Loved Him Once, Cursed Him Forever

en through the thin blanket

opulent, smelling of

murmured, their laughte

to me, talking to a woman with sharp

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as d

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g, Elara

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rent of energy that left me hollowed

him com

me, more than he

him, leaving me perpetually drained, my

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held warm

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there too, later,

of progres

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for that public embar

I was

pris

in my mouth from the fire