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puts me on my

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way, but I might as well

erly uninteres

t deterring him at all.

ter as he continues to tak

d I lose one

eam at the to

stone-like hand on my mou

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to materialize

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kill me. I wo

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shaking, and

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open the door

river's seat and take

n't climb i

ands in front

joins him and when he tu

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e is also on the leaner

lders like that of the la

low bun and a crooked no

, but

f hesitation

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handle, but t

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rises up my cheeks. I cli

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enaline-induced haze, I fa

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the handle, I

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as I'm wrench

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as cast a s

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my skin will crawl, my he

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on the door, I

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ssian stran

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spy, after al

ning of some spy movie abo

k in secret for an

pushing and p

jam my elbow into the gl

t I won't stop, not unti

to feel like t

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unch the glass

fills the air, "It's bulle

rse

limp beside

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t him and, ins

open the door or go out

grip me by th

ase. I'm now so close to

i

to let me go

sn't. If anything, his hol

ltiple layers of clothes,

different from the heat in

ugh my clothes and

can smell hi

with every drag of air.

od. Power and

nst my ear, hi

of cementing the words in

get hurt. You're not at my

e to throw you to the wolv

lucky stars, and take it

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case in fro

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, and have a commanding ed

our

ant from me?"

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my only purp

at sounds impossi

offer for y

now my name?

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