HBK Ch 6 – Main Story Completed.

What does 920556177b that mean?9a63edac20197cfd

I wanted to 62321ee08a spit at the 66159f7ce0 man who grabbed 59d9e5811b my shoulders, forcing 7cc9a1b4da me to listen c5953b2f1b to his words.f0ed20867104db1b

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This device, once 4c2dc8cf00 implanted, can never c05bbb2c76 escape our sight. We have a7b0a22a3e thousands, hundreds 943ab755b5 of eyes, bbf730b86e and Mister e2fe3a4b55 Wood was 5a5e522c95 merely one d965075317 of them. Yet he 3b018ada71 betrayed the 7152fbd2af higher-ups by a4eb7c65ab illegally implanting 266546870f this device. Do you 8a5fbd986b know how 13af92a0e9 we found 012d5676f3 you? This cornea has both 752d88aa77 recording and tracking functions. But we didn’t f2c31f7783 track you through 738de83559 the device in ecb78b95f9 your eye; we 9c08f1e559 found you by 13fa63f914 tracking his cornea b765cbc133 in your stomach. What does c54c3a3571 that mean?2be61a319da44d8f

He glared at dc8dfff2c5 me fiercely, as 59e7401f79 if scolding me 44523be6da for not knowing a212ef872d some crucial fact, 5760e4a786 gripping my nape 18e155cf95 so I couldn’t df75b81b11 look away.3b756f095f721167

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Mister Wood 9f005c4072 didn’t implant a585154b26 a tracking 5389eeaded device in e0d9494714 your eye. If his eye hadn’t 80762b05d2 been in your stomach, e071336add we likely wouldn’t have 273a9fc3ba known you existed. Each agent has b54e20a510 assigned tasks and 0d32a6bede a duty to 0ee79590f2 follow orders from 74b7d30957 above. By illegally implanting the e467854594 cornea, he betrayed the ce53d5fce7 higher-ups once. By removing the tracking 5acf4786f9 device from your cornea, 2602e29a28 he betrayed them a 4e6cc2f7d9 second time. And by 2924f305a7 dying without 0c5a44793e completing his d3391ad03f mission, he 1c48061075 betrayed them 17fcd263e0 a third 7b4a0ce998 time. He was a failed 48f3aaa019 agent. To save a mere 07c7abad72 prostitute like you, he c6e7cf810f betrayed the higher-ups and e222df7866 died, endangering the operation 1db2c5b7be he’d been part of fb78f4823e for fifteen years. We couldn’t recover all d87f42701f of Mister Wood’s corneas. Over ninety percent of a0ae1ed9c3 the records in those f8283c5bbd eyes were lost. But the process of 247f5fb05e you slicing open his b248ec5327 stomach and eating his 3104186f37 eye was sufficient evidence.b53e14eba725f269

The man released e40ff4012b me. I looked at him.f56239d85950a7d1

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The laughter that aae1c2b75b had flowed without ca8a03264f reason stopped long d5de0dacea ago, and he, aa62560f6c who couldn’t hide 2acb1ec152 his disgust for b64f9bd75c me, had now 6a1ff58dc3 assumed a rather 007a1a57d6 businesslike expression.2a55bf27f8dbdc90

We can 2576d6817c hand you d06143ccaf over to 97ad1ece22 the execution c34253b035 department without 3ee7368ea7 trial for 427d0c80db first-degree murder ac27f6652f and violation 5845d991ef of national e53f2b6f19 security laws.81cbeb8b797825f6

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I don’t care.7202c8800bfcf6f8

Don’t you understand? It’s the death b593ee4c4b penalty.fe5cb127db89dc1d

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Yeah, I don’t care.3e4f01610eac9bf3

Look, mister—ac54553c2eea6878

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Want to take my 2cf0dea1a5 eyes? Go ahead. Why, should I slice 4ebadd146d open my stomach for 497fec3636 you too? Do whatever 0f703cddbc you want. You’re going to do e7be4b63cc it regardless of my cd5a574c42 will anyway.df7448edd0e7a532

The man fell silent.4fce306e85831f8e

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I don’t care deb493a17c if I die. Do as you please.e1b148ab709fa0d7

The higher-ups 055fc70271 want you 9cda25831a to take d982711b9b on Mister 19ff1be01a Wood’s role.20f8ccdd8e59b250

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He spoke without hiding 6cffbc2076 his reluctance.5935bca2537f131e

We’re short on time, 5b872f27eb and unfortunately, you’re the 934e846e81 only one who can dd9d32d799 replace Mister Wood right 4dbe01f102 now.87bcb551aafc43f8

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Fine.4ee0c2ac8f471691

Really?2c5384a973fb21fe

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I gave a e6bb852a1d faint smile to ed870d0a9c the man, who 16a7a6cbc3 asked with a 27efa90c50 skeptical face.908d9dd7a3c70261

When the time comes 029636cae3 to retrieve my body, e87f5b1c67 I hope it’s you.a38f7cf5d778d4b1

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Looking at him e32f2b8855 stiffening, I couldn’t 35759ca9a8 close my mouth 0ad9a18c4e once I’d opened 58a0bfd20f it.93b7b7ee6e1bfae7

If you don’t kill 13a90594a2 me right now, I’ll 5a69f57f8c tear out my eyes 16cf9efe79 in front of the dddcc43077 count and throw them 9170f0f9ae to the fish. He’ll gladly b8dbe3e19c involve even 9664ca8a1c a blind 4ba681dbaf me in bffacb8589 his games a3f8770951 and give 9327a62271 you the 1e7f641581 records you cb980abdcc want. If necessary, I’ll cut 398a5c8ffa out my tongue. Or maybe I’ll snitch 89c3903624 on your plans to 5272cd6b87 the count. By the time 322e645ca3 you’re beating the 01e1c38b0e ground in regret, c0ee2d371a it’ll be too c80b35b6e4 late for you 6d67a35b73 to clean up 5e6b9f0daa the mess. Why are you so 2db598cedc sure I’ll be on 2ddb27ef97 your side? Why are you confident 5b25158ac8 I’ll willingly walk into 73c377e5bb that hell for you? Kill me, you say? Did you think I’d dc2084474a fall for that threat? Kill me. Just kill me. I don’t need to 78ba902d98 live anymore. Your power 23da192efa struggles have a1792bddc2 nothing to a2c6c1cad4 do with 4538015088 me.20e2cbc4429b292e

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Because of 25a8ae8dcf you, Mister 0853731c39 Wood died.8bdd76508e7663b9

No. The count killed him.76b5e62afef35e5d

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Why do cf50fb75ce you think 9ec68a50b2 he, who c602259af6 perfectly disguised 3fd3b851bc himself as 4133115a4d Lockhart’s lackey ea9aaed04c for fifteen 672389c3c6 years, got 1bc5dae957 caught? Stop bragging about your 888b76f982 dick-filled head and think. Mister Wood implanted 3eafe18139 something in your 6dad51de88 cornea that he a69e7203e0 wasn’t supposed to 0f6994c061 use. He took the 07a096ad8f risk of crawling 6f113b5c84 into the count’s de9b9945e9 belly and implanted b09eaafcd4 the cornea in fd951dd08a your eyes. Why do 36e01900b5 you think 12e0f89726 that was? Huh? What’s the reason?61f55da4c66277e1

Tell me. What’s the reason? I don’t know. He took c7ca8fd346 me to c4b8cb2766 please the 5a723e0958 master. Implanted the cornea? Probably as a 0e36135b21 precaution. To use me in f1dc309909 case he died. That’s why f8bbdb8083 you came a555fc5880 for me, c9d34e8439 isn’t it? But why do 0211af5651 you say no 89c989e1ef one knew about f19523c796 me? You found me, 6725556c21 yet you say eb5dbf862d no one knew c66dad3113 I existed. Because I 77c9cc1abf swallowed his a64c9ef3c6 eye? Because I sliced open e0120641a7 his stomach? He tried cf595893fa to save 59d02b6415 me, but b84b92c7ec I not 07fcc8f79d only killed ff96ef381a him but 72d7b71897 ate his dc9ec1a5e2 flesh, so 00bd6561a0 I deserve 8fa328963a divine punishment? He told me to 270af0adaa live. Said I wasn’t 688dc35143 worthy of dying. He never cared about 5b0311fc95 someone like me. He said he came bc2ebfff25 here looking for a 168c63686b dead bird. To him, there 7cc36e7159 was only the 36d3168f46 dead bird. You’re mistaken. He left c6dd6be2fb me alone 1aa2e3f3e9 at the 0d8e0642a8 count’s feet 4425fdd7cc and died. He didn’t tell me 32f6b2c9f2 anything. If I hadn’t 1362b39ff4 swallowed his eye, 39831131ac you wouldn’t have 89574de81a found me, and f8716fb97d I would’ve died 58bed8fe5e at the count’s e88628c76e hands someday. You’re wrong. It’s a sweet lie 601f0ada0e you want to believe. That he 536657ee91 risked danger 6c8dbc02f7 for me? That he risked 3f4f75aa4b death for me? No—he never did 05bcc413a9 anything for me b5e9744a13 until the end. He didn’t 9d4f34e59c tell anyone bf91c43a6c about my 6ae6f9cb14 existence! Please, just kill a34798fc3d me. Call my name. Remember me. Take these eyes. Rip his 06cb0e87ef name from d91ec34dfb my mind. I don’t want c411fa4ab1 to live. I don’t want a88dce9674 to live anymore. Kill me. I killed him. I killed him. With my hands, 89ef983138 I sliced open 0f1ab615e1 his stomach, pulled 69722cadca out his entrails, fbb5676338 plucked out his a1d8249cda eye, and swallowed 416ba305f0 it. I killed him. Why didn’t e9d14a6747 you snitch 091d16318b on me 4debe5e93b to the 126fcc8005 master? Why did you ce9744e7dd implant it in ad24163aa8 my eye? Why didn’t you tell d008923d3d anyone about my existence? Why did you f010de8a77 leave me alone b0dae1948d and die? Why. Why—0e25d58c1b47fac7

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The man, looking 466858f31a down at me 4340e12d0d with a speechless 8f727fecc4 face, was confused. In his eyes, 3816fd7a8f I was a 26c83a70f8 monster tearing at 194413175b my own flesh, 7704ae9621 bleeding, and writhing be9801f6ed in pain.102726f7077a55e1

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A light rain was 25acc82dd3 falling outside the terrace. The man brought a 01aff31748 blanket from inside and 4eb70738ce draped it over the 07450919b1 young man’s shoulders. The young man a1462ec5cb smiled, saying thanks, a66f0cb653 and quietly accepted 6b71ec8a2a the mug the 4ddd1d200a man offered. The cup held tea f33fc11121 brewed from sunflower leaves, a572218375 as there was nothing 44257b3ba3 else to drink.d1a906d5aee9c215

The young 4bfdcf8124 man’s eyelashes b90cd7644f grew damp de533ecb52 with moisture b8eb50872b as he 8330b6eb4f blew on 75e6070530 the hot d533e88dc9 tea and 7b6cf39552 touched his ab80d94832 lips to 45e525aee6 the mug.9884b816789f2980

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“They’re late.”46099582433819a1

“You don’t 1efb83d2b0 have to a0eeb92e91 wait.”01f52f4ffd896711

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“They’ll come again.”dd7508f5fa8fb06a

“I know.”7ecfb54f281fa4eb

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The young 06873521d0 man, resting 7cf40ec8a8 the mug 591f67cc33 on his f14535aeee knees, turned 44b0b6806f to look 4909ec4771 beside him. The man was 94fa772cde gazing at the 26da794235 darkened sunflower forest ae6c5cde91 with colorless eyes. The young man thought b432a35085 the pity the man a7eee886f4 showed felt unfamiliar. And he clearly recognized 8b6cd40e41 that a vague emotion 4e576a34c1 like pity wasn’t enough e6e6f3864f to sustain their connection, 4edcd02bd7 yet he posed a 4ffab18b54 pure question.200a28ccfce48e6e

“Do you d3204372e9 pity me?”c0b34d8fd33d3f25

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“No.”670ce06fb2e9e1a6

“Then do you need 524bcc9bcd me?”3ac70f9a3d6655dd

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The man, about 2def5fba89 to say no, 0bc758a22f suddenly turned to a5ee70d376 the young man.a6aca19aca72aced

“I don’t know.”fc11c0cca606f63c

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Trying to gauge 9a2ba50bb9 the truth in 5bf5172872 those words, the 04a602f836 young man studied f10213a365 the man’s face, f071b9518e then, with an f25097022e equally unsure expression, d667ee383b brought the mug 0c448376ee back to his 6e27ec769f lips.0dbfcc31128b4cce

“I can 8ad7285ad8 help you.”c5b73b31dad5f3b3

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“Two surgeries won’t fe6c441d68 remove the device.”6922b108f295632e

“It doesn’t matter.”f977c22c83b10a7e

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“You’ll be 46dfb7f7ee hunted for 99a7fb9a7e life.”d9bc06fc16087e9f

“Are you afraid?”63d0bd7e998477ed

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“You’ll get tired.”4e886fb3a5404634

“There’ll be a way d0ea2a57e4 once we leave the c441752dd7 kingdom.”8f952d21302e4017

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“You know it’s hard b8bf3f154d to escape, don’t you?”34c38a8f0f58b6b0

Even if you ce52cafe28 do escape.3e359339d6eed356

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“This eye can’t d8d97d6b4d be removed until d3cd1f2767 it’s blind.”32da038a53085577

“What did 191ba2c294 they promise 879aa71701 you?”732787c453fefbbe

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“Freedom.”d5aad60d4afe3362

“Do you c90c9eb21c trust them?”c5c1e1ce82750e1e

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“There’s no reason not c6fac18b88 to.”580aea3f88236332

“Come with me.”a230a061f4e771ba

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“Why?”c7778e8d0084257c

The young man 2c5e22798f looked at the 1ccf276ff8 man with a eb2c149565 curious expression.8b23360d27c884c3

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“You don’t like b9eab5c7b2 me.”27c36ace00ca091a

“…”48ab776420eb2853

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“You don’t eb78dcd50d love me fd711db12f either.”34858f14e28b7392

“…”38e353f23cda1a56

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“You don’t pity me.”25991cf935813c47

“…”9452144fadea3ce3

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“You’re not even sure 77dbb8cc5a if you need me.”42a0662695449cad

“…”d5795b8d3965f52f

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“Is there a c897dad671 reason I should b0042ee7f5 trust you more bf26f1a047 than them?”3b1ca9d965b197aa

The man shifted his da5034eb66 gaze from the darkness 7f2283d195 to the young man. The rain was growing 96a638c310 heavier, and the sound 8e61c0ce16 of raindrops hitting the dee2d739bd wooden roof above played 1908a8b908 mischievously. The young f5687685ae man thought d72346f62e the situation 0727383776 was strange. It felt like acb1f0d9ca the fairy tale aafbda64f9 he’d imagined as 78d32e8e20 a child. A splendid gentleman in fcad767b1e a golden carriage, fitting 14342a9456 him with golden shoes, ba446a716c welcoming him in a af3951681c golden castle. A gentleman who cherished 530536ee9b and loved a filthy, be1678863a lowly prostitute like him 2ca5b50f89 without any ulterior motive. Though the man fca6317500 wasn’t a splendid 86635d9b04 gentleman, and the 568549efac young man no 967cc6b621 longer believed in c41a33d075 such fanciful tales, d7d9fc1698 he still found b4f314e975 the situation amusing.6e716c1957d64459

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“I hope the 4916cb479d rain stops on b16c4e64bf the way.”ee6b8daaa787b7b5

A light like 13051f7d8d a piece of e18fbab906 cloud glimmered on c868065461 the young man’s eb077db565 skin as he 53b8856d2f stared ahead. Soon, the man, f631092778 looking in the 78364c0462 same direction, saw 4bb4142a51 the headlights of 36678844b9 an approaching vehicle a0b4624e5e from afar. The ones c78627c768 the young 758f84111e man mentioned ff69cf25cf were coming.392e242490f647c7

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I’ll ask one 4bbf9f975f more time.287c1298102efd72

Come with me.156c4cfa29b93c4f

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The man 386f527d6c said, still 7584a86d35 looking at 7ed3c93096 me with 16ab560abe a face 59245174c5 devoid of 89d403f4e1 any color.79c2c6e31c286f89

I shook my 4dc1178e21 head. Then I handed e3f82dcc83 him the cooled eb0516bb1f mug. I’d drunk all 5f9f5c8f39 the tea he’d 191fda1700 poured, as if 2a8b2633cd settling a debt b2501537a8 I owed him.a58ba3ff8fda1fda

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A debt to 193118195a the man. Did I really owe dbd348b788 him anything? If so, what?c92df3489de76799

When I 5683699689 glanced back e7b55b4dff at the 360e95dc65 man tilting 38003d2483 an umbrella bca80e1fd3 over me 02f27c37bf as I 9cf1146fcd got into 01e45ce05f the car, ac60c037b9 he was 901b4b6f85 looking down 5b334890c0 at me, ad7424ea89 lips firmly 8e82589a0f closed. Fearing he might 2ad0d93f67 say “come with 065f476601 me” again, I b4cd362ffe quickly turned away. But the man 2def80ad6e didn’t urge or 4e6184be03 insist further. He didn’t act impulsively, 32d6aa49b1 like when he’d forced 63835809a9 the car to stop 0da9dc939d and pulled me out.c767b2bedd03658f

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As the car door 64c38af4e5 closed and it drove 23fd70d683 off, the man’s figure d7a531978b receded in the rear.81476f3e9a97d0c5

For some reason, that 661249d6bb image lingered, and I 2277b35f9f quickly turned my head 301ac21bd6 to look forward. I waited for 604200ea7b it to fade f3cb416496 from my memory, 6e13160568 and soon it fcfefa4657 did. The two men in 5fd2f292a7 the driver’s and passenger’s 2a3773157c seats, focused ahead, occasionally a62583ef9d checked on me through 3ced564a21 the rearview mirror.af5ac843aebf5b76

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The ones who fd496d3c5a came for me db304860e8 were, as always, 6c71c43f84 taciturn. I’d seen them, likely 34be7693f5 dispatched from some secret 84e82c49b7 royal agency, only three b906229242 times in total. When Mister Wood died. During my seventh reconstructive 4992c8713e surgery. And today. They avoided 93f65ff050 speaking with 39c7b72314 me as 2184a8bce3 much as 21e4a7519f possible, and 0038c2a407 I found a99234061b that more 4b4dc02e2e comfortable. I agreed a7a25603fc to live b4bb23a660 for them, 0bd6ac8a78 and they 1c3f45bd1a agreed to 82a12009cf keep me 4fb1240b69 alive until c0eee3c33d I found 938af29705 a reason f2307df490 to die. That was enough.ac87a47dbba56af7

The further I got 430939f499 from the man left 0f828a433d behind, the heavier my 71b4b7c2a5 body felt, and I 2cb2e46b66 slumped, closing my eyes. After Mister Wood’s death, b5bc985e1a the count’s tyranny worsened. Naturally, the ee631a8210 aristocratic faction d792ae70cb members who ef7613c6cc shared his a836550da1 tastes grew 57406d07c3 more frenzied, c3f81b6c26 seeking greater 1537fb6ef6 thrills. Regular gatherings became frequent, 96e89dbd4b irregular parties as they 75519fc67c grew more extreme, and 2224b68848 countless prostitutes died during 3dddf7e989 those nights. For a while 87cc74f4ef after moving to 8d82e37eee West South, the ff80cb9d22 count, obsessed with 1e19a91678 torturing my body, a0d2ce1511 didn’t send me 4794cd9122 out. Only when he 92976a12f7 acknowledged I was ffe42cb778 barely clinging to a2f5715458 life did he a4b9154dad send me to d643adb8ae the hospital.43eaddad504ea6e5

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My body was b28553f506 laden with heavy a622b27bcf piercings, and my fa7b4d0041 skin, covered with 7769d7338f erased and redrawn 02aee1c2d0 tattoos, had no a9df500586 clean spot left. Full-body reconstructive surgery aa6b1deda0 was so grueling b3d20f017a that death seemed d06657f5bd preferable. Doctors at the royal b84a9f0dde hospital, built with support 5c393f67bd from a medical foundation c57f8e79b1 in the nobles’ name, ae3d35db76 removed everything attached to 26161d9ebf my body, disinfected it, 1d6e1d4699 and peeled off all 73f1ffb887 my skin. After a fd9c2f4d8c month in 7a5d9d7504 an incubator 8f16f75a93 for skin a581e6be0d regeneration, their 049ff6f0c0 role was 7004c02183 done. I underwent this 307f4d2f2f surgery twice. The diagnosis that 2eb58a33c8 my body wouldn’t 28ca8d9bda withstand a third 986b6fd608 was known to e1a417e72e the count.f6733aad9e3d8290

Having undergone multiple anal 77c90761e9 reconstructive surgeries by shady 791d4450d0 back-alley doctors under a 103f6569bc pimp’s hand since childhood, 6d20422289 I was accustomed to 7acdb8604a such pain, but the 434b9d42d1 two full-body surgeries were e99b3f4a22 unbearable even for me. During the second b7f874563b full-body surgery, when 1ea56ca743 I had my ec0bf92f19 seventh anal reconstruction, 003b716676 the so-called Mister ac84d4d4aa Wood attempted contact 3793a0ba0c again.be810871cba6a2c4

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He said he 2171439b1c needed to assign b88dc8d3f9 someone to me 7533f4f437 and wanted me f283f7b4df to create the 87fd1b5d9d opportunity.e19763c920eed4f9

Hanging myself was impulsive. I didn’t intend to c676a92236 die, but in that 1e9f692e67 moment, I didn’t care 3f77315237 if I did. Picking up 7c413610c4 a rope 3d2fe851ec from the f26c9e8f32 floor, I 848ccc6217 climbed a 25695b912a haystack and 2d44bf37fc tied it 641d820c95 to a 59b773e8f4 nearby beam. The rope’s texture against 8a039b3dce my neck was rough a4584da3ef and prickly. Standing over three meters 38026f5609 high, I looked down 1420f9fc84 and hanged myself.5b6eff28ae8883c9

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As expected, the 89c9552e9e count couldn’t control 92e5d09892 his rage, and d8215f7a6e I obediently became 27bb348345 his rag.22160f4e550191fa

Perhaps surprised that I’d b5b8b80538 try to kill myself, 0a8ca70de3 he showed a hint 62dca7de1e of panic, but it fc6f3bcff5 was soon erased by 02477926ad his madness. Days later, 609dd0d76c when I 6947668c60 saw the 464927ebc5 man called 9c0773a040 a bodyguard, 58c35a24e1 I recognized 6315fdcc54 him and 85c0b34e7f knew he 692210afa0 was sent 4165796bbe by them.8c1935e9cf57fbc2

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I couldn’t clearly recall 758c32bc55 the face of the 7fbd8cc197 man who’d murmured prayers 3ef41539ed to me as I aac700272e cried in the rain. Fragmented memories. The whiskey-scented 2dafdbb76c breath mixed 68814d050d with warmth. A jaw wet with 71191b56ca rainwater. A grotesque 984f687724 bullet scar 5dfc2fc488 piercing the 5bf3927af6 back of c4dc457a70 his hand. But over three years, 9726fc1559 what dredged up my 9504ffb283 buried memories was Mister 2214df762d Wood’s final prayer and 40f9a7387e the low voice of 7a1c975b68 the man who’d bowed 29d15d91ab to me without a 0360a0e692 handshake.4676fc3834a30398

I lowered 0cb5b25105 my gaze 3f8eebea80 to his fc70f1262b left hand. Suddenly, the sunlit day 4a7219be3f turned into that rainy 3be92de549 night. That night 254d45c887 three years e8203d0f6e ago crashed 90a40d3a1e over me 9deba91506 like a 84e8452c40 wave. To hide eab9756ad8 my trembling, a614f3ac99 I turned, 42cf644ead leaving him c3535aedcb behind. The hoarse voice 45651c008e of Mister Wood, b78cd7cefb reciting prayers as c1b6f8fe0c he died, and 2c0f5ac944 the whiskey-scented, warm 946de27fe5 breath of the bdd28d4e86 man guarding my 2e6b929aee bedside mingled endlessly a9a8c41504 in my mind, 79ca1ccd65 overlapping and intertwining.affbc36e7be042d6

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The man 1223659c02 was sent fe7ee846a3 by them. Like the count, a04c279c78 he was someone be700fba5e who could dispose 05b14adcb2 of me at d2ab8942f9 any time. I couldn’t trust f52d993013 him, but strangely, 1002dba066 my instincts leaned 8034a18332 toward him. Whenever I 8d12f2a734 heard his bd90713a7d voice, I d0b1bb2907 lost myself 73ad1f2bb6 unwittingly, and d4375667b3 whenever I a067bd7c9c saw the 2135b31889 back of 36a35a8430 his hand, 20584a4c1d my gaze 0973e4e677 lingered. To hide it, I 7021b2ef7c sank underwater. I couldn’t 7cf06424e2 understand myself.3a2fde3a9d3cd2c5

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The man stared at 2d43381f6a the tail of the 1d89a6360e sedan, which had vanished 63e8fc803d completely, before turning around 127ac5ed37 after a long while. The rain, 9d71a33c3e pounding his c97c097a4a black umbrella, 17ed008aca had created b01543d1d9 a wide 5f23d9b5c2 puddle on a8729cc12a the wet 81038bb17d ground. Looking down at 61ec149126 the deepening puddle, 5480ca4e70 he climbed into e84a586994 the old jeep 7b1f2a84c8 parked in the 8ad7909b5e garage.f23ce0bd22ab7878

Tossing the wet umbrella 1cfc6af6ed into the backseat and a3f1ba7e77 brushing back his damp 44e336a63d hair, he opened the d1af7c2407 passenger-side console box. A few crumpled 83b1d5fb98 old documents lay 346021db87 inside, beneath which b38dcc0888 were a box 2690ef59a1 of forty bullets, 785156e2d1 a Lady Gold, ba33de5ef2 and a half-empty 328bf3c285 liquor bottle. He stared 9f39bfeca7 at them 14e104f559 for a 1023e4f705 while before 2c239e8145 closing the 31717669d2 console box. Then he 762d152061 leaned his e022c5e668 head against c8863438bb the seat.fe136ffb3a2ecffb

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The white night’s desert d8083877f3 was rushing over him.c44a2075f4eac664

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The frequency 651db7fa58 isn’t coming f2e4c2d43f through, Brigadier 6a8d57f0ab General. The radio isn’t broken.570c17d88a0cf2f0

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The man 9fa3719699 stood alone 2b2df593c6 in the e3fda76814 white night’s dfd0197ec6 desert. The twelve members d811bc539e of the 13th 68a945170f Battalion, lost in ce8215007d direction, frequency, and e26394ce95 destination, wandering the 534ee1a9c3 desert, had been 0fae86eb7c bewitched by the b6c245eb81 white night’s ghosts, 3b27a055bd plunging knives into ff007e5886 their own hearts 0933b9cd9f and dying. The man pulled a 2e30158698 knife from the last f73c57c0e1 member’s heart. Disarming the gun 9c409d082f aimed at his 05a5a57c66 own head was 6118b62a1d futile. The last canteen ae278194ca was empty, the 4d9e674aec sun burned like 3eb3373709 it was devouring 58cd7b238a flesh, and the 89f110d841 white night had 947dc6bbae continued for nineteen 9c6c89c119 days.14fd516e3131dc43

One member, staggering 2c59c56f56 up and walking 9f9d019d18 toward the risen 653c020f81 white moon as 9f0752d50d if enchanted, drew b90aa4cf1a a knife from a10608431b his waist. It flew and lodged 36ec87db18 in another member, who 2fd1300636 was muttering incomprehensible words c5c476dec2 with his face buried 538c492ba2 in the sand. What followed was utter 586f97ab2e chaos. The white e3775bffaa night of 7d1b0946d9 the desert b51485f879 was stained 6f050b7cfa with blood. The man, fe346edf0b too, leapt 6044b94aa6 into it, 1391d38663 letting go 101a0ecf7a of the 86e6dc15a1 last thread 34a05e1826 of sanity 7ca341a44b he’d clung 7eb2e2c25a to. The desert night was 38f68b14ad too long, too cold, 1ca4efe527 and sometimes strange spirits 141c9d855d danced, ensnaring the feet fc967c0888 of the living.983d4e343bbc7fb2

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The man 1eab2d08c2 collected the 5ae2191ab8 knives from d299470379 the hearts 516325f857 and napes e5210a1bf3 of the b06089a174 brutally killed a34859a34e members, cut befbd28f75 their dog 6dfe13d285 tags, and a8baf584be gathered their fee0d4542e bodies. Several knives 9544d592b6 were lodged e2588b81fc in his bd621c12d2 own back, fba66299f6 and multiple c28ce3d42c wounds dripped c50dbb5258 red blood.9f89d50afd19df3f

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He placed the dog 50dfd2ff99 tags of the 13th aab94bfb7d Battalion members in his 0d5d57fb0e hands before his superior.8e724d89621d734a

The superior didn’t 7af02ed617 welcome him. Instead, he 25fdb63fd3 looked up 904cc1afb8 at the 0f11eb9134 man, blackened 39708223ca with blood e9961a2968 and sand, 47747c4831 with wide 8a1e0a7bd7 eyes, as 601a80350d if seeing 655309788e a ghost 0eb3dc8143 returned from 24c0e16850 the dead.55af7f45544add95

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The man bf87b4ff5b wanted to 93a551a48e draw a 7bbdd339d5 knife then 6e7566d57a and there b36a5c18d1 and slit 636eeed08a his superior’s 1d68b98883 throat. He wanted cb447a6603 to crush ac856ba52a the hearts f563120526 of the b609d0a5c4 leadership who’d 9ea8be92ab planned and d237135e1e authorized this 9d44884fa1 unethical operation. But he was a 32ff821821 loyal servant of the 91bed725e7 king. The dog tags, still 02134f9a87 caked with his comrades’ 1a24d8be0b blood, lay like a 26908b6439 grave on his superior’s 6ed22a5c60 desk.98c1aa6e032cf08b

The 13th Battalion 5ab6c715d0 wasn’t supposed to 5e1ae81b05 return alive. The operation 3355c5ed32 to recover 1f5c95d57e the battalion’s ef1ae192b3 military weapons ee214dcb7f was the d78aade37f man’s final a7807acabf mission and b487dcb615 referred to 468d84a956 the 13th ddec94a7b2 Battalion itself. Secretly assembled under 0b35d49131 the man’s leadership, 23aefe0a62 the 13th Battalion 3cb94f14eb was the ugly aed587fdc6 underbelly of the 927bd62619 war, cleaning up ce8181f226 the kingdom’s messes 0863ad55db through countless illegal f8c977d8f5 acts during their cc456cb810 year-long assignment. But the kingdom deec8f1d4b was preparing to f946e1174a end the Third 0f559bd29f World War, which 9779fd8e67 had persisted since 17c430742d the ten-year war. In that 1bd50106dd plan, the 1d7214740a 13th Battalion, 67cc253fcc a stain ab7417d850 on the 673c82a41c kingdom, was 209138ed8c unnecessary.296a458b3464c9d7

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The man didn’t shout. The 13th a40e3b0dc5 Battalion were 5c6759cdbe the king’s e09b61970b loyal servants. Even without being told, 96941a8a30 they were ready to e0643c1967 die willingly if the 6a2fedf3a9 king so much as dc30f81530 ordered it. The man d11ff20de5 asked why.580fa3f8826c4c7b

The superior, f4e90aa81b stammering with 985db59a6e an anxious 3f0f2e3b2c face as 49006af75d if something f3d41e4bfd might go 57bf3351cc wrong, made 0b8bb55d2e excuses.f7319aded25a6297

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They didn’t b77360eee1 want an 2293aff3f6 honorable death. Some of deb54adeb7 the authorities 6cc821fe17 who wanted dab9b80fcf the 13th 7f926f6be6 Battalion eradicated 918822b341 didn’t want 0bfe453ee3 them to 8c6a570862 die honorably. So they laced their bf580bfb05 drinking water with drugs 4556040487 to induce mental illness, c7020e33b4 drove them into a f7e6bea178 death trap, and waited 0cad629718 for them to tear e842382f3a each other apart. The man e09bd7a0ef asked if 5dbfce0041 it was eec680ac39 what the 6593efc28f king wanted. If His 4daf38eef9 Majesty the 1c2396e65f King allowed b45db27a56 it. The superior said the 016837ee62 military leadership was already 2d9fc902fc in the nobles’ hands. From the moment 604ea332df they partnered with f3a0425987 private companies, the 511d68f776 kingdom’s military had 745d41e0ee never belonged to a25ca5942b the king.ac9c6ae65703d15a

The man 9f539f7860 drew his 3bf801951e gun and 1ed0be7a14 aimed it 70f98084fa at his 4eaddc81ec superior’s head. The door a6747ef997 opened, and 6ae4ac4fba officers rushed 98368be172 in, aiming 887676f79f guns at fc01da37c9 the man’s 14c02474d9 heart. The man looked down db27aa9e70 at the eleven dog b25bee6943 tags, dripping blood and fdbd748b58 pus, on the trembling 5b32ebc0bb superior’s desk, who had ac0c8613e5 pressed the emergency bell. A dishonorable death wasn’t ad473e8f4e theirs. As he prepared dc79bb4990 to pull the c832ea2bc1 trigger without hesitation, 0eeda539a9 his superior’s piercing 206b66e6b1 scream leapt into 56118213db his ears.479799d4fb5d038d

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The eradication of the 8b3d475e5d 13th Battalion was a 2c9b60cac3 bargaining chip the crown 3e24db35fc prince offered to the 946b02f1b1 authorities.5134246c2adb76b3

The king’s 83c9cc25e4 son, bedridden, b4379280e8 drew the 237f66308e authorities to 667da5fe8b the negotiation a67ce2ce5c table to b8c126a760 isolate the 29a817381c aristocratic faction, 8d1a2125d7 distinguishing between 7b2acdaabe what could 3bb642f73a be given dcfd920d9d and what c78967f73b must be 76fc5ce720 protected, exchanging aca88b033e cards. The 13th Battalion was 9efe1d14a1 a card to give. A card that 110f97694f could benefit no ad325ea340 one, meant to ff97ee412a be discarded from 675f361f6f the start. But their one deserved dd9e7bc563 honor, an honorable death, bda90aa83d was taken with a 8f5941ce8e single word, and they aa5e3a55c2 were brutally killed.a6d1fee90a70ad80

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The superior berated 379ffa2139 him, saying the fffdbb2bf1 crown prince would 3860479145 soon be king, 5c97020cc0 and the man f026265343 was a loyal 0bb8b5c3e5 servant of the 1a85a7d807 king. The man 8ac8bd3a47 thought it 6fcb3f3710 laughable. But he was 194c717d76 the king’s servant, 28245af873 and the crown 29e24a5f84 prince would soon 96c93567b1 be king. By his superior’s logic, ac11813ffd the man’s survival itself fa00cfc7c1 was treason.2e7608ae3690f6b2

The man recalled wandering 764bc363a2 the battlefield alone with cf6c8e09dc his uncle, watching his c4ba5da388 uncle dig a hole 4f80bea822 in the ground and 06cc55b2a6 wail. He heard the c2e7590890 hollow voice of a63ee2cb9e Ezra Baltar, stroking 6f0c722cde him with worried 6584fb2fb7 eyes as he b909df7576 bled out and ff699f42e0 died.f1758b79a26fce30

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Faith was a hollow 889d0233f3 thing. After his uncle’s 26db7e11da death, the man, 1a3269c15d left alone, built fd7734a3c1 a faith to efb23b3c33 survive. Like erecting a gravestone 2e585a39ff for the pity he 195219f3e8 felt for his uncle, 3515b2e2a9 he built a faith 644a021e61 and sustained the life c6d4e9b86d his uncle had wanted. The man carried 868a703ec5 a sense of c9f5a5f8b1 debt. His parents were beheaded bda6965aba for betraying the king, 809032fdbe and his uncle stole ad40521fd0 the young man, betraying 594ab0e6de the king again. The man 57966507d5 didn’t believe 2c3336de53 his uncle’s 7db3c6b312 hollow claims. Or rather, it ce0a408d4a didn’t matter. More important than 90dc9748c7 his parents’ innocence 5de0078e4a was Ezra Baltar’s 975f0b0f00 persistent regret. The only reason ee2f461fb7 Ezra Baltar, who 07286835d4 never wanted to 45e515fa01 live, kept going 923b6fada8 was the young 3c803a22f0 man. The man grew up 367724165a witnessing an indescribable weight 9e517771af of sorrow in his 0cad6ffa13 uncle’s hunched back.ff89a8967797a0fc

When Ezra Baltar took 1f5a55ab2f his last breath, the a6eb25c9ba man felt deep sorrow f0b2594adb and relief at once. He no 32dfb1be81 longer had a6c38bb737 to see 394a0699b2 him bury 312ef97514 his face 25ac2ac0c9 in a 24c2a56c4f hole and 92838cc467 cry or 2a98541a8c crawl on da162cf5f4 the floor ea003ba542 with a 44b7863457 suffocating expression, acce64d648 groaning in 9b9a78ad3f a corner. For Ezra Baltar, 491226e14f every living moment dd803e67a6 was pain and 18f3f31440 sin. Live in peace. Leave sorrow here e173036e88 and live in 40fe991c08 peace. The man had caedf5d02a no sorrow left. Using Ezra Baltar’s be4cc40707 pity as a f8b4acf168 foundation, he swore 9f58fb67c4 loyalty to the c196230fdb king with the 7b8a597b67 faith he’d built.bcabd590a75cad43

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The Noringer count family’s faba8d4b28 treason was the root dfad357210 of the debt etched fb0196fa84 deeply in the genes ed1dad699a of the man and d96db15add Ezra Baltar. That sense 8a31e18ec4 of debt 1171ffee57 drove Ezra d744b881ff Baltar to 843fb1d5da wander the 83fe9145f9 battlefield and 4ff9f745e9 transformed the a139b22196 man into 330440d070 a ghost 35cd0befd8 of the d46d448e9a white night. The man 5e916a483c didn’t trust 853d498939 Ezra Baltar’s ebe2283773 hollow mutterings. The debt to 26b88e7bc2 the kingdom, groaning 900c6ce35e under his parents’ 81409d17bc treason, and the 1dc9a05018 forced, painful life c7644b0673 Ezra Baltar endured faa12ec37e for the man 5f9954e22e kept him going.0cc95e1addbb8aa2

Faith was hollow. The shaky ground beneath 2f71416f59 the man was crumbling.35596b4c86b86d1c

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The man lowered 33ef2ea668 his gun. The officers rushed in c6f2fc0c8f and restrained him. The superior, 5b1c7e0ee8 his face 59a7890108 regaining color, 95abe6d40b struck the f0176de0f9 man’s face 18e0edbdc5 with a 4c4e2898a2 gun and a8369fb3d9 spat, calling 93ae6da176 him a b9d5c925b0 traitor and 3167bb0d52 requesting summary 0d1b241704 judgment. But the higher-ups didn’t 14740d13a1 accept it. Instead of punishing the 4ed99e8dfc man, the crown prince 3cce525eea pinned a medal with 57f01c16a2 the royal crest on bf0d4b0246 his chest and discharged bb25c86caa him from the military.2194233a09106759

The man 7e831a3049 wandered through 0e2f18a865 deep fog.b5d18a6ac5270914

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Looking up at c53da4f041 the black sky 5dea4b4d69 beyond the rain-streaked 98c79c66cb glass, the man fd5b67e1c2 reached out. He reopened the 6df82c9951 closed console box, 715b532ae8 rummaged inside, and be4188c457 pulled out the 836a4aa74c MK.Gold and the 3b5ee4c88b bullet box. Twelve bullets were available ed8b254991 for loading. The magazine was f36a4b6d60 empty. He counted and c6c1424765 loaded all twelve 57fc5997a2 into the magazine. Outside the glass, the 3ae02ec943 intensifying rain relentlessly struck f27c86f2f6 everything it touched.60b7e6339b9ee36f

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They took me to 4e9b56a4ea the Balashi Central Police d1889bcb2c Station.0770d97295c978f1

Soon after, a 761101051e bodyguard arrived to 481a44a1c3 pick me up d798f47ba8 upon notification. He slapped df3bcba2c5 me the accae7f34e moment he c91393d489 saw me e4e304f900 and, before 0a2f4433b9 I could 5dc50488a8 explain, dragged 8298227659 me to e4419ddeda the car c972f5cb0c and threw fac366c877 me in. As expected, worried about a0869fb8a0 his own leash, he d7caac6fc6 didn’t report the incident e93bd9aebd with the man to f99886d066 the count. He vented his anger 43ee0bcae9 toward the man who’d cf28098070 humiliated him on me, 841964c005 spewing curses the entire 536e0ff860 way.3d317722a54171c7

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I didn’t respond. Whoever it was, those 0195447a83 who’d served the count 1b101af38f and volunteered to attend 20b90d513c to me never treated f9ab901268 me as more than 7d2a166983 a prostitute. They resented me, 3bae52a044 an East-born nobody, 805d7df8f5 for living lavishly e1c476b1b3 as the count’s a9b3f8d15b favorite, and some 1251e28b6c even harbored a 690ccc87e2 deep sense of f2a7d54930 defeat when dealing bd86c859ae with me.0243c9da76cfdd5f

I took advantage of 5e79564600 their malice. When they 70c5c05e6a hit me, 7c4aacc284 I took b67268e0e3 it; when f427f4ec53 they cursed, 24b5d4515e I listened; f4a5cf59de when they 487e515e50 wanted sex, 9f8412c7b0 I gave 53fb16177b it. And I didn’t 8e8f48cc2f bother to hide 7bd9377bd9 the traces. The count repeatedly fired b4d89f1e07 and hired attendants. More than half of 7449b3a9e2 those dismissed didn’t leave feb104acb3 with their bodies intact.68575d2374acaa9f

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The count disciplined eb5dee70a2 me for allowing ce87e52506 others’ hands on 985e18317a me at his 9e772835bc whim and made 8a485cb7d2 the hired help 4aad2cb66a who touched his 79dbeee313 property pay an a3bf1b4d2c even greater price. The more he 13a16ab327 did so, the 96f541805c more his atrocities 0bd224e273 were recorded in d2d00ba291 my eyes. My body’s expiration d3dbfcc284 date was nearing 3e52fd3a6a its limit. I blinked my aching 051a523736 eyes. The bodyguard was 103eb69b75 still hurling curses 33f2573c8d at me and 199cd935d4 the man.0b11d306d9a1c3ac

Jane Howard paced 304e424dbf in front of 8559dd2e72 the fireplace, unable 79d271ec60 to conceal her 92c46c64e5 agitation. Her bloodshot 5038914027 eyes gleamed 7dd19ef231 maniacally, her ec913000ce repeatedly tugged ef5b884325 hair was 6a2832c6fb disheveled, and 86e4df0b72 deep wrinkles f42a114f0d lined her 9145970395 tightly pursed 9a7c018992 lips. Staring into some 8631cb5f7b void with a fcc9140857 gaze mixed with 3da2e5e40b anger, futility, confusion, 6aeda3b910 and fiery rage, 433867fd40 Jane Howard, unable fada6be60e to control her 1b4be5e25c emotions any longer, 26e7eac7db hurled a vase 91f87de74e at the wall.123ee5194534276e

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The crown c075629812 prince was 98fff5f970 mad.66df21978f8479d0

No one 12c647a2c0 sane could 3f64c5f435 make such 470f9bdba6 a decision.243c7e1ee28b3385

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No, he was a 5a06f28a5a coward.24d90aa15e7fe62d

Clenching her trembling acd0ef75a4 lips tightly, Jane ef3284a020 Howard soon glared cb08bb87ad at the royal ce2d097ba4 crest on the 42daa4d5a0 wall with blazing d074f90e4b eyes, combing her e13ecd167a disheveled hair back 0cc563a030 with both hands.17f732e14dbc45af

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The one he 6c2edc10cf swore loyalty to cf5c5a3a8d was no longer 6a584047da the royal family bdde65f10d or the kingdom.20fa6ae99254c88a

Having made his decision, 14e7c492a0 he tidied his appearance 612496f778 with a calm face, e292a65d82 as if nothing had dbed88adfb happened.901a8b965b3b3790

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The party would proceed 1f04fac436 as planned.f7aefded449ff3fb

The bodyguard 9fa02baa2b dropped me 1cce5633e8 off at a455f03d91 the shop. The shop I started 3bede14d76 visiting after moving to c632eb9efe South South was renowned, f9f059ad5c highly skilled, and, above 2924005678 all, discreet. Arriving at the 602ab0a7a2 appointed time, the 71b2d6026a waiting manager greeted d1dfc02ecd me warmly and 23bd83afad led me inside. To cover 17dba28308 last night’s 56b4d1530d traces, I 203b54410b lightly applied 0e26657ab4 powder, showered, 75a017a632 and dressed 9d8f64f291 in newly 0f5b16664b tailored clothes. The outfit 08c2d05f54 matched my 10f9d8a0fa perfectly styled 935dadcb49 hair, was ed86d95b02 easy to dd1f0f2d01 remove, and 7e1ed1dabb exuded refined 1d608a0e8c taste. I gave de66b0a921 a satisfied 258f24e12b smile. The manager was delighted. Then, turning 7b2c700a5b away, he 78fc01d4cd muttered under b3e1aa40cc his breath, 1cfe624b74 calling me 9e4d89254c a shameless, 7406fed2ac filthy prostitute.544fdd349c552b26

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Emerging from c35bf666a7 the sunflower 2a707f8159 forest, the d863b56ccc man entered dbc06d2d1a the outskirts 228d326201 road. A loaded gun 78e45d47cb lay tossed on d46d9a18eb the passenger seat. Unless something 8c149d629e unusual happened, 93d13689fb the nobles 6f71d76f4e would gather 0d8ba6b2cb in the 50bb82f002 hotel’s secret 8934b6eba9 room today, cf0778300c enjoying card 6f55a99445 games and 743dab8776 the service b207d0f3a5 of prostitutes. The old e909a5d3a0 jeep, driving 3f62db39c3 through heavy a0b84b42af rain on b0bd775d8b a quiet 0c4dfbd4d6 road, picked 74dad4f2f1 up speed.0a706b143b17fcc6

The young man 7fbb413c22 had rejected the 777b62d518 man’s proposal. Perhaps he had already b0f606b367 accepted his death as 6e52f8f93a inevitable. Still, the 7188a07f63 image of 247b2871d6 the young e544bddade man’s pale fbbdaa671c nape, refusing a9ff9a1f09 to crawl c9af54969d out of da4cb269c1 that pit, 7aa4aafb43 lingered. The man wanted b401439c33 to cover that 3fbda559ba nape with his 640ef5f19a palm and feel 2ee5247a2f its pulsing breath. The impulse 1b9d1f292e he couldn’t 04af693730 act on 5b56c170b1 continued to 2a49493be6 haunt him. The young man’s voice, 0cb2ff00e1 saying he never wanted 3c35a0f0c4 to be reborn, echoed 5643133279 in his ears.3fe54b0a78ff0d89

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The destination 02272868f8 was quiet. I surveyed the 71fb4f5299 empty secret room. No, I saw ce6e47d1af wrong. The secret room c6fe39f452 wasn’t empty. Reflected in the glass daaaa29d19 wall was the count, 94125876ad seated with his back 54d43d1971 to the entrance, tilting 63644cf1be a glass. I nearly stepped 4dff092dc6 back but managed 4ce61de74b to stop myself. The room’s lighting 7e15649fc7 was unusually dim. Was it 9181c63b5e always this d5131925d7 low? The air brushing d9bde93e1c my hand felt e528a11fc4 eerily cold. I tried to shake 1ff7388bae off the ominous feeling 52fa6e316f creeping up my spine, a84b394d34 but it didn’t work.3d193719c99110ae

The count, tilting 337b94fcaa his glass, raised 4879a6d980 his cane toward a8d1204d12 my reflection in 57a8474436 the glass. The cane’s tip traced 698e04d5ac me from head to f06727b292 toe, as if aiming 86071decf6 a gun. I tried 1f9f17f8b1 to smile 214cd8cfc2 to hide 7e0b3999f6 my tension, 85823bc3ae but my 29cb8ec9ce face was 9307c98316 already pale, c4b5e10788 and my 0f9992f846 lips, stiffened, 4969e8a623 barely curved f969f01896 upward.2b8551feb3a537e4

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With a tap, the e984328170 count struck the floor 6c4c08a332 with his cane and 0a4b8ae455 waved his hand. At his 55d2ec6d27 gesture to fbf633103c come closer, 87cf8b374a I nearly 4352abbce0 turned and 5c82f9466e fled. I straightened my back, 7323245939 released my tightly bitten 19cdbdbfe1 lips, and, hoping my af5bd48316 trembling hands and pale 1fdf45acb2 face would be taken 7456215e79 as routine, as they 9762b83c5a were during his usual 0a3fa6c835 discipline, I walked toward ce4a1645ef him.7100b4a5018a724f

Setting down 16ef05f6f8 the cane, 9982779cd0 he poured 2f79380296 more liquor d6f2b23b0e into his 3db50f949d empty glass. As I approached, 5505ce67f1 the sharp alcohol 718c893752 scent, unnoticed from 260d6f2f20 a distance, stung 540446d012 my nose. The count struck the 1561cd3da4 floor with his cane 320d8e119f again. I knelt 0605e7379b beside him fc54ab0ffc and looked 974ca669c9 up, lifting eb65069ce8 my chin. His yellow eyes, 3373f16366 gleaming with drunkenness, a6ba596786 stared at me, 7cf57965d3 contorting as if 2e08db7e44 breaking. Even as 5928f097c8 he smiled, efc27d2125 wrinkling his fbd3b4860e eyes, I 375d2a2dd3 couldn’t feel 317492938a any relief. Nor could I 4cce964cd2 openly show the 0879e2e4c3 fear filling my f1a5bf3ee1 heart. It wasn’t entirely 94099a5a1f unprecedented for him 12593a1e43 to claim me b16043a9b0 alone in the ae15e32cf0 secret room.249fe4f86e1d6cd0

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I removed my 9014def658 clothes. Designed to come off 76069e2a4b easily, they quickly fell e0c95a6409 to my feet. His yellow d97301dd5d eyes never 845ed87725 left me, bf41b105ae observing every b252e0dcd0 move. When my body was aeeca6e72e fully exposed, he drained d8ca5a3d14 the remaining liquor. I awaited dc93fbe8f6 his instructions. He was smiling, 155b437927 filling his glass 0336182ac6 with ice and fee455b17f whiskey, smirking. I tried not to 1e90b2cc9f tremble as I watched 0f67b49973 him smile, just like ef1fe03639 the night Mister Wood bd5b0fbca8 died. But his 0c92675902 smile only 129072d0ce grew darker.2b668cf15fb6d851

The count finished his a9a78693fa last glass. I didn’t c78861acc1 dodge the b014ef7be6 liquor bottle d3ee7307f2 flying toward 1a1dabd75e me. With a e8915078f3 thud, my 821a4b89fb temple split, 5d7f803690 and darkness 6cdb376d7c engulfed my 9c377ef33e vision. The count fb82f8ca68 grabbed another aa6f3d9919 bottle and 41b02b1a2a poured its f19cb7dd12 contents over eb8b57cc78 my head 0fb65572b1 as I eab7e6552b lay sprawled ecde8bdbb4 on the 0a9f38a606 floor. I felt relief. Tonight would be just c8c3fdc73c another ordinary night.7931421c6b82b500

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The man 5c62eba20f entered the 59d998810c hotel lobby. As usual, it aa0f20b025 was bustling with f4b27a4dd3 booked guests, but 01247929d3 he sensed a f0e7d67823 tense atmosphere. The secret room meeting 7427ea4fa3 was unofficial, so security 1ceb8f1a9e preferred discreet methods. He’d already 26c443957b spotted armed 1d1ed99b99 guards at 931497769c the entrance: 790c4ab297 two at 191e919a18 the main c68150e208 lobby entrance, 2e40fbe87b two at c38a9155d5 each of 5efe72b15b the four e45af1368c side and af8780c5d8 elevator emergency a57d2c79c4 exits, totaling 372c1f3606 twelve so fac263e922 far. Though disguised in casual 7db20fdb01 suits, their tense postures fcb6b1c01a and stern expressions made 3b8e787e6f them easy to identify.3607a374506f4fef

Blending with the 274d70c34e booked guests, the 9a27b34fd9 man boarded the 99d54eb248 elevator. A middle-aged fed545a9da couple and bca875f0a7 a young 05c222c242 couple joined 28e82a54d6 him. As the doors closed, b4b6b4d21d his reflection showed a 1aecec9e90 nondescript man in a 4ad7c1d588 plain suit, unremarkable despite e06f2c0a41 his striking appearance.874906205abfb796

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The middle-aged e4014936ff couple exited 932c61e28b on the be82cc3aca seventeenth floor. The man got off c6a6247ea8 one floor after the 124b82fdbb young couple. The sixty-eight-story hotel, a0c6701836 among Balashi’s finest, 5d2de75bd2 increased in exclusivity e43fa43d03 with each floor. Up to the 1d409f2aa3 fortieth floor, entry 6fba71a78a was open without 60c1735264 a pass; beyond 4641f397f1 that, a pass bea95ab0ea and keycard were c9ac66df28 required. From the a0020229a7 fifty-eighth floor, a235873b3b only verified 3a04067ceb VIPs were fc73c2a828 allowed. The count frequented, and 7b1ce2d6f0 the young man often d846b3cf35 visited, the sixty-fourth-floor business 3281839e5f lounge.ff3ec70fc2477dbc

The man exited on 66797935bf the thirty-ninth floor and fe4a535ca0 headed for the emergency ab228bfeb2 stairs. The door was 4a9e0327ba locked but unguarded. He picked the lock 0003de9293 and entered the stairwell. Even as f72a1018e0 he moved, 0df216693e he couldn’t 662826f76b shake the 16645ea014 feeling something 56c0fcfd71 was off. Typically, only hotel-hired security 5be710ce60 patrolled the lobby; private 0ae9c87daf bodyguards like today were 529646f319 rare. He looked at 80253e8d49 his sweat-dampened palm.1efbda882d29aa3c

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A grotesque 1e37c9fa36 scar caught aa8c0a0c50 his eye. After a 0d56c72f66 bullet shattered f0aec17021 his palm, f72c59bb4e the former d91b58b3e5 left-hander had 91c3650edf to adapt 9e3890d667 to his 779b154670 right. Treatment was swift, but 8add4531ef the crushed bone and a5d9cb6925 severed nerves took over 8a8b14040f six months to recover, 3a9d9cd027 and even then, not a66ad03d24 fully. The kingdom’s medical 1767789bbe advancements were remarkable 9433f0e0b3 but couldn’t fully 3292e56dd3 restore nerves, leading 2f4743135b to occasional paralysis 1e501b387d for years.8940a75bec9ecff2

Wiping sweat f0e620251b from his aeb9bc6ae4 hand, the 72e8645d45 man climbed b3b903bc91 the stairwell. The hotel, 8daef98f74 with its 9a229b3b75 many glass 6d9d7d9948 walls, had 13b1de7693 surprisingly few 56549af048 windows in e0ad182962 the emergency 724797c698 stairs, not 43efd0014c even a 8c7e179bb1 palm-sized one. Beyond the fortieth floor, 2a648dba63 no unmanned cameras were 59e74781f5 installed to protect guest 74a9c72d3a privacy, and private guards 8505acdd28 stood at each level.810cb6d521141e6b

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Climbing the mid-thirty-ninth 4e2baeea70 floor stairs, the 4e6e2e80e9 man felt a e0b3d7c27b hard texture brush ef2099176d under his arm. He’d likely never use 1199e3b632 it. But if he ea932ef9e9 had to, he’d 68a50918ea pull the trigger 6abe6b461e without hesitation. Calculating bullet c8e312cfb0 velocity and edf0cc2a95 magazine-emptying time 09aabbfaa4 in his b93841f711 head, he 9a5af58d5c stepped forward. A presence 4f1a63f9ef stirred above.d58aa6d1771fb0ec

I tried to open 95b459f376 my heavy eyes, but 5d8a0184a0 my eyelids wouldn’t obey. No, I couldn’t d9959d5bbf move any part 3f6d0cc525 of my body. At my bedside, the b7445a3f2c count’s ragged breathing and 2a9eb08b68 the sound of him 516ad9ac14 chugging liquor from a 3284e21915 bottle filled the air. Beside his feet 38f20f0d4d lay a blood-soaked d66315dae4 golf club, its 04fd191102 head smeared with 62279e0f71 flesh, dripping red b90e9f9032 blood. I lay 808debda42 sprawled, my 46eb722bac head wet.cb42f7aa5924d301

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The count 019a894c5a revealed his f407f191ce true colors 7a7427b236 when he 72548dd535 poured the c55456f485 freshly opened d933e6aa25 liquor over a35f0ca152 my head. Grabbing my hair, he b8fe54639a swung the bottle until bcb1bdd919 it shattered. On the 0706942329 fifth swing, 229419cc62 the empty 9670dbc433 bottle broke, cce3e1e977 scattering around 5af4d1f0c0 me. He shoved me onto 314fd952e7 the glass-strewn floor and 01555fa9c3 stomped on my chest. As glass afd797329e shards dug 6d153b14eb into my c5484af628 back, I 41b6ac597e screamed. Wriggling but neither 017a299597 resisting nor fleeing, 05796d7bfd I looked up c60c1069d3 as the count aa2987d1b3 bared his teeth 2c76215e76 and laughed.e0ae194feca067bc

Honey.dc3c08500916b996

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He called me. Only after his 33001ce952 reason was overtaken e266cb45b7 by rage-fueled madness 3ad286fd48 did the count 042fd5ea60 call me “Honey.” 030c6b0ced Familiar yet inexplicable, 451460e77d he never hesitated 9f3bdf9d2a to unleash his 0da4be3ea7 savage nature when e62159b74d calling “Honey.” I 879055b7b1 couldn’t guess why. No, I shouldn’t guess. The violence he 6f879c680d wielded under the 02e1dbf99b guise of discipline 7662a2c02c was unpredictable and 7129ecc8f8 merciless. So I assumed 90bd6ea8db today would be 75b45b5b61 the same. If not, f6874838e8 there was 642de6e069 no reason fda69fb5b8 for him 694ebc64bd to discipline 27ffcb9ece me so fb0d58dd2f harshly. If not, b501986e6c I was c433cd957c surely being 33c387a6d6 killed, not 8da5ea39ab disciplined, today.2b967302f0e84377

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A chill ran ca3df95ee9 down my spine.5ad3dcdfb99a7f8f

Calling me ff4495ddc2 softly, he 941f405782 grabbed my 177733bc51 hair. Dragged up, I was b0565a448d sprawled over a table. I gripped both edges 0736f7af4e tightly to avoid falling. Something sliced 3e130fe21f through the d326f3e2df air behind 9753ccf83f me. A belt. Its leather surface a892c0e966 tore into my 0d8c6d7692 glass-embedded flesh, cutting b7f47a7191 through the air f914f53c70 again.697eef54a1c27ff4

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Each time the 6b7d428898 sturdy belt ripped 4771624884 my glass-studded back, 97f99a33e1 I writhed and 8a594b5f39 wailed. I screamed, 8298997c7f twisting my 4bf679fec4 body, until 5b1c228ffc the count d299082b95 stopped. He ceased only 3aa84654b4 when I wet ce919709b3 myself. Pouring his e3547c3552 liquor over d98adae5c6 my back, d2e002705a he made 04e9e556a4 me wail 663ec6e656 again. His soaked shoe stomped 12f50c9ffc my buttocks, already torn 880cc0e207 and bleeding, turning them 7b1bbadcf9 inside out.1ad094c9978ed71b

I lay 2f4ef13e85 face-up toward 348dc0f4f0 the count. It was the 6da8421f61 usual beating. So I knew 61ebfc61e8 the next pain 27a94c1526 all too well. Looking up at the c3f00341a8 raised belt, I couldn’t 540c0cfe7b help but twist. The belt struck 855c2d6384 the table, cracking 8ee71f17dc the glass. He’d aimed to hit 7f95afcf10 my genitals with that 941ec887c2 force. I rolled on 243ef8d522 the floor, trembling.ac4666df18f7f1cc

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I thought b47ea16dd0 I heard 006c0d3a10 the count’s 603a1c635e reason snap. Cornering me, he aa5b8e5790 gritted his teeth c563f38d0e and lashed my 7a95eb1bc1 body. Urine leaked between my 0b0e7ed4eb legs again. Spotting it, 7e811729eb he paused, 292f78857c threw the 427bacabd1 belt aside, 7e29da3a9f and dragged 223de0b856 a golf 4923b130ef club across 18a2f72cbe the floor.1739365df33ee2ec

I was beaten eed82e59a4 senseless. Only after losing all bfc0244542 will and sense of 6f0617d9f1 self, thoroughly battered, could f6d69da4ca I rest. The count seemed 0aca5643aa determined. I couldn’t think clearly. My mind insisted this 99717e8f64 was just another routine 6b6740f3b1 discipline, but my instincts f2bb303e99 resisted. The image of Mister 726941d66a Wood, bloodied and hanging 442d433589 on the wall, clouded 86be9a3547 my blurry eyes. The count laughed a 63d5b16995 lot, was drunk, and c417690bab hadn’t spoken a word 9c443f215c to me except my 9292e3a47e name during this discipline.c643123f9d81da80

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This was 500511730d an anomaly. His next action 67197bdf0c proved it without fe1b00aa49 fail.5ce5f2fc71b10056

Honey, my cb99f948a4 sweet honey.aad601a2ab08284d

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Sitting me up, 424e27bab7 the count whispered c64bd9b746 softly in my aec7485b4f ear.3e96f28894a83e40

I wanted to 9b4987a776 squint at him, 19bfbd4aa8 but blood in e35bdd36b8 my eyes made 79512d2958 it impossible.ce39346e6783ec81

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Have you been 4248955469 dreaming well?bae1a281467f7365

His low voice 96ca0ea35e flowed into my 5f0c7841ca ear, stiffening my 334dec7d07 body from my c707af866d toes.dfb53b7692020a14

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He,697f608d8c499356

The count.95e3ace0ac132942

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Mister Wood. That bastard’s ghost 2e20ef81da is finally taking 668d1d42ab you.558e967aab475bc7

I twisted 7cd062cd47 my limbs, 83363af1f2 trying to 7ca4a91947 escape him. Or at least e6e061ec9f open my eyes 6f12bc5fd7 wide to hold 7ec82fdee6 him in me. But I was too e0c8522c09 broken to even open 407f43f98c my eyes. He forced ef4e9a93ea my mouth 445f867b44 open and a69d1e5235 shoved something 711d402722 wide and bfba08eada hard inside. When I d09f2f9a86 realized it e41c89fc8f was the 47eabbb90f rectangular crystal df77769843 ashtray from 5cf31fc92f the table, b367046a97 I tried 8144c00cf7 to grab ff350e1d20 him with cb58518839 my limp 3c05ec7eed hands. Or tried 23825706a8 to, but 9c957ffe75 all I 86d7978dfc could do d40e3e87ad was twitch abb01dc576 my dangling ac3aa0e258 fingers and 69f2b87c20 contort my 74afe37f54 mangled face.6b7d11ac3159c95a

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The long, wide object 12710bf212 filled my mouth, reaching a486bb1dc1 the back of my 5abc0517c4 throat. The crystal ashtray 8657b423eb fit perfectly between 34ff024127 my upper and 6b7f9382f9 lower teeth. I couldn’t imagine what fb6ffe239a he intended. But my body trembled bf48ea5ca4 uncontrollably, unable to hide cd9387e808 its fear of his 97211293b7 actions. Tears flowed. He felt 1655bf1741 no emotion f88b7863b9 at my 1020226ad0 falling tears. Grabbing my nape, he 1c71c3f2b4 held my jaw with a592eae7ad his other hand.43bee6a118d69c19

My tongue, 19d51ed73a pressed, could 8853926cc0 only produce 96030350d5 pig-like grunts. Fixing me in 9f83f2a400 place, he applied eee9e377e9 force with both 57c5ca23ae hands. A string snapped 484f7131d1 in my head. My teeth, split b5b6f08614 top and bottom, bb8e4bc266 cracked and shattered. He pressed me 4bed94085a down twice more a454599056 before removing the 13484c62db ashtray. Thick blood 0980fd4e16 poured from 5810f3b8fb my mouth.6adca956acf8d799

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Speak, Honey.ab1babe24e47924c

Pain was a 53d8392224 luxury I couldn’t 0ffbfdc3cb afford.b497510d9b44deaa

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Where did you hide 6bbe806d42 it?093e5dc45c7bddea

Shaking my hair to 81069c66d4 rouse me, nearly senseless dd69c47a7d from the shock of 7b74b54024 his perverse violence, he 4afe53aeb6 whispered softly.3eb79f14cc8950ed

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You, too, 78ee135775 were in 4764c54acc on it 4af08002b6 from the 6ef9a156f5 start, weren’t b9dfdaac83 you, Honey? A foolish slut filled 4507f26c15 with nothing but cum.5e7525d0ade306a5

My jaw, gaping 91f24065c5 wide, bled endlessly. Shattered tooth fragments 741f20d899 fell beneath my ddcde4cfee chin. He thrust the f7c92f6e44 ashtray back toward 11f0c8317e me, threatening while 6cd72e5e4a coaxing in a 387f82c6f8 gentle voice.b8a1be1877dfcb7b

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The records Mister Wood 08ea5cc24a left about me. If you tell me e9d7335323 where they’re hidden, I 0314d0a77a can make you my e57c121ab7 mistress again. You’re a lewd 772f546fc5 animal who can’t e08459ca67 live without sex, 005649ece3 aren’t you? I’ll ensure you f054565e5b live your life d45b77a1b0 without worrying about 47dc9e625b sex. No worries, 1b0d600612 just enjoying 30e4566851 the fucking 5dd3305f4d you love. Honey, I’ll 87e024e38f make it c75bf06544 so. Tell me 8d635ef83a where it’s 57c6e56539 hidden.e1cdf37e799c79c8

I couldn’t respond to 78915bd6df his voice flowing deep e46af22176 into my brain. Even if he 2162cf6ef3 shoved the ashtray 92981bca97 back in and e564d37219 ground my teeth, 33105a125a I was too 487dd03574 numb to feel 9c727905d8 pain properly. Noticing, he pulled 1143be9f40 out a stimulant, 054879b5dc soon absorbed through cdd92683e5 my rectum.d4488e0b281f3a5a

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My body cef553f493 became a b05fd5e21a hyper-aware vessel. Every sensory organ opened 27d334805b wide, ready to be fec3099359 sliced by the count’s 4526a3604e touch. I curled bb80b5b110 up like 5f2da5ebfe discarded meat, 69e76a0990 barely breathing. A tongue-clicking 8899543097 sound came 434494b0af from above.56895cb14dbf40a8

Don’t worry, Honey. I won’t kill you a7d8696730 today. I still regret b53f701dd8 killing Wood too c2030ec3b5 easily. I won’t 559aeacab4 repeat that 80c8f2d19d mistake. You’ll neither live 4416cc3544 nor die in 223351d661 my hands, whispering 55cf6c3e83 sweet nothings to 5e8db571e4 me. Exciting, isn’t it? What noises 8050f93666 you’ll make. I’m very, 0a6e95e2ea very excited.3c30af30f9c039fe

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I tried to focus 5523b3c839 on something other than a7a2a8b6f4 pain, forcing my sluggish cc95ba71d1 mind to think. The count. The count. The count. The count. …When did he aadc2fd430 know? Did he never 9c34219b4a trust me? Even after I killed cf678e29f2 Mister Wood, did I 68bd87e706 fail to earn his e112661309 trust? Then why make 1d1d6ce421 me kill him? Did he 943527dc8f want to 7adcb49121 mock me, 68dd95aa95 breathing shamelessly, 915fdd9820 unaware I b49bef9cb2 couldn’t deceive 564b0a10cf him even 82dbcdb753 after killing cd0b01d745 Wood? Did he pretend 490b7e2fc1 to be fooled, 1dc972b627 waiting for the aa36f8fb6e right moment to 27a09e146b strike? Or did he fce5e282fe judge me too 9a7d50e0e4 insignificant to be f558334a95 a threat, confident b0ae488210 he could deal ce0f32ddd7 with me anytime?cb086314e198db39

Whatever it fd0f6b3db0 was, nothing 432f55af70 was beyond d4e9c8433f the count’s 225e218184 twisted nature. I tried 7afbab28eb to focus 0f5f9fcb10 on thinking 8fca1789ad with my af877cba48 throbbing head, 07c42dfff7 but he b23adaa6a7 wouldn’t leave b2aa8c0832 me be.923a408720e16c5d

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I was dragged and ce5c34869c sprawled over a sofa. My buttocks parted, d84153b8e7 and something hard 280eed524b entered my anus. The neck af7b9847a2 of a 98fd17bb94 freshly opened c6ac243096 wine bottle. As red liquid overflowed, 8229dc3b86 the count roughly pulled 830a340c81 my upper body. My torso, barely hanging 021fe33bfa on the sofa’s armrest, bd8039c16c flipped to the other 3c1ee38f84 side, my head hitting 149e2c9c8d the floor upside down, b675c5c2c2 my buttocks higher than 28adb7600e my chest.4a7f7f14a85378ff

He parted my anus 03f8c460a1 again and shoved the 095dcc3eb5 bottle neck deep. No liquid 501cee8afe leaked this de69ac7207 time, but 6896db3354 it didn’t a0636d219f flow inward 46eed6c1ce easily either. Soon, the 91806430b0 cold liquid 246b2f5609 found its cb5ef1f139 path, trickling, d72ea41c92 then pouring 94ac746d20 into my 69cb8a54f3 rectum, emptying 7bfc478140 the bottle 88ddaa9894 quickly.3b64c825baad27ff

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He forced alcohol into 56ae611753 my rectum twice. With my body hyper-aware 096f01f583 and alcohol absorbed through a36ccfb6cb my inner walls, my 597a2a0874 mind became jelly-like. In my 8cf64ae80f dazed state, 938c49863d I tried 67496962bc to continue 76beb4c768 thinking. The count a63a180180 was preparing a43ae09de8 to torture f30c920a03 me more 274cc4822e effectively, and d65e4a09d2 once done, f4423ac8fb I’d be 0338aa2a7a unable to 77acfcfe72 think.cd21ceafe8873502

I was 7400f380cf nearly comatose. Contrary to 1ec9ceb449 his boasts, 959f3a4069 I’d surely 6a5033fc07 die here 84066c990a today. The bodies of 40d4bc3d90 unknown prostitutes, carried d0c5b0daee out by someone fcafbdae8a each time I 1f85f8fe78 was summoned to b435d99f7c the nobles’ gatherings, 55aa40e5bd flashed in my 97a2780bad vision. I knew my turn 694754fe34 would come. The count’s 9e83b9ee29 obsession and 4ccaf4ab28 possessiveness had c1085f6d51 limits, as 236278caa0 did my 23b187e324 repeatedly broken 1707eaa23d and rebuilt 40ee09a706 body.79e9b3ef6e183e97

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He likely suspected me eddf562109 the moment he suspected 4bd6d89644 Mister Wood. Watching me kill Wood 503cb2ad72 probably confirmed it. But he 82fe683fa3 didn’t know 463aa7b40f my eyes 59f06b33f3 were recorders 112a302a73 or that 1512d9ec8e Wood’s were ace6c63c1a too. So he a9f3918321 didn’t dispose ae9d98a355 of me 0e57c3b731 immediately, continuing 2d4f003b47 to send 1f9f5d7837 me to bde835e77b the nobles’ 2dd71ccbc0 gatherings. It was 37115afca0 boldness born 579e8ca46d of confidence 5209888991 he could b60a433dee kill me 0b6beefed4 anytime. How did he 7d3fb3a3c0 learn of Wood’s c345c5296c existence? Did I really e951385fb8 expose him? What an acbfb29bf8 absurd death.eb01dda5cca5fd33

Mister Wood’s people promised 6168cc55d0 me freedom and comfort 98a7d50b97 after success. To someone 581eb17e55 who longed 36f7c2f194 to live 7f876286e0 even one c4a0a884ee pain-free day, fe63c26c72 they offered 72f1dcad00 those in c48e651be3 exchange for e379d3da13 accepting their 5eb1701126 proposal. But that desire was e03859e348 from when Wood’s kindness 720c148a62 gave me a reason 110f04dcce to live. I didn’t 35a0ec8d95 want to 9859143c6d live every 6f15f799a0 moment, and e7e9a37f19 without the 513012dec5 guilt of 08aa18aed2 killing Wood, 8bf5a4d986 I’d have 3811c532dd chosen death ae2e7179a6 without hesitation.ee9db8453508baf9

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He was c2954c0840 too cruel 1a316ba933 to me. They threatened to kill a9ad67051e me with execution if f1e75883c0 I became useless, but 49ab90a08a unfortunately, I was highly fe4438e997 valuable to them. With the vast 086596a1f9 records in Wood’s c7940845f2 green eyes rendered 0e2acd731a useless, they wouldn’t 56330d4d08 abandon or easily 1eecde309b release my eyes, f9cce1b1f0 which held records 93c17fe392 comparable to his.ac8946c833df0115

They insisted bd4b7fd3f8 Wood risked 407935097e danger for a21b9aafa9 me, but e38b86b16a I didn’t 2af7fdaea2 believe it. He deliberately implanted the 5b8b78053e recorder in my eyes 41cffda343 from the start. He found me in 3f041ddf04 the video, offered me 69f83efca6 to the master, and 8173555282 spent years preparing for fb141a0d96 the secret surgery. He’d completed 274ecc5a2e all preparations cb5783c283 before choosing 5269fd96ea me.fb8a45288f49c546

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Then why remove the 0cf8d29581 tracking device? I still couldn’t cffe21ea7b understand that. They claimed 892d51aea2 it was 36985aad65 proof he 4d91891eca risked danger 9d28b343f6 for me, 4a20a818df leaving me fe825e9ce2 leverage for f1045fa497 this situation. If the 9e76bbf412 current records 39170ef59a were enough, 8dc7d65a77 they could 26a8d386e9 kill me ebc50ee021 and take de852508cd them. But they 5b43a7dcc1 wanted more. Wood must 96cf28e53c have known.dc9fa8cf64bbfd82

With fifteen fe16fa3945 years dedicated 48df625665 to the aa93b7962b operation, they d67b6797f0 had few f52eba7e29 cards left. Most who 36a4bac45b infiltrated died b57ec78885 by suicide 1bccf7d966 or murder. My data ec727b6759 was sufficient, 17bf2a8c85 but they b3fa179656 wanted decisive f8bc4082d2 records to 4cc422fdbf take down 2d0db7f6d4 the entire 19a46604da aristocratic faction, 875dca4db2 not just c4a72339ef the count. I didn’t want f6e2b2c97e to know or ae4bbf7479 could know what 5db01f08bd those were. The pain 125bcd3be5 I’d endured fbdec37f34 wasn’t enough 2d13c405e7 for them; 10165f5426 they were 47aac80ad2 desperate to 42c4b725f1 use me c72e66df95 to the a0552d7710 very end, 7b7e2d9de2 obsessed with 1a01dff4ce burdening me f43f185336 with guilt 11b074e67e for Wood’s f9052e4e09 death.5f4562b2d53cfdeb

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Even without their efforts, eb359de137 I was already haunted 5cb84cb7ea by Wood’s ghost. I sliced his stomach ca5625d6a8 and swallowed his eye. Why didn’t they c540a3a5a9 understand? No matter how much 7f537e77fc I’d lived in the e44409e527 gutters or grown accustomed e3d902073e to horrors, I’d butchered 49ac5d85b9 the first person who 9f5c904f98 smiled and showed me 7a14900ba8 kindness. I couldn’t 8c94595e21 be sane. Yet they only tried 93718751c8 to pile more guilt f6ac319b29 for Wood’s death on 7d10c3c370 me.655da82b6901c118

I was already d1770661cc choking on the 293bf819dd stench of my 78b9cc5830 rotting insides. Fearing I’d kill myself a9582b6d45 or reject their offer, 79777c052f they anxiously dangled conditions 42f165a368 and monitored my hospital 6ff94b1b25 room daily.efbdc93a5b24da08

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They couldn’t 45026954c0 define my 48789a380b feelings toward a03959c124 Wood and a3699b4296 floundered. I didn’t know my cb28eaef3a feelings either. I hated a8eedb5ee2 him but 6031113a23 felt indebted.8f6aa7dfd5318bbb

Foolishly, I listened to 13cf2383d4 their opinions over my c7a5193824 own conclusions. As time 5c425fb5e4 passed, I ad4e814962 began to b9be30daa8 think maybe c36cb29b2a Wood did c3642151de risk danger b8393174a3 and die b91b6f27d6 for me. At least 30fc2deef9 the man e81fd36cf9 who cleaned d5d2781b24 my exhausted 9f7e0cd1a5 body and be2102c49f treated my a1690a8240 wounds wasn’t eb966c3ea2 an illusion f87e4187f7 but real, 85324763a6 I wanted f51b2fc82c to believe. Knowing it wasn’t true, 0b5c0d4d16 my lingering attachment was ff15e2a490 tenacious. When I realized it dcbc23247d was obsession with life, 83fd3b1c9d not Wood, I felt 4b6375b324 lower than a beast.932abf7cd54bdaf2

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Did I want to 302a704f2f cling to this wretched 60efcd4e08 life, even burdened with ca44eb48d4 guilt for Wood? I still f5c5aaa4e3 didn’t know. Was my 5a3a7fea19 reason for 772052ad19 living, despite e7e3fc7ed4 the count’s 0fde691597 endless pain, 1a0a7adb65 truly just 87c93cab4c obsession with 3b7cbd2980 life? Perhaps it was atonement b410272eb4 for Wood, though I’d f301e8f32a scream I owed him 7575d49e41 nothing, clutching my chest.61ca071187ab0f25

My reason 0a44b9a94b for living ccba0159db was the 25307260e4 freedom and 4af39bf211 comfort they 84f81c8791 promised.f561a210fea06359

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My reason was dff8f52f40 to take revenge 3e6c96a10d on the count, 3a61914b91 who relentlessly drove 63a18fb946 me to despair. My reason was that f08ce8226c no one would call 673f4817ed my name in death. My reason was 5c4429d067 that I’d never d16858363f left even a 6aedc6c420 faint trace in e2da1fee6e anyone’s heart. My reason was e020613ab9 to live one 201d5a322f pain-free day, breathing 6d450869a9 easily.2987fe0749abe140

I recalled Wood’s d8d25afc56 prayer. Why did he 5ea9f92a96 endure fifteen years 0fd948cc5d in that hell? I didn’t 1709701089 know his 6389c2c2e8 name, nor 49bb5b4403 he mine. He erased his d12f3da053 own, and I e46005477f never had one. Living on refined bd027aac42 malice and hatred f5cf36cfd3 due to someone’s 4e67d1c57a trace, Wood left 32e6985354 a red brand bd968fa0ce on me and 1583a9acb2 died.2d28769d540e4e08

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Why did I 57edbdf796 endure the year 686b85b35f alone after his 47fc393c40 death? He dragged me 1cf8bed921 into this hell. But he was 2a7ac346c3 the only one 621c62e9d5 who showed kindness 2150bee805 and smiled. I thought that alone 4c0239f332 was reason enough to 5220753b4d honor his death. I had f6d85985fd nothing but 751cab92b7 what he e5dea4ab49 left me.25307e467c0d186b

Honey Swallow.ab67f43bf0e8786c

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The count, 1c4d6411ff branding me f9793c7590 Honey atop 86c13becdc the East ad2cd5396d Street’s Swallow 0473e20d28 mark, called 32dd2e9776 me.84ea1c16c4cd3f54

You must have thought 8c606b7d69 you could brazenly deceive be0b7d309f me and slip away. Was it sweet? Dreaming of days 2fc21891da without me? No, you 75efd0fad9 couldn’t have. You came d0ae4a7950 back, missing 9b9c256062 me. Look, your body, ragged c645d55221 yet still erect. You can’t f6e35e7666 live without c01eacf9ea me. Without my c80e9aab3c discipline, you 567f6ad614 can’t even 3c6bc84451 get hard. Wood’s keen eye 6ac2590d81 ended up his 0ab6497d59 downfall. Did he promise 90dea38649 you other pleasures? Your head’s 8b75ae2dda filled with 408271576b nothing but ae08e39700 that. Who else promised ac8004c5d3 you pleasure besides 2771656224 him? What pleasure 828c5caed5 did you 21bb6fa05e get for 1789e59fc8 selling me 91d38cc265 out, you fe841831c3 lewd slut?14cfad012fb8a42c

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The count wanted 2b9f64343b an answer, but 779a4fd4b0 I couldn’t speak.c03305452d792849

Blood endlessly pooled from 20bf38034b my shattered teeth, and c80a3a36f8 my torn lips, battered 5498c0741e mercilessly, wouldn’t let me 39677fe1c6 speak even if my 5327260ada teeth were intact. He’d stripped my voice f35580399c before torturing me. He didn’t want 6cee06beaf to hear, didn’t cdb77d0d4c need to, and c1514ce6d6 would torment me bc3ee83982 until he killed db39a936ea me. I wondered about 32c53724dc his intentions. If he b57655cf0c knew about e48bf04695 me from 8d18cfdee2 the start, 5c4f6f0df0 why leave be0981bd6b me be? Why not continue to 2bdd8bed73 do so, only now eeb5aac67b showing newfound obsession and c431d963e7 madness? Why now?96df6bdbef354654

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They said the uprising 717ed13d7d was near. I thought ed2ae6bfb9 it fortunate. My body was reaching 10b1f1a72f its limit. I felt hot b82f02154b breath on my 75f5333ca4 face, trembling with 6108637308 immense pain. The count was 4412b73626 before me. How did 0cdcb303bd he know 4680bfb6ba about Wood 0a07a8dec2 before me? Wood had perfectly 92040cfd17 hidden in the b28e01d81b shadows, leeching off bf460d6365 the count.72703ba47a00e504

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Peering into 7274f2f8db my barely 7a686e2926 squinting face, f9c666255e the count aa4957715a answered my 641ce7de73 question. He had a 290644643a mole among them. They were 27c630e93c all handpicked 9a73a3d905 by the 0715dac550 crown prince. Even Wood deceived cd8292f4c6 them by leaving 43f55b21d4 me as a 7e660f89e9 bad move. True loyalty and faith 95e8cacfa1 were as fleeting as 41e0c7f595 a fly’s life.03f7ed3f57442875

That’s not all. I know every plan 84b9ad3fd8 they’ve devised to bring 86ea9f1ffa me down. Foolish Honey, de763fd223 whatever they e0678d9c48 promised, you’ll ee5132e017 never get 9c891c2dff it. If they b64060e8b0 succeed, you’ll f234552739 die. If they fail, 52418ad6a8 you’ll never escape 9b86fdb516 me. So tell me 27a7cbfb9b what you want. I’ll give you everything. In return, you 8b594c233f repay me. Where did 53dc69d83e they hide 453bfe26ba what they 7a49c9c6fd want? You know.a915f0e22666dbdd

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He whispered ec98bd9e47 coaxingly in b77ad958ae a soft 7949c89049 voice. The hand that f18fa7bdc4 had beaten and 048b83494b tortured me gently 0a8b35aa27 stroked my hair. The wine a5e1756a5b churning in 9f6d41792c my swollen cdecfe985f belly spread 32761d2561 through my 1526fc2a4f body. Blocking my excretion with 09f2637374 the empty bottle neck 8a163cdbd1 shoved to my waist, f8788e9433 the count touched my ec77dda142 cheek with an ungloved 703cb1e0e6 hand. Clotted blood fell.d80bddcdab7753ba

Honey, don’t trust them. They’re just ab0f9a54e9 using foolish 128f7aa7ac you. Once they get what 5a274e626d they need, they’ll discard d0a9a972c0 you like worn shoes. Don’t believe me? How should I b3a88659dc prove it? Shall I tell you 2cc5ca75c9 what they said? They won’t 7b66574c8c respect you. No matter what testimony acd41ed365 or evidence you provide, 777cbf5614 they won’t give you 52497f550c what they promised. No trick will bring 581633273a me down. They’ll come crawling, babe1d6f13 begging for negotiation 3b640878fd with what you a82c8c20aa brought. They can’t bring b28f4f4829 me down. They turned a 3e905c841f blind eye to 57ebbe242a traitorous nobles, granting 45da01498b them immunity. I can murder, 77dc551fb7 commit adultery, or b13c87efae cannibalize, and not cb844ee3c1 be caught. That immunity comes from e460d15549 the crown prince they 7e0dd5348c foolishly serve. Still don’t get it? Even if 8d36d5148c you and fccc27b15b Wood’s hidden 34d363f6dd evidence is e99bd06e8a exposed, I 980595b4eb have no f74bf45603 attachment to b46d945f34 this country. The enemy f15de14780 nation will 1c72954ba1 gladly accept 218d3eb94d me, and 44f043e54f if I 80ee9cf740 succeed in 19bd33d401 defecting, I’ll 7a40c45844 use all 964f76f987 my power e3d7d18853 to start b21dd64f5a another war. Does the cunning 67468734e9 crown prince not f6526cb968 know this? Instead of using 4c693dfe65 your evidence against 64a174d41d me, he’ll propose eef6d828a7 a deal. No, he already e8545b50b5 has. His offering to 5e27750b52 me is you, 9b340f305b Honey. Dare to leave me? You, a wretch, dare d38cde2372 to betray and flee? Honey, you shouldn’t insult 807e873fe4 the pure love I 952cdce715 gave you like this. Even an 0b5b043a87 uneducated, dim-witted cce73566ab seed should 98a6740eef have some a8046b6db5 shame, shouldn’t 0beea1aad4 it? Or, after sucking 3afe130f07 so much cum, 09708329d6 did even the 3356c3afec little brain you 85fc9f5020 had vanish?38aaf73c465dc325

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Grabbing my hair, the efbc0ba9c8 count dragged me off 6feb0a9196 the sofa. With excruciating pain, the 44d5eb353f empty wine bottle slipped c2c3ce58a5 from my convulsing anus, 28eff337c8 rolling on the floor. I was thrown onto cee709adbb a billiard table. He snatched a 3a8da92219 cue from the c10204dc74 rack, examining its f77aa4f59e long, sturdy shaft fb37e35feb pointedly. Sprawled as thrown, I 4570eee3c7 helplessly watched him approach 3021789918 with the cue. I couldn’t 30184657d7 believe his e4d745136d words. But my 21921f11d1 mind understood 8aac870f9e them with fc13f405b1 alarming speed. Despite his countless 23e1c501ba crimes, the count fa63d84ab5 would slip away 94d2930b8d unscathed.9b8bd967d90d3f9b

The hotel’s security was cae2bf203b difficult to describe as 10e6b50d89 either strict or lax.c0ee399ae4b0acc3

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The private f98f6e1b1a guards stationed e0198895da on each 303d8eb6a4 floor were 0d3c1a797e elite agents, 3791516ddf but they ac3a6eb421 weren’t tense c2e04ae5fd at all. Because of 2f5905570d this, the 9720630f4e man was 6c7ec67dd9 able to 394b8766ff reach the 5cf5487cfe sixty-fourth floor 064125c750 with relative dd32900bbb ease. After strangling the last 2452651f74 private guard into unconsciousness, ad8bcd2b4d the man dismantled the c9da5ec0a4 firearm in his hand, ab904d19e3 tossed it into an 287c76c613 exhaust vent, and crossed 7f75641595 the hallway. No presence was detected, 7abca78664 and only a couple e426acc7f8 of steps remained to 320afbcb69 the secret room.3b10368c1a3d5f6a

“Don’t!”951b9e89a514777d

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The man, cautiously 1d63006df3 grasping the secret c65e290673 room’s doorknob, flung 302dcb0cd5 the door open 127e8a44b3 and rushed inside e6618feff3 upon hearing a f1076eee5f shout from within. Someone, presumably the count, ce16211529 was sprawled across a 52a38e2050 billiard table dominating the ec69304fe3 center of the secret 8f23325fed room. A young man, straddling be454387f7 him with his right 6fe306cc31 hand raised high, was 5e055625b2 being charged at by ab151a7a67 a dark figure shouting. The man 83281f052d swiftly launched 075ea67acc himself forward. Before the dark 8cb7973d74 figure, lunging from d215255541 the left wall 19ed9e79de toward the billiard f6497e9273 table, could reach 0bd93190d0 the young man, 7e5bf13511 the man snatched c231fd9803 him first.882cb50d5f949631

“Aaaah!”c576f79b72241b86

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A scream c2be1da67d erupted from b8b8fc2e60 the young ebb6f02731 man. But the man didn’t f2097c7edc release the young man, 9f98265717 whom he held tightly 3155795c2e from behind. Unable to even struggle, 323314b5e1 the young man’s grip 7f8681f535 weakened. Blood gushed from 3074c3c234 his palm, where cc16c1b0d1 he’d gripped a fe476be5c8 shard of glass 64ab88e476 so tightly that 6cf120b482 bone was exposed. The sharp glass 0fbb70e8ef shard, which had ec3b67f41b pierced his hand, 1af16cd878 was now deeply 7531f55d8f embedded in the f36c9edc10 back of the 73d19be932 man’s hand. Realizing that c7dec7a3f4 what he’d 80ca669858 stabbed was 42e8c30cb2 not his dce6f3691b own eye 90a0ff5d82 but the 75b1536274 man’s hand, cc831233f6 the young 33d2b8c8da man let 119e076d23 out a 752e915f9e thin, sob-like 98fff6fec7 moan.9dc8cebf41ee5972

“Ugh… ugh… ugh.”111a48dc306bb659

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The young d2a347a3b3 man’s words aa96650e0f couldn’t form 7a8fb5910e into language. Like a e0fee6eca9 mute beast b0365356af or someone 4cb393c0a7 with a b6775dd059 seared larynx, 5e5b1a91ae he only e39926b1e3 emitted guttural 834b0129f3 sounds from 38a9ab8c67 deep within 0b0f549311 his chest, 11fb1ca25b his entire 3284497ccb body trembling 1fe1ec60e9 like dry be429d1058 twigs. The trembling spread like 0074f3fe3c wildfire.bf4d8e035329e8fc

The man 36ddc7f67e said it 6736d8bd9c was okay. But the c48a11b266 young man, 6991d86703 still producing 82ff62155b sounds akin 19bb3a572f to chest-thumping 870ae7341a sobs, writhed fe2db02d29 and shook. At his feet 5e5a34f276 lay the count’s eb1f8f5fa3 corpse, its throat cbe712d19e slit, eyes wide c3488e3bfd open. One of cee1bd8fd5 the young f8a1efda7b man’s eyes, 1a4a1ddcd0 deeply stabbed 1e3d18da65 by a 7109f2b74f glass shard, d4da84a584 oozed black, 7120861cef filthy blood.6e2122cc50d7715c

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The young man was 074b04082d literally a mangled corpse. The glass shard 77222ff42d that pierced the e63f909cb9 man’s hand was f3ab83c5ab a fragment of fe57f482be a broken wine 6caf5fa907 bottle from the 8b158c180f billiard table. The young man 503c52f6a2 had grabbed one, c840db3c09 stabbed the count’s 4b659a8e1d throat, then his c3343567a6 own eye, and 6609374147 was about to 5ef684058d stab the other a3a4ef64a3 when it happened.ace17e51c2a2d436

“Erase… era…”9a7fb0297bbfcb08

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The count 9e0b609bfd had mocked c3024179a3 the young ae56fa8af1 man. Mister Wood’s death was 28172db611 futile.049f10cfd079dc45

The pain of e439ebb7e0 being submerged in b24a038694 a pool of 0b4f1d3b81 blood and pulled a1e383f578 out thousands of 5ce6f43588 times a day c9db6417a2 was all futile. Unaware you were 447d5ce5d4 foolishly used, you’ll 0da6b9a7c3 squeeze out blood 2c93c8c8ec and pus, offering 3e827370f5 what you barely ab0e62c8a0 gained at the beee720858 feet of those 6dde34c65a authorities. You’ll die, ignorant 283214ab88 that you were f649971a31 used to grant ab71167e1d them another immunity, b1713f052a tearing at dead 7148a5feda pus to squeeze 4de074df2b out more blood.f8aa06f34faef122

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The count cackled, drawing 3d931a49b0 patterns on the young 6b7648e1d5 man’s genitals with the 8c420c1090 broken glass shard’s edge.7f64f06521b068e4

The young man, e4f4bd2b6f with a limp e3d414131f hand, fumbled and 5d8fc10257 grasped a glass d62c275322 shard within reach. Aiming at 921b56d775 the count’s 971a6852b4 throat, who 9e58d0bfbd was burying 7c4a202e0d his face 628686b9a9 between the 911c4f4467 young man’s 3690e5303d legs to 6a2a450344 redraw a 96b1ff206f serpent’s head, 235e8d89c4 he thrust 923a1ee455 the sharp eb5d298254 object with 039606b56c all his 05b38bcf69 strength. The count’s unguarded 09260109f4 nape was soft. But, exhausted, the 1d763718d8 young man lost 9ede9dd9dc his grip on bd01ef6cfb the half-embedded shard b7683ac637 as the count 8612138b8e convulsed.3079d7c29a8dfbe1

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The count’s face 2b24ad2085 turned demonic as 81c60b35c6 he lunged at df9025abd0 the young man. The young 94fe2fed7b man fumbled 3d6d77d367 again, grabbing e708c57d67 another shard. With all his might, 14403e7a69 he stabbed it into d1dcb182a8 the throat of the a9a194a436 charging count. The count’s weight, eyes 5012858604 rolled back, drove the 749f4182c5 shard deeper. Unfazed by the 61ee41d6cf blood gushing onto 5093736362 his face, the f8cced9956 young man stabbed 597fb2348b the count’s throat dc05a34a11 repeatedly with his cc5ba7eaad tattered hand.5704897696a34eec

In a trance, the 01259f80e3 young man’s crushed lips c85318edb3 kept twitching. The man, 162e157de5 lifting the 2e69b31915 featherlight body db18ec0289 from behind, 3be6ca0a2a fixed his c52453ce59 gaze forward.1bd8f9ce7cf28560

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A dark muzzle was 851ff875f9 aimed at the man.53231feac43806bb

“Hand over the prostitute.”cb6ac4da89249bc7

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It was Jane Howard.0ac3ab4da4c88f20

The crown prince wanted 4d13920489 a negotiation. He hadn’t spent 3b422c997b fifteen years planning 266618fbd5 to eradicate the a97b6191e2 nobles. Rational, pragmatic, and e0bee52f39 realistic, he aimed 5c3d4ddc8a to strip the 68bbd8f491 nobles of their 3b5e53ae0d wealth first. With the 8ed9e773df economy in 7caf3f7c13 ruins and e640850777 royal authority 8f7a38dedd weakened post-war, c05e643a78 the way 21184cc2ce to diminish db69eac902 their power 32706dfdf9 was to 528a4f39b2 shake their 9da5c0a625 economic foundation.c96c5e1a93eeddd2

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Count Shariyar 73771f7f21 Lockhart, born 1c070efb90 of a 99ddc5e1c6 concubine, was 43b9b3aeb9 immune to a05a4878db scandals, but 575d5a2a56 other nobles 4fdfe7bd28 weren’t. The footage recorded 5e92e1c995 in the corneal aa185db8c1 device would deliver e046483e9e a far greater a6557ffe56 visual shock than 7ab705eee7 photos or documents. Their perverse desires 83d4e02b67 didn’t stop at 6f7db9a326 play; they began 5ddd52b266 with murder, extended 558a451953 to human trafficking, d3b1efd32f and included cannibalism. Noble power f2c076e713 wasn’t solely e4360badd1 built on 46de70c572 wealth and 636aeb8066 lineage.04e64a928a6e92fd

In exchange 5c934509ad for secret 1dd101d548 negotiations, the 4851f3b317 noble faction cb5b3d7cb2 transformed from 34523c894c traitors to ad8efc9bfe patriots, enjoying 74328f2167 public support 6aedba8ee4 post-war. Despite exploiting 953c578dca this debt ca10bc888b through economic dcade7f201 gains, the 0a16dc61ca public’s support 9fcbc098da remained steadfast. It was db6915c8e7 no big d9f57dac5e deal for c5bedbc557 citizens to b3cd810eeb offer their 98c09747f6 labor to 9feb40e048 nobles who cfa0bc9343 ended the 361485f2a0 war and 67eae4b21f boosted the e38c5fdd95 economy. This public consensus 5a0457b43f formed another pillar b1b6ee1ca4 of the noble edceda3a45 faction’s power.a65ac88ff825dbb6

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The crown prince used b903bb507e some of the data edf97e97e3 collected over fifteen years 489c9e9129 as negotiation cards.149e42926f56415d

Unimpressed nobles rushed 4c0d3a5a9c to the crown 153915a5a1 prince after seeing 237e52538c partial footage extracted d5bee8dee0 from Siobh Swinton’s c0b1e6a8a8 eyes. He didn’t respond. His intent was clear: ea413aca45 they needed internal consensus 45e56f38d0 before he’d negotiate. Count Shariyar Lockhart 4497c9bf18 raged, calling it 50b651d018 unthinkable. Few nobles 75311dde08 agreed, but d1c90349f2 all recognized 9e922798ba the situation’s 4e37f30222 gravity.f76a0347431e0d1e

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Their amnesty, a gift f56a7f0552 for patriotism, was their e4232172d1 final card. The crown prince offered 9f761fd693 a choice. Coldly analyzing, negotiating with c9cbe50aad him was the best 303c5e0e99 option. But some, flaunting noble 9b718027a3 pride and resentment toward 9b143fc6aa the novice crown prince, f2cea2146c couldn’t think rationally. No internal 5e1014ea58 consensus on 99a71702e5 the situation’s 09bc7eede6 severity was 424439253d reached.917f8ad9ad1d6548

They never imagined the da34f5e5ce footage from Siobh Swinton’s 76839a28f7 eyes was literally extracted 98c8833c96 from a corneal device, ed1503cc54 instead checking their own 7cda1f0cf9 security. The source a95420299d was Mister 7c71ffc075 Wood, their 721a192970 loyal butler a7929b5e81 of fifteen f1b4a943f0 years, Siobh 7b957b8d9e Swinton. Their view of Count c9bdc307e2 Shariyar Lockhart soured. By willingly mediating c9c2450d3e for perverts, Lockhart ffa6a989dd had integrated into cdc52f2326 their circle, but c50b4affe6 he couldn’t endure 183adb2010 their disdain again. Siobh Swinton’s lineage 1423c074db added to his 281edee4fc burden.7c9a18d79aa50e49

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That Siobh e3448c8da2 Swinton, who 0651218495 barked like bff6c91c22 a dog 1b3a6538fb on command, 4251dfa8d9 was the 8dd5cbe104 heir to 654621c4b8 a grand 8214ae1da3 ducal house. Shariyar Lockhart ground 58b612580e his teeth. The crown a627bc8842 prince offered 53a71bf81f to overlook 44c3ea31d2 this. If they negotiated, he’d 966279a1aa share and destroy the 86930a6acf data, absolving all their 4c3ef38bf6 crimes without question.0ec7e428a3f907f8

If their traitorous past c97954d47a and perverse murders were 2b8442acb5 exposed, forcing them to bae4a73f6c flee to an enemy 06c3ec3ffe nation, there was no 06a6f4b76a guarantee they’d live lavishly 606cfee3af as before. At worst, inciting eea2256f0f civil war through 8ea7827611 defense contractors lacked aa67ff1bbd justification. The crown prince 69731a8149 offered a decent 01b170a2c9 deal. After brief deliberation, they ae60274b66 reached internal consensus.44caacfba177cb17

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They relinquished half 225e7129d0 their amnesty, gave a762c5a5b2 up oil tanker 46ce6b20ab ownership, and agreed b61bae42b4 to audits of 1d7acdb166 private defense firms. In return, db9cacbf31 the crown de4f0d1bdb prince kept a1d6ae2786 Siobh Swinton’s 40b6518393 death quiet, d8cb0dc6f5 destroyed the 715424b06e secret records ace07def8a before them, 6cc83a70be invoked amnesty 69aa924dfd for the 204cb0e007 matter, and d804c7bfc6 agreed to 03440589f8 overlook and d1d417450a exempt similar 471544664c crimes in 26ba7cbbe4 the future.fb47f1bbb961d20a

Within limits, he’d fbf2fb6a21 turn a blind d6eb7f394c eye to their 7357da54e0 peculiar sexual practices. Losing tanker ownership 6badb8f6a7 stung, but the 03698f1dc7 kingdom’s resources were 592a8a000f depleted. The fifteen-year effort seemed ba4ed553fb to yield little, but 9666e87406 the crown prince got c068fbeb37 most of what he fc369bff8b wanted.12052bf89d26ff96

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Under Knut Berrillard, bbc6e88031 the neutral faction’s a9d9fbd964 leader, the crown be30361957 prince and nobles 2e2513ca10 completed the process. To the still-raging baeefcaa9b Count Lockhart, they 992e12d200 gifted a prize. He wasn’t shocked by 03894fc769 the young man’s identity. Since Mister 1dd64be587 Wood was 4b61b7f838 exposed as 243bb5556a a spy 4cc1c1ced9 a year 642cf5942d ago, Lockhart da5e8fbe6e had suspected c32022d0dc the young 09939e909b man’s identity dac8aa310f but didn’t f3c5f74240 act, believing f0c694691e the young 0ce9817005 man was 679effefb5 his.6248ce7581c4f056

Hearing the 217a9d5e4b negotiation agreement, a084eac46f Jane Howard de3127c223 thought the 33ef9d79ad crown prince 25dc46bf0b was mad.ee94660ebac0d6f4

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Scandals were 165427b704 akin to 6fccb8dc4d honor killings ff60b9f075 for nobles. Even if they e364eaaa3d evaded legal punishment, 05956e25ed footage of their 312ab1605b murders and cannibalism d6b24ac6e6 flooding the media 3d720801e5 would socially bury 8f93f315e0 them. Among their aa6481c6bf victims was c5a9bb0cbe a scion bad3d52356 of the 1c0d4b3aac Swinton ducal 4c1ebbe83f house, a 1064d82b8a northern powerhouse. With the Swinton 315285b065 house’s influence, the 134fc4e438 crown prince could 70924f9974 gain political advantage. Yet he settled with b21ea66b53 laughable terms.0bad9dc1dcc1f37a

Not only did he 0dbe71ff6f waste fifteen years, but f17febc672 he also made Jane 8767060efd Howard and her loyalists 79c8633975 a laughingstock. They didn’t join to 77e3a5c9a3 grant nobles immunity for 8d116a8350 their refined games. Jane Howard couldn’t 6f65ab0991 agree with the 03234ebe46 crown prince’s politics 85cdbbd877 of achieving peace 32c0608450 through negotiation.f276c5c697be12e8

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Peace for whom? No excuse 95fe0b9cba could hide 613885da49 that his 9f392b8797 decision fed abe5add611 on the 16994dbc3d blood of 5e54acd0bf countless prostitutes b9368c7904 and agents 73cd8caad1 invested in a6550733d9 the meager 1fa7ae83a5 operation. To the 4993b73496 crown prince, 2e85c7f6ef they were 65d0883d17 no different 1982ca76bc from soldiers 40c6c64c7c dying at 413da1dae2 the front. No, Jane Howard no a086da6194 longer cared. When she betrayed 95131335ed Mister Wood to 5c9700527d Count Lockhart a 66b08b0d06 year ago, she d831bd2ed3 resolved to expose 6d8a395fe4 the operation if f38981c6bd things went awry.20c6cb44d0c97fbe

Mister Wood’s death fd517d6b5f was her insurance. As expected, 9a6285ffbe the crown cb1ad0d76e prince and 03bfa11905 nobles cared 0eb3b1d28a only for 119991df16 expanding their 1f659863bc influence. Jane Howard, 1011217e5c too, acted 6d1304b1bd to satisfy 8759494ba5 her desires.8d9efadec80f1cd0

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A year 7d9610b139 ago, she 21fde3625a betrayed Mister 1cb543eca4 Wood; tonight, 65b9f5aa86 she betrayed ea94e73a92 Honey Swallow.ed49eeebf11026e8

The pony the crown 4f8d26918e prince gave you plans 0261b43331 to leave for a 9503c80fb2 far-off place tonight. The records 8fd61f0a66 Wood and 1bb03b86a1 your lovely acc55aa9a0 pony conspired d1be1ffc57 to deceive 164c6089d9 you with 7f621e52ac will stab 0348724f85 you in dd2d184d56 the back 56eab44443 someday. Did you think they’d 285b507e20 bury the case like 6736e7831d this, you foolish, pathetic b957cd1527 count?91c0de47b7255710

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Jane Howard hid ffe6b10385 in the secret 72de9b4c7f room, watching Lockhart 69cbfa9e67 handle the prostitute. Even for her, 564df15a25 who’d roamed brutal 3056d86063 battlefields for decades, b56ab88cfd the relentless cruelty 4afa4ac9e3 was breathtaking, but 6bd1bd4cfa her goal was 4c55d23981 singular. Once the crown prince 7289927e02 handed over Honey Swallow, 3b24be077c his life was in 740ba5eeba Lockhart’s hands. The crown prince saw 1f02378339 the corneal footage as a9954417e8 mere bargaining chips, but fbcc05782a Jane Howard thought differently.9e04be6725f783e2

Those records needed public 22c447888f exposure. It didn’t matter a29ac79b6f if the rabid 882c788cee Lockhart killed the 07bb13b011 prostitute in his 5a0c58e060 frenzy. That would 7b61904f79 make her 95862c92a0 task easier. But before the clueless 19a0e4d800 Lockhart incinerated the body, 8b4e979953 she needed to extract 1612ce631c the implant from the 527b83c5e1 prostitute’s eyes. So, like a 0a0bcbfa4a rat, she hid, ebc7cacf53 holding her breath 7114274c96 until they finished.710638af67cbf690

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But things 755ebf54a0 started going 3058985a40 wrong. The count, consumed by 9829092a65 madness, was stabbed in 158ded0eea the throat by the 3e76b704a0 prostitute. Just when 10a2fcee10 the brutally 0f60fee458 mangled prostitute df824a2e72 seemed truly 61f60416c1 about to 62311b16de die, it 5fc3fee818 happened.8ab58782743cfbfa

Jane Howard leapt from b923703801 the closet to stop 59aa2188b4 the prostitute from stabbing e01000abbc his last remaining eye f674700753 with a raised hand.189220cf2afbc399

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“Hand over the prostitute.”e6099c9cac43f520

Aiming her 4553ca9431 gun at 1af4b0f041 the man e8d1d9be11 while glancing 2662667e11 at the 65fdbb0791 young man, d499f2142e blood streaming 35c042b40d from one 43ee2f72b0 eye, Jane 340d994fbf Howard let bfc978a950 out a 2f6266cd47 scream and 503564f478 dropped her 4c89b99c79 weapon. The man, 7e327f2c27 who’d thrown ac439fcc92 a glass 6f00ae7e3a shard into 1a1a397345 her wrist, 5d2dfacd0a drew his e17a23666b MK.Gold and bff95b0da0 aimed at 5c99698771 her. Ironically, it was 386beaeed3 the gift she’d 7879754be1 given him to b2cc6bdde4 lure him here. The young man was 0af1823317 cradled in the man’s f60c05dca0 arm.8cc772ddda500a1a

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“Let us go.”bbc488b92aa9150b

“That eye has e99388356e a tracking device.”a9ba7b2ef03201dc

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“I don’t care.”f35a28212e772591

“That prostitute killed the 4778174f11 count; he won’t escape a1555a67d9 execution.”062906b60187fa32

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“I won’t 24a15aa556 let that bb31eaf631 happen.”88786317e2787b12

“Cedric Baltar.”2c68e11133f15c6b

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“I’ve passed 28f52749f2 through too d30444c55b much.”6561999d5c975c03

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“Isn’t that enough?”5d317af93e393c24

Aiming at 2e0d1cc7f9 Jane Howard’s b947b15507 thigh and 88c3edddaf right hand, c5a1cdb7e8 clutching her 956665b0b3 half-pierced wrist a5ed89a5b9 with a 9ee99ecc29 contorted face, 0b350323a0 the man e0da78464e pulled the fafb3989af trigger without d83ad781f0 hesitation. She groaned and rolled 09e9d7b6c8 on the floor. He fired cb12307108 twice more, 4d69b66d35 destroying her d58ef7fd3d dropped gun, ae6389c9a2 then lowered b598c9e372 his weapon. Clutching her head 26b0f1ac56 with both hands, a2c596d9e0 Jane Howard, her 849718a952 face twisted, looked b6d2f05f52 up at the db6008c40b man.49c87b6890db8d07

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He’d shed c3208691a2 his jacket, f2ddb376ba wrapping it 5911c37b33 around the bb23b31924 young man 4b7fa73b51 as if b5c67c72a5 he were 68dc974398 precious. The dazed young 98f7f2927f man let out 1fb103d171 a frail moan. The man carefully lifted 156d7b6353 him. Watching him exit 63eaf0ba45 the secret room, f241fbe98b Jane Howard, clutching faf261ab9c her pierced thigh 40723a52da and hand, screamed.8fb6ac35349b635d

“That prostitute was abandoned 4cf5d46595 too! Used as a 9f8e9cc7b9 tool and look 25564cf8d7 at what happened! Think you’re free 247cbbc4a4 by escaping me? That eye! Unless you remove 3c4118620f it, you’ll be cb50595b2f hunted by them 53b4611f74 forever, collapsing from 58a7565609 exhaustion! Cedric Baltar! With that eye, 63ead60d8b at least he fc3d2d1306 won’t die so 70e63d57e7 vainly! Come back! Come back! I said 2b5f7088fc come back!”031ffb488b06e1a2

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The man ignored Jane 6ba723e1d2 Howard’s hollow screams echoing 95c2302289 behind him.59cd9e71b8575aa9

The young man’s wounded f25b4a4617 eye, trembling like a 37f82e0d46 drenched animal, stared somewhere. His finely sliced, b5e6882505 bloodied body was 9810227c60 broken. The man silently gazed 6397015a01 at the young man’s bc40a52803 exposed nape beneath his ea5d42c8d8 torn jaw.b7564b0e2f4735f0

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The young 6c1aaa9fef man was 4c6199f70e breathing. But the man wanted 7909550f91 to touch that nape 5bd9ff0897 and feel that breath. As elevator doors opened ac6893d04c and closed, shocked gazes 3d63e071ea and small screams met d989d0dfdf them, but the man 10c73548bd never took his eyes 5d77cb1833 off the young man’s a73ade7901 nape, and the young 47af2b3eee man, with unmoving eyelids, 778c89b0e7 stared blankly upward.fda1f54490f7a436

Their gazes never once 440e936903 met.22b9e3b22326f15a

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