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my coat, burying his tear-st

deserve it. Punish m

echoed off the meta

her arrival in the doorway. A sharp gasp tore fr

tween us, pushing his trembling fr

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palms out, treating m

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uck me with p

he sacred code of ho

blood spilled to pay for th

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had tried so hard to

time Julian had crossed into my territory, every ar

ged f

knotted my hand in the bac

hed scream as I pulled

until the occipital bone met the vault's ste

of his nose shattering f

ed across the

terror, her hands

zo, let

her franti

is knees, I planted the heel

rciless pressure until

snarled, my voice a dark, gravelly

completely de

ls into my wrist, prying my

nzo," she breathed, her voice

orce, her chest heaving as she stood

dark, hollow laugh rumble

e and snatched a large, jagged shard of the broken emerald from the floor. Before Lucia could regain her balanc

a permanent, brutal mark o

etic heap, clutching his rui

a hand over her mouth, her eyes

bloody piece of emerald

Lucia," I stated, my

om my pocket, I meticulously wipe

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