Betrayed By Blood: The True Heir's Revenge

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to hear this

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rcing the quiet house. "Eliza broke

ing out of her bed

attered across the rug. The

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rs, her face crumpling.

t she didn't see a twelve-year-old girl.

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mother's back, a cruel, s

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lawn, the bright sunlight

he called

was sharp,

in the shade of the patio. He

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black fur, and

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ot up my calf as

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rying to kick him off,

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tly, whimpering as he lowe

bleeding leg. The pristine green

through a ve

on the patio. The Patr

ght as a steel rod. He leaned slightly o

ked at

ont lawn, Kylie," he said. His voice was c

ask if I

at my injured leg

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e last ember of hope i

ls tended to the wound with a detached ef

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of the stairs, clu

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I arrived, the massive house