His Broken Bride Is A Hidden Genius

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r breath caught in her throat. She pressed her back against the rough, wet

d another man pinned against the wall. The masked man's eyes we

let out a wet

ing harder against the victim's windpipe. The man's eyes rolled b

ing. She took a slow,

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her around. The smell of fresh copper blood and expensive, woody col

face. Without a word, his free hand

ned on her throat. Black spots danced at the ed

He yanked out a silver necklace with a th

e's veins. She reached

kward. A sharp, blinding pain shot up

to snap her neck. Adeline's brain fired on all cylinders. She needed a way out.

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stare. She let her jaw drop slightly. A string of saliva pooled at the corner of

ened a fraction. His dark brows p

ched out, her fingers clumsy and uncoordin

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swatted her hand away so hard she flew b

knees in the filth and laughed. A high-pitched,

pped around her throat began to twitch violently, the fingers curling and uncurling

lollipop still in its wrapper. She tore the plastic off with her te

he urge to kill her was rapidly being swal

t through the rain. The man's ear twitched.

coat pocket. He looked down at her one last

id stare. Inside, her mind was taking a photographic snaps

in his hand spread up his arm. His sanity was f

t and pulled out a mili

ward Adeline, the steel blade catching the