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e y
asphalt of the highway, my life fading in Dante's desperate arm
ymore. I was the Queen of Las Vegas. And Dan
looked lethal in a bespoke tuxedo, his dark presence filling the small space and sucking the air out of it. I wore a dress made of
low rumble. He ran his hand down my bare
ady for a lif
ors slid open w
rk underworld. The Ascension Ball. Tonight, the fami
ss was going to be Luca
rm. The room went deathly quiet. Ripples of whi
that
dead g
runa
e cutting through the noise
arrogant. He was holding court near th
idiculous on her-too innocent, too pure for the rot inside her soul. She
rted for us like the Red Sea. They sensed
d and died when he saw me. He
he cho
e was smooth, steady, betrayin
il her knuckles turned white. "You're suppose
curving into a cold smirk.
oduce himself. He didn't have to. His
fear with bravado. He sneered. "So, the wh
y silent. Even the
ad always hated me. She had helped spread the rumors that I was m
he spat, her face twisting in disgust. "You dis
d me. The sound echoed like a
flinch. I slowly turned
uscles coil, ready to snap her neck.
I whisper
. I smiled. It was a s
I said softly. "You just
ut of here. Guards! Take this trash to the basem
grinning. They remembered the basement. They reme
e. I just lo
them,"
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