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me we'd stand here together

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hispered.

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s lips and mine, somethi

watching the moon ripple across the

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head. "He

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it a squeeze. "He's powerful. Bu

r. "Do you thi

hink you're in love. And

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nd Gonzalo's voice, hi

rategy meetings, before bloodbaths.

. To him, I was his, so long

idge. He would press his body against mine like a

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the truth

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if it stirred