Fiancé to Fiend, Sister to Slayer

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was an

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sk of disbelief a

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grabbed a jacket from the backseat and threw

dn't

car door open.

and hills was silent, thick with unspoken accusat

fied glances at me, then wh

to me, her voice a venomous hiss. "Why weren't you in

the back. Use the pressure washer by the pool house. Do

had manhandled Chloe at the wedding, appeared from

hick hose of the industria

umn air was

me. "Let's get you cl

er one

g my breath, plastering my thin clothes to my

enjoying the show, drench

my teeth chattering, but

washing away some of the soot, re

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alled out from the patio, not even looking at me,

swaggered towa

ilently b

the poolside toolkit

ut a sound, a sickening thud

rned, his eyes wi

r got t

hind a large stack of patio furniture

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