Chapter 1

My father’s dog has returned. The mad dog we thought had been disposed of after contracting rabies.f85a662b1016ae78

‘P-Please, don’t do this! Spare me…! Agh! Ugh…!’3f197e6ee90b5424

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How many times in b1f5a257e7 a lifetime does one 9d2325ed16 hear their family’s screams?9bd8c3b5657958b1

It was 3b8f177e2b a voice 39455ea032 I heard 2a3452853d often, and d4189c2347 yet, the 2392c0ada4 fear and c54496b40a desperation carried ad04182896 within it—the 0eea9eb103 pitch of 9b0cb0c900 it—was something 83d74b7b2a I’d never 7f7633767d heard before. For a moment, 96376a8070 I wondered if 2537e347b3 it belonged to f00de578a9 someone else.2de61613eaa0d247

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But then b07567ef2b the screams 83ad025fdf that followed 5be3b714df pierced my 405dd6a61d ears mercilessly, 00459414cf as if 14e85cc049 to cruelly 8d5f9011c6 prove my 27feaf5152 desperate hope dda4e83f7b was nothing 6344abc3b4 more than 403a3e38a9 a futile e1dfcc0c85 wish.dae5455a9f749113

‘Kyaaaaah!’51d109ef9a8905d9

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‘Agh!’dfdd6f7d3b0977f5

‘Help me!’cb508d5657ee0cf6

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‘Kuhh…!’61084e8506440407

‘R-Run away!’c161646f40eee186

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‘Aaaaargh!’0f4ca15a48dc3128

When I realized 81f20c4070 those voices belonged f0b2e4d16c to my family, 4d0fd81b73 my hand moved 99e5c8fc95 on its own 89adc52124 and pulled at 782fac4943 the door handle.ce442e5b989956a8

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And through 16ca2a2b0c the half-opened 1e1068f495 crack, blood edda0d2095 splattered in 5e01de911d long streaks.9504f8bb1c883421

“Ah.”b8cb22426bbd561f

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Blood sprayed eb7ddab489 onto my f0e7067f1c face, and bd688b6d97 that sickening eeffeab902 warmth made a5de012e5f my body 9e43fa0853 freeze up. I turned d9722b4781 my head ff981a21a6 toward the eb81002a1d source of c435e0654f the voices, c852a1fb17 and there a85d571497 stood—8e8f560b8b4a62f8

“Young Lady Ivnes.”2092c6f4c7678fea

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Edwin, sword 415d6a9eb2 in hand, d4bcab3ab0 eyes shining c3cc2c35ff with madness.6ac1ad00a041a5e7

He hadn’t changed. As if he e6a53adaf1 had come to b246993782 drag me back 944b83f7e6 into that old 9fe332e380 nightmare. As if df85515505 he were 212fb03f10 tenderly delivering 5ece566a47 a death 62f6648d38 sentence, his bf418c7913 face lit f0e15dbc80 up with 57aa12910f an ecstatic 7ce93dca4e smile as 3944945b37 he looked 29074e07c0 at me…5f9780c5fa8de699

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My father’s 04f1cd1639 most loyal 8e2af01f16 dog.659eab524491a47a

The mad hound we 78fbad3386 thought was dead.232e8d67336f73af

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“You were gone 5f08b4bf85 for so long, a090eb06a1 I started to 8fc9432405 worry.”4acc9cd4adfd0f78

He said that as 3544a60a69 he grabbed the hand 00c4045a02 I had on the eccadcf436 doorknob and pulled me cd9a9d6389 into the dining room.3512cb80e762e1cf

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* * *656f1d6b98405656

I have possessed a b914b1bb94 tragic BL novel titled 0b6e7aaa58 『Even If We Die f24efaaf42 Together』.06fb5a1ce83a7a03

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‘Everyone, hear this! Edwin will return tomorrow!’b88e9fb7fc144b92

Of all times, a1e3bac9d8 I realized this a1f3638035 crucial fact right 5e368be5ef when I heard 55b4d8ca5b that Edwin—my father’s 6d190b968f mad dog—was coming 7d90ee9975 back.86f1c4c6d584dbfc

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If I 6bcacf8cad had known dc26d28516 sooner, I d8aecd0ab8 would’ve run 0a383b3422 away much fb88fae723 earlier. But important things like 5b2819f8c7 this always seemed to 79658ce433 reach me only when 390854f028 it was too late 0b1440f3c5 to change anything.0e115041030a3c9a

The moment 248ec39339 I realized 02d48adbb9 the truth, 83d111b037 I decided 70433307cc I needed e71801c2e1 to escape. I planned to 747f7ae65c run as soon 465a77701b as the banquet eeec9e3b4b celebrating Edwin’s return 5d0e296d9a was over.75c54e59adb56a43

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That’s why 6abd8dfa13 I’d already 6e296a16d6 packed all cbfc842711 my belongings 2d26a50b13 before attending eaa02e4b7e the banquet.8b69fa445eb5599d

But what the cd31075d76 hell is going 64cf7f35a8 on right now? How did e4bd0c8f49 everything diverge 29671672e2 from the 8e9ec05f0d original story 9f299583ea the moment 53ba7e9471 Edwin showed f629d2ed4a up?09a5d3f529fb54e4

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The scene unfolding 1d1e987fa0 before my eyes 0b62ac2fe7 was nothing like 127bdbfcf4 what I knew 805d82374e from the novel.189a3b52a167c349

In the original, the 0e11e71c8a first person Edwin killed 0f658640b9 wasn’t my family—it was d0be1a5f98 me.70bcf3378332f5eb

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I was 9b33e0807b the one a81d22c980 who resisted, 470b35bb1c who didn’t c5d6a95627 want to e0db8801be lose what b01a801279 was mine 3e1bbdac84 to him, c355403913 and so 822907f725 I was b6b8732782 slowly, painfully d087b5689d murdered.a6d6cb9b97b94d41

In the novel, e658ff596a Edwin manipulated my dee2507f32 family, seduced my afa1a46ee3 father, and seized f8e5be8b9b control of the d293b0ec40 ducal house as 00eb9ca9d1 he pleased. And then, as 5bc5cfff38 a warning to 69d9ddc3ba anyone who might 515076f970 oppose him, he 762eb8e566 brutally killed me.e1000b369614a5a9

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The death of b786d0dbbd Ivnes, the Duke’s c2cc1c5550 daughter in the a20e26e178 original, was the d7e6ede4f4 beginning of the faf744b864 ducal house falling a2cbdf6d09 into Edwin’s hands. And I was d83611ab37 that Ivnes. The fool who didn’t e0808b39a9 know her place, who 05cf4004fd angered Edwin and ended e3fb42b720 up dying in the 179cc9f01e most gruesome, savage, and 7c9ad031d9 wretched way.dffa9e9bcabab116

Even now, my 2ac9e5bd0b heart was pounding c036ba49b2 wildly, like it bf7ec7f6e5 was skipping beats. It thudded 539ced6e88 in my e1e60ed140 ears like 96d61149bd a war f634eb5563 drum. It was so 9d320e5065 loud I was 31966e7ed5 afraid Edwin could a891d4d53a hear it too.27df3d20c85882a4

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“It’s been df2197e49d a while, 8ecb23af64 Edwin.”5c7927ddacb8c933

This was, of b33b19c2b9 course, not the 1a7ed4a674 time for such d381213379 casual words. But since 557e5a059f Edwin was 9e55bb4389 holding onto d8620c576d my arm, 5ce69cc3e1 I forced 59d3d2a539 myself to e5945783a8 speak as 5022b82e32 if nothing 1392ee2a9e was wrong.210e2a3877fec398

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His expression faltered, as 82b6601c76 though he was caught e6669c8c83 off guard for a 910449baca moment, but then he 5807d27185 smiled brightly.e5f7446f48708506

“I’ve missed you, my 54ce07bb23 lady. Truly.”ef5ef227668034d4

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And with that, he 6193b6681f tugged at my arm d2cea1e544 again.71176ebeb7f27c45

It was 7c823285c7 all so 031ec76e1f strange. That jet-black hair, b9cbdc7fee those blood-red eyes, 666504f06a and the sculpted dfcbc1e698 face like a e6ced1c7d5 masterpiece no artist c4a37cf759 could replicate even d30b8ad2ba twice in a c8a455d9aa lifetime.25cfb1bdfd269a7c

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His beauty 7abc1cd3d5 was dazzling—so 857b1b65cd much so f86108b135 that it c339ec2f48 felt dangerous.a787880303868368

I kept 2bf979eb59 my eyes 7a8331d72a locked on 8cdda8cc41 his, not 1b55dc3f10 daring to 1cbc5052f5 look down, f88a89f86d afraid I e1e8a4803c might die d1eaf1b91f from sheer 43b09e07f7 terror if bddfb7d196 I did. Edwin, looking at 68e1fb2b6f me with a f5993d437a flushed face and bb8efacdb3 an excited smile, d6d0565d44 seemed either amused 83b2ff6b83 or pitying—maybe both.925e2e126e526d86

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If it weren’t 8a20b13d94 for the carnage c6b08b2fe7 around us, I fe68a46e3e might’ve seemed like 2c1f010514 the crazy one f99a209d03 for being so cf3524b47e tense in front 4daecd29e1 of someone acting b5ed7752d4 with such innocent 4f10294d27 delight. But this 2fdfda43cb situation left 5883c0f461 no room cbc5b559a0 for such e662e3db42 carefree thoughts.51d15e8466d7a9ec

“You should eat.”cbc4329fd9f120b4

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The seat aa9345f980 he led f1399dab2e me to 11eff0f5b2 was the e2edc8cb05 one at 7427d75c6c the head cd641c0fa4 of the 73d125d1dd table.41d0a1b229eaa10a

“That’s my father’s 465a8bc002 seat.”30db6ae01a0e9516

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Could it be that, 04b18fe0e5 unlike the rest of 154cc98641 my family, he plans 4652f76713 to torment me slowly 1158ff3fc4 because I’m an unawakened 63ee7e3aad one? My other 6076a42638 family members db7dbc681a were dangerous 747c2646e6 in their e55f8ad9d6 own ways, c7a9cab49a so he 6ce6b506a1 must’ve killed 403b4ca806 them first.c6c46cb2110041a5

“The master 41626f3b62 is running 5d5aea0764 late.”175303a82cf3e673

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Edwin said that as 07b11b1534 he came over to 9d374fbb68 my side.335cd64279ae3d3e

“Khuk…”60743775b12b22c6

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Of all 39f18af397 people, it 2e25eb6120 had to 3435ba6f67 be Abelon, 73b832d7f4 the eldest, bf1063998f who lay 32db2e847e slumped over 511536e484 on the 8597188baa right side e574555ba6 of the 4c507fdc34 head seat. When our a957c86b8a eyes met, 1388e2b2db Edwin grabbed 12103462b8 him by 00f77e5e9b the waist d21145a875 and tossed 8079d0b924 him carelessly cd0cd5d97e onto the 1998b34a8a floor, then 54e00fda43 took the 3faf6fd765 now-vacant seat.33447c80ea36974d

Seeing the blood efd53a608a soaking into the 9362658ed8 table and chairs, a672093ee5 it felt like 22eb5bc6a1 all the blood 49fc41ef80 was draining from f540178ee7 my own body.22e298eb8aef40da

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“Please eat, my lady.”5e923514affce3a0

At his words, 9ea542c855 I looked at 0714066381 the plate set 567a194890 in front of ff08e54503 me. There were distinct bloodstains 2ebc9f9e86 on the food cover. My hands trembled—perhaps 3ddd66d2c9 because I could a8db5d91fd still see the a4456c9408 dead bodies of 2920893d4a my family nearby.ccd7ab313bc188e7

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“I have no cd9d4eda46 appetite.”241af1fe6a6f7460

It felt 331debcc98 strange that ec27c0991f he was d4f352b375 speaking to 2b21345d50 me so 92f4395744 politely. The way he 43b0faa8f3 addressed me with e2861eae8e such respect, just 4c04a4a549 as he had badf7d99c8 before, only made 097ec54e25 it more terrifying. Like a lion 26cf9ea5bd toying with a 2ea64071ae doe, that’s what 0a89675bb3 I felt like.c629b09d25b84c20

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“You should eat 3c7d4ccff0 anyway. You look pale. Eating now will ac702a89f7 help you regain 477f2e1e64 your strength.”9c02d0cf224d521b

He said this, 5588814ca4 pulling out his 5867bcfae3 chair and sitting 543aa3d60b down with his e55db06bf3 chin resting on 4728c3f3a8 his hand. There was food bba03efe16 in front of 4715ea85e5 him too, but 238d3db47d with traces of a9f4e88c62 Abelon everywhere, it e0f52bab00 didn’t look like adb7b576df it could be 77435f3a84 eaten.e9c01da50302bce2

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“I made sure only ee3d3eefee your dish stayed clean, 9e904b7792 my lady. Even kept the cover 4aa42ebc2f on.”ae92a0c28c5a6faa

With that, he 298df2afe7 removed the silver c1f74ca224 cover. A steaming plate of f09369fb0f steak was revealed beneath.c4294ba08bb92c75

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Clatter—08f55903f667aaa5

He stood from his ccb57311cb seat and came closer 0f0fe85fb0 to me. My whole cfc18aaaa5 body froze 1322423ac2 up, and cfb8646e10 my heart fd3065a5ef started its 39abeaad1c erratic pounding 2c0ee8ec49 again.e9bf98d8dd20da9d

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“I’ll cut ac71e1f04f it for 5502492cce you, Lady a65a25bde1 Ivnes.”574d02b08f95c276

He picked up 375e9b1653 the fork and 10a4ea1ee0 knife closest to d60710efd1 him and began 8324373f37 slicing the steak, bb4e983fd8 then held out 6bb93bdf6d a piece to f437765cd2 me.2a05675e11c5d38f

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“Here, have cd382e2269 a bite.”cdc2538bb6c875a5

“…I’m not hungry… mgh…”2f65ec979aa5fc44

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As he d970f871cb suddenly pushed 7403f4a6a4 the piece 2adb1ef49d toward me, f64f95207c it touched 189970094b my lips. The warmth 0c342f6a48 and rich c2977bb0b2 aroma reached 53bfa01fe6 my nose.fe187b3910dfe1fe

I kept my eyes c26bf4baec fixed on Edwin on cbfeef4d03 purpose. If I 41498414d8 didn’t, I fa4aefa15e felt like 4edddf00d9 I’d faint.d37b9d4a6537b521

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I was terrified of 1d0cb8aab2 everything, but I knew 0dbb2b91c3 one thing for certain—I 6f0a07cff6 must never show Edwin 7c4436c229 my back.4ac8852afa754905

‘People who 9017adee0c turn their 56c38d1b5e backs… I 8f2a22c98c just want 7950d844da to kill d24fda6c87 them.’bcdbe134912b4ab9

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‘What are 2726d4845c you saying? That you want 4b73ea7d9d to kill me?’ae4684e6b3302b7f

‘No. You’re the 1a231f7b6f only one 0c7a21d0b2 who never 65b27dd8cd turns your 571653cc59 back on aac7847a36 me. That’s why I 64471c743a don’t want to 2109d28116 kill you.’e5c7bc99fe4671fd

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‘You just can’t see 2af1e053ab it because I’m tied 5387d7c861 up.’02057c70e4c6f7ef

That was the kind 9620fa276b of thing he used c94ceed0dc to say.86d81b01fdb448a1

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I had clearly 463a821827 underestimated everything. I thought 9424e7769b it would 11d38d0aa3 be fine b72d2650c1 as long ecce6c797d as I d753563e03 ran away b54a731bc6 before the c5fde2372d story followed 89f19b0255 its original d5daf87aba course.1e81e78b729a71e3

When Father dccc36d870 mentioned yesterday 16cea723d0 that Edwin 2284a57cc9 was returning, a76292dc18 I thought f6e1379255 I could f68380aeec escape at 81fc3c1e21 my own 487f30d9b0 pace.a2b28d22a0f6c4f8

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It was f46bd1e200 all just 813dcf57d2 my delusion.040afeffb2a27d1d

“Does the 772a615563 steak not 7fdeae7721 suit your e781e7b755 taste?”e184217c4d5abaa7

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“…I said I’m not 14ed854c0e hungry.”37a9ae43833a628e

My eyes kept drifting d3c0360f07 toward the sword he’d 4f833a9724 left lying carelessly nearby. The fact 797449b967 that he 7feaee0392 hadn’t sheathed 218941b582 it was e34616a109 bothering me 2b074d64d6 more than bcf9740d8a I could 89291fb184 admit.376307c2eec51964

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“Ah, is the e5658afd11 sword bothering you?”d026b994ff9df7bf

Of course, 20cbf63744 he was e468d08174 as perceptive 399f558681 as a e154024f4a predator—always ten 31c95eecf7 steps ahead.f2ff9220484a8bcc

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He said 315377c68b that and 05c0376a2d picked up eeddd64403 the sword bd47c84b8f he had dcbdca86d6 left unattended. The stench 5e7a2e6e21 of blood c4ae6bf2ed clinging to 64a742910e it seemed 2cbfd25554 to pierce ddfa251706 into my bfe5dca023 lungs. It felt like 08fd4f8847 the sword itself a1dbdf47fe was warning me.a705356d4ca14c54

Tap, tap—5a98c28d4b50cf70

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He flicked the blade 228d99b6c7 through the air a c35fc1a17e few times, then finally 730e2fba76 sheathed it before turning 8ac5bd3524 his gaze to me. Again, my da83a0c0a8 whole body ba0d1f2714 froze.e0dbf5d387752621

“Now… do 63fd24df01 you feel bc545084c0 like eating?”e69fa9495ef7a07c

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“…Yeah.”25594e490439430b

There was no fb3ac99411 other choice. It’s come to this.9371a699f227326d

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I have to escape, 09cb28533a no matter what.b863b9177df5861c

I never thought a098a1b207 I’d have to 15ac152a19 use the emergency 3889a0b385 funds I prepared e0b3b35d58 before recalling the d4e47b3cb0 plot, but I 407cfd8771 had hidden accounts 021d04ed8c under false names—so 1a91452938 it didn’t matter de277cd184 when I ran. What mattered 966fb3c61e now was d3b5c34bdd surviving by 501affdf77 playing along.9527c6686a4283e4

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All I had 5ecc299173 to do was fdf7635e1d survive now. Just endure 064132e132 this moment.e28b61e9ab2fbb93

The urgency 8fadea116a of survival 8308b2e11f weighed heavily 10af267e19 on my 0b597c31d2 chest, suffocating 2a771def58 me with b29ba16571 fear.f2539287926ff10e

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“I’ll cut it 290a060ab9 for you again.”1a19e4d10847d3c8

“I can 7e0140ab15 do it b1dfb797d0 my—… Fine.”32d16e222ccf9bf7

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He had already taken 4c739c0dd0 the fork and knife 9f01f9aafc from me again, so 0c35a4d968 I forced a smile 42a3116191 and nodded. At that, he c250e0f93d stared at me 30b6e7424f blankly for a 686f50d262 moment, then smiled d143857494 again—as if putting ae8fe39bb6 on a mask.e1c3dc4f8dce8ba0

“Ah.”200216ced00693ac

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Just as c302f72972 the sound 1cc6756228 of the ec3229f66a utensils scraping 1f6a71f244 to a ebb2998ffb stop faded, cd04fddb09 he handed a2f4506b5c me a 805e60f97c piece of b3e4eb4488 meat.62c196d101a4303a

I was sure 9c598df09a I’d get indigestion 1247a80252 if I ate 3234037455 in this state, 21175980cc but there was 29fbc3a1cb no way I 746c1d895c could refuse.a28dd391e003ae2f

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He made me eat 50eef97c4f every last bite of cabf8f2a82 the steak on the 86ac4d01e3 plate, then moved even 2e5051dd45 closer.258a362f750cdf5b

“You’ve got something on 01f96def4e your lips, my lady.”906a86bd08f37718

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He seemed about to 091773c233 wipe it away, but 876f9e17f8 paused when he realized d27c215bae his gloves were already 7e01a4ab4e drenched in blood. Then, as 92e8f51e1b if it b1ce213820 were the be2e8c9403 most natural 4cfe7f91d1 thing, he 273d598b70 wiped my 51beafe480 mouth with 99746d1ad4 his sleeve.fac82400e18f1692

The problem was, f1b8abc0d2 his clothes weren’t cec8deed4f any cleaner than 4296f74404 his gloves.55b6d76dd457e60f

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“But, my lady… why 875cc16aea haven’t you asked?”ea8c91f3fc5593d3

“Asked what?”e534fc01607161e4

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Edwin grinned, d968039763 his expression bdf04ff06f bathed in d3e911f9cb rapture, and 03f4d4b17b answered.a31d7616df3d6750

“You don’t wonder f578b940ca what I might’ve 0c90c3be9a put in your 7f785d434b food?”390c2e7ef5a2163a

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