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my footfalls silenced by the thick runners on the floor. My heart hammered against

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the hardwood floor, the impact s

ot up m

e shadows, a cruel smirk

at me with pure

el of her shoe directly

to my skin, a pressure that thre

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echoed through the c

nd quickly pull

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men remove your tongue," the older w

down the hall, her heels striki

beside me and examin

aid, pulling me into

an cleaning my wound with a practi

e blood soak into the cotton swab. "I saw his

a sound that seemed to carry

released the poison with a bite. The other had a timed subcutaneous release. They both died in his bed, their bodies convulsing as the toxins activated. Enzo barely survived. He woke up in a hospital bed, his n

ieces of his fractured mind suddenly arra

ersto

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ified into something c

prove I am re

ded me a crystal tray with a bottle

dy," she said. "D

the end of the hall, my purpos

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hed i

rich, intoxicating smell of

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my sight," he warned, his v

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d around

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bled f

the floor, and I fell

out a sha

inctively grabbed my

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ight, his chest rising and f

error hit

, his hands shaking with

not le

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onto my bare chest, right a

and blood here," I declared,

o f

lt the soft, heavy weight

said, pressing his hands harder against

hing turn

his slate-gray eyes, batt

his thumb twitching

ng bodies must have hit his brain,

t reflexes

ved me

and crashed onto

the floor with

eath he took seeming to stra

s own feral urges,

s!" he

nto the study, their

" Enzo commanded, refusing to look at me. "She will s

ticking with a ti

nzo in charge of overs

ed my arms and pul

fight them

zo as they dragged

f his mahogany desk so har

ragged, and his fi

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ake sure the next time he touc