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for air. "He's so impatient to have me fu

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hite, red, and purple. He lunged for th

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smiled, an expression of pure, angelic innocence. "

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mahogany-paneled study, the mood was grim. Ste

ling announced, his voice like gravel, "is securing the exclusive North

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phone call, puffed up his chest. "I'll ha

ation away. McCarthy. Another weakness t

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the man her enemies were desperate to court... was the same man she had paid

ootage. Arley fleeing in a panic. Hope, alone on

ive and dark, went through

vented a lover to provoke Arley. This

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