The Mute Bride's Secret Revenge Gamble

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ed. Security

metrically locked to the man in th

scree slope. Her legs burned. The adrenaline from the jump

ut through the bu

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ndful of loose dirt. When the boots crunched

his eyes. Alys swept his

. She drove it into his neck and pulled the trigger. The

but a sharp sting hi

ew to the s

eways for Alys. Her

. She looked impeccable, not a hair out

the dramatic one,

shed up to me

the smell of hai

es estate. She knew the cracks in t

l," a woma

round her, pulling at her limbs like she was a ma

ng the old cigarette burns on her shoulder-s

om the shadows. "Thick foundation.

g. She didn't speak. She let her eyes go

Elena said, walking into the light, "po

hand drifted to her mouth. S

r only link to the outside world, to Zero. She palmed it and pretended to scratch her ear, slip

dy," the s

's chin, forcing h

r your trust fund to us. And then, you are going to disappear i

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door locked wi

ered the bruises, but it couldn't hide her ey

n in the canyon. The way

af G

use. A broken man. But that helicopter crash was fresh. The world didn't k

n't pa

he cold glass

r you, husband