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k door. One of them lunged forward and grabbed Bedfo

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e wide open, as if he had lost his mind. He reached for his waist, pulled out a black pistol, and presse

h his breath before rushing straight

stunned and unable to move. Bedford Parks. That silicon-based monster. Cold-blooded, r

tly cradled her uncons

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at and wrapped it tightly around h

inding beam of light wa

ay. He pounced on her, his broad shoulders be

s back. He groaned and fell forward, but his arm

shed from the corner of his mouth, dripping onto her hair. He gritted his teeth, using a

scream, then bent down, stretched out he

h his broad, trembling shoulders. She graspe

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barely move them; a faint b

ove

his chest grew weaker and weaker, and his l

s more unbearable than the chains binding her; it felt as if a boulder was pressing down on

walls stretched out like elongated toffee. An invisible, immense

before her eyes, and the warehouse and

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ngs. Her chest heaved as she gasped fo

leather was only inches from her face. The cold air blowing from the air con

smooth, pale,

apped in a cage. Her hands gripped the leat