I MEET Cole in Yerba Buena, where t
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“I need a hot young artist to acc
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COLEVenice1 Week LaterBust Your Kne
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Mara follows my gaze, her eyes flic
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WELCOME TO KINGMAKERS!WHERE THERE I
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