Contracted By The Enemy

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door

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e wears black and sin like a second skin, tailored to draw blood. And when his eyes fi

out to jump off a cliff,"

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e can still make this interesting, Ava. You play

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"You may kiss the bride,"

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the room, champagne in ha

ear my ear. "He's planning somet

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