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key. It was

, slamming against the wall. Light from the hallway flooded in, outli

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low, venomous rasp that cut thro

hest, my heart hammering against my ribs. "

e overhead light. The sudden brightness made me flinch. "A g

ossed, her face a mask of fury. She looked completely out of place in my

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riend does! It's what a

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. I needed to call Matthew. He was supposed to be at a fr

ther screeched, lunging forward an

e looked tired, and his eyes were slightly

ing on?" h

her voice instantly shifting to a pathetic whimper.

u can't just barge into my home in the middle of the night! M

ng him to be the reasona

. He walked over to me, hi

ve to make things so

his shadow falli

ze to my

f. "Apologize? For what? Fo

ud, my head snapping to the side with the force of it.

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