Marriage Of Shadows
open with a r
ver his right eye. His coat had rips in it. His breath came in jer
tinctively shielding Nova
weapon in a secon
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girl on the bed. Then to Layla. "Darlin
d, "You did
room. Ryder tightened
ot te
han mocked. "That is why you clean up afte
tep forward. "
ds softly. "I did no
on your face and murder in your eyes
owled. "You have embarrassed me. Yo
u lied, assaulted me, poisoned my sister, a
t l
is fingers moved
netrated Etha
d like an animal
en crashed into a bookcase. Wood splintered. The gun clatte
raced to the door, sh
choed down
ed with a tra
not h
wi
k Ethan square
ge, but his limbs were already limp. Wit
blood gushing from a wound on
o check his pu
, her heart racing so fas
ed. "Why did you c
nderstood it was over. "When confront
before placing him in the storm shelter beneath the house,
rk of control re
victory was
the electric
te phones h
icle tracks in the snow l
ne," he
h and looked out at the distan
grimly. "Se
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lockdown for the
and increasing her appetite. However, the atmosp
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nd imprisoned under the h
uld give her
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are
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he second night. Ryder
d, taking her into his arms.
d. "Over and over." "
. "He made you. He corner
Ryder gripped her tightly, causing her t
not k
t ask for
st st
ngful than any prom
day broug
rived right
ugh the wilderness on foot. Her face was pale, he
not co
fered
him," she plead
h the barred gate. "Why s
" "You believe you are winn
in the baseme
ed for it. He stated, "If it comes
rt froze. "
that the end would come wh
er, gun pulled. "Wh
t a yell. "But if you let me spea
girl is responsible for poisoning her sibling.
s were filled w
hor
yla said sharply. "And I a
her down to
ned. Chains encircled his wrists and an
favourite
your life, you b
ttural tone. "Kitty, it
" she urged. "The last
ard. "Do you r
had lost its colo
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s the intercom. "What the
read. "It is al
lter, grasping Katherine's
a bluff. Ethan vowed that if the world turned against him, h
his?" Layl
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ecause he is striving to
laptop closed. "We
th a whisper. "There is
up, exhaust
or fraud. The abuse. The body. We flip every piece
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yes. "Then we will go d
rvous breath.
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ted from
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