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or what it was. A

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struck up

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had unsettled her, a reminder of the

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ly. He pulled her flush against him. Sh

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just... overwhelmed.

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hispered, "I will break his legs. And then I will

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down the front of Damian's

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s curled into a fist. He was

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him. She grabbed his rai

me," she

wild, unfocused. "F

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on his lapel. Her moveme

. Out. It's just a shirt

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ed the terrifi

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entrance. It was the same man from before, the investigator. He was

eyes n

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throom, scrubbing hi

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kicked off her heels, picked them u

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