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t of her head. The

like a snip

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. One memory I buried

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she was gone. An

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ust and iron. But seeing her again peeled so

le. I didn't hesitate. My knife met his throat before his

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asked, kneel

shakily. "W

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mistake from five years ago.' I could've s

er to her feet. "Yo

anything,"

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alled me his girl. They t

what they were doing. My enemies we

ceived it lo

ming with

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sed. You h

hen Dave's visitor logs popped in an internal audit. A clean

ropped her back into my world, soak

g you home

n know you,"

tered. "But

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round her shoulders and gui

I wasn't going to

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