The Lucifer's Muse

ity – Raven

nd guards pacing had been replaced with a tense, fragile silence. The halls, usually filled with soft laughter

lass of wine as she stared at the wall-mounted television. The screen

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n a damn liability

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. You'll cry, claim you were deceived. We'll blame your dead mother. Say you thought you

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forces from her buri

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ward. "Miss Besseti - three last question. If the real

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nod in

tanley gave a stiff nod. "

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