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..." Her voice was soft and

is previous cold demeanor vanis

? We should get you back to the car.

misplaced devotion, his blind

s welling in her eyes. "About Elara... I know she suffe

like ashes in m

I have to be with you

ue desires, hidden ben

"You will, Annabelle. I

te determination

ch. A cold, dark premonitio

Kaelen. Don't hu

s into the void in

s were ignored. I was nothing but

nod to one of his guar

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edge of the c

injuries, Bertram s

! She is your daughter! Your own flesh and

eyes flicker

Elara ran off with some farmer and popped ou

e to spare him? She wanted to be

o

ghostly hands balli

ong! It was all

pierced through

Christian's b

of champagne. "A toast to you

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-a chill twist

mething w

ay, trying to escape the crowd

rug was t

my body burning, my consci

and disoriented, Christ

body, though the drugs hadn't fully wor

precious memory-and yet, it had been ent

reatening her life, I finally realized t

't even sp

never loved me, wh

fell cold upon

toss me aside for her? If Annabelle was who you

's head s

ock with mine for a

hiver ran do

is head, as if trying to

ving you one last chance! Sho

n't do this! She's innoce

the empty air, trying to grab Kaele

nothingness. Ut

broken arm, pleading, "Christian, I beg o

him, his eyes gl

ountdown, his face

ying on her lips. Her eyes gleamed with triumph, si

her, only to pass right through her frai

his voice flat, devoid of

psed onto the dusty earth, a primal w

baby. M

's voice boomed like thunder, a def

ation, the bodyguard sho

el

rt, choked by a silen

tstretched, desperately trying

ds passed right th

forced himself up and lunged

sending him sprawling. Bertram coughed, blood welling at the c

ghter, watching helplessly a

kenin

ooking like a br

of her mouth, staining the

er voice so faint it was barely there, her in

out a trembling

el

oul-shredding agony echoing through

. My on

ted into the chaotic scene, clutching

e paternity re

in dirt, yelled out, "Sir! We found somethi