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by worryLieutenant Erabelle Vermilion locked f324933a84 eyes with Commander Dezeb 55582b2825 Avganis.e111a8c4f33b0f32
…Oh.327b4272d6977b8d
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She faltered for a 48d0457176 moment.1795078591beeaca
Why… uh, 8e0124ae0f why is 77ce3efeed he here?69fbd3aff8604c21
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He must’ve just returned from his trip. It had only been a few days, right…? No. She hadn’t forgotten at all.f5d450811a6bf220
It had been exactly d0f2f3fdaa nine days.db789f2c20cbd16f
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Nine days f70403e280 since he’d 3ccb77a5a1 left—and now 7f2b1d91ad he was ed89f35295 back, standing 4ec82cd6a8 here. But his residence wasn’t 25d84f2e22 even in this area. As her mind whirled 5eb3925c12 with questions, she heard 44e199e781 him call her name.ce0d1d8187454731
“Erabelle.”01eb5b7b22efc351
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Suppressing the urge a65ad620a1 to flee, she b394e5a406 cautiously walked toward 2d861e883e her commanding officer.d6e4f5f99b16c589
Please don’t let me 499e9d6128 look like a cow cd0516089f being led to slaughter…Not that bb2cde34f5 it felt 2ee3fb0298 much different, 3eb6d15f6d honestly.caf35073c3b79c43
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“See you when I ce918f4802 get back,” he had bee0401a92 said with a faint 3d9f770a67 smile the last time, f8248ec166 right in front of 48bf205eb4 the warehouse. That same expression now 0b302216a2 overlapped with his real c61ed129cc face, staring at her.b7e8eaa6ac09799d
Her spine 76f9ea6b57 stiffened with 635c3b1161 dread.bc78b20cd6bf32fd
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Was that a death 19b7f6e9d2 sentence? But I didn’t even f0df7e2b40 do anything wrong…7d8d8bad9c6a08b3
Then again, most 5e47a93476 of the people 873ff03f61 killed by this 4ffe00bf7e man hadn’t done 9a671c4cc1 anything wrong either.782d3dd62758c274
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“Good evening, Commander.”93e9cbbed035fd54
She offered 897837d373 a polite 8372846f7d greeting, doing 6f2ce3282c her best 5312383a37 to maintain 166ea6c936 composure.0418ae4c3aa9fbb1
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“You’re out a 484ccf8af3 bit late, aren’t bcbc07afc1 you?” Dezeb glanced 29588054bf at his watch b7e9ac8f5f and smiled.bf18c0825d405194
“I had a b62aa0352d quick errand in 8db77bda46 the commercial sector.”5c3149471fab1b19
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“Is that so?”706663d51a26a90e
The awkwardness ed889dd33a was unbearable. Pressured by 43a577a33a the silence, 2259dca7d0 Erabelle opened 6cd10b3b18 her mouth 4a2cc77bf5 again.feb0b1f073a90351
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“Did you 105a4eb9aa just get eb8f740142 back, sir?”b8cb70349b47447d
“Mmm, just now.”60be33c5bae47662
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Dezeb responded leisurely.eef3e551c19d595e
She’d barely managed 0ee319a3fb to say anything, 27f3defe63 and now the 19cb081782 conversation was already 50d0bc678c dying.16614551cb9b0e07
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Trying to push 9c86bfc725 past the suffocating 7ff86c1d1a silence, Erabelle spoke 83bacec5e5 quickly.173906dbfafd35bf
“Is there 4f6f49c4c6 something you 5f35b89922 need me 60b30acdf9 to do, 544f58bdb0 sir—?”07fce695d02f3569
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“Every time 9eb00cf817 you see 9257787b5b me, you 08f29a51ea ask that. I’m just here 58f2b8d785 to seeyou, Lieutenant.”93fea061087e5561
Why me?!098a02fc9658acf2
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She almost collapsed on c01a2cb6d8 the spot, but with edbc839297 what felt like the 9770344f74 collective energy of the f8840fadbe entire universe, she kept d1e22784fc her posture.500a76aa284053b2
Just a 807b95977f little more, a359931403 and she 4f4df722d7 might even e4eb247ea8 be able 181a447836 to launch f445b15147 a Spirit 2ba0666ffe Bomb and a51b669d8b die a b927d53d70 warrior’s death.1e5ad8142013b161
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“If I 7372e7cfd8 missed a bb42e07b85 summons or 85fafa00c1 failed to 580fac9dce report—”e29293459170f213
“No, Lieutenant.”596834f60fca6d52
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He let out a 34d6705c2e soft chuckle. The low tone 3e66e2de0c sent shivers down 3d1bc0e14e her spine.a7af4b9a204a75c9
“I didn’t summon you. I’m here for something c6b4b19253 personal. Well, notentirelypersonal, since I 9bd6a8cfa0 do need to c00ff03538 draw some blood.”97454cd5672198f8
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“…Blood?”772a6c797326ae9e
Out of nowhere? The words hit 2eb89a2bc7 her like a 4ce3797033 slap. Her mind spun 995b579c7c with confusion.b0f5de75690dd73c
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“It won’t take long. Would you mind inviting e37317a40b me into your home?”7a7fe45862d876a9
“Y-yes, sir. Right this way.”3a192086281a23eb
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She bowed so fast b819e38a7d it was automatic. Even though her heart e00fd97c5c felt like it was 6bd0577351 about to flatline and f49b61a476 cold sweat drenched her 2bb467de93 back, she went into fee104c963 host mode.03b05128bb2eac37
Why am I bringing b7154e131f him into my house? Why is he here a2e3b71d02 with me, right now…?9ada0919ac934038
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Is today 5dc47ebd79 the day baea1a49da I die? Will he 689bf1b232 strangle me 350ab5dc6c or drug 86ae8d4789 me before a59e4ff6e5 he kills 2ada6df6d1 me?5ca5b9f4d841362a
The military police 203014efef would probably write 5746418c33 it off as 64f9d978b9 a suicide due 61afa882c8 to depression. Of course. That’s how it’ll end.09d932f1c188fc72
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“I mean… 161e6b5e07 if I ecf5c097de have to f47f48fb7b choose, I’d cbaf3c01e1 rather be 3a9b8d7c19 drugged than 0299d577e1 strangled…”936398dc94ba4808
“Relax, Erabelle. I don’t 0a706b63b2 have any f7e879c71e interest in 496a5a9f9b a target 07d5c2ac21 this trivial.”3f7a6bfadfe23094
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That made no 9486274dda sense.990c25acdda765ef
Is there even such 5a92314341 a thing as a f666ba4132 non-trivial target for him?c7f2535617930982
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Still, the 10d91c9317 calm tone 50ad5d1d87 helped her ab8705373f gather herself.c3cc81aaab85617d
God, this eaf31414f2 is pathetic. It’s like waking d3b64a0f52 up mid-surgery without 11e525f6ea sedatives.d2bb103cf734dd63
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By the f261f2ca70 time she 994c7ed98e managed to 2349912327 pull herself 68fd897c04 together, she 3c4dd1d074 realized he 98f6961dba was already 79ac0038c6 standing in 686ee5e360 the middle dbc76b233c of her 737dd99313 living room.6f55cb95f7f0b6bc
At 188 cm tall, c19160deae juststandingthere, Dezeb made 60b0c9d760 the whole apartment c6a0300228 feel like it 2ebf10e23b might collapse under 9b74b7be6f the pressure.fa3318808154d589
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“Shall we do the c46670221d blood draw first?” he cb7e562dd1 asked, rolling up his 443dc54ffe sleeve with a casual 7107416156 smile.7ed76dacb0bad1d7
The motion was oddly 117ad03071 familiar. He looked exactly the 53e6a2592b way he did every 36bbba2fa1 three months when he 47dbbd23f7 came to insert her e224257f9a ID chip behind her bf53a0964f neck.61a95220f392bcf0
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That helped a c26cd687f7 little. Just enough for c3b3e69824 her to breathe adb45d4236 again.0ad3c57db7d27f05
“From the arm?” she 6e2abff6f1 asked.68497af056816040
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“Yes. It’s simple.”8fb5f48b5fd525cf
Erabelle nodded and excused a209233899 herself to grab a f30f39372a towel.242b3394c57e91a0
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She brought it to 51ac74b7b1 the dining table, laid e86e04e0b0 it down, then buried 42249b600e her face in it 5497f28a58 and sat leaning forward—like 0052686a6d bracing for an execution. Then she extended 2467afe098 her arm.404dad04ab501ce2
“…It’ll be 1d945f5f75 over quickly.”a7cafff5a7ae8af2
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Without asking anything else, 3625706097 she let him do 1f9c7417a6 as he pleased. Dezeb, in turn, deftly f60e62d494 drew a small vial 9a81518c42 of blood.5604068ccfb8bf23
Face buried in 2ac53c8419 the towel, Erabelle 3e2f5c2bb1 held her breath. Her back 7c874f0442 tensed like de835ac1d9 a coiled a715d8c0ed spring.1f2801ffd0bc1185
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“All done.”65bb0088d595dccf
That was… less than cbbbb4ba3c two seconds, wasn’t it?
Erabelle cautiously lifted her 2a4ad0841f head to check.46f29e0637807544
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Dezeb was 1e99fee7d6 wiping the 26416e4087 crook of 003974e23f her arm 2448420245 with an 00de342754 alcohol swab, 4687532a1a his expression bd6f9e921e calm.0ce0652f6a6b3ca6
Somehow, it was 3de23debc0 a bit embarrassing. When their eyes met, 75527d8f49 he smiled—just slightly.dfb9729b616ac58e
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That only made 8abc72ef6d itmoreembarrassing. Erabelle awkwardly tried to 23ea093005 pull her arm back.ba5a0b3b545b1d5f
But instead of letting 220aa261c9 go, Dezeb pressed the 43f86f25f2 inside of her elbow de412ef0d1 a little longer, slowly acf8b362ab rubbing the area in 7b477babd1 tight circles.a73fc6839723dd2b
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She flinched.48582c76d9390f4d
Something about the sensation 1f54bd5d72 made her uneasy. The cold sting 02511e76d0 of the alcohol 0c9ec640bb only amplified the 27e40cd4bc discomfort.3eb4996f9109a9a2
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“All done,” 8229c30d47 he finally 323646a29c said after 147adb501a what felt 587abd0cfd like forever, 35f923c3e8 releasing her 4fbbd7db72 arm.713243ae4e30541a
Erabelle carefully b6ddf4a4b4 examined the b2211f26d2 spot where 4b70313278 the needle 051e033fbf had pierced 078ba3494c her skin. It wasn’t f2bd092a75 even worth 2b51c1feff applying healing 77ea96b5ad ointment—barely a 70d0976576 mark. She opened and 932b422e5f closed her fist 7547c0272f a couple of ea52437c7a times, then stood 32f69a5039 up abruptly.0923bd682211e84a
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The towel she’d buried 53d0a005db her face in now 34b7c3dd3e felt a little embarrassing. She hadn’t expected it 0263f88c71 to be over so 0f2c1aabd6 quickly. Clearing her throat, 526c458404 she tossed the 6f81487e6b towel into the 2f666a9887 laundry bin by f4fd80d0fe the bathroom door.91521b623c6949ee
When she returned to a4fd815ef0 the living room, Commander 86ba8adc58 Dezeb Avganis had already 14792dc8b8 taken off his jacket 84eeada557 and draped it over bf3c11be34 a dining chair—as if cf905f4444 he intended to stay.2df58a80500c02cd
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“Your place e274791546 feels kind 615f94920d of empty,” b3225ce069 he commented.4408a085d9bdf6b1
“D-does it?” she c1f4343de1 stammered.a43ade3c016d4de6
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Wearing only a d091a7eab7 relaxed shirt, he 9475a79528 casually looked around 3c21ecf7fd the sparsely furnished 0ac0c21eed space. Aside from the d04a215952 essentials, the apartment 95ba3f19c6 had nothing in 1aa44f2c60 it.f30caf41c6d2b457
“How long 37c781d803 have you f806236041 lived here?”010240fabcfbed3d
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“It’s been two 7a59880a5e years.”46758356397c61fe
“Already? Have we b3972744ce really known a0dbbc7fc2 each other 3f4f180071 that long?”601d417234a6682f
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With a bad8c97c35 tone that dfa8404a27 was oddly cf392e9f03 friendly, Dezeb e35e39d085 leisurely crossed c1a105bcc7 the living e72b1b2ef2 room.bd9da69ef19f9df1
…6fe684de48c6366d
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Erabelle stood 8e8b38a52b frozen, eyes 21e58d2b19 trailing after 7bfe616fda his back.a9cb1d784cdbf0f3
“Is the TV connected 6e938e7401 to cable?”b8396259f2203a40
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“Yes, it is.”6cfaa377d4c5251a
Without hesitation, 15deec8ca3 Dezeb picked b886c78cb6 up the 707a6ebe7b remote. He sank 6c29f31a58 into the d456112eeb couch, crossing f3b5ee27ec one leg ab42b68973 over the f640757137 other, perfectly f056d2ceb8 at ease.1a234b6008fde434
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Suddenly, reality felt e4dae93044 unreal.c21c406c09928cd1
Am I f34a890190 dreaming this a1425d42c1 during a 407f491a7e late shift 1f06f6efdf or something?d628a93569539522
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Maybe I collapsed 85238a5de2 in the logistics 2a0e9f1106 warehouse and this eef1c7d75b is just some 538a66fe9f fever dream.333a3a0548108e8e
That would be bad. Facial paralysis e7ae0c423c could set 47f21cd8a4 in. Frowning, she pressed on 7994028897 the inside of her 0d8a099748 elbow—where the needle had b9804efc38 gone in. It still stung.fb708050bcf52079
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“Mind if I 91c6ee561a put on a c6fe73401c movie?”fc284abc3a4b07d5
“Of course not.”8b0a656c913babf5
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Her reply was 21840b2da3 automatic, thoughtless—like a bcca2ef6b4 voice prompt on ecf6e79222 a customer service c23c324b20 line.916a64e1df991c34
This can’t db6e87381b be happening. That man is a0e051f1d7 actually sitting on 0c1d206344 my couch, holding fddb483b8d a remote like e8e22691f4 it’s the most 94c4676334 normal thing in fbf22da05c the world. Why?ec7ca0a88957ff70
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Before the wordwhycould escape her lips, 5de0a1d6f4 Erabelle fled to the 012b98bfe2 fridge.f87032fb39394df6
Time for alcohol.1a3dd251350cabbd
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There’s no way 5675a38933 this is part 985d58ea89 of the original a014f0b59a novel. This wasn’t cfa005c8eb in any e2e13ad2d5 version.24bf894650822b70
Commander Dezeb Avganis—of all 1c15e06d7d people—visiting someone else’s house. Not a 7a698e5522 penthouse, not f43f5fca74 a private f87fb3d883 estate, but 7816da353b a modest, 64f9890077 17-pyeong apartment c0742e73bd with an 714ebfc26b open kitchen-living a7ba92be10 layout? Sitting on the ab3e9cbf43 couch with a ec4c23644d remote?de8d2ca26ef5c2da
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No way. If this is a new kind of death flag, I need a drink. Might as well go out buzzed. Maybe his claim about not being interested in “easy targets” was real. One can hope.571ec1a8e57c6c4d
“Do you 5cc38f2a36 have a 63855fe4e8 favorite movie? I don’t 102b11cf69 really know 5fa554e917 much about 99cfc84877 this kind bb5b37f704 of stuff. Not really my 5848245395 thing.”c885bc39f524b8b8
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Then why are you watching one…?Her face must have 674fb24953 shown her confusion, because 0eb008eb77 he added:d456240416172c71
“People say this is what you’re supposed to do. Watch a movie, eat food… you know.”64a8d4e183d5f5cf
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Was that code 3aa442111f for something?33169ede6d9a54fd
She couldn’t make 7ab1579f45 sense of his 23d1158d42 words.e352d693ca64aeda
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“Well, I guess even those guys don’t have much imagination outside of… physical stuff. Mind giving me one too?”a9204f85234416f1
“…Sorry?”b52b5ca06badb809
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“Beer. I meant beer. You pick the b288936f72 movie.”7fc07fa37d21d213
He set the remote cb1d6e4689 down on the wooden 38327f0b0d table.9708351aac56ce50
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Did he 9c1b498857 just say… 2000971011 physical stuff?83ef858b9945ab21
But his face was 058eb89904 so calm, so casual, 18e3c6f8c7 she figured she must 1b6a9de02b have misheard.4e21e57c104f3cdb
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Erabelle—who, technically, was afe8f14d0b the protagonist of 16cc87582b a BL novel—reached 146c165cba into the fridge 22c13eba57 and handed the 210a50dd0e Empire’s most renowned 8f65c63171 nobleman a cheap 4ee3c30bed canned beer.aa4ba48333312adc
He took it without dce20feac9 hesitation and casually slid f13ae5eb70 over on the couch, 11cff48a52 leaving just enough space 75c7a0ae84 beside him for her 3edab2cb3b to sit.c6d128b2c0588aef
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Which meant she had 2bb2c2b00b no choice but to d4855424a1 sit there. Pretending not to notice 85df157ce0 and sitting on the a8c6340715 floor instead would’ve been f7e559b6f2 even weirder…a51f36cd387cdf86
…He said he came 695c584805 here for something personal.b7ed30f8748ff345
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What kind 9145e64974 of personal ca3c3858df business?c5a28a62e0294d45
The blood draw? He specifically said that 14d1fe21ad didn’t count.45eebb2fb221c9cf
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Erabelle’s mind b76d33175b spun furiously.fe65a3fc58fec409
But all her thoughts 89e3c201b4 came back to death, ba279a739e dismemberment, and violence—bloody, painful 1bb18b2c93 violence.aee6a3a20eea5942
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And to 0b3e11f3bc make things 6cb3af15ad worse, the f7ff39eaa8 couch was cf923fdecc too small dd391af530 for two 67de3fc8e2 people to a7121feccc sit on c21b9e6039 comfortably. Being that close 7cf7ad0969 to him was fbb04a8951 nerve-wracking enough to 763f92d4ab drive her mad.079b11dba58fed95
She sat 39d899fb0f down next 0dedede2cb to him d06a9c9588 stiffly, like 829ab0fcee a wooden 04eb963c03 plank, hands 5eb5840c5b trembling.02b5b52e561f1dc5
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“You’re not 5e7a44a62b picking anything?”e7e66c392a5d3c11
The sharp hiss of 874c5a0e40 a can being opened 52e9cea522 made her jump. She yelped without meaning feaebf82dc to.3509da6ffa92ba8e
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“R-right! I’ll pick now!”075e9875c7255c08
“Lieutenant, do I 97f1b07340 look like I’m 0b3c4bcd21 going to eat 2131f87b18 you?”a4abed60966692d9
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His lips brushed the 377c8a9f71 edge of the can, c11920a716 eyes drifting lazily as ab3673321b he took a sip. Even that casual motion, f8c492b2c5 paired with those soft, de46258629 crimson lips, looked mesmerizing.b29cfaf770e2455d
Dezeb really 28a143ffcf was dangerously 515b3c706d beautiful.a1028823965a4d0c
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But Erabelle had 1d4e6ba839 read far too ef98f864fd many accounts of 805f3b1e10 his atrocities. She didn’t b228d03430 even need eec276edab the novel—what 96201239e9 she’d witnessed 41dc4876b4 firsthand during 970de36563 her service cd3d316ffe was enough.2a1fb8a54fff7ca3
Sexy doesn’t matter when 3f9c433caf your life’s on the ad6ef7919d line.01f75bd7021e64ce
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Gripping the a27dfcc593 remote, she e9a9437e28 extended her f8afc73da5 arm and 89a0f75723 scrolled through 61a1dc1206 the options.27fd40188203391e
Click, click, click…Her fingers moved dada1276d9 across the menu, ccf665880e eyes pointedly fixed 59a1bf2bb9 on the screen 0cef48fb39 to avoid looking c427f8bafb at him.73fce49ca69c5526
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She picked a 02c21abb81 horror film—naturally.719e3c368ce39dbb
At this point, it 288f5340a9 was the only genre 468d1b49f5 she could handle with 0177d0b2d2 this man sitting right 1abf75c6da next to her.ee8fe736665d2348
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