Sold To The Monster: My Silent Nightmare

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ra blinked back at them.

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ammered. She grabbed the corner

scrambled to fix the mistake. She adjusted the heavy velv

tes of the Crawford Estate loomed in the distance

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outline of the old, dented pocket watch hidden deep

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sound did. It traveled through the floorboards, up through the soles

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pillow, muttering under her bre

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h the acrid scent of expensive cigars and old whiskey. He was a large ma

ocked into the silver wate

bucket tipped. The water sloshed

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fabric turning black with moisture. He stared at it for a second,

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processed the command. She pulled a cloth from her apron,

f he focused on her, the gi

hand sh

digging into the delicate tendons until she felt them gri

ice was low, a rumble of thu

g at Eva. He was

lek jerked his chin toward the sobbing girl. They

ked shut. The

go of her wrist. He pulled, forcing her to

looking down at her. "Do you thin

e inside of her cheek until she ta

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orehead, anywhere but the eyes. But h

re dark, swirling with a chaoti

d, leaning closer. "It's the

ted over her pulse point. Her heart hammered against

e said softly. "You think y

. Her lungs burned fo

oice dropping to a terrifying intimacy. "He sold you to cover h

le. A corner of h

her hip colliding with the mahogany bedpost

on her, walking towar

owed to me," he said to the gl

g so badly she had to clasp them together. She bo

ed the amber liquid, the clink of g

he kept her eyes on the floor

nst the wall, sliding down just an inch before catching herself. Sh

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was holding a silver tray. His face was impassive, but his

cket and extended a cl

Arthur said quietly. "You lo

realized she was sweating. Co

stepping past her toward the maste

window at the end of the hall. Rain was starting to