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la whispered, her voice tremblin

"You think I care? Af

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ened. "You don't ow

gave you everything: money, protection. A

up my soul for my sister.

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scrambled out of the ambulance. Damien appeared f

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into his arms. "

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was mine," he hissed.

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Damien administered an antidote and flu

ushing hair from her damp forehead

tirred, murmuring

pered, pressing a kiss

the window, watching for

Layla sa

a safehouse upstate-off-grid. No cell

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fight unless you go public again. This t

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