The Betrayal Of Blood

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humming under her breath, her lips

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comforting. Work had always been my escape-a place where logic mattered more th

through emails, my mind stil

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sk pulled me out

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e said smoot

up at him,

ly so. He had a way of making

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u always get to say

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tting her lashes ever s

nodded

o a soft smile. "Would y

Oh, sorry. I have one a

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d, burning with somethin

t as quickly,

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ed that

osen to bring me coffee, th

ne smiling at him bef

out a doubt, tha

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asn't

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inside m

t to be the

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a

doorway for a s

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self toward him, her body langu

looked at me when she fin

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to know she wa

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play h

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t I didn't miss the satisfie

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a in the kitchen, pouring

hen glanced at me, her

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her glass. "It's in

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voice lowering. "How you p

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ou do care, Sophia. Maybe m

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rn into obsession? And what happe