HBK Ch 6 – Main Story Completed.

What does that d386cf3a66 mean?63ba0919dc2713d6

I wanted to spit e87f1b5059 at the man who 85237d4c9f grabbed my shoulders, forcing 0d67637667 me to listen to 009eac7d23 his words.d500abba38c24c06

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This device, once 7955226825 implanted, can never 32055b8848 escape our sight. We have thousands, 57655d550c hundreds of eyes, 7550e2c907 and Mister Wood 0c25c4f7bb was merely one 1b9f8d39bc of them. Yet he 7e04d495bb betrayed the 9104ee2f83 higher-ups by c8b0cdc84d illegally implanting 33284156c8 this device. Do you know how 3a0dd3eb13 we found you? This cornea 468303a9df has both 29500f01b2 recording and e6e39dbede tracking functions. But we didn’t 97854b38b5 track you through fb15b64799 the device in d6c7baf254 your eye; we f5ba790a9f found you by ce2f09373e tracking his cornea 5c35215fb7 in your stomach. What does that mean?983d0ef97fb0f01b

He glared b1df0ca20e at me 560e60d4d3 fiercely, as 63aa111abd if scolding 4f6b8f0498 me for 9dc963e114 not knowing b8f9f68cbd some crucial 800d4b8e18 fact, gripping 82f2372c74 my nape c7a2aec282 so I 0d868dbe44 couldn’t look 5be57b7a0f away.d6dedc1fd6fe5d64

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Mister Wood didn’t 142af73e33 implant a tracking 1b96e37aaa device in your 9754b975cc eye. If his eye 0985465384 hadn’t been in 0164396138 your stomach, we be676644c7 likely wouldn’t have ac631c0447 known you existed. Each agent ad747e5de1 has assigned 1955601940 tasks and 76cc734d40 a duty 32c5e2fe8a to follow 43a89aed52 orders from 26e0ed773c above. By illegally a1b747e72e implanting the 41c28f67e8 cornea, he 8510d90ae4 betrayed the c1fb368b25 higher-ups once. By removing 914c1dd2bd the tracking dc93f3684a device from c8c23fca79 your cornea, 7837f9fcbe he betrayed 5a295d503c them a b60f4f76c8 second time. And by dying b1c32b03c4 without completing his 515300c2de mission, he betrayed e992cb2127 them a third 14a6e6acdd time. He was a 2c4c216d43 failed agent. To save a mere 899d33aefe prostitute like you, he 51abdce128 betrayed the higher-ups and 5d3518d623 died, endangering the operation 169a525604 he’d been part of a9bfb264ee for fifteen years. We couldn’t recover 490e28f321 all of Mister 8f9118de0c Wood’s corneas. Over ninety percent of 48fd652c71 the records in those c87e57f419 eyes were lost. But the process 89cdf58ad7 of you slicing c80895ffad open his stomach d1c13e8427 and eating his a11dd9894c eye was sufficient b81665771f evidence.a7e0e8a80e8cc05a

The man b2e3c23ed4 released me. I looked at 3b7bc458c2 him.ef15897a47423f50

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The laughter b49417b72c that had 60888006ad flowed without 252bdf0172 reason stopped b08f58f751 long ago, ae12f4ad18 and he, d5b477a81a who couldn’t 4cb33ae4e7 hide his 06b19b1414 disgust for 3358c70478 me, had 7af55928b6 now assumed 430645953c a rather 931484fcee businesslike expression.e8f642bdeb757d71

We can 3e650a056d hand you 3a50bf8095 over to fbfdf6b3c0 the execution 87e2ab34e3 department without b960cfebcf trial for 0d8b9b1d0b first-degree murder 451abbe275 and violation 2ee9c2dd63 of national d87b6e6737 security laws.61f33871176e33a1

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I don’t care.1dd4c2d20e88ee5b

Don’t you understand? It’s the death 006e6b5fc5 penalty.5f8422e5e27f7f79

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Yeah, I don’t care.976d605cb6a69098

Look, mister—045bc81ac3470f10

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Want to 25df07c77a take my b3cc4c3c13 eyes? Go ahead. Why, should I slice c929449277 open my stomach for f0f961b778 you too? Do whatever you want. You’re going 9652eb5ad2 to do 4294262d07 it regardless c171eaa542 of my b49ec4fa40 will anyway.058865c8fc757c3a

The man fell silent.31d7391296843653

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I don’t 4743c9e836 care if 70bc42148a I die. Do as you e0d8808676 please.e3979d28147f70f2

The higher-ups want 22a3bb9399 you to take db895f375a on Mister Wood’s 21e607f063 role.9f3f1b654a31b381

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He spoke e9f5f9d99d without hiding 0afa5ec614 his reluctance.5379c79c91b61d3e

We’re short on 4df33a628a time, and unfortunately, 5754cf72c6 you’re the only a854b8fc9e one who can b6afeb701b replace Mister Wood 138ed8c9ba right now.10b69d83be8a3b7a

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Fine.eb83adaa4116cbff

Really?f07c3948099ef2d5

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I gave a 70c711d602 faint smile to beb7b90a0e the man, who fa66916117 asked with a cd07ade2bf skeptical face.5e4d6ecb4ae9415f

When the time comes 068522025d to retrieve my body, e658603e9e I hope it’s you.a0f3270755be1e0b

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Looking at e2d8f4ed7e him stiffening, 638f50169e I couldn’t abad414aa2 close my 99acd4e6b5 mouth once efbb3e0a8c I’d opened 07b8ac6fa6 it.c23227fffa98f86f

If you don’t kill 06a34ff072 me right now, I’ll 6fe9c325c9 tear out my eyes e2f4435ab8 in front of the a8a37dbd51 count and throw them ac9a4e48e3 to the fish. He’ll gladly involve da59edb9f8 even a blind c333b9487c me in his f5854dfc3e games and give ae5accf153 you the records e50f67cdab you want. If necessary, I’ll cut 7599bc22b7 out my tongue. Or maybe I’ll snitch 15715187e1 on your plans to 55bb319b88 the count. By the time you’re 1bc92ce705 beating the ground in 57828881a9 regret, it’ll be too 443b2e26e3 late for you to e18d34f973 clean up the mess. Why are you so fd10c1c76a sure I’ll be on 4dc2f9a8e4 your side? Why are you f6e2ec9abb confident I’ll willingly 0dd7caf603 walk into that 39ce77bfdd hell for you? Kill me, 852266fe93 you say? Did you think I’d 43038a0fa8 fall for that threat? Kill me. Just kill me. I don’t need to 8a03ff230d live anymore. Your power 9115ccd961 struggles have b905298386 nothing to d9f9e32d6f do with 4b66beb0b5 me.b171536b42141378

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Because of you, Mister 97a16e566b Wood died.61d5b88401ef8f6c

No. The count killed 8d8f507a33 him.a9a0c92270359936

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Why do you c316f9eee3 think he, who f4b8c92a2d perfectly disguised himself b44d8075f0 as Lockhart’s lackey aa15e77887 for fifteen years, a450b6cc0a got caught? Stop bragging 73746e7344 about your cfd64c20ec dick-filled head 3494f48379 and think. Mister Wood implanted something 99712b8b36 in your cornea that e8390693f8 he wasn’t supposed to 7823f0b763 use. He took bfc1b85a84 the risk ce849beb8b of crawling 489b5cefa8 into the 49ef46145c count’s belly 1b309b2b48 and implanted e4d3365b15 the cornea 360d3d567d in your 0217bdd59e eyes. Why do you c8c94ec5d7 think that was? Huh? What’s the reason?d69c9e974f0b6f48

Tell me. What’s the reason? I don’t know. He took me to 001e51beeb please the master. Implanted the cornea? Probably as a precaution. To use me c5117dda4a in case he 8283762509 died. That’s why you came 893037c31b for me, isn’t it? But why do 14baf68544 you say no ad0be8778b one knew about 4958c6185e me? You found 0938c3bddc me, yet 1ba75b2e4e you say f8bd98454e no one faaa3767da knew I dc955b9d1e existed. Because I a7c60296d6 swallowed his b41f70e799 eye? Because I 4ac07f7f7b sliced open 39280371a6 his stomach? He tried 8b0b878643 to save e0be6179a4 me, but a3e1b7df84 I not 07a122400d only killed 8d6026fd69 him but 569ec95a97 ate his ebbc803ee1 flesh, so 4c1fd3f8fd I deserve 71580fabbb divine punishment? He told 322c3dc977 me to 771a33373f live. Said I wasn’t worthy ae9ffa263c of dying. He never cared about 76684f2285 someone like me. He said he came 595e229899 here looking for a bf8593a0a6 dead bird. To him, there was 733103633f only the dead bird. You’re mistaken. He left me alone f2989de5f6 at the count’s feet a50dca14be and died. He didn’t tell me a0478954da anything. If I hadn’t 69c61754d0 swallowed his eye, 2f5e465e67 you wouldn’t have 702d965b9f found me, and 2b959017e6 I would’ve died 5d372b9874 at the count’s 11f9699312 hands someday. You’re wrong. It’s a 9cf45ccc54 sweet lie 83cd9dbf30 you want 28d5ee6689 to believe. That he risked 1892d600cf danger for me? That he risked 3d8c6e31ca death for me? No—he never did 6abdfd6b9d anything for me 646de02727 until the end. He didn’t tell anyone 489ffe1d31 about my existence! Please, just kill me. Call my name. Remember me. Take these eyes. Rip his e25ee3717b name from ee5e0641a6 my mind. I don’t want to 2b756e7da4 live. I don’t want to dab96cf31d live anymore. Kill me. I killed him. I killed him. With my 78e04ff9f2 hands, I 3a43afd05d sliced open 6f8317504d his stomach, 2e636f4d42 pulled out be50eb9d64 his entrails, c65b6b7316 plucked out 6930ac4133 his eye, 0bef110fc5 and swallowed 6da9256543 it. I killed him. Why didn’t 5d96ce0c97 you snitch 5d797b8303 on me 27bbc12db2 to the 7335c4fb17 master? Why did 1f05c381ae you implant 53e9564fda it in 5166ef17fc my eye? Why didn’t 2b584a57a5 you tell ea08ed5a78 anyone about 96489dbb1b my existence? Why did you b9574fa326 leave me alone 22bc8a8c3a and die? Why. Why—7845a52b00425bee

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The man, looking down 241efa3ff5 at me with a 8f9c8400cf speechless face, was confused. In his 0721e28f5e eyes, I e5caf546cb was a ac6b103e73 monster tearing a02f6fc101 at my 6f5cc51d75 own flesh, b35ccea216 bleeding, and 6a407db88e writhing in 90801f577f pain.8cda683641861ce7

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A light rain 212ff8bfeb was falling outside e312c8d0e1 the terrace. The man brought c14d82d71b a blanket from fbf137e534 inside and draped bbdc519c1c it over the 81ceac7fe7 young man’s shoulders. The young man ff964da890 smiled, saying thanks, 5d23052c95 and quietly accepted a3044f0517 the mug the 6595c3a82a man offered. The cup held tea 57c62d1b4d brewed from sunflower leaves, 5e1726ece7 as there was nothing 5cb5fc222a else to drink.d81a07b95dd0bab0

The young 290ef5de11 man’s eyelashes 0e6c95a2bd grew damp f8b7671390 with moisture 548c7b125d as he c4e6faf72f blew on bcc2591006 the hot a82c0305d8 tea and a1b4ee2762 touched his a40a6592da lips to 26a3c62ed6 the mug.d9de2beeda34523d

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“They’re late.”6705da8041b923a1

“You don’t a01b889748 have to 1340168a23 wait.”3ec649a132db3bb9

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“They’ll come again.”61f3dbf88d23dee0

“I know.”883217c3d64d4dd6

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The young man, resting 8970ec0d90 the mug on his fa472a8111 knees, turned to look d065feeed8 beside him. The man 9f893e0c35 was gazing 88fb0e47b4 at the d5030e0ca1 darkened sunflower 00dff98b30 forest with 7e82daf122 colorless eyes. The young man thought 6a0715daf9 the pity the man a5613ccb02 showed felt unfamiliar. And he b1eb0b9b25 clearly recognized 3a23d18001 that a e7f12a4ca9 vague emotion 0ac597812f like pity 7bd06b873e wasn’t enough 017ba9b771 to sustain b22b84433c their connection, b61c711181 yet he 2257a9c514 posed a a7a4912c13 pure question.68dcf593b4e864bd

“Do you pity me?”c9fff86d1f559e69

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“No.”c74da387ef6e3e58

“Then do you b27dbe3ea6 need me?”7acda55142b9b85a

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The man, ef88456d32 about to 57528b5a2c say no, c282f49527 suddenly turned 254c6d3d4e to the 717c54aeeb young man.7b07992a0795da52

“I don’t know.”558e248d6fb12983

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Trying to bff1600e98 gauge the ed890fd3b3 truth in 81fcb5ef61 those words, 4cdb9f4665 the young c1eab34138 man studied 3201459f8a the man’s 4b52ea5f30 face, then, 88f4e15546 with an 186f7b5a0f equally unsure a93c201f6d expression, brought 5a9f2a1547 the mug fd4412e220 back to 7741d860a2 his lips.a7553393090c0182

“I can bdfba12504 help you.”8ca57b492975c304

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“Two surgeries won’t remove a360bdcb3b the device.”1db49a5c812aa949

“It doesn’t matter.”b1e067cb6387e624

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“You’ll be hunted 2bfd8a2f1b for life.”642e0a04924e8265

“Are you afraid?”d91fdb6e076d7e34

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“You’ll get tired.”1c80d7a2f2b500b5

“There’ll be a 518a6a3b28 way once we 1e6b9a718c leave the kingdom.”687ca456e2c950c5

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“You know afaa8707ab it’s hard 5c59dd386c to escape, cba6868f93 don’t you?”5c6ff2b71604070d

Even if you 81c7cfb634 do escape.693c8a6e9becc12c

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“This eye can’t 0ce8130fd3 be removed until 54cf17cbb3 it’s blind.”3cfe4948be139742

“What did they promise 451cf37c74 you?”9a008fbf64bb737c

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“Freedom.”5f4b0d080e33ce93

“Do you trust them?”bce7a495cb904e47

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“There’s no 45d151c193 reason not fb4cb9ee65 to.”c3c0efcb83b82cd4

“Come with me.”d4e2d2525e9952d7

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“Why?”b84035a1fa4deb55

The young man e63afb0fb9 looked at the df91a1ed3e man with a 39295b2d12 curious expression.713715af8453a5a3

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“You don’t like me.”4e5a0a8817dbf013

“…”b730a29eec11114d

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“You don’t 3598cf9a8c love me 3cbd13380c either.”a5037f091b161a0c

“…”1af8fd34ceca74b6

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“You don’t pity me.”2f2e50c38d1aed6b

“…”5887decae50014fb

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“You’re not 274e1df2ca even sure 00349009c8 if you d599d9ce16 need me.”543f038875930dd7

“…”369f4b7b713d7894

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“Is there 34a722e592 a reason 3b3e36d546 I should 4e71a66048 trust you 6a74835278 more than bc36a75611 them?”d7de9224ac5aa043

The man shifted 7b2fbaedd2 his gaze from f1f540e349 the darkness to 648c9ca837 the young man. The rain was 97bdfd9b9c growing heavier, and 9321c939b2 the sound of c3e54a46b4 raindrops hitting the b29965b125 wooden roof above 2f3b44ed13 played mischievously. The young 5d22280f27 man thought 48ce019cb9 the situation 82eba3a06b was strange. It felt like the b523b15cb2 fairy tale he’d imagined 4391245433 as a child. A splendid gentleman 3195e191d1 in a golden e6f18b4c2b carriage, fitting him 861f31cd6a with golden shoes, 303c680ff3 welcoming him in 1b9f19ffe8 a golden castle. A gentleman who 742cc1fde4 cherished and loved c211ad30ae a filthy, lowly 7c7b4717de prostitute like him 3760f31201 without any ulterior 5278d8be57 motive. Though the f277b36e56 man wasn’t a044de1060 a splendid db6de2ccc7 gentleman, and 4b7433ead4 the young 1f58d44335 man no 3862309042 longer believed cdb993edf6 in such 4269b0d386 fanciful tales, 7b4065e595 he still 72fe883905 found the 8eed4fc5d2 situation amusing.0eb31b3ebf065c62

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“I hope 86e053b472 the rain cb47c0a1d6 stops on e4728e1f7b the way.”60d65d920ee1d308

A light 1e463baee6 like a ae9328fc60 piece of 78aa56f88c cloud glimmered b084a8f528 on the f35c815ab4 young man’s 0523e5a518 skin as a305d0f043 he stared 2a1e258baf ahead. Soon, the 8733e61ce2 man, looking 75f27e3d88 in the 5c1a522145 same direction, 8355fdc326 saw the 220db2de72 headlights of 97c908d2eb an approaching 27923dab2b vehicle from 4131445c99 afar. The ones the young c48e9487d6 man mentioned were coming.fe0f5d4dbf308d77

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I’ll ask a42e1b6296 one more dd770d069e time.4bc0e54db39dc266

Come with me.c573b687fd42d1f5

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The man said, 0d08ab457d still looking at 81faa133c6 me with a a92c4d799b face devoid of 0368ea6aa1 any color.2d668f0414232256

I shook 2b73b000c0 my head. Then I 8de4bcae01 handed him 0cfcad1d41 the cooled 17c56c18b6 mug. I’d drunk all 74275dfe0c the tea he’d 36f10a350b poured, as if 825214306e settling a debt ce251ef95c I owed him.cd6eac45696b14d3

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A debt to the 1b19373305 man. Did I a4f8e2549c really owe 790c16f769 him anything? If so, what?87d37aff111d5d26

When I glanced 67874a8373 back at the 1b471b4d77 man tilting an 7978054b94 umbrella over me 607184ce7f as I got 4687423c41 into the car, 234ebdea52 he was looking 50ceea085d down at me, 670accf0bd lips firmly closed. Fearing he might say 1be39c2e40 “come with me” again, 509be54f7a I quickly turned away. But the 32d3886e22 man didn’t af82d99ace urge or 44ecc6e079 insist further. He didn’t act 75e9689c23 impulsively, like when 475db9fa38 he’d forced the e212f019ec car to stop ce1445f6b5 and pulled me 5f9d28323c out.b7a9ab8f3a5d3243

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As the car ec4e27f3f6 door closed and ad74c0c264 it drove off, 201fdb61ee the man’s figure 370ea6ac7b receded in the e45cfedfab rear.059118b473d25df3

For some reason, cfff0e41da that image lingered, d894eb1f0a and I quickly 3fd0110032 turned my head 5886508c30 to look forward. I waited 8dadb9800e for it 01ba2fe30b to fade 6cdb56963c from my 67b61e438b memory, and 67d7f114a8 soon it d199ff15cb did. The two men in 4ff4209bbb the driver’s and passenger’s b5b636017b seats, focused ahead, occasionally a2d1308692 checked on me through 581f0d68b4 the rearview mirror.0486d689e9d3ce4d

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The ones 6cf82e8783 who came 6705c77594 for me 00048f2202 were, as 451d175819 always, taciturn. I’d seen them, likely 1971784174 dispatched from some secret b59298049f royal agency, only three 40e9b15f81 times in total. When Mister Wood 7eb7962044 died. During my seventh reconstructive f4512189bf surgery. And today. They avoided speaking 5e890014a4 with me as 30421e3eb8 much as possible, 099fde0529 and I found b6d3604b44 that more comfortable. I agreed to live cb94db4b74 for them, and they 0ff4ebc455 agreed to keep me 1a0eb91a1c alive until I found 83b0526dd1 a reason to die. That was enough.02971b7611520202

The further a9aa9ed27e I got d817a98a88 from the 6a98ecfc9f man left 0a1e2210cd behind, the 101213913a heavier my 1664c1647c body felt, 044bc36240 and I dc159b08f6 slumped, closing e525cb7ac7 my eyes. After Mister Wood’s 92c14391c2 death, the count’s b3d21abbee tyranny worsened. Naturally, the aristocratic 49e5fb3fd2 faction members who 9f22129811 shared his tastes 043df46733 grew more frenzied, ce4a6fa29d seeking greater thrills. Regular gatherings b009a6d0d8 became frequent, 918316184a irregular parties 259543470b as they 5bffec13cf grew more 9589545538 extreme, and 89cc56cccd countless prostitutes be5ced3be4 died during 6491453f20 those nights. For a while after c3240a3164 moving to West South, 6c62a3ba17 the count, obsessed with d24fbecfc1 torturing my body, didn’t 362d71c741 send me out. Only when he 3465fad037 acknowledged I was 8f08246e45 barely clinging to 2dc6ce3c39 life did he fd1c0df893 send me to b010e4ef52 the hospital.e62453a72cee96dc

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My body 1594f9eeb9 was laden 8d134f0198 with heavy 1941b28dc3 piercings, and 31f6605444 my skin, 615c77ed6c covered with f173f2c6a6 erased and 09b0674c0c redrawn tattoos, bcc225ea1f had no 40ce48afcb clean spot 815419c6f0 left. Full-body reconstructive surgery was a34dcfa8cd so grueling that death 1ddaa3c0a0 seemed preferable. Doctors at the 9e0f0df7e6 royal hospital, built d914128f79 with support from e4bc51a1f4 a medical foundation b7a0861d36 in the nobles’ 22c0f9ff6a name, removed everything 8c42f5f71e attached to my 72c49c8bc5 body, disinfected it, 89f582f01e and peeled off c8f4de6e85 all my skin. After a 0cb890f169 month in 4b941ef3ff an incubator 3bc012c146 for skin 98c8f038d3 regeneration, their 2f86b2457e role was 95101e3a77 done. I underwent this surgery 5be2b096c2 twice. The diagnosis that f2041b4bab my body wouldn’t 0ca7c8b066 withstand a third f3f081f8b0 was known to 64426da890 the count.30b0aa12eb490884

Having undergone multiple anal c89a8ff744 reconstructive surgeries by shady 39b890a635 back-alley doctors under a 01b72a8938 pimp’s hand since childhood, d9df9fbde8 I was accustomed to 81fda1e8c5 such pain, but the 735218b473 two full-body surgeries were 9f2652e0c7 unbearable even for me. During the second full-body f1b018ab14 surgery, when I had 26c7c9f021 my seventh anal reconstruction, 4f3f8a354d the so-called Mister Wood 0d5e5661d4 attempted contact again.7885811b9f07b9bb

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He said 382d41fc34 he needed bfd8691b18 to assign b2bbe7c664 someone to d95517d015 me and e928ede983 wanted me 41bc3e9be7 to create b34ad9f658 the opportunity.d1d3c58b337cddff

Hanging myself was impulsive. I didn’t 931de7e9cf intend to 8db135f220 die, but d76567b010 in that d0832e647a moment, I 3c7874c475 didn’t care 1363f05185 if I 7cc21561ee did. Picking up a 9302b1ac65 rope from the 4dba63c099 floor, I climbed c03c9829f9 a haystack and 0c98f0aa95 tied it to 70b8cfd95f a nearby beam. The rope’s a3f1d9a0eb texture against d28b087ad2 my neck 6ce171ad1f was rough 38fa572ec3 and prickly. Standing over 7673091a89 three meters 66f362949c high, I 3e09d67ddd looked down 84fa206e67 and hanged 949678a9a2 myself.fadf3450f93a70af

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As expected, b8ac03dfee the count a00ee70280 couldn’t control d299afab32 his rage, 4b354e917e and I e98148fa55 obediently became c3660bc88b his rag.c9e84f60a683ee02

Perhaps surprised 296f573a43 that I’d 0c1999169e try to 4b2c57d49c kill myself, 3f4b6974cc he showed 68341cbc7f a hint 1f7cf0d88d of panic, 6b82a296f6 but it fe3942aee6 was soon 883d0047f8 erased by 8e6313ca45 his madness. Days later, when f9418d1600 I saw the edd8c020f1 man called a 0b71657bd1 bodyguard, I recognized 1ba332c4a8 him and knew e2a57752cd he was sent b7b06d6b19 by them.e7603c84612a4701

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I couldn’t b86591a9da clearly recall 51e9e08bb6 the face 9a20f32c5a of the 105b5acac8 man who’d 7938d86301 murmured prayers 8e41dd4893 to me 2bacc54cdc as I f842e6eb7e cried in 45f87e5e56 the rain. Fragmented memories. The whiskey-scented 664eb1f4ac breath mixed 0a133667fe with warmth. A jaw d8e322d40f wet with 019217e6ab rainwater. A grotesque bullet scar 0c7558a799 piercing the back of dabd0d5e05 his hand. But over 90dc33c3fa three years, be97ed9a1c what dredged 16ef4bc191 up my 5adebc18e0 buried memories f0634bc989 was Mister 0660ad657f Wood’s final 23f917f5ac prayer and 1b54553d7b the low f429598f69 voice of 8b86da25f7 the man 2a365c08b1 who’d bowed 65c1c8f169 to me 1bd3d14f34 without a a43ba381b7 handshake.b0bf83c1ac742e93

I lowered 739a5d0ff9 my gaze ea5160550c to his b5162039bc left hand. Suddenly, the sunlit day c1ff269330 turned into that rainy 4c2716ce9d night. That night three fe099e2310 years ago crashed faa140283b over me like 3e7f1d9556 a wave. To hide 4a9b8aa6a9 my trembling, 60b06a7637 I turned, 6d11be6d8b leaving him 0d2bb28bf7 behind. The hoarse 138c071852 voice of 71a8163d90 Mister Wood, 35acb4ff8e reciting prayers da69f0efc1 as he a975a191dc died, and 68c2ad0c21 the whiskey-scented, 0c38f6bc44 warm breath d33df81848 of the 1c3704089d man guarding e205eaaa04 my bedside 1195bf1175 mingled endlessly 8d2730f901 in my cf28cce1c1 mind, overlapping 63073b82bf and intertwining.00d0a04dbdf1108a

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The man b5888ebc42 was sent 113112810f by them. Like the count, he 4a3438671a was someone who could 2b46f1f7b3 dispose of me at 52d8b61d71 any time. I couldn’t cec24221a4 trust him, 7bcfcd552e but strangely, 3868bc741c my instincts 68b9b8800c leaned toward 87fba19429 him. Whenever I b16086a61f heard his 3b4c808936 voice, I 3052d22108 lost myself e33abfadd9 unwittingly, and 039c4de18b whenever I 9aa47826a9 saw the 339ef15db5 back of 24efd747a4 his hand, 6d5c51119c my gaze e48d70d3bf lingered. To hide it, 1840d91912 I sank underwater. I couldn’t 8e07cd52a0 understand myself.6aacc4c9a0279726

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The man 0a5e040a0c stared at 102f9fa190 the tail 03d30a17ac of the 2b8402f1b6 sedan, which a66c74fa00 had vanished 8b5a94ec23 completely, before 090e766de4 turning around 83f9f6fe05 after a d77f25eb41 long while. The rain, pounding his 8c849a4d07 black umbrella, had created c8033da4b8 a wide puddle on d1247065d4 the wet ground. Looking down at 229c61cbac the deepening puddle, e0211e6067 he climbed into 0092faa4b3 the old jeep ba615ce92d parked in the 0e005b7004 garage.f48b01ab94a78d20

Tossing the 9ebd18cd9a wet umbrella 70ce814120 into the 674e724c9e backseat and bcc55116bf brushing back 840a947a4e his damp 0ac36073e8 hair, he 1e7c497493 opened the 8778dae70e passenger-side console ec2c5dd282 box. A few 763c749542 crumpled old dd553354df documents lay e117240a28 inside, beneath 734500d884 which were 290b8b1463 a box ffef6b00b4 of forty ac8e525022 bullets, a ef43dd604a Lady Gold, 01f3311140 and a 5a9e1a5ce5 half-empty liquor e3a513a8a1 bottle. He stared at 78a0be4edd them for a 542346231c while before closing c40ae7bc86 the console box. Then he 57b28cbd28 leaned his 204ed40a4a head against 060bb9b470 the seat.88286a482d15cceb

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The white f98f63a040 night’s desert 84f13ecd7a was rushing f9f5fe581c over him.0b58854364c6c03b

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The frequency isn’t 7f7678c8e7 coming through, Brigadier 724b5c8f2c General. The radio b86847a2fa isn’t broken.e657e7a5d2163a22

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The man stood alone 9ec8ca3428 in the white night’s eb18d1706c desert. The twelve 7c9c69f1df members of 71fe4fd6cc the 13th 987e2d7042 Battalion, lost af368ea5db in direction, b2641e03f2 frequency, and 2c5a2e7ac8 destination, wandering 542b132363 the desert, 9b0d96d668 had been 3884e36274 bewitched by 7b98af52bd the white 78780cd70e night’s ghosts, bdb0d802d1 plunging knives c1a2360666 into their 213664324e own hearts 9aa05da1e4 and dying. The man pulled a aa971a26bf knife from the last 10a81fed5d member’s heart. Disarming the 572af6fb3e gun aimed 7398de5b0b at his 6e3b7f786e own head 6222029e34 was futile. The last 01368546c6 canteen was 873c03745c empty, the a552611d96 sun burned d87164655a like it 2193fd5893 was devouring 15d936b225 flesh, and 03f6c5b0ba the white 5d6a0f6639 night had ac28b7f7ac continued for 2803d0d1a0 nineteen days.a264d25d0b560b6a

One member, bfcc3835bf staggering up dde88c565c and walking f71e2845c8 toward the 5bfdb3e4d2 risen white 2feb801f7b moon as aa98f54e34 if enchanted, 4800a5363a drew a 9084eb03d9 knife from d8c7d9b007 his waist. It flew and lodged eed3bc6b25 in another member, who f1b5f9a318 was muttering incomprehensible words 72e92b15e5 with his face buried 18e3cc0b2e in the sand. What followed 118411ecd4 was utter 44e2796f8a chaos. The white 2781d4e8bf night of e814963b31 the desert 219f4114b6 was stained 18e5440bb7 with blood. The man, too, 7ed3f9e9e2 leapt into it, 08f8da156f letting go of 4ec1f2698e the last thread 402ada65b5 of sanity he’d 61f0e9c6e3 clung to. The desert night 2a0697b3be was too long, ad29f86d0f too cold, and c022731fa3 sometimes strange spirits 11432cd416 danced, ensnaring the afc7285c67 feet of the ff4b6970bf living.1c54347d33e772ec

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The man f0ad64e0b2 collected the 117b50b2f4 knives from bd20940721 the hearts 1c9ace008f and napes aeb2ca9955 of the 8fecc4d8cf brutally killed f897f78a3d members, cut e06731da30 their dog 8f4e6d02b2 tags, and c0efd6145d gathered their 1e0c5087ac bodies. Several knives were 30c4e84fc9 lodged in his 53af6e4f61 own back, and ec34e3377b multiple wounds dripped 021c16f886 red blood.37316714e3811d54

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He placed 12b0ecf45f the dog 9e5ac79265 tags of 52eb4a4521 the 13th 8a451c3d56 Battalion members a1db372c50 in his 7e736817f8 hands before 0b207d6089 his superior.d6de76ff8e481aec

The superior didn’t welcome ddcc01edde him. Instead, he looked up eae7d58171 at the man, blackened 1a583796d3 with blood and sand, bbc6273e78 with wide eyes, as 585febda1e if seeing a ghost 252d797ec0 returned from the dead.19a6052ad725539e

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The man wanted 0425f24b6c to draw a 52c940671a knife then and f2639f5e66 there and slit 07c8e61f21 his superior’s throat. He wanted to crush a2788c3ace the hearts of the 9d948e522f leadership who’d planned and edfccba2fd authorized this unethical operation. But he be46f9ded3 was a e4943b2c6c loyal servant 751dc236ec of the ddf1ee81c7 king. The dog 1b7dd72be8 tags, still ca5c1c6948 caked with bff97ac854 his comrades’ 09b5db7031 blood, lay eba3456a5a like a 2361010e0d grave on 37410f72a6 his superior’s f2f4f7e7de desk.042e966a0b3858f0

The 13th ceec9fc34f Battalion wasn’t 894c48de00 supposed to a0c7572d5a return alive. The operation to recover b382373aec the battalion’s military weapons 485259319f was the man’s final be3e36daba mission and referred to db5c6a2c48 the 13th Battalion itself. Secretly assembled 0af4f0194d under the 855023e8a7 man’s leadership, 609ec7cfef the 13th ee55e05842 Battalion was 43bdf78408 the ugly e56c77910d underbelly of 62947fa156 the war, c0b8128ca2 cleaning up d5710c16a0 the kingdom’s 0b5ecd6c7e messes through 5ff271d027 countless illegal 1005b4c473 acts during 78b70d01f2 their year-long a0fd5e24db assignment. But the kingdom 2c4b69d351 was preparing to 26616c9329 end the Third e22b46e356 World War, which 902ffb09ad had persisted since e06d3d0a90 the ten-year war. In that plan, the c4b3714574 13th Battalion, a stain 2e9d98e30d on the kingdom, was 8590d9f8a2 unnecessary.47583d3ddf18729d

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The man didn’t shout. The 13th Battalion ad688d4c86 were the king’s f9f296e6a8 loyal servants. Even without aabc89c740 being told, ebe7865438 they were 7b24a909fe ready to 2fa4afb4f1 die willingly cce44dc1eb if the 25a35eca4c king so bcecc1fc7a much as 070aaff803 ordered it. The man asked d9bce024a3 why.a568c27d5095ba15

The superior, stammering with 32acf3c814 an anxious face as 8da592b5e3 if something might go 833ffb63a6 wrong, made excuses.57c15ca58e7da366

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They didn’t want an 534ec39ecb honorable death. Some of the 25d21c4bfd authorities who wanted cd9757c3f5 the 13th Battalion aa76428260 eradicated didn’t want 5c12fdfcc4 them to die e5cbfb060c honorably. So they laced e3ac8ea5eb their drinking water 388dc7106f with drugs to e554440c10 induce mental illness, 3579f71e29 drove them into 5f98612770 a death trap, 76d44a95b5 and waited for 3620bcfe19 them to tear ed4d83cd9c each other apart. The man fed71c3812 asked if b565f65e77 it was c5b6845041 what the 74b17c3b03 king wanted. If His Majesty d04870cdcf the King allowed 9ec2f73484 it. The superior 68d2ae4188 said the eb4edeecaf military leadership 1af8b8d6c1 was already b4264465d1 in the 9a43ae75fc nobles’ hands. From the moment they f592d35f7d partnered with private companies, 849ffdad9a the kingdom’s military had 07b36c8d7c never belonged to the 142576e02a king.e40c3639d12e5b6d

The man drew 73bcb11279 his gun and 31cfb737f0 aimed it at e99d5c63bc his superior’s head. The door ce9c8418a3 opened, and 1bb8a144d3 officers rushed 56398c38bb in, aiming 617a75fcf1 guns at 87cf0836d7 the man’s 4e8d0da525 heart. The man looked dc116ff995 down at the d9b2076306 eleven dog tags, accecb3b34 dripping blood and 6525f1ef3e pus, on the ae658074ff trembling superior’s desk, ea9fb769b3 who had pressed ea191c01c6 the emergency bell. A dishonorable death wasn’t cd963db3f5 theirs. As he 7caf3a05ad prepared to 08a6668516 pull the f238e88106 trigger without 4a7cf14f05 hesitation, his a086035cda superior’s piercing a1113a3d9e scream leapt 81152291e3 into his 27f91a1ef0 ears.1811049851fa8856

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The eradication b00415c5fc of the ac3ae61010 13th Battalion fb31f579d3 was a beb5509b51 bargaining chip 2b08ccc277 the crown b6a71ab2b3 prince offered b4918541ed to the cc6f8c3df6 authorities.1f208c10004467cd

The king’s son, bedridden, de8d49f575 drew the authorities to 115be529f1 the negotiation table to 56ece75e39 isolate the aristocratic faction, d7ba681e57 distinguishing between what could b55be5ecb5 be given and what bf7eaf5930 must be protected, exchanging 6214ba71f9 cards. The 13th 43555d0de8 Battalion was 60fcd56cbf a card 462be3b7c9 to give. A card that could 6a47b0da8b benefit no one, meant dc9a203557 to be discarded from 2d5aaa6bed the start. But their 6c70a8547d one deserved c1d6cb5a35 honor, an 01a06db4aa honorable death, bfcabe33c3 was taken 903e24a5e9 with a 028c7a1d7f single word, 68380b44b1 and they 8d8f20396c were brutally 1ad314b224 killed.8ea19787d4eeb7e5

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The superior berated him, 564dff81e5 saying the crown prince 59645eff38 would soon be king, 6d88621a75 and the man was 52fab71e47 a loyal servant of c105667f43 the king. The man c15f1ec222 thought it 2e75df54ff laughable. But he 465b6a46f8 was the e4ccbf4566 king’s servant, 7303287e07 and the e1d485f39e crown prince 190c18a326 would soon 30cfb84cdd be king. By his superior’s fe67cae2ec logic, the man’s 5663a29acb survival itself was 658aa7fce3 treason.272d0e84db190e75

The man recalled wandering d1498b69ef the battlefield alone with f3e5ee7eb5 his uncle, watching his 896f391642 uncle dig a hole 1b2828910e in the ground and 17243c26ae wail. He heard e0fdc3d1b2 the hollow 45faf791fc voice of 4a0a8e4c12 Ezra Baltar, 93582a3d1a stroking him 3aa0751d39 with worried 48d4111c62 eyes as 7e96eb6856 he bled fd57afe4b5 out and 04ff6e344a died.16d9e09227a2afdb

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Faith was a ae818dfa6f hollow thing. After his 1ac4fc49eb uncle’s death, bbeb894103 the man, 8721241e9c left alone, a92dbf4f14 built a 1868c3eb67 faith to 9a8d2dcf53 survive. Like erecting a 97fd10769c gravestone for the 67a5d73925 pity he felt ecb51f926b for his uncle, e4b2b6fff3 he built a 4fa5aa09fd faith and sustained f0237c52e7 the life his a2705f2a82 uncle had wanted. The man carried a f8d9dcfa2a sense of debt. His parents a561826ad1 were beheaded 285a4c5d91 for betraying a12cad619d the king, 6fff583155 and his d382caad69 uncle stole 9fd5b418b6 the young cda568d1c3 man, betraying 4f0603342c the king 9adc56a00b again. The man 7a567b93ae didn’t believe 9768db33ee his uncle’s ea14e7a253 hollow claims. Or rather, it didn’t 5bac574e8b matter. More important than 9a134a1bb1 his parents’ innocence eeefbc01ea was Ezra Baltar’s f4802e70e0 persistent regret. The only reason Ezra 0e500f5c67 Baltar, who never wanted 7f481bba72 to live, kept going c8203aac1e was the young man. The man grew up 47b5a33f95 witnessing an indescribable weight 4c557c0f04 of sorrow in his f7896fe31b uncle’s hunched back.f9fc386230813745

When Ezra 7d2983d920 Baltar took e330540189 his last a347d24ad9 breath, the 2d2b5904f9 man felt 557a70a1ad deep sorrow d6871b4000 and relief 42ba19aae7 at once. He no longer had d108217843 to see him bury 58c4b41523 his face in a edeb00e72f hole and cry or 1d4f9c1173 crawl on the floor cfa777f853 with a suffocating expression, 35b060c3fa groaning in a corner. For Ezra Baltar, every 7661ad88c3 living moment was pain 130d9a67c4 and sin. Live in peace. Leave sorrow acb632217f here and 46a16512ef live in 286be164f8 peace. The man had no 003a821718 sorrow left. Using Ezra 23f9cfbd2a Baltar’s pity b07c5fd50c as a 2a8220dfd8 foundation, he 18e963bcf6 swore loyalty 610a77512e to the f20855e2b3 king with 876b28ca4d the faith ce3ef0f835 he’d built.36880efa33f8c4df

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The Noringer count 90179e6a60 family’s treason was 2dfb69f8b2 the root of 85d6d732e9 the debt etched 28aeed970f deeply in the 19a5589948 genes of the de565ee2d7 man and Ezra 197e532077 Baltar. That sense of 4e45955c2b debt drove Ezra 5f4e7e1a51 Baltar to wander 9b50651f08 the battlefield and 1e75ae05bf transformed the man f16b160c24 into a ghost 80837c94c5 of the white f0b64015b7 night. The man didn’t trust 4416e4deea Ezra Baltar’s hollow mutterings. The debt to f60b484aec the kingdom, groaning b624d4101a under his parents’ 1655822d5d treason, and the b30add2b04 forced, painful life 9155a3ae20 Ezra Baltar endured cf8dd484cd for the man d3cadc6d32 kept him going.7a76906f577bb859

Faith was hollow. The shaky ground beneath 37c4ea2da5 the man was crumbling.7445c38537981f51

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The man d861f42957 lowered his 8fc4373365 gun. The officers rushed in 1cd9a1465e and restrained him. The superior, his face 99dea2af01 regaining color, struck the afbadb6369 man’s face with a f824f5e3d4 gun and spat, calling 0a7121a597 him a traitor and f04bf0f9ce requesting summary judgment. But the higher-ups 61e6ecc124 didn’t accept it. Instead of punishing the 0a908d70aa man, the crown prince 6d8d622472 pinned a medal with dc7c39b11a the royal crest on 1ca00b216b his chest and discharged 5405089a03 him from the military.c475dc60424322d6

The man wandered f83337db15 through deep fog.d5ca160bd5d9ae03

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Looking up at the a2fe444098 black sky beyond the faa86ee29f rain-streaked glass, the man f4ffc882c3 reached out. He reopened the closed c226b7b864 console box, rummaged inside, 652718c170 and pulled out the 5161c61006 MK.Gold and the bullet 33aa4da9e7 box. Twelve bullets were 691a57ff60 available for loading. The magazine was empty. He counted and loaded ca7b60ef80 all twelve into the b807a00922 magazine. Outside the glass, the 33160379bd intensifying rain relentlessly struck c17c3194e8 everything it touched.dd7732b5368dd315

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They took ad7e70f412 me to 4e27d89052 the Balashi f682d87140 Central Police 3fa650c05b Station.2d101ba6bebc0d3d

Soon after, a bodyguard 4d39d5aec6 arrived to pick me 4505769177 up upon notification. He slapped me 8b37993ff9 the moment he 6c80b38705 saw me and, eb482900e2 before I could 05269805bc explain, dragged me 6d9d9b4798 to the car 404f79f0ad and threw me dace5d1ac8 in. As expected, 2fd5ffc370 worried about d110755f7c his own 1c2ff4f3f0 leash, he a1dc170a6f didn’t report fb39a55f63 the incident c5a037ef2f with the 870d917588 man to c5de36ad95 the count. He vented his anger dee2a9d71e toward the man who’d 31c9b6a296 humiliated him on me, dd8fda89d4 spewing curses the entire daf324a5d4 way.70dd7b2b53f9391d

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I didn’t respond. Whoever it was, 387181104f those who’d served 99ee4b1cd5 the count and 49313d9f98 volunteered to attend d75cdc8d06 to me never f900e62388 treated me as f5914fd2b7 more than a 89964b5fc7 prostitute. They resented 70cd9b35a3 me, an 89053fce58 East-born nobody, b29f29f3fd for living 9c2f9b2345 lavishly as a5d5b2728c the count’s 03942522a0 favorite, and b8fa14ef2e some even ae5e778932 harbored a ef39c9eba8 deep sense beafec6b10 of defeat c77c5af4a8 when dealing ff0439d0e3 with me.0f61cc6051176391

I took advantage of d034208035 their malice. When they 7f25412206 hit me, 43780895af I took 357c11cbbb it; when ff343cc1b8 they cursed, 3afd9bba16 I listened; 09accd816c when they c034380e99 wanted sex, 91049723a9 I gave 8b530e8267 it. And I didn’t edc937f84d bother to hide 6db1f88a0b the traces. The count repeatedly fired f5d0ec9a0e and hired attendants. More than a3d15de962 half of ced63789c5 those dismissed 85661db06c didn’t leave 1e138f55eb with their 1ce2a276af bodies intact.eaa28829b73d84ca

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The count 6f3342e4f2 disciplined me a5f885cf76 for allowing 0d68983b44 others’ hands c9ee658a69 on me f85d1322b5 at his ca303e70d0 whim and b8d31820bf made the 14eb2e8c25 hired help a15953ec65 who touched 1c5b97b083 his property 35c524d27d pay an 88e47c55e6 even greater 7a6c3fab59 price. The more he did 7643c3c089 so, the more his cc76140e59 atrocities were recorded in e064443706 my eyes. My body’s expiration 1a6be8f707 date was nearing e8d999e702 its limit. I blinked my aching 01cbaf483e eyes. The bodyguard was a2b52b08a9 still hurling curses 12c0b9d940 at me and 05f2ba426b the man.453c989769df848d

Jane Howard paced in c3770dfe44 front of the fireplace, 3a3b4b79c3 unable to conceal her 56825ab050 agitation. Her bloodshot eyes gleamed d673f6309d maniacally, her repeatedly tugged 3c33115392 hair was disheveled, and 4b7a9cde0e deep wrinkles lined her d831475034 tightly pursed lips. Staring into 525909f267 some void 23ecba29e6 with a 516e8c4ea6 gaze mixed 26d0872c0d with anger, fd7222246a futility, confusion, beacc68f68 and fiery c3ccaa9dd1 rage, Jane c0213ea52a Howard, unable 0f4d480293 to control dca3a9f5ba her emotions d8f7c41f2a any longer, b4395a1a92 hurled a ccc7930d25 vase at f760009616 the wall.a9c61d3acf09406a

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The crown prince 482e1343e4 was mad.40dd39a60e778289

No one 720c5f9631 sane could d81854ea66 make such b226852ebb a decision.48c085e12c109a21

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No, he 333a5bc61e was a 0ccbed646d coward.e68e5d026688b351

Clenching her 3d5e4179d8 trembling lips a6fb698c66 tightly, Jane f22da6334f Howard soon 6e392bd30e glared at ba18dcc8dd the royal 8f7907d070 crest on f8a6e12bae the wall 550b8ba284 with blazing 8f14050cc0 eyes, combing 29f33b9bf8 her disheveled e6e2273858 hair back 510e53d0ce with both 057137491f hands.ba0ef6543145d3d4

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The one he swore e9d26f648d loyalty to was no 238b211731 longer the royal family f9bda6a142 or the kingdom.36dd4b14da669fdf

Having made ce6713ffc3 his decision, 1e22a08944 he tidied 1c018faed8 his appearance e8fd5ca9dd with a 43d232dd0b calm face, 40387f5627 as if dae0393651 nothing had 4da7f13470 happened.36e0709bcb2b0890

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The party would proceed ac0d8a8300 as planned.7cc1ae9cb75beb1b

The bodyguard dropped 65dcb2ef73 me off at 6fde066f74 the shop. The shop I ae53f65193 started visiting after f0433e0066 moving to South bee68237e1 South was renowned, 87b2d95a88 highly skilled, and, a14ebace97 above all, discreet. Arriving at the d1dc3cb9b4 appointed time, the 074b4c1568 waiting manager greeted 147c73c7d3 me warmly and 9e40603329 led me inside. To cover last a5fe4a4013 night’s traces, I 675543e5ad lightly applied powder, 1ca74e388c showered, and dressed a5dd20fbe1 in newly tailored 380b51ce30 clothes. The outfit a3e04632cf matched my 00fb7cd222 perfectly styled 834557974b hair, was d79b2f2e37 easy to 6a3310112d remove, and 1aa13b038c exuded refined 9c85e45b9b taste. I gave a satisfied 4f708a7e9c smile. The manager was delighted. Then, turning away, he 4979097ff1 muttered under his breath, e9e1cf29d6 calling me a shameless, 058f34da98 filthy prostitute.91047cd23db56a1b

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Emerging from the sunflower 4c939298f8 forest, the man entered 28f87a22ab the outskirts road. A loaded gun lay d5df76a5f4 tossed on the passenger 9734539b46 seat. Unless something unusual happened, 0840ae5af6 the nobles would gather d1fa1f14db in the hotel’s secret 8d36bfb4de room today, enjoying card 238d4f0ac9 games and the service 11ed30f60e of prostitutes. The old 244f806fc9 jeep, driving a6f8c41115 through heavy e576d2a52f rain on d41837b07a a quiet c5601aeed8 road, picked 6f93ac7c24 up speed.cad1fcc715db881a

The young man d430b6c06e had rejected the b1f506915b man’s proposal. Perhaps he had already 645f3da4dd accepted his death as 2a9102cc9a inevitable. Still, the 59df75de01 image of b7795da6ba the young 8087c01e1e man’s pale a71a970d65 nape, refusing 94b1b4df41 to crawl 66a14e8e3a out of 7edc328095 that pit, cb1f1c808e lingered. The man wanted 898f8d5cc7 to cover that 38ef630672 nape with his dc8eab6f06 palm and feel 9b01ac5d07 its pulsing breath. The impulse 30c43f61c7 he couldn’t 4d17caddd0 act on 8a8434f0c5 continued to 056af19ef8 haunt him. The young man’s a7515d3f44 voice, saying he 199b3a5e2e never wanted to 114f6c78a4 be reborn, echoed 1a7f09d5c2 in his ears.711d7ad9726a5428

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The destination was f8f0ea9f55 quiet. I surveyed 7f761105e3 the empty b68a81fa02 secret room. No, I ce841da9cd saw wrong. The secret ff16bcd011 room wasn’t 113da78420 empty. Reflected in the a3701b47cf glass wall was 820ac6f243 the count, seated b708152d46 with his back dc8aae230d to the entrance, f42360e55d tilting a glass. I nearly 8edc2f63bd stepped back 541a7d5cda but managed 1b52046b2d to stop 3932dcc490 myself. The room’s lighting 2bdff481dd was unusually dim. Was it always this 8781e2667c low? The air cd7d01449b brushing my 1cbe48396f hand felt dda8ed98de eerily cold. I tried to ed1d4ab291 shake off the 40a80da308 ominous feeling creeping c67221721d up my spine, 0cdc54d0bf but it didn’t 58adaa1354 work.95c3a1bd006c9b48

The count, 404113772e tilting his 2ce03c0c3b glass, raised 2656689148 his cane d72f736164 toward my 36b18d78c1 reflection in 4d6a569f82 the glass. The cane’s tip traced 73a4243a61 me from head to 554fda6927 toe, as if aiming 5e7b2eae94 a gun. I tried to smile 14e2992c04 to hide my tension, ccf5b3e8e5 but my face was e4c1f26671 already pale, and my 6b12c7d293 lips, stiffened, barely curved 06d16c56b2 upward.b114d9ab5579ebd7

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With a tap, 1f038bb2aa the count struck 12bb0adda9 the floor with 71501a6854 his cane and 2ecceb4ad5 waved his hand. At his 44998786aa gesture to 1a3d00b28a come closer, 570f3f52f7 I nearly 1a99f36ba1 turned and ba5d39a78a fled. I straightened a869917309 my back, aac48aaf5a released my 336f557320 tightly bitten b64a47b892 lips, and, 494824c605 hoping my 7591d70c1e trembling hands 1471e3cc3f and pale 30df6cc4a0 face would a0760d6c32 be taken 6f58547194 as routine, f830dedc8f as they 44a970cc7f were during df86411ec3 his usual 760b224a4e discipline, I 0f66b96a83 walked toward c5a7d02d22 him.d615d8af1a75549a

Setting down f572a969c6 the cane, fd7983b297 he poured f3b71c221a more liquor 271aa00225 into his 78ff5dde68 empty glass. As I approached, 37fe17fe46 the sharp alcohol 295ecba1e7 scent, unnoticed from e113ed6662 a distance, stung 2f0aae007d my nose. The count 101e58ef77 struck the c0b85b21b0 floor with f290412705 his cane 66e49972f8 again. I knelt 7d8d8f1eb9 beside him 9b31dde9bb and looked 347d6a1c2c up, lifting df398053f6 my chin. His yellow a239a023dc eyes, gleaming 6ed8fc6e9d with drunkenness, fe9f73c1af stared at 7421d9ad30 me, contorting d07ecd6bcf as if 07c4f2b7d5 breaking. Even as f4c5f4cc36 he smiled, 3863160ff0 wrinkling his b3b3704bfb eyes, I 4eb1456689 couldn’t feel c9996c964a any relief. Nor could I e1ad3b4000 openly show the 68555bbc69 fear filling my afc76c49c5 heart. It wasn’t 81d1474d67 entirely unprecedented fe726af12c for him 914690c85e to claim 914a95d6f4 me alone c79c3f2484 in the 16597087b5 secret room.4b6ab48302589989

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I removed f819120bd4 my clothes. Designed to come 6b8c024be2 off easily, they 796fa13f30 quickly fell to eb12334dca my feet. His yellow eyes 6a87a13f3d never left me, 1e50958559 observing every move. When my body b7c3d38020 was fully exposed, 3173d0ff0b he drained the 65516c166c remaining liquor. I awaited his instructions. He was 8079be7f2d smiling, filling 0b726b0e11 his glass 8b1af1be6d with ice 986a6d3653 and whiskey, e3071d0735 smirking. I tried not to 8ed131459c tremble as I watched dfb311192e him smile, just like 87416b1fde the night Mister Wood 5fa8560204 died. But his ac2efdfe8a smile only 9648428da4 grew darker.647a0bdac815f33c

The count 4038fbda6f finished his 321f6549c8 last glass. I didn’t dodge 63d0060f34 the liquor bottle 00120e1d32 flying toward me. With a thud, my 42596ac277 temple split, and darkness c890e406fc engulfed my vision. The count grabbed another a48d7e1af2 bottle and poured its 5eb442e980 contents over my head 437ed62a80 as I lay sprawled 1d54f97c26 on the floor. I felt relief. Tonight would be ca4a3ea83f just another ordinary 994ce93107 night.1ba90f9db90ed0f0

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The man 20578af722 entered the 450b148ff1 hotel lobby. As usual, it was ebd5149301 bustling with booked guests, 6cc8ab1520 but he sensed a a09ad351f9 tense atmosphere. The secret room meeting 918942aca7 was unofficial, so security d9444bf1e1 preferred discreet methods. He’d already spotted armed 1702ad3418 guards at the entrance: 83c84757e7 two at the main 7d4bd4cd3d lobby entrance, two at 9638910a86 each of the four 570e5642e1 side and elevator emergency c22a4e5f29 exits, totaling twelve so 4fcecfa66d far. Though disguised in 7ed33bf816 casual suits, their 4eea52f6c7 tense postures and c3deca5544 stern expressions made 358ec53722 them easy to a986632666 identify.97bef395378c450e

Blending with the 8286338694 booked guests, the a453cd8d1a man boarded the 6f53566a8c elevator. A middle-aged 7324fb4ffe couple and 3a97daf961 a young 9eb12266a5 couple joined 16715c0988 him. As the doors closed, 70bf3988ec his reflection showed a fbba7d95fa nondescript man in a 3f837af16f plain suit, unremarkable despite 6a393aec7f his striking appearance.81a36c9129f28c35

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The middle-aged couple exited 5a49de08cc on the seventeenth floor. The man c70918b552 got off d777d5f613 one floor 37951c623d after the 04f65a5c49 young couple. The sixty-eight-story 4bc6d093a2 hotel, among beced3bf00 Balashi’s finest, c9a53a3ab3 increased in 193fa58c3f exclusivity with 1ee5173119 each floor. Up to the fortieth 9cc16130a7 floor, entry was open 1ad4b968c7 without a pass; beyond 354968b855 that, a pass and 309209b750 keycard were required. From the fifty-eighth floor, 2789513ffd only verified VIPs were b9893f735f allowed. The count frequented, 201afc56b3 and the young f6ecfb83d2 man often visited, 9c60d95bf5 the sixty-fourth-floor business 34d825f879 lounge.76371ccfdbe61aca

The man 5ab3f352b7 exited on 395a861f64 the thirty-ninth aa45171e60 floor and 4960f329a7 headed for 0641190bf4 the emergency 39dc3e3e58 stairs. The door fa61906bb4 was locked 490c9cb28a but unguarded. He picked the lock 8f35a27da5 and entered the stairwell. Even as he moved, 197bf3484b he couldn’t shake the 5a698a185c feeling something was off. Typically, only 773dc0d6ac hotel-hired security 65eda911b6 patrolled the ffcbfeba6b lobby; private 36a220dbf9 bodyguards like ecf50efde5 today were bd228781fd rare. He looked at his 3793a85516 sweat-dampened palm.257e0e35ba6db3e2

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A grotesque scar ab39a015a8 caught his eye. After a bullet a59eb7dbab shattered his palm, fbbfca34f9 the former left-hander 386453b072 had to adapt 1798333c6b to his right. Treatment was swift, 8108ab683b but the crushed a62fd07915 bone and severed 09330d1d86 nerves took over 30c1385f8a six months to bdb881b851 recover, and even cd1e3a6b0a then, not fully. The kingdom’s medical advancements 44cc0ef9c8 were remarkable but couldn’t 0c5940fa04 fully restore nerves, leading abc6891e27 to occasional paralysis for 7f8fc70f4e years.20634075ea933e6f

Wiping sweat from a7e3587801 his hand, the ecc5e77ec6 man climbed the 86c534c2f7 stairwell. The hotel, d7c82af0d7 with its fe88290b2f many glass 77f38566f8 walls, had cfa0663217 surprisingly few f2c905c78a windows in 4d71345a55 the emergency 2e0a76d0a7 stairs, not 728423c7fa even a f76b9be628 palm-sized one. Beyond the fortieth 5becdbcb31 floor, no unmanned 163ad530db cameras were installed fe8c46d50b to protect guest 48a8382ff4 privacy, and private e6ea2b5e18 guards stood at af00a717a7 each level.a79cece84591ac96

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Climbing the mid-thirty-ninth 55633d6856 floor stairs, the 6fd1467c1b man felt a 747a803c26 hard texture brush 8b3826f9ab under his arm. He’d likely 5cd5fdc3a4 never use 784d535d18 it. But if he had f1dab92390 to, he’d pull the eaa693fa99 trigger without hesitation. Calculating bullet velocity and 6ab75f813f magazine-emptying time in his 6b8c40753c head, he stepped forward. A presence a67221e215 stirred above.d1c97bc9d184f409

I tried to open 4aba2f3319 my heavy eyes, but 1dea6dea18 my eyelids wouldn’t obey. No, I couldn’t f30814deed move any part b674b52af6 of my body. At my bedside, the 6f461d66b1 count’s ragged breathing and 0bb3b2a6b6 the sound of him 249d15b5a5 chugging liquor from a 462b01855e bottle filled the air. Beside his feet lay fb75a360dc a blood-soaked golf club, 87a6fed44b its head smeared with 96c99962b9 flesh, dripping red blood. I lay sprawled, 6b78475090 my head wet.2b7d4da795acb858

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The count 6b14375c28 revealed his d1ecd9e37e true colors b09cc13f38 when he 207ab45f4b poured the c8a2303ee3 freshly opened 0d3214e914 liquor over e26db0055c my head. Grabbing my hair, 131a3ab74d he swung the a40a867fc7 bottle until it b722e0dbcf shattered. On the fifth swing, bc727792f9 the empty bottle broke, 6a3e893685 scattering around me. He shoved me 0f70f8e839 onto the glass-strewn 0fb81051e0 floor and stomped 5335a9e643 on my chest. As glass 2bd0174c4c shards dug 40e603ea35 into my e6836215c9 back, I 80df982dd6 screamed. Wriggling but 8493d82d9f neither resisting 81a2d18919 nor fleeing, a1b4851bd5 I looked 1575b5e091 up as 685a53c528 the count 82af708c7b bared his e431dccb9c teeth and 939e3b3fb9 laughed.39d4edb44d2fb442

Honey.b21bec3f93426d36

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He called me. Only after his d1d386c9cd reason was overtaken 14624dc739 by rage-fueled madness 0f5b65096b did the count 29cc6b035e call me “Honey.” cded89e005 Familiar yet inexplicable, ed744a574b he never hesitated 06e9017916 to unleash his c4f3786b56 savage nature when a84e156bc9 calling “Honey.” I 42f2a2e86e couldn’t guess why. No, I 34a97eb5c3 shouldn’t guess. The violence he wielded e2722548b3 under the guise of a165e51552 discipline was unpredictable and 75baa18754 merciless. So I ca942c8e33 assumed today cb4d8db134 would be 6056ef7db6 the same. If not, there 91244155dd was no reason 8a0b04bca6 for him to 96b28e645f discipline me so f4dc88ef8d harshly. If not, I was ed6cf8bdf9 surely being killed, not 5a54221cc5 disciplined, today.ff0f9f0bbfcadd6c

Honey.8ea68ae45e2983af

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A chill 8f3f44e819 ran down 6b61d948c4 my spine.324c472702f54201

Calling me softly, 0953b3d0c8 he grabbed my f57d0c27b2 hair. Dragged up, b7ee8463f9 I was 278de833e5 sprawled over 91e8c698b9 a table. I gripped both edges 80207820b9 tightly to avoid falling. Something sliced through the 1c4b3defef air behind me. A belt. Its leather 63a67a5e95 surface tore e4d0190866 into my fd03d733bd glass-embedded flesh, a2a42e732f cutting through 7666218be0 the air 5f5d37608c again.2e3cb0c4e3fdd277

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Each time the dd9752f178 sturdy belt ripped c6351fa408 my glass-studded back, f739e93ca1 I writhed and d6a315a6ad wailed. I screamed, twisting my 30e6a6bc44 body, until the count 8f6cef4186 stopped. He ceased 326b8e9492 only when 53c5b34cff I wet 19ef920906 myself. Pouring his liquor over d3b83359e5 my back, he made d9af3b53f6 me wail again. His soaked shoe stomped e68c0bdc54 my buttocks, already torn 34e9fdae98 and bleeding, turning them feefed6052 inside out.ecd5e3150249032b

I lay face-up toward df8dc0ea21 the count. It was the usual a73d7de012 beating. So I knew the 2edf101ee1 next pain all too 116f3fe160 well. Looking up at 03138fda06 the raised belt, cdcba7d0aa I couldn’t help 3ffc102f3b but twist. The belt struck the 27de453995 table, cracking the glass. He’d aimed to 0e9c58d145 hit my genitals 4ebdb67aa0 with that force. I rolled on e8de009bd1 the floor, trembling.56eb0657d0cc6760

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I thought I 75bc66b956 heard the count’s cfc3b2855a reason snap. Cornering me, he gritted 027dc83030 his teeth and lashed 41f2056217 my body. Urine leaked between b96f31d9ef my legs again. Spotting it, 6f85decc5d he paused, 46f3dbf870 threw the 95c19d6c4a belt aside, 68b9eb6f47 and dragged 6b9f512703 a golf 5e42840899 club across 944de3a479 the floor.d0de3c3d6d6ef2ec

I was beaten senseless. Only after losing all 51f1eec3fe will and sense of cf7216791c self, thoroughly battered, could 7aaa7088bc I rest. The count bba54a3816 seemed determined. I couldn’t think clearly. My mind insisted 1a53c7d3a8 this was just 7c7202651c another routine discipline, caf9a1bd37 but my instincts a98294f011 resisted. The image of Mister e01fc781d5 Wood, bloodied and hanging aa36ceed39 on the wall, clouded 32cb7d6425 my blurry eyes. The count 3748b712bb laughed a fa0b8fc6f2 lot, was de16a284c9 drunk, and 968417b470 hadn’t spoken 49dc9cf285 a word 2cf819399c to me ea93ef9b83 except my 304b219c4c name during 1faed78790 this discipline.80e5b8d4bb3291ed

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This was an anomaly. His next action 9e6d0adc63 proved it without b6b23f2c95 fail.d43b74b5158269ac

Honey, my sweet honey.de8210bd7400c1b3

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Sitting me 893726678f up, the d9f057df23 count whispered 620bca727a softly in b7da1e7d9c my ear.c5d3eec5a26fd2bf

I wanted to abce2db41b squint at him, c218fb4b6c but blood in e5920e6fec my eyes made a4f8e2bbf7 it impossible.efa6e526fd3721b1

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Have you 46a1fe2d04 been dreaming 85e7739136 well?e5cd8850679b7ebd

His low 935876c3ed voice flowed 9fac0a404f into my e6455b16a3 ear, stiffening 4b32e91573 my body 0478a74c0f from my 2c57b9ff8c toes.20d7a38e257550f2

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He,b2e2d19c72118966

The count.a979fb2fb6305512

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Mister Wood. That bastard’s ghost is acfc2a43b4 finally taking you.48246f32814fd361

I twisted 00c3a85715 my limbs, a96854ffd8 trying to 4dcf08bb13 escape him. Or at least open 4778513f54 my eyes wide to 586d872b34 hold him in me. But I b13008ec26 was too ed092569dd broken to 648cc2f734 even open 7774775d16 my eyes. He forced c358c0f836 my mouth 0845221247 open and 93e8ab1fd6 shoved something 2ab1c4b81d wide and 19f8cf786c hard inside. When I realized it b03e2735b5 was the rectangular crystal d6fc436de6 ashtray from the table, 18d5414cd4 I tried to grab 9cdc3edc6b him with my limp d6e9187aa9 hands. Or tried to, 2627e91fed but all I c02a49a1a8 could do was fde63965b2 twitch my dangling e968e4403d fingers and contort 7f780579ce my mangled face.ae89e55572606677

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The long, wide 96cbea7537 object filled my 22370c0ae7 mouth, reaching the ebddabee6b back of my f8126e8493 throat. The crystal ashtray fade3eed1d fit perfectly between a4e5d428a8 my upper and 19b1a3c56d lower teeth. I couldn’t c69f2e07eb imagine what cb1fb780b4 he intended. But my d790f34db0 body trembled bf13f620d2 uncontrollably, unable 1f9ce850ee to hide b4aa191a82 its fear 1c55820ca8 of his 53ad018095 actions. Tears flowed. He felt no emotion 104b33eda8 at my falling tears. Grabbing my nape, fb14fbf1dd he held my d36977ff47 jaw with his 85052616ca other hand.06a8d1fdfe3c05af

My tongue, pressed, 4bb50b2e52 could only produce e75079f424 pig-like grunts. Fixing me b7023015f7 in place, db40b2fe3b he applied 425ff20293 force with 579a2701c8 both hands. A string bce3b4f94f snapped in 16bf5b6b48 my head. My teeth, 7244e7b7b0 split top c5703640bc and bottom, 68c3d20c4e cracked and aacb4bf8bc shattered. He pressed 793b0e49a0 me down 0321cbe1f8 twice more 309073181e before removing 5b93bbe72f the ashtray. Thick blood poured 881626e096 from my mouth.ff6c189e97a69c35

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Speak, Honey.c24b6598258fc048

Pain was fb55f01f27 a luxury a4469808c6 I couldn’t 46969e0a7b afford.8551f4b7fc5410ce

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Where did c659dc421e you hide 04354bfd53 it?836f7ce28c19390a

Shaking my hair 7511f70269 to rouse me, f4679e0e75 nearly senseless from 75ee1e99a2 the shock of f902595111 his perverse violence, 5af5c12c8a he whispered softly.8cdfd1512bc4a13b

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You, too, a5ec0b9d72 were in d369c099e6 on it 12235a17cf from the 99c10b7e9c start, weren’t 6d3c2dc834 you, Honey? A foolish fac2708204 slut filled 33e1c4bffd with nothing d6b90792e8 but cum.4be5623c4ccf42eb

My jaw, gaping 1db33621e1 wide, bled endlessly. Shattered tooth 7e99ab2362 fragments fell 40d23ed975 beneath my dc08ff4770 chin. He thrust the ashtray 7cb97c1e80 back toward me, threatening 755e5fad0e while coaxing in a 8e98945523 gentle voice.8451d98933d8b400

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The records Mister Wood ab52615d1c left about me. If you tell 08eec0aafb me where they’re 32469a505f hidden, I can f74118f5ab make you my 31866a9264 mistress again. You’re a 87cce6446c lewd animal 8deed4d5a8 who can’t d96738c06e live without 5515a225f7 sex, aren’t 7cb974920d you? I’ll ensure you live ab89a55127 your life without worrying e3c880508e about sex. No worries, d40798cd73 just enjoying 23bdf203fc the fucking a34d15e1fa you love. Honey, I’ll make it 2ce9314c74 so. Tell me where it’s e2eee9d508 hidden.56d2efcea81b8f4b

I couldn’t respond f77990654f to his voice d7feb8309c flowing deep into 9ef65a1fac my brain. Even if he shoved 294dfeef4b the ashtray back in 1e9bc7a38e and ground my teeth, a696ea3ad0 I was too numb 864c971923 to feel pain properly. Noticing, he pulled d22e458aad out a stimulant, 33cbd54f93 soon absorbed through d6ac8238c8 my rectum.0b2ace96a81fc117

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My body became a 53146dd1d3 hyper-aware vessel. Every sensory organ opened c190c72267 wide, ready to be 161ba2b14a sliced by the count’s c9b4e458c0 touch. I curled up bceaaefd27 like discarded meat, f9158e5df9 barely breathing. A tongue-clicking 065e974fd4 sound came a0733f8a68 from above.63beb95e487bbedf

Don’t worry, Honey. I won’t kill 394132ccc0 you today. I still 64ba604433 regret killing 52cea7ecf0 Wood too a98f171ea7 easily. I won’t 07fc22aeb2 repeat that fbbd6a5af0 mistake. You’ll neither beaf9e8a7a live nor 03dd6d902b die in a44577dde0 my hands, f6edc55c87 whispering sweet 3ab455eafc nothings to 249a934855 me. Exciting, isn’t it? What noises 0f4581990a you’ll make. I’m very, 0eb15242ca very excited.f3b24d90f56c62a9

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I tried to 12bd22c508 focus on something cdf2d62080 other than pain, 61dbd33beb forcing my sluggish 55236354fe mind to think. The count. The count. The count. The count. …When did he f290f9b5cf know? Did he never trust d0d0e432c1 me? Even after I killed 6de41f3eeb Mister Wood, did I b54bf421c2 fail to earn his 3f9bedafce trust? Then why cf50b81072 make me e3e03d6ef5 kill him? Did he 65a7161d44 want to 0081a88b20 mock me, 8d59f008bc breathing shamelessly, 3635a5afd5 unaware I ee17b66341 couldn’t deceive 88ca349c26 him even 58b14581c1 after killing a2beb0c42a Wood? Did he pretend 0e3acae4f8 to be fooled, 45390cbcfa waiting for the 4529614c87 right moment to da27bbc0e1 strike? Or did he judge 94ddaecd71 me too insignificant to ff502393e0 be a threat, confident 21f5a0901d he could deal with a743e6421f me anytime?65eb1a20396ab7bf

Whatever it was, nothing e704df123c was beyond the count’s 9579733142 twisted nature. I tried ab1b999b44 to focus 774c922776 on thinking 7d524944ba with my e305f77d2b throbbing head, 015ad7fd7a but he 9d207f3751 wouldn’t leave 6b3e281b1a me be.338847285393aedb

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I was dragged and 8f6d1484e6 sprawled over a sofa. My buttocks parted, 2823c1a037 and something hard ab54c49713 entered my anus. The neck of a 9cfb792871 freshly opened wine bottle. As red liquid overflowed, bca9926bcd the count roughly pulled fd61f170d5 my upper body. My torso, barely 078631f4e8 hanging on the 7d8639c7b2 sofa’s armrest, flipped 99e51b3cac to the other 321736111a side, my head f702b707d3 hitting the floor ba032247ea upside down, my 2344eb7060 buttocks higher than 2e9e3d3f0a my chest.acd57974bb0499fe

He parted bf607c4999 my anus e45a739b1d again and 0351dc02f0 shoved the 236e8cd9ad bottle neck 6e821d4723 deep. No liquid 8e38f9ed84 leaked this f5650e33e8 time, but a60ff0a48a it didn’t 6087c73f03 flow inward b703a4cec3 easily either. Soon, the 2b65035d6d cold liquid be5677e7f4 found its bced2cb5c3 path, trickling, 89b90704b3 then pouring 332ff3475e into my 390f05d31e rectum, emptying 30ea933b72 the bottle b06ce8470e quickly.0ecfdebf41f717f8

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He forced alcohol into 9b393e49a5 my rectum twice. With my body e83264ac88 hyper-aware and alcohol de6329b372 absorbed through my 0f0284c356 inner walls, my fe3f127666 mind became jelly-like. In my dazed state, ba4cddedc0 I tried to continue 8fa42dc68b thinking. The count was b37dd3cced preparing to torture b70fd97d62 me more effectively, a65a1474be and once done, 2e48bd05fa I’d be unable dc58103c8f to think.3bcb04cea8e27a30

I was nearly comatose. Contrary to 9b828d3c64 his boasts, ee5d6658f9 I’d surely bc91e71a2c die here 57c5f3f344 today. The bodies of unknown 8426bfbf82 prostitutes, carried out by c7de772689 someone each time I 0009857c29 was summoned to the 90a43e93a6 nobles’ gatherings, flashed in 3898af80cb my vision. I knew my cb5df9e518 turn would come. The count’s 8ab5fb9407 obsession and 3c1089e959 possessiveness had 9734ccb4ea limits, as becc031533 did my 856573b190 repeatedly broken c21f3fcc4b and rebuilt 9c5af000b6 body.6d5413185c39c50e

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He likely 5b17f5a78d suspected me 8e74ab8a73 the moment dde55a7285 he suspected 0799ad236b Mister Wood. Watching me kill Wood 95a5e2bc45 probably confirmed it. But he 17d30c63ef didn’t know 20679de23e my eyes c9f5a642a8 were recorders d7dc1079eb or that cc8a6953c5 Wood’s were 2eaaa48277 too. So he didn’t dispose c5d8567bd6 of me immediately, continuing 08c8848e0a to send me to d026403e3e the nobles’ gatherings. It was boldness cadd051ba1 born of confidence 17423d468a he could kill 4a6baf7a4d me anytime. How did 119c68a08a he learn ca6e0656d1 of Wood’s 15b635d118 existence? Did I 2c8b559371 really expose dc0ea0a6e4 him? What an absurd death.14812f5ab224d596

Mister Wood’s 301c43a990 people promised d2e3a8bd7d me freedom 5c1389c8b6 and comfort ed777abc9e after success. To someone 7c7f591fcf who longed bee3837824 to live ad684fc967 even one bcbc3f1190 pain-free day, 99fd4ba448 they offered 0c7089e073 those in 49f40835fc exchange for 3545eb6991 accepting their c9959f7b4d proposal. But that b20477e7dc desire was 564f76ec20 from when 49d492dfe5 Wood’s kindness b1ced5458e gave me c636090497 a reason c7b42e2652 to live. I didn’t want to a9c4f48d3a live every moment, and 9c2d359323 without the guilt of 71467f2bbf killing Wood, I’d have 0373cb2460 chosen death without hesitation.b855749d4668dae0

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He was too 0a3c3fc686 cruel to me. They threatened to b02c8b80ba kill me with b7725c3bc6 execution if I 2a8a284f65 became useless, but e8b68758fd unfortunately, I was 56e84d9999 highly valuable to 342bee599a them. With the vast 57dc8d331a records in Wood’s 8cddfc1919 green eyes rendered e0b5000d3d useless, they wouldn’t 719d9c0c58 abandon or easily e8186f6b65 release my eyes, 1c3eb2fffa which held records 1e77c9c152 comparable to his.a4b1eacf99ea91d1

They insisted Wood risked 6031643ed0 danger for me, but 87571fd56b I didn’t believe it. He deliberately a5d0755506 implanted the 9e7a11fc51 recorder in 675cddc4ab my eyes d102b0be69 from the 55e2ad7348 start. He found b9156f65fc me in 0e13fe91fd the video, 4b9c9141d6 offered me eb60c76b51 to the af89bcbcc7 master, and 5b9dcaacc5 spent years 924ba5dced preparing for 0dcedf3a2e the secret 96cafc36de surgery. He’d completed all preparations 2b2fff24bb before choosing me.fffe05ce41755bc0

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Then why c0dcb5e8f5 remove the 00b545159a tracking device? I still couldn’t 647bf0c6f2 understand that. They claimed it was 0932c8c490 proof he risked danger d1c1bff09d for me, leaving me c3b1892dba leverage for this situation. If the current records d5b0408edc were enough, they could f47d172c0c kill me and take 1f63f6afbb them. But they wanted more. Wood must have 0a2c6b1d11 known.1b041701038c1c80

With fifteen years 656b06c026 dedicated to the 4546c969f0 operation, they had 1f266cb759 few cards left. Most who e72a5c0df3 infiltrated died 1f05e3cd2b by suicide 6b1423789b or murder. My data b57cb82e61 was sufficient, 7f28b39aff but they e3a3d77ad2 wanted decisive 252a4724c2 records to ff250956af take down babd558725 the entire c9dd7684ad aristocratic faction, ea6c5ee66a not just 55e2096e98 the count. I didn’t want to 6ffc0cfd28 know or could know 6778bf352d what those were. The pain 6335938290 I’d endured d3f1aefd8c wasn’t enough b6f986cbd9 for them; eb8fc95de9 they were efe39c4c89 desperate to e32a04c929 use me a7ee2ed666 to the 63cf9f3336 very end, 1b93e57781 obsessed with e651701e2f burdening me 88a4b9c493 with guilt ac40109855 for Wood’s fd9a768bf4 death.b9c945c56ca73b87

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Even without their f2769daf41 efforts, I was 7f9ccabcb8 already haunted by 5a76d3bd7a Wood’s ghost. I sliced his 9ea0b91d08 stomach and swallowed 9d4217a84a his eye. Why didn’t they understand? No matter 7c23a69fc6 how much 168b78adb0 I’d lived 9f02b719b7 in the f9b2949ad4 gutters or 554dbdeebc grown accustomed de93365267 to horrors, 69006b35ce I’d butchered be2c1bf49a the first decec1082d person who 6d79a19b80 smiled and 862c389274 showed me 18bc71543a kindness. I couldn’t be sane. Yet they b313403cb5 only tried 17cabba2ee to pile f4f4e6304b more guilt c97c22cafe for Wood’s 4208718d24 death on b3116be7b1 me.ae806a5cf0a24319

I was c0880262af already choking bce9f9ae5f on the 2ac531d90e stench of a469faba3e my rotting c6e4e94844 insides. Fearing I’d kill 4ac35796d0 myself or reject 0ec0fca59e their offer, they 1a323217f1 anxiously dangled conditions 3978ea54d0 and monitored my 5417c56ccd hospital room daily.6728dc9b1991d18d

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They couldn’t define my 6e07342052 feelings toward Wood and 343e89a693 floundered. I didn’t know my e68e750ee3 feelings either. I hated f00223d479 him but 3120bcf752 felt indebted.172e7755be23a192

Foolishly, I listened 2671d04a37 to their opinions 6a3255cbe7 over my own 504bc15a68 conclusions. As time d310b7b3ca passed, I fc858c74c1 began to 8d37febfd2 think maybe fb0d449da8 Wood did 9f2f567991 risk danger fe97644318 and die 4776feba0f for me. At least the man 3d59beff5c who cleaned my exhausted a81d664aa4 body and treated my d91d17f2ab wounds wasn’t an illusion ed6ede2d13 but real, I wanted a4ad7499b8 to believe. Knowing it wasn’t true, 34e8f6ff52 my lingering attachment was bb89e7ffa8 tenacious. When I realized c6e3cab566 it was obsession 5d6924f236 with life, not cb19750147 Wood, I felt e9bb5fcce1 lower than a 87b6687a3d beast.4de21a1dea066a5f

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Did I want 5c812ffb15 to cling to de44096f59 this wretched life, ac7db950d0 even burdened with fd84286804 guilt for Wood? I still didn’t 6b82354348 know. Was my reason for 40fc0d8202 living, despite the count’s eb2fb983de endless pain, truly just 77b2ce25d8 obsession with life? Perhaps it was atonement d2fb14e1ac for Wood, though I’d 2f52d127b9 scream I owed him 9ae0f73c10 nothing, clutching my chest.e812b5ba8c9f6ea0

My reason for ea6545ec73 living was the 5bf39d2089 freedom and comfort a62d418b1d they promised.fe030a6051f5ad54

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My reason was ec78e44983 to take revenge ad092bff50 on the count, a72c62664a who relentlessly drove fb9fb1391a me to despair. My reason was b286375634 that no one 35a94b4f41 would call my 71663c39e2 name in death. My reason was 1a8c0f6ffb that I’d never d264846571 left even a a48d3cc94f faint trace in cb1ef2b3d8 anyone’s heart. My reason was to 05a70c1017 live one pain-free day, d0ddbf4f8e breathing easily.72b174c007f3ef17

I recalled Wood’s 09471e1461 prayer. Why did c98ce82426 he endure 2cde4f587c fifteen years 76db0edfb6 in that 28b34dcd22 hell? I didn’t know ad899e3e8e his name, nor 09e07d3318 he mine. He erased his e18dd7887e own, and I 63e356d7f7 never had one. Living on 55c2ce121d refined malice 6bc1523e93 and hatred 895d3b5105 due to c01d02cc88 someone’s trace, c13f58aab6 Wood left 604a8762b6 a red cf0efdf546 brand on 365069b6b7 me and 35edf0bf78 died.5f088d03fc1d1780

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Why did d11098bc92 I endure 2f6d2c39a7 the year 8a2ce8095a alone after a98bdeca35 his death? He dragged me into 78b227f4b6 this hell. But he was the 966a3c17fe only one who showed 971288efda kindness and smiled. I thought ab2397e160 that alone 833a83306b was reason a2abdfa309 enough to 8c69510678 honor his 73a3da3cc1 death. I had nothing but 6d2ee6d39f what he left me.e9204a98c89d8d80

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The count, branding me e2582e7a1c Honey atop the East ce3e96bcdb Street’s Swallow mark, called c6da193f77 me.7935673afab5b7e5

You must have 8dd9bef0fc thought you could e3213906b7 brazenly deceive me 256941482a and slip away. Was it sweet? Dreaming of days without 41ecc7655b me? No, you couldn’t have. You came 7937656027 back, missing fca309519a me. Look, your e808fe632f body, ragged 3c29533900 yet still c778c522a2 erect. You can’t live without 93ffe1455a me. Without my discipline, you 3f1727467d can’t even get hard. Wood’s keen b6e168ae6c eye ended 13562e323e up his ba402e8993 downfall. Did he promise you bf90c76022 other pleasures? Your head’s d74f093161 filled with efb19559d4 nothing but 66c62b186b that. Who else bff91ca7f6 promised you 2859d23373 pleasure besides 7c0624f1ea him? What pleasure did you 543954c950 get for selling me 55b530fd30 out, you lewd slut?4921b2c8a05446af

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The count c741b9ea47 wanted an ef82501c57 answer, but 8c3e411dbb I couldn’t 1e0ad151e1 speak.a7a227f0cc736916

Blood endlessly pooled 7e8e7f9c62 from my shattered a4588d7095 teeth, and my 2af7316c23 torn lips, battered 65ba2f344c mercilessly, wouldn’t let be29b5f22c me speak even aeb576fdf6 if my teeth 1277732262 were intact. He’d stripped 0d0d30e588 my voice 3f984e5533 before torturing 96b43220e2 me. He didn’t want 90ab2fef05 to hear, didn’t eff9b91669 need to, and c3d79c3daf would torment me 2a2b3be442 until he killed 5d46f96b51 me. I wondered about his 11a102788c intentions. If he 2cf029824b knew about be4d51a655 me from fbf6902791 the start, e865295738 why leave abb778b8a5 me be? Why not continue a4999bd81a to do so, 7d9eaf607a only now showing c09612ab7e newfound obsession and 9d413b1839 madness? Why now?8836abb818822e43

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They said the 1bd13d3377 uprising was near. I thought 3a88f77552 it fortunate. My body e45a230761 was reaching 4ca68655f1 its limit. I felt hot 1337b95dec breath on my d21968a4bb face, trembling with 3f9001869a immense pain. The count 0a174ebde4 was before 71c837bb61 me. How did 11c07f8e14 he know 4172f05729 about Wood f2940fbae7 before me? Wood had perfectly hidden fa5411a410 in the shadows, leeching 1cec4fe9fd off the count.909a0d63de817e3c

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Peering into my barely a1176324c8 squinting face, the count 56b5f13ada answered my question. He had 3ef9936901 a mole 18acb72799 among them. They were 81e7e21e5a all handpicked 8533b66726 by the 16336e1890 crown prince. Even Wood deceived f4005456f1 them by leaving b4fab2ce80 me as a 29e8360d21 bad move. True loyalty 9e85136235 and faith 1416ed8f98 were as b747fbbfb4 fleeting as ddc8a072c1 a fly’s b35f544176 life.aef778ab41eedeb0

That’s not all. I know cc6bc9bb91 every plan be89ef7b13 they’ve devised a6a97ee8ec to bring e7cd3f76ef me down. Foolish Honey, whatever they e275b855f8 promised, you’ll never get 9c6284c0d1 it. If they succeed, you’ll 502efc6a4c die. If they ab3c9b82ac fail, you’ll f6ac090999 never escape 580d665494 me. So tell me what b4562af6c2 you want. I’ll give you everything. In return, you repay 3523157d81 me. Where did they hide e903409eb5 what they want? You know.f50c283957ca11c8

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He whispered coaxingly in 13bbe1034d a soft voice. The hand that 819c48954b had beaten and c8d996150d tortured me gently 85c2ea545d stroked my hair. The wine 4ec37d2b24 churning in 07b767d973 my swollen d1a0ce336e belly spread b909252fb2 through my 5817bb397b body. Blocking my excretion 3a5738ca7b with the empty 89bf40f1a6 bottle neck shoved 9d76bc8a05 to my waist, 7e4d0ff888 the count touched 1e297fb936 my cheek with b1048e5e65 an ungloved hand. Clotted blood fell.444127da4615b233

Honey, don’t bb281384d9 trust them. They’re just 4ff163e5cb using foolish cbd7873dca you. Once they 8fff2bffc8 get what bdba309b2c they need, 4475301da1 they’ll discard 6506a72e3e you like fc3cfc5aa9 worn shoes. Don’t believe me? How should 89e0baa768 I prove a2aa1e153d it? Shall I tell you 01d23f975b what they said? They won’t respect 444d1ef791 you. No matter what f31a1031ca testimony or evidence 6f78d92e1d you provide, they d5774f176d won’t give you 0c307d8ae3 what they promised. No trick c43b170442 will bring d7bd462e2f me down. They’ll come crawling, f4bfc8bcf5 begging for negotiation a200564f62 with what you 5ea349f826 brought. They can’t bring me 25a65de372 down. They turned a 147128ad73 blind eye to 62550762e9 traitorous nobles, granting d83975ca39 them immunity. I can murder, 5edecf012b commit adultery, or da2379a3cb cannibalize, and not 9fe89fae1d be caught. That immunity comes from a84f6e7fb6 the crown prince they 30f02ed47d foolishly serve. Still don’t b403a75b49 get it? Even if you and 8f17b83ba4 Wood’s hidden evidence is 3fdac95ed2 exposed, I have no cd81c03ea7 attachment to this country. The enemy nation will 767eafbbe3 gladly accept me, and 8ca1356795 if I succeed in 990b2e0ec4 defecting, I’ll use all 84b7efdb33 my power to start 2820103647 another war. Does the cunning crown 630b4af344 prince not know this? Instead of 72a07f7860 using your 02649f4187 evidence against 2e331066f2 me, he’ll 698ba0d3a3 propose a 2456f4fb7c deal. No, he already f0358f42a2 has. His offering cb0dbff0cf to me e6be791bd4 is you, 9e488d75bb Honey. Dare to dc1b930e57 leave me? You, a b7ee494363 wretch, dare fe3bfb5b38 to betray 05e99fa2df and flee? Honey, you shouldn’t 62d625a274 insult the pure f16d36124f love I gave 7a62a2b6d9 you like this. Even an uneducated, dim-witted 7d6534a75c seed should have some 8ebb09dc8d shame, shouldn’t it? Or, after 9b85a1df8d sucking so e333979e64 much cum, f8df77e0fd did even d232fcaef6 the little 92fc9ccb0d brain you 60689a0ff2 had vanish?c150212e746648de

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Grabbing my hair, the c5adabd818 count dragged me off a647c94731 the sofa. With excruciating 0928302694 pain, the 544203aec2 empty wine a5b5389981 bottle slipped abca079d50 from my 29a8127db9 convulsing anus, 1eaaacd5e8 rolling on 63b6922361 the floor. I was thrown fe639a0048 onto a billiard 4e6eaa3fb2 table. He snatched a cue 36b255c55c from the rack, examining 08587ca09d its long, sturdy shaft 48174969e1 pointedly. Sprawled as thrown, 67edc92c41 I helplessly watched 3018abcc41 him approach with 23c3189678 the cue. I couldn’t believe 14b328bc1c his words. But my 44480d01ed mind understood 8fe59e9222 them with 797eef5575 alarming speed. Despite his 5015297cc0 countless crimes, 7fad48c176 the count 00fbf9d2f7 would slip 777dc45bc9 away unscathed.7f1518278a0ff03a

The hotel’s 854a5e65d4 security was 56d857454f difficult to 05473cd1a6 describe as eebae98e66 either strict 08274384cd or lax.1175a76e71e0a409

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The private a5db9d69c8 guards stationed eb1b8779c3 on each cae6ec9696 floor were 5293307ae2 elite agents, 0b0d809b97 but they 0ad2bcad8c weren’t tense 6ffca0bac5 at all. Because of 0387ef3922 this, the 1164cb5591 man was 8888f2de49 able to 5df83c5e77 reach the fec153034e sixty-fourth floor 85e22c5a0a with relative 91403116d5 ease. After strangling the last 3e580ab3a2 private guard into unconsciousness, b114605f1f the man dismantled the 17359fd66d firearm in his hand, 82db4725ef tossed it into an 938a58942a exhaust vent, and crossed 14d69388d4 the hallway. No presence 01f4c6cf22 was detected, 8fad5d5df6 and only 83a5e4a913 a couple c24c394646 of steps 89d34c1c8b remained to 555e23f75c the secret 166a911112 room.87809d4b1999a520

“Don’t!”e5f9c171c26ddcf8

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The man, cautiously grasping f38c5b9523 the secret room’s doorknob, 17c20d3f91 flung the door open b53a6e68ae and rushed inside upon 07365fbbc7 hearing a shout from 54de610403 within. Someone, presumably the 1770f78344 count, was sprawled 661d38d2f3 across a billiard eefaa29eda table dominating the 64e2a9ade4 center of the 6419d78ac7 secret room. A young man, 08e9d07d89 straddling him with 7330fed106 his right hand 6ff21981ec raised high, was 9c5f0e3d71 being charged at 91db34e7fb by a dark 479ee95d98 figure shouting. The man swiftly launched 0b02f5721c himself forward. Before the 33355b6633 dark figure, 4898fc137a lunging from 9ac4904ae0 the left 0dcb37bdc6 wall toward 29be00b771 the billiard 3b95b1cb37 table, could a8936b8724 reach the 7f2e9e5230 young man, 0d4de60410 the man 778bfb9eef snatched him 214ae7fc48 first.0b9f5f04df611085

“Aaaah!”5e4afd6f566a372c

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A scream erupted from 17d914b6a3 the young man. But the man didn’t e83a728b4c release the young man, 1d876a2985 whom he held tightly ce2834ef5f from behind. Unable to 2abc807e64 even struggle, e36d758262 the young d35317cf68 man’s grip d4e72740e0 weakened. Blood gushed from his 3edca05890 palm, where he’d gripped 68d03b92f8 a shard of glass ac0419df80 so tightly that bone 27bb1bd0e1 was exposed. The sharp glass 24e2a5fad2 shard, which had 4406370a50 pierced his hand, 6e15c2e88e was now deeply cd6caf45b8 embedded in the 3727ba290f back of the 866f385d73 man’s hand. Realizing that what he’d 64dc9f2312 stabbed was not his 9a9df44519 own eye but the c7d9ed8cc0 man’s hand, the young 6199943443 man let out a 70a2a1367e thin, sob-like moan.d59477137c0494a1

“Ugh… ugh… ugh.”d8591549c42be87c

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The young e3fa47bf49 man’s words 5fcff841bb couldn’t form 1aa9ae9f1d into language. Like a mute beast ebf0f214b0 or someone with a dc7041578b seared larynx, he only 04f8184e41 emitted guttural sounds from d2b1cb344e deep within his chest, 667cbe6da2 his entire body trembling 666fe6f7a4 like dry twigs. The trembling 8d704654c8 spread like 4ff67f2d95 wildfire.3aca8165150fb1f4

The man said 6f0e213587 it was okay. But the young man, 22fc38b56a still producing sounds akin 12c1119d71 to chest-thumping sobs, writhed 40a42cc57b and shook. At his feet lay af2a5504d5 the count’s corpse, its 2732b9905c throat slit, eyes wide 4da173f4eb open. One of the e66b7e8066 young man’s eyes, 7ea6779700 deeply stabbed by 6d282cc5b7 a glass shard, 789200f92b oozed black, filthy 7f1c9b4666 blood.6ad277d3b871182e

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The young man was 33e72c2172 literally a mangled corpse. The glass a54e5db679 shard that a8687639c5 pierced the 2e9d471b27 man’s hand c21ef7aa6d was a 4aeb4c3ec7 fragment of 932181f1e2 a broken 38b40ccc6e wine bottle 9dd49b56d7 from the 8c061c3207 billiard table. The young 3749e8dec3 man had 5b1f382744 grabbed one, 880da22388 stabbed the 0fe6905ab8 count’s throat, eaedfee583 then his 86920550ce own eye, b376c9ca7d and was 7ab93d5e59 about to e4b113da07 stab the 5342566f61 other when 0989c28105 it happened.97959dafdb32c316

“Erase… era…”33aa04e976690b42

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The count had 44622cf262 mocked the young 8aa0303fc5 man. Mister Wood’s death e26e4773d3 was futile.1f006c0d0d5fa499

The pain 29dd68a2b2 of being d2d9ef84d8 submerged in 59692f76b2 a pool 8a3e3c4f32 of blood 28b0bb2508 and pulled 7fd762ff50 out thousands 97b213d9d9 of times a1e452fbd8 a day a7f34c5124 was all 9bba3d4ecd futile. Unaware you were foolishly 8e18aeb597 used, you’ll squeeze out f4691ac7c5 blood and pus, offering ce8709d611 what you barely gained ea632ae037 at the feet of a1188b26d3 those authorities. You’ll die, ignorant 162c71f397 that you were e673fb9fdd used to grant ee04ad399f them another immunity, f194bed7e1 tearing at dead be8e0cacbc pus to squeeze f898a9fde0 out more blood.e1e4a3ce8e4045c5

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The count cackled, 95d0111698 drawing patterns on 4a3bded6c9 the young man’s c2c144163e genitals with the 856ef2b5ca broken glass shard’s 59307bcdc9 edge.41580bd8efd1bc67

The young man, with 24288e7ba8 a limp hand, fumbled dddd2db4eb and grasped a glass 8a65c1ae80 shard within reach. Aiming at the 14705c78bd count’s throat, who 9af0a72b67 was burying his 898c40b64d face between the 3a566b5255 young man’s legs 344d2ba31a to redraw a 6151f1a4b2 serpent’s head, he 753bdd9e04 thrust the sharp 8c974e98a1 object with all 59d001cd94 his strength. The count’s ad7e6b76fa unguarded nape 10c4b29122 was soft. But, exhausted, the young 0f2d9b3060 man lost his grip 993e848453 on the half-embedded shard 14b6d6b474 as the count convulsed.38ad0f7fd2d81efa

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The count’s 06495054cd face turned 7bd0ba7135 demonic as ac0f4efcfb he lunged b066f449e4 at the fea969b425 young man. The young man fumbled c2fb3e3f77 again, grabbing another shard. With all his 45c2161432 might, he stabbed 3a02852aec it into the f2cd54b16c throat of the 974e14a54d charging count. The count’s weight, b18a10e66b eyes rolled back, 36ac07c1e3 drove the shard a29577c6ba deeper. Unfazed by the 2b2e871896 blood gushing onto 77b6072b3c his face, the 5cf3249e8e young man stabbed af74a78236 the count’s throat c819b02b2d repeatedly with his 984faf4247 tattered hand.84f6ceea624764bf

In a trance, 1f30820a69 the young man’s ec52f3c6a0 crushed lips kept ee1f648d1c twitching. The man, lifting 94885a694c the featherlight body d2015328c8 from behind, fixed 37d33a98cf his gaze forward.095350a015f0a370

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A dark muzzle was 91c11da467 aimed at the man.354e046e1edd61c3

“Hand over 3200a46080 the prostitute.”9d21d22482fbbb83

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It was Jane efada46f3a Howard.3727c9f99313c76c

The crown 515c8b1711 prince wanted ba4b061a61 a negotiation. He hadn’t 38924ccf62 spent fifteen fc81f0880b years planning b4a89e9b5a to eradicate 3a3dc39eac the nobles. Rational, pragmatic, 94c1102bba and realistic, 665948750a he aimed 2fae578859 to strip 62b447e3e9 the nobles 3647802e49 of their dcba56fdbe wealth first. With the economy in 4d59f5ccc0 ruins and royal authority 1f246a88bb weakened post-war, the way 567bc152ec to diminish their power ad80fbd2fd was to shake their cc334a5b75 economic foundation.7055c4c559e8a46b

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Count Shariyar Lockhart, 661143ff36 born of a 01512c12f8 concubine, was immune 1d5059cf4f to scandals, but 4c1d0eda91 other nobles weren’t. The footage recorded dc6d1db14a in the corneal 258fecb450 device would deliver 494b6c74ec a far greater b034df10e8 visual shock than eaa8b0ce99 photos or documents. Their perverse desires didn’t ad3ba0e7b1 stop at play; they 886771c47a began with murder, extended ad98f1a301 to human trafficking, and e13fb61ad9 included cannibalism. Noble power wasn’t solely 9d06141051 built on wealth and 8403d5eeaa lineage.c8b634ac6c4171ca

In exchange 8c6de2cfd5 for secret 42e4d9aaba negotiations, the 26e4b7b645 noble faction f06cc81f2e transformed from 2172030625 traitors to 167f6b6a93 patriots, enjoying 9a5ced1f69 public support f7c47e3d80 post-war. Despite exploiting this 7d31132a24 debt through economic b482c20eef gains, the public’s 78c08467e3 support remained steadfast. It was 1048f2bcd9 no big 6e9e66fd71 deal for 561e64991d citizens to 18c809a664 offer their 38d575334f labor to b5512ab917 nobles who 865fe1fb86 ended the b22bee9fae war and 9234ae9325 boosted the 23dd958546 economy. This public consensus formed 7f1265dd16 another pillar of the 94c9b5c6ca noble faction’s power.62ba1d5a34c64ddd

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The crown prince 0dc4e37db9 used some of a54da76349 the data collected a26ee40109 over fifteen years 75918df97a as negotiation cards.d7ebb312602be747

Unimpressed nobles 925b2dcadb rushed to d6a7fa88aa the crown d2d752ab71 prince after 7c7967248f seeing partial 6ff45c4a6b footage extracted f3e8e5db9e from Siobh b088d61aeb Swinton’s eyes. He didn’t respond. His intent 42c80df4af was clear: a4d8f762ae they needed c8c239bfad internal consensus 421fb84a38 before he’d 552b400952 negotiate. Count Shariyar Lockhart d6326c9451 raged, calling it 424251a1d3 unthinkable. Few nobles agreed, 111ed46fce but all recognized 41abd4677a the situation’s gravity.ceb3b804b681cf93

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Their amnesty, a c05f4f4fb2 gift for patriotism, 775d018155 was their final d61d9a0253 card. The crown prince 859f185d90 offered a choice. Coldly analyzing, negotiating with ae4493f16c him was the best a730c860e3 option. But some, flaunting 1241901169 noble pride and e01fa8c231 resentment toward the 171f28f57a novice crown prince, a2df4c9e38 couldn’t think rationally. No internal fd3dc5d8c3 consensus on 3c5d190146 the situation’s caecf054a6 severity was affd5996c2 reached.77845408ddc40179

They never imagined the d8851aa113 footage from Siobh Swinton’s 2bcc01d2a1 eyes was literally extracted d44a70576e from a corneal device, 280b7fc23e instead checking their own e5ba9165da security. The source was d2a08ca72f Mister Wood, their fb13f3bb16 loyal butler of 6b4a8fd0e4 fifteen years, Siobh eb4064372b Swinton. Their view 8a1db48263 of Count 727c9e8915 Shariyar Lockhart 12159e3ce8 soured. By willingly mediating for c244862db4 perverts, Lockhart had integrated d9d378970e into their circle, but 3d1f8e97c4 he couldn’t endure their 0d975e4b1a disdain again. Siobh Swinton’s lineage a9cc5be42b added to his f614f26627 burden.d03de89bbbd79f68

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That Siobh Swinton, who 636491e8f2 barked like a dog b6265fafd0 on command, was the 894dc9ee9f heir to a grand 3bde4aa519 ducal house. Shariyar Lockhart ground 48967f63f8 his teeth. The crown prince 5cc9a16790 offered to overlook fea6f7cec4 this. If they 9f8a78a5f1 negotiated, he’d ab9f36e009 share and 30dbb5237d destroy the f875a992a9 data, absolving 3e7016431d all their 21f7063931 crimes without 0490bfe294 question.45fb926554ab7e07

If their ecfbc4b772 traitorous past c8d42109b6 and perverse c47b10f107 murders were a2f08d9316 exposed, forcing 374c5287bc them to 39e7ace135 flee to a2fe440134 an enemy c01698f917 nation, there b68f8a186d was no f944c37a4b guarantee they’d 945f4e437a live lavishly ccd684cafb as before. At worst, inciting 58dadce7dc civil war through f3aafb1126 defense contractors lacked 5d1e5297e8 justification. The crown prince offered 519d9de088 a decent deal. After brief deliberation, they 83919e32d3 reached internal consensus.ea7f78461341c708

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They relinquished half their ddde32a873 amnesty, gave up oil e9fde67aec tanker ownership, and agreed 6abaa38185 to audits of private fd54dd0f36 defense firms. In return, the crown a92bca9349 prince kept Siobh Swinton’s 95d7d3de36 death quiet, destroyed the 17f5192a3d secret records before them, e125f0c620 invoked amnesty for the f4ef3688f8 matter, and agreed to 58d04dfe73 overlook and exempt similar 282ea819cb crimes in the future.e6a365e4049fab52

Within limits, he’d turn 241e1bcac5 a blind eye to c5c41a9a09 their peculiar sexual practices. Losing tanker 8a2a1de285 ownership stung, 5c265683a7 but the 21c27a4943 kingdom’s resources 87f741e5a8 were depleted. The fifteen-year effort seemed 8413151024 to yield little, but a2975b4dca the crown prince got fc51384a8b most of what he 284a5702aa wanted.6e582f01e732da14

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Under Knut 0dc13c75de Berrillard, the 57cc84c27a neutral faction’s 7f11d32591 leader, the fa46419745 crown prince 1f084928c8 and nobles 1dc2aaa8bf completed the 0e15c4e312 process. To the still-raging Count 6ddb99fc9a Lockhart, they gifted a 98e8874ab1 prize. He wasn’t shocked by dd29783491 the young man’s identity. Since Mister 61bab57197 Wood was 7887e1623a exposed as ee44fff99a a spy f85f2c740b a year 40fb72f044 ago, Lockhart ac5ddea00d had suspected 9d85fbd005 the young 218250fb2c man’s identity 016391ab63 but didn’t f4382ca976 act, believing ae05bf2d43 the young 2a5bb2b433 man was 17c5d52498 his.df7e193134c6b263

Hearing the e53892a153 negotiation agreement, ad49d2fa68 Jane Howard 7c78e72303 thought the fbba4f5dd4 crown prince 7f0b257f2b was mad.6f7dfcf9b87e6982

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Scandals were akin to 3e8f30d8f3 honor killings for nobles. Even if they evaded 5e4d6f5eff legal punishment, footage of 6d884e92f7 their murders and cannibalism aa2ee2785a flooding the media would 4d0de5fea6 socially bury them. Among their victims 4762040e45 was a scion 4eed508ba0 of the Swinton 378409aef4 ducal house, a 15ebb81d8e northern powerhouse. With the 6767c79370 Swinton house’s 919bdf9352 influence, the 7513b4cb8f crown prince fac4794233 could gain 6d13aec47e political advantage. Yet he settled dd5c8a82a8 with laughable terms.10a9cf8e7e3c5f3c

Not only did 748093fbff he waste fifteen 5c44158b94 years, but he b0e250975e also made Jane 51d6c9d5dc Howard and her 57f63ae30c loyalists a laughingstock. They didn’t 9e1efef67e join to 5a4c6396ac grant nobles 2ad32525f3 immunity for fb19e85c4f their refined ecb5420f4a games. Jane Howard 178b974d22 couldn’t agree ee0bd33d03 with the c24b962ad3 crown prince’s 7681239e2b politics of 7c0e467707 achieving peace ecac32a853 through negotiation.783beb7f0e736698

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Peace for whom? No excuse could 468d366014 hide that his cabad9e806 decision fed on f360b2b482 the blood of 30bd0b22dc countless prostitutes and 2348f9e7a5 agents invested in 0e1450f61d the meager operation. To the 44c3cb91bf crown prince, 2cdbb5402b they were e910ed53c9 no different 445625fa40 from soldiers e3628feaf0 dying at 3012578187 the front. No, Jane 01be2a6bf7 Howard no 5ddb194fe5 longer cared. When she betrayed f18532919a Mister Wood to 520a824617 Count Lockhart a c144979506 year ago, she 4b29de3504 resolved to expose 7ea7e84808 the operation if b64f74890c things went awry.73289b2042e14efe

Mister Wood’s death was 16825869ca her insurance. As expected, 8b2129adf1 the crown a68ce89422 prince and 9906979a78 nobles cared fd67030201 only for 71c2deecb4 expanding their 3f9da4083d influence. Jane Howard, too, b1faabfaba acted to satisfy 71510c7859 her desires.a8c7c0b226124517

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A year 8c829ea4a5 ago, she c796b72dc4 betrayed Mister 8b04573e98 Wood; tonight, 8ce532b20b she betrayed e0ed1b092b Honey Swallow.0c49668e86345f23

The pony the 3590beb3d1 crown prince gave c3cb4cb3ce you plans to a959f0ba3f leave for a f49f60d969 far-off place tonight. The records 925ab38389 Wood and ba0a27fde4 your lovely ad8afada57 pony conspired d374b29df2 to deceive 16c03b5603 you with 4811fba408 will stab a4ee8b7839 you in 31208e2a77 the back 44cdbd1d2a someday. Did you think 501aae5983 they’d bury the f29e990e64 case like this, 29abfe0814 you foolish, pathetic 726f48213a count?70f6a182749c0959

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Jane Howard hid 98dd8627ff in the secret 7051efb165 room, watching Lockhart ecebb81f41 handle the prostitute. Even for her, 5a5e813f99 who’d roamed brutal 2abb4f3115 battlefields for decades, 5359cc6587 the relentless cruelty 373d7c869e was breathtaking, but 20877dcdb9 her goal was b59a8d89d7 singular. Once the crown 4bf89d8020 prince handed over cde76dfd1a Honey Swallow, his 82bc546ebf life was in e7536b4a6f Lockhart’s hands. The crown prince 4a35a704e4 saw the corneal 4e16ce3344 footage as mere aab0c2ed80 bargaining chips, but d8335d00fc Jane Howard thought 4e72131313 differently.065b95994125f2c5

Those records needed 4bc5059ac5 public exposure. It didn’t b9061389b6 matter if 83c75f1ef7 the rabid f0ebe1df20 Lockhart killed 52cb7f6198 the prostitute 0147848000 in his 817ae386f8 frenzy. That would make 44fe94b287 her task easier. But before the clueless e0d583c172 Lockhart incinerated the body, 495cb63ae6 she needed to extract 3f76cab22d the implant from the af3252ce31 prostitute’s eyes. So, like a 231f3b06eb rat, she hid, 864271ccda holding her breath e47550db48 until they finished.00c1d815d8a88879

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But things 552beb8f6b started going 6067f4ced0 wrong. The count, 248e2f5403 consumed by 9a0c684de4 madness, was 255b066587 stabbed in db5b8d1f1b the throat a6269b80d0 by the a709994fc4 prostitute. Just when the 646bd26e87 brutally mangled prostitute 7baa9c3594 seemed truly about f50fd703d2 to die, it 9fc5efff40 happened.683da78f02de8068

Jane Howard leapt from 397249d142 the closet to stop beb4fa72aa the prostitute from stabbing 5c13f6b266 his last remaining eye 8172e477c4 with a raised hand.c49c602fe4135ce1

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“Hand over the 3e1d8e9a10 prostitute.”b696b008354dbebc

Aiming her e7d8368592 gun at 8d7abd34c6 the man 0ccb558613 while glancing f9335318db at the fa757ea37a young man, 7927432182 blood streaming 386a2133e2 from one 17483f5d4c eye, Jane a77f7a054b Howard let 9a744e253c out a 88049bb8a2 scream and cffb8e48ed dropped her 0859b21174 weapon. The man, who’d 07b81d5369 thrown a glass 55a6f53887 shard into her adc2af2e13 wrist, drew his 9761128939 MK.Gold and aimed c58bf33787 at her. Ironically, it 598d6ddaa9 was the d64efcb04e gift she’d a4438c6692 given him cad784f3f9 to lure 6eb922259b him here. The young man was 45bf1f945b cradled in the man’s 9b7ecfabc3 arm.2a26a6cd62692a06

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“Let us go.”4cc9d77b9ecb1e8f

“That eye 08239bd33a has a c222b356bc tracking device.”8645e02b22b955a0

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“I don’t care.”42b3c1375c822a4e

“That prostitute eac7855d44 killed the b451fd30f6 count; he 14b2867cb3 won’t escape 6f2899ebb2 execution.”170f0ca1af4dba8c

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“I won’t let that b953d71637 happen.”0957c931418718c7

“Cedric Baltar.”f1ad4f7dbbea0a67

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“I’ve passed through too b2f10c52aa much.”07d310ab3bccbbd1

“…”ed8752adcc45a57e

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“Isn’t that enough?”2396e805cf589229

Aiming at Jane edcce9c0d9 Howard’s thigh and 09fec02a20 right hand, clutching aa06ce1d5d her half-pierced wrist 7f416b1d1d with a contorted f8bbeea74d face, the man 42005a0149 pulled the trigger 8ac1a6da3c without hesitation. She groaned 1fe85666e8 and rolled 3a9d0b2284 on the 58cc5e4759 floor. He fired twice 6afc7b084c more, destroying her 486361b048 dropped gun, then 4c126c17c8 lowered his weapon. Clutching her head with ee5b3ef4ba both hands, Jane Howard, 7ac45c2071 her face twisted, looked 684929cbcb up at the man.44a1fc4779d5c818

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He’d shed 95a0ba0681 his jacket, b0b4b4dcf9 wrapping it b7f9e091b8 around the 0920eba4a3 young man e7050b3c59 as if 879961b4f4 he were ac7a285e56 precious. The dazed young 92f1a8fd43 man let out c69bb0f4b4 a frail moan. The man 0e503d4b43 carefully lifted 7681f038ca him. Watching him exit 81ff965ed3 the secret room, 04c550af80 Jane Howard, clutching 050a7122e4 her pierced thigh 3ee27853f3 and hand, screamed.9c7a20730111601d

“That prostitute 7c8b873bc0 was abandoned 3fc1350c6f too! Used as a tool 9b1bd13956 and look at what 432fe8883f happened! Think you’re 4922865322 free by 8d2ab560ec escaping me? That eye! Unless you remove 57037e0130 it, you’ll be fec6fffb0f hunted by them 16f5f55929 forever, collapsing from 298fc796d9 exhaustion! Cedric Baltar! With that eye, at 5d3cd59468 least he won’t die bb615f7862 so vainly! Come back! Come back! I said 3820c29c9e come back!”0827be5aa097d7f8

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The man ignored 42ff9b4ea2 Jane Howard’s hollow b0e66628e0 screams echoing behind 10a860e42e him.fc5c00ecb9dac627

The young 093a63c992 man’s wounded f479df1b36 eye, trembling 3fcf75c93b like a 01f04b92c4 drenched animal, 15fe37548c stared somewhere. His finely sliced, bloodied 5de97ba9b8 body was broken. The man 3f8a0d4991 silently gazed 65106897e7 at the c12d13b2e5 young man’s 16b12b6335 exposed nape 33cb7c3e6d beneath his 4d2d4aa5d9 torn jaw.ced15d9fad7f8c7f

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The young man was 105e895cc0 breathing. But the man wanted c808321249 to touch that nape 85afe46813 and feel that breath. As elevator doors e4a9cc2d3f opened and closed, 3e1b1810f4 shocked gazes and 5d42d17cb6 small screams met fab327c060 them, but the 1edc50cae1 man never took c175a1aa40 his eyes off d3b23d8b1b the young man’s 49e662d758 nape, and the 62eb3fc57c young man, with c855d56438 unmoving eyelids, stared 8d0c1742fb blankly upward.caa83349fc14d0d3

Their gazes never once 6081a27fe8 met.571797e82cc00644

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