hand, slowing her fatal drop through the storm, though

corner, a deafening boom

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led half the nation's economy without bli

ushed the blood-matted baby hair away from the child's forehead. His gaze dropped to th

ifted the bloodstained jade from the child's

ng the microscopic engraving of nine hidden dragons-a secret

old man's chest, spli

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is encrypted earpiece, mobilizing the three ful

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before her fingers curled weakly around

t, the iron-fisted patriarch felt hot

en if the Grim Reaper himself shows up tonight, I'll us

in-slicked expressway with sirens wailing, slici

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slumped back against the cold tile wall, his fist clenched so tightly around t