MLS Chapter 12

“You haven’t committed any sins yet, Señora. Even if I wanted to report you, I’d have no evidence to do so, wouldn’t I?”57ecdffd82dbb39f

“And since you’re not a priest, you aren’t bound to any duty to keep secrets either.”3b0736d4f110c895

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Drawing a fragile 11ffe4846a line between them, 11ca669122 Lorena calmed her bdf88c427d swirling thoughts.42b68cc27f8209b9

It wasn’t that she 909341e6bb didn’t trust him. The reason bbcc5ac9cd she didn’t ec860b1967 want to 4cf1533d15 face him 3e3264d179 was something 8c26c7d6ed else entirely.8bf1fa57fe84fe04

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“No, I’ll stop here.”734a47bae1c84aa1

Lorena folded the words 2e94ec680e she had debated saying 3fe720c1db and buried them deep 54f54d25a4 in her heart. In truth, a8191544b2 there was 50a4624575 something she 4afe2e1dce had wanted c6ab3cd80a to propose.3755bfbf5c912859

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The moment 1932b825fe she spotted 2c69fc984d him earlier fb81690e49 in the 9d430ff338 chapel, commanding 3cc644569f everyone’s attention, dbfb2cfa30 she had fb6c9539fe felt compelled 7b10c18454 to approach ec2ab52a4b him. That was 9c3204a7d7 why she 6de0cd89d9 had followed 20a47a31ef him to c375707540 the confessional.b05fcf2f390a1f65

Men like him, caccba809b standing at the 546e79328a pinnacle of power, 1a1176dace were rare. The number ee114b89c6 of revenge ad6b82ab70 plans she 37627bc8a5 could construct 7b943f08b3 using him a7bb0a2e0a was countless. Up until she stepped 7f80b66e19 into the confessional, she 9ed8d0a2ed had been strategizing ways 88a50c7cc8 to win him over ed20a1f79c to her side.8ab84c47f25683b3

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But now, meeting him c582642de5 again, she realized something.8fe1c4e6cdddedcb

“Thank you.”30c9ba4dc7babb9b

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What she truly fd33f0174e wanted was to 20625a58b6 say this.79e38f070b3bc682

“Thank you very much.”b2cb71cf7fc700b4

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To him, it 4ca5f38968 might have been f8106e0d6a nothing more than 0955044983 an uncharacteristic moment 3449de666e of meddling, but 07f14af96a to her, it b8f6b77f25 had been salvation 5fd6a0a5bd itself.0e34e6ffb1e97bbf

If he 458c89a675 hadn’t shattered 784790822a her illusions 657abe9009 that day, 6afdea1bea she would 988e12403d still be 0e87119e61 living in f3fb861030 that hell. She was grateful 317e2fa2e5 that he hadn’t 3dc4e5966c just passed her 218ded0f73 by.86088eb9e68b5c17

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For the 69bb376039 first time b9e7920fae in a 367938e1d2 long while, 050dd64528 her heart eca8e5f3e5 raced.e40b6a3def9eee0f

“If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have survived. I wouldn’t have been able to start this new life.”8492c1f936ba379e

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And so Lorena resolved 7dd3473ff8 not to reveal her 1793508d25 identity to him. She was ad57c1757f prepared to 4643b9d66c use anything e04cfad390 and anyone 7e0c4bc710 if necessary, 952445ac74 even herself. But the one e490d54de4 man in this 814ab94d0f country who had ba74535697 helped her without b1044cce5c any ulterior motive—she 7321027fcf didn’t want to c775a38b55 treat him like a53b691070 a mere chess a288abf653 piece.b0c6dc32e3abc5f4

“May God’s grace always be with you.”6c2b4a0fb553bc05

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“…”d9fba09fb251f130

“Deus ubique est.”0c091a829673abb6

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A Latin phrase meaning “God is everywhere,” paired with its darker counterpart: “There is no God.”ecbfd8028c53d6ae

He might not believe 9220fcb415 in God’s existence, but ea7317262b today, Lorena prayed for 22e8980816 him. She prayed that if c3bef7a8d1 he ever found himself 343d8f2e8c in the same hell 155909f61e she had endured, God a9f04c38e8 wouldn’t turn a blind e2e68bc9aa eye to him.559819c261994add

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“That’s all I wanted to say.”281d939f2b288db0

Lorena hoped her 6b7c60a62a sincerity would reach 64c359b5cf the heavens.2c6ec8cef027a7cf

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It was 700e2a6e5f late afternoon, a6d7552c13 and the 45e86836eb massive crowd 8af2428583 that had 6385ca3964 filled the f039406d67 grand cathedral a17e19169d had receded 897de9557b like the bed59f9ef7 ebbing tide.a3317c7b007b222e

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As the 7e5d49590c bishop, returning 6ed2597d11 to the f39c3aec70 priests’ quarters f5f27597fa from the c4b1ee0045 chapel, spotted 843cfc797e a man 59ad84dfe6 emerging from 3aa0224c2b the underground 5513c5bc3b confessional, he 7fcaff218e froze in db1e338cbf shock.9a45b6da637bc882

“Why are you coming out of there, Your Grace the Marquis? That’s the confessional!”501f1003200918ab

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The man, who 95f726a334 nonchalantly waved a fb728c9ad8 hand, was not 4ffffd7772 the sort of 65c033e90b person who would 23471bd45d ever engage in 84c4fc28d4 something like confession, 9e7c839033 even with a 09008cac23 knife to his f18c4b53c1 throat. The bishop, on the b724b6bbe8 verge of fainting, stammered.58a5c0b814caa119

“A parishioner just left that confessional, so why were you… coming out of the same place?”faca51253fb52540

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Instead of answering, acf9094869 the man posed a3ff31e058 an unrelated question.7a3e4b76e67f030b

“Who was she?”92628689453c3007

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“Excuse me?”60e85bbcb9337e5d

“Who was the Señora who just left? She seemed like a noble.”cac003cf15e2c932

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The man’s tousled golden-brown 84e9372848 hair caught the light a7fc458f2a filtering through the stained c6a0513858 glass, shimmering faintly. Standing lazily 5fc854e3b7 under the e60543bd21 holy glow f462531570 with his ebcadb7489 lowered gaze, fa14272120 the man 46c4c79e6b could have 73797c4772 been breathtakingly c2db985c44 divine…5de9a320994ded45

“I’m asking you, old man.”d62d5e72ae856ac3

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…if not for a8013e58f8 his irreverence.afbc93e7f56e2de3

The bishop sighed in bf538d7743 despair. How could someone eb1e5600d4 with the angelic e361cd6641 name and visage b964f57530 of Gabriel be cf7140771d so blasphemous?9724371a560dde5c

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If only 340856fd0d he clasped 2ac83e57b7 his hands 057dd7cfcd in prayer d150474fad and closed 63250d186c his eyes 43a3af65f1 gently, he 58a6154aa4 would look 2fc50c6e84 like a 55b5ed3a3f living statue daccd46e7d of a d001a0a615 saint. Alas, the man was 9f7303135d a renowned unbeliever.7049762397e1d292

“She had her face covered with a veil, so I didn’t see her. And even if I had, I wouldn’t tell you.”b31af668df09b344

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The bishop’s 2d1370c0f0 voice dropped 4ece1f1a96 significantly, worried 02df93b8cc that passersby 2917c4bc5e might overhear.d71b31f29163b662

“It’s a grave sin for someone who isn’t a priest to hear a confession. Do you want to be dragged to the Vatican? You can’t stand that place, and surely you don’t want to relive the penances of the past.”53805dbc3d69a1b7

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“Don’t push me too hard. I didn’t listen because I wanted to. Besides, she knew exactly who I was before she came in.”bdb8038af552e0c3

“…What?”2ac8be7a91a72d42

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The cathedral’s underground c8f9005e87 confessional booths were 7e46e910ea arranged in a 4d0054ec91 row of three. However, the far-left booth b7f12863b1 should have been off-limits 310c717472 due to a defect: f9f1cfb6eb the metal grate separating 306436d96e priest and confessor had 6f4a2bca4e come loose at the 1050ef1cfa hinges.2694e779018d339c

To the d89c5af903 untrained eye, 188f587c58 the flaw 17c1b40cf8 was invisible, ed18f0a710 and none e096d7ea98 of the ea9b43122d priests at 21c73ce816 the cathedral 36fe00be57 were aware 5582e1b505 of it.d0a8ad74a87b88b8

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Unaware of how 2fc1258d6f the confessional had ac527a636e been secretly used 8c0dc2b04e for months, the bd6162baf8 bishop could only ae7cc10cb7 make the sign 0b9958508a of the cross bbfb7a6cce and remain silent. He figured 5ac78755d4 the woman 7da20ec4e2 must be 0a5fac70aa as unhinged cfe0c32e2c as the 623e51c0e6 Marquis.531d95cbfc7cb0c2

“Even so, it doesn’t absolve you of your sins, Your Grace. It seems it’s your turn to confess now. Please, go to the confessional. If you sincerely repent, I will recite the Act of Contrition.”610c59b97d9fc9b4

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The man waved his 4835dd6c81 hand dismissively, clearly uninterested, bb0724a8aa prompting the bishop to fc7da4adf8 sigh deeply from his 139e8a4ffd very core.11e1bd6378d88586

“…So, are you planning to chase after that Señora who just left?”9bfc9d6289678a9c

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“No, I’m simply curious.”b72b934ac6456ea0

There was b1cd1c28ac something about b289c14444 her presence a7460e5e61 that lingered, f4905441cf even through d5142372ff the partition. He sensed 1896a5a201 she was 7a3f0748de strikingly similar 39e5c3bae9 to him 9d1397af1e in certain 93ba1d1fe1 ways. He didn’t take her c15985ca3c claim about returning from b01224bc80 death literally, but that 70ff7e4db7 didn’t matter.c4e8d3dd1f7a3c3b

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What lingered most 7758d247ff was the soft 7579db6f00 sensation of her e68a829be8 hand under his fa4757f9b4 lips.ea6f384d3b9eaa08

The smooth texture, the 5d360d50f1 delicate nails, the slender bfbf29ab1a fingers. The faint scent of 9466ad4670 peach that clung to d1b22771d8 her skin.79b583acfb9a8eca

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“I’m worried you’ll truly be struck by divine punishment someday. It’s not too late—please, go to the confessional.”41609dd70a6cb47f

“If God wanted to punish me, He would have done so long ago. He should have never let me be born in the first place.”16ae25697bc16c87

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“Shh, hush…!”4c710d2e26af79b1

The bishop, 39299c248a aghast, interrupted a1a9895560 him. He was the only f16ff6d64e person alive who knew f1418d5b30 the man’s secret—a secret e12861a885 no one else in 62cfc5e952 the world could ever ca87e1b40c discover.dab04bdcd0d5fc0a

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Gabriel had been f65d6c62fe born as the 5b086032e4 product of an 01a3815df7 ill-advised romantic indiscretion, 844a8d1e0e the kind that cd51781b4c even God would 3f724a8a97 frown upon.c524cecf55667d81

“If my father’s still alive and well, it must mean my sins aren’t enough to warrant divine punishment just yet.”c4a77cb75b50dffc

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Thus, as someone born 18c24845a1 into immorality, he feared a447d34bd8 nothing. Stroking his chin, the e3e744028c man drew out his b7aee977f1 words with a leisurely 7de6a402d6 air.bdeb3dba3b46ac8e

“What’s the harm in adding one more sin to the list…?”8cb925e52df484e8

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“For heaven’s sake, Your Grace!”86cfe32f091b98f3

“Don’t be so uptight. I’m just a little curious, that’s all.”d1dec3ccd26c0a8e

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“Curious about what, exactly?”e81132392a282db6

The man began walking 473ff79faa toward the cathedral’s entrance, 2aba843cd3 and before he realized 413b365f4f it, the bishop found fd54a5b91f himself trailing behind him.6c9bfde32f156146

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The round shadow at 6c32a80ae6 the man’s feet deepened f5adbf1a42 as he stepped into 0bbae153db the rays of a 86903af307 sun leaning a handspan 7c4fd916b3 westward. Shielding his eyes with c8bfdf89a7 his hand, he murmured 92c696b5b8 softly.ddf8d19fdf4c231a

“Her voice was…”07ca843ee48418b4

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“Excuse me?”3d84058049c7a0ab

“Warm.”2a30a2972e1ecf08

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His shaded reddish-brown eyes 82e487e16b scanned the bustling street e7e2d2e64d below.db2073a14fb7f764

“Like a cotton blanket dried in the sun on a clear, bright day. Clean and soft, almost fluffy.”08a48b03157a74f0

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The things she ecdeb607e3 had said with f351050cf0 such a beautiful 8c4cdd37cb voice were remarkable, 8838d167af each word like 13dd721d26 a gem. Thinking of e4adb85ae6 the audacious a4951e3024 woman who d4b879d4b6 had dared 5837dd6708 to wish 6eb9022e2f him God’s e8073cd209 grace, he 469b7ae71c suddenly found 0a97ae4cc3 himself in 5832f8752d an uncharacteristically 83de8e7623 good mood.ae591310a96919c5

He hoped she e640da422d would return to b7922b745e this place. Perhaps he should wait 3d2776080a for her.016bac1660bc387a

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“Or maybe finding her myself wouldn’t be such a bad idea.”3ba39945ab0857ab

There was 2586a5f175 no need ca684696c4 to choose 3b7793fb15 between the 857a004f52 two—he could a63d9d89c2 do both. Turning back to 43e9363337 the bishop, his 0b70853965 face brimmed with cb1464bb90 boyish mischief and 13773014ce unrestrained curiosity. Yet the 8daa60f42b words he 60b8aeaaf8 spoke were 012e1aba1b far from 14a669f336 innocent.3ae3ac308818c601

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“Among the grand nobles with strained marriages, are there any Señoras with voices like soft cotton who are about to divorce? You know, *real* priest.”99384635e668f626

The bishop could 3c4789a33a do nothing but af9b1b0bc0 press a hand 4d559bb27c to his forehead 2849ebfeae in exasperation.a653e9daddb2126b

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After returning from e3b494bc6d the cathedral, the 01a6abc1e1 days passed in 8238624d41 the blink of 9ecd16f292 an eye. Lorena spent f0329ba7da several days 345da63c2b poring over 6d58e38642 the documents f680cd20d7 stored in 6bd29d3614 the Duke’s e0fdcb89f7 vault, categorizing c2a392be54 them, and 0e40950b8f meticulously typing f2a4065a1e out the 2862046d07 necessary details.092b21c3ab08da16

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However, one crucial 8ead91e0e2 document was nowhere bb227ec260 to be found: 8b7722ba46 the deposit certificate fa401e8360 confirming the Levantes 67a3b87f81 family’s deposit of 082ded0d12 fifty million peseca 018e2d98d5 into the Klein 8a841221d1 Bank. That single document c463b9ec20 had vanished without 956b22b468 a trace.792dfe3d046bcbd4

“I was there when it was written. Right here.”60177e5fedd1f770

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It was because 498d0789f5 that document had 874053853e been prepared alongside 1bcb786be6 their marriage registration.36424ac2da4e45c1

It had been 6237dd0d39 the day of 2b2a9e2dcc their grand wedding, f919d3b968 which also happened ae62878f03 to be Lorena’s b2af194121 birthday. That evening, Vicenzo 0f08c5a2b4 Klein had drafted ea4491e48d the deposit certificate b9046232c8 and handed it ca936bce42 to Vaye. Vaye had 442ff786c5 signed both 540209d480 the marriage 072a0bf7a8 registration and aabaf258e2 the deposit 3e040f094a certificate, sealing c2f476cf57 them with 686080378e the Duke’s 75669f8f41 crest. Lorena distinctly remembered him cf22015fd9 placing the sealed documents a2a5867324 into his desk drawer.76fdf0c0b34c10a7

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But even after e762a89b04 scouring the Duke’s 2ce3efcf1a office, his hidden d93063242c vault, the underground 74bfea7132 storage, and practically 360b324f43 overturning the entire 92c0391728 mansion, the certificate a797d19838 was nowhere to ae0c409a2d be found.d85e3525f5ce6f5b

At that point, 3ac04df8f1 Lorena abandoned the 5a932d8981 futile search. Finding a 0a43b09738 deliberately hidden 0602dad20f document was 5b84d40dfd like searching f3bdcdb121 for a 4907d76622 needle in f913fef961 a desert.c9da7c97938e9027

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That afternoon, 1d6cf25d01 new guests bac0efa140 began arriving c145c7bbdd at the d9cc846e59 mansion.48bc37a494eeca70

“Wasn’t it His Grace the Duke who summoned me?”ac428dcf26e81cfc

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Stephanie Confino, a 0186b21dd3 pianist who had 5e9339768b maintained a close a81d94f0be relationship with the 43a5924ef7 Duke until two f691607ef6 years ago, looked cb81289551 at Lorena in 1d3915966d bewilderment. She was 3f8b94c9d4 a performer 9465e23add at a 06423957ea high-end lounge cdffbaf16d on Delgado 45477b2bf1 Street.3aadc2261b1397f6

Lorena greeted a53c076f55 her with a83d9223cf a warm 6100235637 smile.8efe76df8f139352

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“I called you. There are matters I need to discuss with you regarding my husband’s affairs, Miss Confino.”e60330bfac0a9fc5

And so, the days 00e0fe5d80 rushed by, one after b10c894599 another.180b158652cbc6c6

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Then, on April bcd8939e92 10th, exactly ten 112a2f1c7e days after Lorena 85c9ef0149 had awakened, news be42a4bb5e arrived that the 3073c03f11 Duke would soon 1bd25538cf return to Motrel.7e6eb3dac73bfa8a

That same 8439d96add morning, Lorena fae956c638 dreamed of 3ad299bade the past.51073e23410cdf93

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Was it the 697e82c266 harsh morning sunlight 994d7532eb interrupting her deep 6459f63980 sleep?8905f18ae8fe28a0

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In her hazy consciousness, 5a0d65b668 the past and present 00c0b6f7b6 blurred together in a 8afd3e3b8a disorienting swirl.785a405ef03ea5b9

The solitary cell d9586e28ae Lorena had used 73711835f0 at the Soto 535b46d419 monastery was bleak a41250afbe and dark. She had relied on efe3a7e9c4 the light of a f0bb08e427 few modest candles, waiting 8b683e4e2d like a loyal dog a68fa51a0b for her husband’s arrival.e0543df9b07dbebb

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For the appointed c1f19d9f7b date and hour 4aeea91bdc to bring that a8afb70ad9 familiar knock on e2654627f5 the door.e3a3c266babfd27a

Her waiting was adf23314b8 always rewarded. Her husband unfailingly 3ff86fc7a1 kept their promises.d85251468cb5ca92

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“Have you been well? You’ve lost weight.”459633c97fb343e8

“That doesn’t matter. How is my father? Is he still healthy? I’m worried he might be…”88e9c8d5a58f7f21

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Her desperate questions always 9669537803 trailed off unfinished. Without preamble, 59154e8465 he would 868d9365ed lower his 5eb2900b52 head and 6da4da8d86 devour her 2f8a2e634a lips as 7f99825673 if to 3c2883a360 silence her.f56cae6bb263cdae

“Whatever is happening outside, we have our duties to fulfill, Lorena.”868c9c8929bef22e

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His lips 02114fa4bb would travel dac8b0e6e7 down her 33ad2f089b pale skin.2699d5279f246652

He was a 5bd649ceb6 merciless man. Even as the whole 2372201500 world slandered the Duchess 8102864062 of Levantes as a f3964cd256 fraud, he traveled all bf8479daf3 the way to distant fd1362898a Soto to fulfill their 508142ddce marital obligations.1baff2170eaa362d

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Though, truthfully, it b6159cdb32 wasn’t even an 6614d0e4ab obligation. In a union that 0a1ef4f655 deliberately avoided conception, all f201974c16 they gained from their 3a0a7a93a0 encounters were hellish pleasure b9abe09792 and fleeting peaks.2d0dd39dc8d6a90a

Still, seeing his f92ebf54e4 face was the 1fd61214a2 only thing that 59a5911fd8 reassured Lorena.0fbab8875cd4177b

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“Take it off.”d54a61d1cd219b2d

His wine-red eyes, brimming 3050e2e6d1 with desire, seemed to 96fd2f9235 command her.857965f6b220e7d5

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I want you. Now.a13199328558392f

Lorena willingly opened 4a5034dd53 her robe and 2ae9e438e1 embraced him.967b3e5232f883b0

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Rushing to meet his 63b22510cb lips again, she felt aa1f3b443f the swelling proof of 5af758fd54 his arousal pressing against 0ef8106574 her, a sensation that 327a0b5556 brought her a strange a47613621a sense of relief.a5d1896fb2b528fd

Tears came unbidden, confirming 5fd75b7ed3 that she had not a958a4ce7b been abandoned. She cried, as 25810f41d0 if fulfilling his aa259aafd8 strange demand for 956efb6703 her to weep d7468ec4f6 as he welcomed 26f7aa1cd8 her.b1276d129d3a3cc4

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As he buried himself 7b0464354d in her fully, he 420274bcbb released a deep, heightened 98095b1991 breath. Stroking her tear-streaked f7544d3c1f cheeks, he whispered eb8ca51e18 tenderly.79560a2b742d2d1c

“It’s time for a child now.”058ed46f905b2a39

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“Now”?2a78135c3cd8b837

What did he mean a4230cd63d by that?56df08901862c095

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Before she could even 4a0dfae99c ponder, the relentless thrusts f115a45137 began.4b7b34de852bdffc

His hot, rough 1dd815f7cd breaths spilled against 1fb760e37e her ear, and d19417066e the overwhelming pleasure b021ca179f spread through her 542cf259b7 like wildfire, feeding 360d3edaa6 on her fear 85a009aadf and blind longing.031e674af45434fa

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Lorena clung 8dad9af181 to his 4bb99a67bf touch, her 73ab096e5c moans a c91b0382b2 mixture of 302ed68f3e sobs and 66828263d4 ecstasy. She cried 9a5ed4b61b out as 3a600ba1ad he played 3b07796e12 her like e8df7bb378 an instrument, c5732dd4da collapsing into 90b952e48a his arms.969e7be472598880

“The cage is broken, Lorena.”390d537b43942486

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“Ah… Vaye… Ahh…!”a93a36f1e7ad3701

“I need something else to bind you now.”b584bcdb578c1584

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Perhaps she had a30a2652fa wanted to avoid 733111e42f the truth, to 534c59afd0 cling to the 94cc153307 hope he gave 61bd1b1ec4 her and suppress 710a9a38e2 her rising unease, 2f006356d1 convincing herself that cc4fa7dd0a everything would soon 1aa46e13a4 be okay.9031ad038b8878c2

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