BOUND BY BLOOD AND DESIRE

er back inside, Valerie kn

ied to escape, no–she

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ried her through the estate,

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even more furious

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at him, Mason had already step

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stand this

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stepped toward the do

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art po

he pushed the door o

d arrived, the halls were empty

blocking

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could

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n-she h

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lf against the wall, listening.

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e feared him. The way his

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son found her

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xhaled

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serve it?"

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fraid of me,"

answer. No

he was

uld want to run.But the more

t herself becomi