Ejike The Betrayal

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rmured. "The ones who borrow skin.

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one long finger

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d at the body, then deeper into the distance,

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?" Ejike asked, pani

sen you. Something in your blood, dream, or soul is

n, revealing for just a moment the man's shadow now d