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Sea le’s mafia. But they’re ant
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“Let me the fuck go, you fucking
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I’m going to shove my foot up his
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“Bro, let’s talk about this. Th
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that the vic m deserved it and what
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“The best-case scenario would’v
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I do exactly as she says. Taking tw
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“I see worse every day, Addie. Go
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Well, goddammit, good thing I didn
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I look up, staring ahead but seeing
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he killed her.“There has to be si
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carelessly tossed it aside a er ass
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Chapter 11The Manipulatoraya said N
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but he didn’t say I couldn’t ca
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As a reward for finishing my manusc
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Just to fuck with him, I turn my he
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I’m a tad psy from ge ng drinks a
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while she doesn’t talk much about
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The video starts playing, and despi
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worse, knowing that the people comm
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Ignoring them, I keep rolling the d
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Chapter 13The Manipulatorjust got b
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ro ed and chewed up by mice. Where
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Maybe that’s all the more reason
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And without a concern in the fuckin
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“Oh my God.”“Why do you ask?
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Slowly, she shakes her head. “He
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For as long as I can remember, Hall
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The second the message shoots off,
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What is he feeling right now? Stand
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star ng from the middle of his fore
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palms, giving me pause. If I didn
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force the muscle to open back up, a
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“Let me go, you fucking creepy-as
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Regardless of the reason, he doesn
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Chapter 16The Manipulatorillions of
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Keeping one finger hooked in my und
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Too far away.“Tell me what you le
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But the heat between my thighs like
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I smile, feeling the same spark of
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I don’t look to Daya. I don’t w
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Chapter 17The Shadowuck. She’s so
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Part of her looks disturbed by the
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and their heads rolling on the grou
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Maybe I’m kidding myself with a f
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awake.My eyes open wide, and my bre
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It stuns me long enough for him to
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I try to wriggle away, but all it d
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Even if I were forced in front of a
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This isn’t a climb to heaven. It
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He pauses at the door, turning his
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When she was coming on my face, she
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The insides of us—that’s what k
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I would rather just off myself than
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“Yup,” she says sassily, poppin
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Chapter 20The Shadowhe bass from th
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“Does it freak you out when someo
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“As long as you leave Addie and D
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The smell of burnt flesh fills the
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Throughout the next several hours,
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“Clumsy bitch,” one of the men
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She stumbles off to the car, and I
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The images those words just put in
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It’s not hard to put Daya back in
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Surrounding him are four men, their
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It makes him more real, and I don
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There’s a but, and in my drunken
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“You want to act brave, then I’
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I can’t control how my stomach gh
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be able to bite Addie’s clit.And
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My hand lands over his phone, hal n
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you at home. At least if you’re n
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li le girl and play along un l I ca
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Mark’s phone rings, cu ng off any
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you. But I can assure you Max is no
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Chapter 23The Manipulatorou’re go
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“I know you’re going to think I
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The black suit does nothing but dar
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The snake wasn’t dead—it’s be
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“You’re pu ng on an act, Addie,
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I shake my head, dumbfounded. “Yo
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The la er shouldn’t by any means,
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neck, and I know with absolute cert
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For the next hour, we mingle around
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“I have a few more guests to gree
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I grab her hand, basking in the fee
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“Your father is an a orney, is he
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I keep quiet, le ng her slowly rela
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“S-someone could come in,” she
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Finally, I ease my fingers out, lic
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“My two favorite people,” Mark
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the hell out. There was a comment i
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Mark finishes off his drink before
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becoming more drunk.I barely listen
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consumed an ounce of it.“Thank yo
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We’ve been doing this all week. N
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I had forgo en what it felt like to
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words. They’re currently wading t
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“What’s wrong with you?” I sn
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He doesn’t move, a stone pillar a
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But then he breaks, his resolve sha
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While my family is small and s ff.
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love with Ronaldo. It’s possible
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Satan’s Affair is one of my favor
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Oh, fuck me.“Mark!” I exclaim i
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At the very end of the hallway is a
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The broken doll is in a staring con
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high possibility Addie and her frie
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When I enter the room on the le , I
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“Jackal!” she screeches from be
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It’s right then that I see the fi
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Hot breath ckles my ear, sending ch
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He nods his head slowly, his eyes f
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Fuck, I don’t know. This is wrong
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I choke on air when I pull down his
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I do as he says, if it means he’l
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“Don’t you dare move your hands
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“What—" he drops me to my feet
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phone is lit up in my discarded jea
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I scoff. “I’m not jealous. Let
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to get my answers and finish them o
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“You kill people o en?”She’s
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Sibby happily prances towards them
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They’ll be saving me the trouble
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“Nope,” he replies, popping the
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insists the loud clicking brings hi
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black eyebrows set low over dark ey
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need to show proof.And I’ll be da
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Looking around fran cally, I tear a
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stumble away from him and towards e
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I can’t see him, but that doesn
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fucking children and get off on it.
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His words create a visceral reac on
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I’m too lost in the moment to car
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He marked me relentlessly so many m
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anything else but how much I want h
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His mismatched eyes pin me against
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And then he pulls back once more be
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“Fuck, Addie, fuck,” he grinds
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While I was drinking overpriced whi
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My fingers trail across her freckle
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“Torture them,” she easily gues
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this?”Her tone isn’t laced with
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can tell you that I will try. But w
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I take a step back, a rac ng both o
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As if that wasn’t fucking bad eno
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“Dick,” I mu er, increasing her
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Gigi seems to be curled in on herse
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She shi s. “A broken heart. He di
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It takes her a minute, but she fina
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Jay stays quiet, seeming to realize
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“Make sure the men are watching o
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“I want your eyes on Addie tonigh
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Her brown eyes are wide with terror
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“I had some tes ng and research o
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One says it’s a match, and anothe
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“Peace, baby. All I want is peace
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The pleasure builds as I swirl my s
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breaks my heart. Her eyes are swirl
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“Daniel,” I snap, catching his
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They’re false agents to begin wit
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the oxygen from my lungs, and I’v
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“Now move,” I rasp out, my cont
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I lose myself. My name. My iden ty.
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Chapter 41The Shadowou ready for to
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weren’t authorized to kick down m
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"This another newcomer?" a nasally
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They could be from the Society.In f
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Absolute carnage is consuming that
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I turn and stare out at the window
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