A Baby for the Beast

touched by a man. I’ve remained

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self and his eyes held a lust

n’t have to use

tion would w-w

tire room. He pounced towards me

inging out of his shoulders. I

do it for you. You do no

With his aura, holdin

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widened,

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ash

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hat ran thro

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arious names of girls who were marke

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as one

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my way towards the outskirts of w

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ked back hopelessly, only to see the wo

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old

lt. I should have raised you be

he shed tears like she had just

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ire, promise to al

ntangled my hands from mum’s face. Her eyes,

e stage stairs, climbing up

ome unsettling drama,”

ped his

box of lu

at to do, each of

ward, passing it to the ass

’re

im to say to every girl af

n and there were numero

fe…. You

he made it kno

sess a number that was even. Once you got an odd, yo

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d her from

t h

ched in shock as the girl

less body. Immediately, she dr

n to anyone who tries

r fiercely

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he said, and

afe, saf

ed my letter. It was forbidden to look inside without

ak

hat I couldn’t

tty little Ava! She’s just a chi

d through

fety, knowing she could

as he says, so yo

us hopelessly as

r survived in t

to escape to but it only le

p remainin

idst of a forest with large and tall trees. Le

o be devoured