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down and turned the faucet, letting the freezing cold water bla

ghs. The temperature shock was brutal, sending violent shivers dow

on it hard, muffling her own ragged breathing

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collapsed back onto the pillows. She felt compl

state was pitch black. Th

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screen. The bold black letters of t

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ed the screen. A high-defin

tightly around Allyson's shoulders, pulling her into his chest to shield her from

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t that she was nothing. In this

essages and scrolled down until she found the

quickly over the glass. Is that pop-up

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string of heart e

ct, packaging boxes. She looked down at her hands. They were slightly rough from years of doing chores Godfr

casting a pale grey lig

or opened, and footsteps echoe

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behind a folding table on a crowded street in Williamsburg. S

ray of freshly baked red ve

and roasted coffee from the neighboring stalls. For the first time