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antly. They cast nervous glances toward the splintered w
able, her mask of innocent, wi
e, forcing the tears that welled in her eyes as she accused me of letting
she preached to the frightened crowd.
deception; she manipulat
er immediately stepped forward, their chests puffed wit
sane. They told m
en and there. The men chose to huddle near th
ng to let these fools embr
manacle of bone; he began to drag
nce or the crushing pressure on my bones.
he had been mine since the night I found her bleeding out in a rival fam
ve a subtle, sharp nod,
hesitate for a
d-bronze family crest fro
ing forward and viciously smashing thled in sud
ed, and his iron
m back against my chest, c
already blooming into a sick shade of pu
dened arm. He glared at
ed, his voice shaking with anger. "Why d
ce made my stomach turn; I
ng pain of my shattered leg, his illicit affair with Bianca, and his
other Capos, how she claimed that I crippled myself int
ow eagerly Silvio
life confession to Bi
id in the dark. "Looking at he
tween us, snapping
wrist and looked Sil
mportant as you think yo
re he heard every single wo
you, because you are not w
canvas, showing him m
nto paste today, I won't s
llow disbelief dawning in his eyes as he gras
ow of nameless terror, as if his buried instincts recog
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