Vows in Blood and Silk

the wedding, the es

lo

bu

tig

s rotate more often. No one

otices eve

tions stop when

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watc

e Luca t

-

in the library with a

ned a page in

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nk I enj

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r thi

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s toward

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pain

fi

w and intense. "If somethin

ide every t

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tween them is

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intly through t

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appea

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pproaches

ted to breach the ea

rali

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nues, "The code

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side gave

la fee

t," Luca says

o pride in

ten

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-

the estate

ca

ttackers

is injured

n the air like smoke

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on shift when they upda

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a life should

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have that

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cou

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ord i

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fills

mething crac

fe

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give him to

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s is not a p

s mu

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ow you ju

how I

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sn't d

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ct me to stan

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es what's

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try

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ce, footsteps mo

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close

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sure what will happen w