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into my house. She
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her space, sl
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d her jaw, soft
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ched. Her puls
close. Break you. Bri
against the wall, my
wouldn't surviv
wrists, caging her there, not rough
e dang
when you let
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one who wanted
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me to
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t enough to gasp, "They're watchi
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bellion anymore. Thi
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spun. The blood
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, Silas. They were usin
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