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ria

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ed. "I'm considerin

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she exhaled sharply. "If I do this," she said

an eyebrow.

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an down h

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ccardo

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state, the place where her nightmares had been born. The second she

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lose. To

y that made her blood freeze, Riccardo DeLuc

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't back away completely. "You'

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tween them was

the space between them. Not looking at Ricca

tle but firm, tipping her chin up so

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that, the de

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belonged to D