Gilded Lies

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house, there was nowhere to br

she always did-d

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ro in the greenhou

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as the horticultur

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she asked. "The me

answering. "Old debts. Paid in b

't press

brought it to her lips, and drank. Heat b

what doesn't belong

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llowed wasn't awkwa

walls around yourself so high, you for

kened. "And you think

lat against his chest. "I think

away, but to stop himself. His grip

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war. And she kissed him b

s and shaken, the sound of shatterin

spiderwebbed in the p

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dro pulling her down, shi

her

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