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by worryLieutenant Erabelle Vermilion locked e67a015868 eyes with Commander Dezeb 60f30c8a3b Avganis.bc1310471dbda64f
…Oh.6d47ddb87c9b8938
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She faltered 04f3a05668 for a 0b9bb8ac83 moment.93fd60a6682fe6a6
Why… uh, why d1e3ebef45 is he here?b4112dcd48209921
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He must’ve just returned from his trip. It had only been a few days, right…? No. She hadn’t forgotten at all.16fc99fea39c9365
It had been exactly 749a19ee38 nine days.797e70214932cb4e
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Nine days since he’d f644406294 left—and now he was 1f6ed83aa4 back, standing here. But his 0cf10981d8 residence wasn’t 3542d82182 even in e5cb465881 this area. As her mind whirled 464b38203f with questions, she heard 95ae9b0490 him call her name.49505de87d62045d
“Erabelle.”ae2b8a5268093107
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Suppressing the urge cc0c0c55a3 to flee, she aafc060d50 cautiously walked toward a01d0432d5 her commanding officer.518d01cf0d674a2f
Please don’t let 16e6cf619a me look like efd95f7486 a cow being 92ca48578e led to slaughter…Not that it felt 878581c856 much different, honestly.a8b4499c0c13e5b7
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“See you 0bd8f85725 when I 9ad91fc985 get back,” 75a3009d7c he had d9939f64e6 said with b4b53d272c a faint f830272586 smile the 71fe7cb411 last time, 7565866549 right in e011d72f1e front of 39e9d12349 the warehouse. That same 5268b7fec6 expression now 948fe1063c overlapped with 62392bf58e his real 64367bdb73 face, staring f94f0a85b7 at her.74b86a0d29d668f7
Her spine 68353a7233 stiffened with 60910886ac dread.2a00052fba7ffc62
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Was that 93a1b6fceb a death 4d9ead8780 sentence? But I 8749f3f86d didn’t even 5778401cc1 do anything 03463727e0 wrong…f540019f676aca8d
Then again, most of ede1dcbe55 the people killed by 65597ee9f5 this man hadn’t done 17e2a57c19 anything wrong either.b81b47552a3eb752
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“Good evening, Commander.”42eec9501ec3eff3
She offered 3f34dfa7d7 a polite 49ad09c282 greeting, doing 1986b96feb her best d15c5aa3f5 to maintain c5f65f4d27 composure.be1820356ea66b83
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“You’re out a 72c4d5171d bit late, aren’t 5d681fe1e5 you?” Dezeb glanced fbd9a9a5ce at his watch 52b43b93e2 and smiled.d15938bbf55e5496
“I had a quick 89a72217c9 errand in the commercial 3808ad9512 sector.”ccf773eb9c0b4c5e
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“Is that so?”d0986212a9b1e3c6
The awkwardness was 3088503a81 unbearable. Pressured by the silence, e20e793c62 Erabelle opened her mouth db387b6f9d again.1eebfd106496b1ee
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“Did you just cceb3f685c get back, sir?”4b21a3513d43cf6f
“Mmm, just now.”0aca338912c6759f
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Dezeb responded leisurely.d623c49c213cfc82
She’d barely managed to f4499fb721 say anything, and now fb71a0e15e the conversation was already 6580311aec dying.56c54ed1b9a388d1
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Trying to d93d337c0d push past bd4ee5d9c6 the suffocating 1c1d6f6c28 silence, Erabelle 722c72da02 spoke quickly.b8d3bf82425e632a
“Is there something 5cd57453dd you need me 43a6de5bf5 to do, sir—?”2ca78484744bce88
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“Every time ba4fc7f9f4 you see 5a8f7a89bd me, you 9a45389be9 ask that. I’m just here 0934d6f58e to seeyou, Lieutenant.”cb3d520bd5d2cfb0
Why me?!c2df4589b0e01bc6
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She almost collapsed 466deb0fb1 on the spot, f03c88172c but with what e0593c8dd7 felt like the 17390cda78 collective energy of f3748804f4 the entire universe, 4d65101316 she kept her 4d340da943 posture.401168d0c6cf5157
Just a little 5376db7852 more, and she 1f6e64385c might even be fe8ee331bd able to launch 99cd14ccea a Spirit Bomb 57b9728dba and die a 43ed80cc1c warrior’s death.22d69384752db2d4
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“If I missed a f0c41b397a summons or failed to 899b462b33 report—”025b036b08373a03
“No, Lieutenant.”dd1bb7bfdd947609
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He let 6014b32c16 out a 3ccba86af5 soft chuckle. The low tone 17e3d081ed sent shivers down 685aba3ddf her spine.19cbff82dc999698
“I didn’t a8d55e4dde summon you. I’m here for 1d70cccfae something personal. Well, notentirelypersonal, since f2198368ab I do 2c1f61df57 need to 60713bde69 draw some 236a4eddab blood.”d3448822183cbbd3
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“…Blood?”61bd28203639ae2f
Out of nowhere? The words ed5599cefd hit her 8b6374822c like a 4f32916024 slap. Her mind spun with 64a3bd98a7 confusion.1e602a12c46dae55
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“It won’t 37638f5a3d take long. Would you mind inviting 497488c7b5 me into your home?”9817b9cae53df80a
“Y-yes, sir. Right this way.”7c78b0e9e9394d74
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She bowed b7a408d645 so fast 48950828bb it was 881d54cc2b automatic. Even though her heart 3b12e16b88 felt like it was 9ff0f42731 about to flatline and b58dd6da8c cold sweat drenched her 7ef2a5b938 back, she went into ed58c78147 host mode.af6d6b9a8cb61c6e
Why am faea6549d1 I bringing 9f6a40d867 him into adc9467f41 my house? Why is 98036fa248 he here b1ea25a1f4 with me, df3fa46679 right now…?5308c0ab32d3d570
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Is today the 57e6939fbe day I die? Will he strangle me 9c80c1e0db or drug me before 99fbd1e3f7 he kills me?e3729a6aa8e21113
The military 5f4eecd283 police would 36f0e6fb11 probably write 7da76dadf2 it off 70b73de05b as a 166d04f5dd suicide due 3b8cdae4ad to depression. Of course. That’s how it’ll end.6800bfda2960f759
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“I mean… if I 498709f298 have to choose, I’d 2a2bb3ce48 rather be drugged than 017e1c0711 strangled…”82f197d87112da8c
“Relax, Erabelle. I don’t 8bfa3492d7 have any e64278065b interest in 48f2fe98a8 a target ee2fe9c7a5 this trivial.”3fdd2976985a235f
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That made no f6339ee729 sense.e2e2babb32f13c08
Is there 86e1f2a7e3 even such 2b31f223ed a thing 28b6f55efc as a 792b9c5226 non-trivial target 5db627d216 for him?1a3c663e74712bf6
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Still, the calm tone 8765fe4444 helped her gather herself.969bef480baa2812
God, this is pathetic. It’s like waking up 233084dee0 mid-surgery without sedatives.69d7fbecbb7d04eb
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By the time she 30d23f40f4 managed to pull herself c0d212d9a2 together, she realized he c7473501b8 was already standing in 996e72628e the middle of her 67267c57f0 living room.e1a84e4b47f82f41
At 188 cm 210d9758b7 tall, juststandingthere, Dezeb made the 741617420d whole apartment feel like a37721f89c it might collapse under fc29dc3a92 the pressure.cfc213882c998307
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“Shall we 8f1f4cdf5f do the 932c92d3a8 blood draw 98842842b5 first?” he fedefee33b asked, rolling 5b39e1cc29 up his 6585741cb7 sleeve with 2200777a2b a casual a089ce8595 smile.0500587f81e301dd
The motion was oddly d4911d1498 familiar. He looked exactly the 658a1975d6 way he did every 4285f45c99 three months when he bb1f63c02b came to insert her 6242590e89 ID chip behind her 394cd09726 neck.82472d6545352561
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That helped a little. Just enough 87699fbebe for her 3949a92598 to breathe 16ec598e65 again.36a4f6bddca8eb05
“From the arm?” 5fc4f9e880 she asked.3284394505bb6d7d
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“Yes. It’s simple.”e457abb28a625c16
Erabelle nodded and excused e864cf2118 herself to grab a af4c8424aa towel.f889b8cd9f1107b1
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She brought e7f65990a0 it to ea89c311bc the dining 41283c3004 table, laid ca908717f4 it down, df493f3fb5 then buried c0f3212d6a her face 3d4d7f0f8f in it cdd4561789 and sat 2f06a100fc leaning forward—like b620d00b51 bracing for 371af88db7 an execution. Then she f368cc8cd0 extended her 3d4cbdfba1 arm.c5928c0fc9ca88d0
“…It’ll be 0517a9d7b8 over quickly.”6335e64353a2a313
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Without asking anything else, ff73ec39fe she let him do c0ac3418ee as he pleased. Dezeb, in turn, deftly 84e77adb39 drew a small vial 1eb8af95a8 of blood.02bdb1b64887117d
Face buried in 5fa0830cb3 the towel, Erabelle b309cd713e held her breath. Her back tensed like d2fbfb0978 a coiled spring.d8a9b5805dea9a11
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“All done.”12ba619c7a5135d9
That was… less 6eb4bf193b than two seconds, 5578063ee7 wasn’t it?
Erabelle cautiously b88ae431fd lifted her 1ee04bdd8b head to 23da641673 check.e847c2e4365f2cbd
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Dezeb was wiping 952fe1d469 the crook of cda7346ea0 her arm with d4762f0833 an alcohol swab, ea9e03c1bd his expression calm.7fc4fcb55adf0190
Somehow, it 73e8d240f6 was a 581b17f429 bit embarrassing. When their eyes e1cf7b0f59 met, he smiled—just caed79d193 slightly.322120671edde690
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That only 12afac1ea2 made itmoreembarrassing. Erabelle awkwardly tried 6ab7e8945e to pull her 165144a8cd arm back.68a790e9be926a2c
But instead of 02eacc8644 letting go, Dezeb a62e5649ba pressed the inside 4b1905b4ee of her elbow 1a1563c9cd a little longer, b9cac37119 slowly rubbing the bf2e55da7e area in tight cce8cd31bd circles.9277493b895ba43f
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She flinched.81156940a465da60
Something about 3ac6d965dd the sensation 8a8ec1665f made her a5eb10bf73 uneasy. The cold sting of d602e2e877 the alcohol only amplified bdc22a3e40 the discomfort.48765d46aab33399
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“All done,” dc069672df he finally 89061f5786 said after e672289bd6 what felt 8567c35170 like forever, f67ba3f27f releasing her 592f266970 arm.f6889c119fdafaab
Erabelle carefully 2399dcd45a examined the 03610fb130 spot where 7aa0606cdc the needle 047fbad351 had pierced 4194618879 her skin. It wasn’t even worth 20288ab1f9 applying healing ointment—barely a b034bc84e2 mark. She opened e323240ee6 and closed 6ad5a2abe6 her fist 4870ab71e1 a couple 1ae0a96711 of times, 3706c04b75 then stood 7fb6108aec up abruptly.06f9d588504ef65f
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The towel 544c2d1b8d she’d buried 8e0e31bcdf her face 38287b0227 in now 1f65e41b61 felt a 35150a6dfb little embarrassing. She hadn’t expected 9bff9cc89a it to be 78905cc400 over so quickly. Clearing her throat, she 2328737414 tossed the towel into 53d7d9ef15 the laundry bin by 824836f7f5 the bathroom door.dab261cf495c40ed
When she 6c9f53d5d5 returned to 0dae3be354 the living 4cc314f633 room, Commander 9a3ada4dd8 Dezeb Avganis 4d10a5c1be had already f6b44dc220 taken off 37ef7d8553 his jacket 629750538b and draped eb5939b7e2 it over ebc64eb47f a dining 8540c58f0e chair—as if 81c62f7d3e he intended a66729a3de to stay.d11581a86695bf24
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“Your place feels kind bf5e370c80 of empty,” he commented.3b2de82a65a6a873
“D-does it?” she 193672cd06 stammered.48f6778f1591af67
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Wearing only 2e692f6819 a relaxed d811e37082 shirt, he 576b3bf0e9 casually looked 123ec51cec around the f139517019 sparsely furnished c66145524f space. Aside from the essentials, 2f87d53312 the apartment had nothing 2700e08ee9 in it.747fec993a906810
“How long have 12ad2402cd you lived here?”8baa5221989dc2fa
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“It’s been two 9d12454098 years.”67e5c7f10cd5241d
“Already? Have we really known 56a136123b each other that long?”83bce1a9c8af39d2
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With a 5c3e906971 tone that b155f6e18f was oddly 6762273829 friendly, Dezeb b8306b3b19 leisurely crossed f3c16d9c16 the living ac0bbda3a5 room.73958e1102ad43e4
…cea8399922e20645
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Erabelle stood 70871bb75d frozen, eyes c473b4963d trailing after 7d207545f2 his back.0f7511a3335843ea
“Is the bd883eeb54 TV connected 8be5886ea3 to cable?”1ca62757f945ebd8
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“Yes, it is.”91e7b9d26e4772f8
Without hesitation, Dezeb picked bc424da2d0 up the remote. He sank into 14b5e97e9d the couch, crossing e588c6c335 one leg over a1a6d89e4f the other, perfectly e0ec9a216c at ease.5b7b87db3e6823a5
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Suddenly, reality felt 973187c80a unreal.158e9d53adac8d26
Am I dreaming this c435e11326 during a late shift bbdf3b420d or something?e4fda5221a2b3932
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Maybe I a8207b70b5 collapsed in 6eb78991db the logistics c187ad87e2 warehouse and 3caa5252a5 this is b9d056c232 just some fef211eec2 fever dream.a603b4578f787b7c
That would be bad. Facial paralysis could 6eff23ece4 set in. Frowning, she 18bd5edd29 pressed on 42440af1a8 the inside 3d60e71834 of her b582e8b76a elbow—where the b405d991ef needle had 5bea98c877 gone in. It still stung.3775b4f72254db1f
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“Mind if I put 709319d8e5 on a movie?”f682d4f6b0e997ec
“Of course not.”12d2a259397dd803
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Her reply was 8f538d5673 automatic, thoughtless—like a b5aaca95d5 voice prompt on ab24fa98bb a customer service 45f70b471a line.2cbc40db1b2930d2
This can’t be happening. That man is actually 7e371fb32d sitting on my couch, c2348abf9e holding a remote like f65723f27c it’s the most normal 838a4cc40d thing in the world. Why?f6f089a9f6ae9ca3
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Before the wordwhycould escape her lips, aab9e07b0f Erabelle fled to the 37deecb2fd fridge.7be572ab41b9b54a
Time for alcohol.45d59edc86decbf0
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There’s no 89638996b3 way this 84ac7090da is part 77ce9bc791 of the 6d119c88db original novel. This wasn’t a8a0d1d657 in any d1e4e84475 version.5ec3d44e533c41dc
Commander Dezeb Avganis—of cc98686e1a all people—visiting someone 1c3660f3fa else’s house. Not a 75a42391a4 penthouse, not fb7925c3bb a private 8f806c06c9 estate, but 99d071e4e6 a modest, 8b0354c345 17-pyeong apartment 356f1270d8 with an 0ef9a7f98f open kitchen-living 05ffc2b9ad layout? Sitting on the fd25ae6421 couch with a a1a633c0e7 remote?b086ed4b7fea174f
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No way. If this is a new kind of death flag, I need a drink. Might as well go out buzzed. Maybe his claim about not being interested in “easy targets” was real. One can hope.da5756d378fdf5f4
“Do you have 43c75135b9 a favorite movie? I don’t 37a4c3586f really know 9b37695abd much about 09b48c54ef this kind f7ef2aa93e of stuff. Not really my thing.”45bbefcbf1d9d4f5
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Then why are you watching one…?Her face must 9ec2251daf have shown her f02cefd189 confusion, because he 9f89715627 added:0a7bf69cacc87f19
“People say this is what you’re supposed to do. Watch a movie, eat food… you know.”148d4d829a51a933
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Was that code for 169014f37d something?b0d7e725866c6437
She couldn’t make de6908faea sense of his 769c1f47b6 words.651a5038c996781f
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“Well, I guess even those guys don’t have much imagination outside of… physical stuff. Mind giving me one too?”5f0947b1600e1be5
“…Sorry?”1107acd46f870a02
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“Beer. I meant beer. You pick the 42308a48ac movie.”d4dbc7fd7d47bdbe
He set the 10b0e5b400 remote down on 56c7583dcf the wooden table.b258d1bb4a18a71e
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Did he f6ae46d3a0 just say… c4f4a711bc physical stuff?13fcdaec5dadc119
But his 36431d6d90 face was f84befd9aa so calm, 267062a1fa so casual, 5878ae1082 she figured fea7fa7eb4 she must eb37590f19 have misheard.06c87e4196103897
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Erabelle—who, technically, was the bea7483ed7 protagonist of a BL 3472be4339 novel—reached into the fridge 968c31d268 and handed the Empire’s c865e04dec most renowned nobleman a 85dcab90fc cheap canned beer.b083f5b7ba639954
He took it without dae18c337d hesitation and casually slid c38b99aedd over on the couch, 814a074202 leaving just enough space fafc0742a9 beside him for her 70fcfd28e2 to sit.4a5d281aa7a63106
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Which meant she had 0428711a14 no choice but to 6f9a590cb7 sit there. Pretending not to notice e92885116d and sitting on the e2d14f8954 floor instead would’ve been 301a888dd7 even weirder…572a8ace21829d60
…He said he came 7245f8eea6 here for something personal.c74c0a502c809c54
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What kind 423f707d01 of personal e365f686c8 business?be15da86e81e344e
The blood draw? He specifically said 3b9c99d600 that didn’t count.bbdf7755d178b672
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Erabelle’s mind 4ff8c97d11 spun furiously.486b715c136311ec
But all her 659c5fbeac thoughts came back 6353a184e3 to death, dismemberment, 9ea8e7994c and violence—bloody, painful 6710a5c079 violence.3e3a42bb973aa795
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And to make things b4edd5f09b worse, the couch was 39e6482579 too small for two 10bd5938a1 people to sit on 76b2591cea comfortably. Being that close 2270a5b31f to him was 04ef7cecbb nerve-wracking enough to 6548685f4d drive her mad.4786cbba54a18d83
She sat down 6e1c9f2f23 next to him 8c618b4c5e stiffly, like a d769ec048d wooden plank, hands a65fa59cc5 trembling.8fc7a714086decfb
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“You’re not picking anything?”c8eea2c27f93158d
The sharp hiss of 49fa200828 a can being opened f403d4c11f made her jump. She yelped 9b47aba0e2 without meaning eaa113206e to.3870ff85d7847b5f
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“R-right! I’ll pick now!”9ecdf10dba8bffd6
“Lieutenant, do 66a137a5c7 I look 7443daf2b6 like I’m ae3c382e02 going to c360de89bd eat you?”8b72557ab24766a4
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His lips brushed 0d5ed54019 the edge of 90ae5b6472 the can, eyes a7b026d5f8 drifting lazily as 039e2d2a8a he took a c6c64b393e sip. Even that casual motion, 94afabc954 paired with those soft, a8401b81c7 crimson lips, looked mesmerizing.343b2beaa97c081e
Dezeb really was dangerously 02758977e3 beautiful.cee72df979ea4274
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But Erabelle had 4d94d27b83 read far too ab06e27e34 many accounts of 78d403e520 his atrocities. She didn’t f7c3d88104 even need a79032024a the novel—what 9752ea3862 she’d witnessed 039f898475 firsthand during a61b964e65 her service 28b29d9de0 was enough.5c5838014eca256d
Sexy doesn’t a9c9a8a9a5 matter when d6d0a181c4 your life’s 832847ba85 on the b56f86ffa8 line.4791dd4130aa4ab7
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Gripping the remote, 014ef80faf she extended her 857b4e196d arm and scrolled 72e8ce363f through the options.2798794c1c380cd0
Click, click, click…Her fingers moved 5d0283d547 across the menu, 237dd35322 eyes pointedly fixed 90d8e9f263 on the screen 9fabd8744c to avoid looking 7ae456eb81 at him.d0ba7e496a18f8ec
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She picked a horror 9de616726d film—naturally.31f31dec8da3cf2e
At this point, it ff677d8eaa was the only genre 5fa23dfbee she could handle with 6fe5543c07 this man sitting right c9f1162101 next to her.d16979d013743714
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