Midnight Vows and Blood Oaths

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g lights. I shouldn't have come out tonight-my phone vibrating with New Year's wis

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art slammed against my ribs as I hid

rough his white shirt. Not panicked. Not begging. Just..

d, voice low, ho

couldn't. Something in his eyes-fierce, v

ice quivering. "Let's g

at flashed through me-not fear, not just adrenaline-but something sharper, deeper. My pulse raced a

rom the square

nine...

I helped him walk, that I had no idea who he was, what danger trailed him

he murmured suddenly, voice

my throat. "Because... I

e-and for a heartbeat, the world narrowed t

t enough. My stomach fell as he stiffened. His hand sp

he hi

't tell which. The last firework erupted right above, and in that moment

ready in