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pping onto the rooftop, each of the wo

k, unreadable - stay on the horizon, with his back str

coming to face me but no! He walked away from me. My hands

tmare of a marriage is just paperwork and silence. But somet

g. Watching every step he took. He moves with purpose, b

weight - like the world rests heavily on those broad shoulders. I was confused. At some p

t a slab of stone. A soft click. The wall groans open. My

ansion like a secret vein. Who could have b

ation, he steps i

ion look so and why the hidden passage. I hesitate

flicker as we descend, casting warped shadows on the walls. The air smells damp, ancient, thi

etween us feels like something alive. Something was

the tight space or the mystery, but because being this clo

, every lie wrapped in the guise of a marriage. When we finally emerge, it's

him. He turns to me finally, something unreadable in his eye

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ence alone demands everything. My breath shudders in my throat as he steps closer, close en

still trembling?" Because something's waki

and it's like my body's no longer mine. My breath shortens. My hands m

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the window above us. "Down!" Damien snarls, grabbing me and twis

heavy over me. Another round hits

grab the knife hidden under the side drawer-one I clocked the moment I w

grunt. Som

sweep his legs, slam my elbow into his throat, and twist the weapon from his grip like I've done it a th

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ked my eyes, my chest pounding heavily, Though I was still crouch

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fight like that ok

him. Damien grabs him by the collar tightly, growling somet

oks at me again-this time, not as a strang

a muscle ticking in his jaw. "That wasn't i

rt was still racing, my

ntensified. But now, something else has

e quieter now, but no less dange

han any blade. Because the answer is buried i

get stir at the edges of my mind

like he's peeling back la

ng that whatever I say next wil