wallowed her frame, hiding a stomach that was still perfectly flat. She kept her head do
ded to get t
ois
ped and stumbled back, Her arms instinctively cro
mate was grinning, ho
the cave!" Isla laughed. "I
n to her sides, her heart
rary," Eloisa lied. Her vo
king. Kurtis Branch has a mass
football team. He had been aggressively pursuing her for three mo
't care, a roar of cheers erupted from
a loo
ded by a dozen massive, metallic red heart balloons. Above his head,
read: ELOIS
ready formed a circle. They had their pho
om a frat brother. He was wearing a custom t-shirt with a pictur
oser, the sm
heap body spray. It smelled like synth
a physical switch i
loded. Her stomach violently contracted. The col
ght in front of her. He flash
the first seco
shing in her ears. She slapped both hands over her mouth. She t
r her mouth. His smile grew wider. He thought she
es!" the crowd
ed. She couldn't ho
the grass. Eloisa sprinted three steps to a nearbyher body shaking w
o a dead, horrifying silence. The only sound was the wet
from bright red to a furious, dark purple. H
Kurtis yelled. He threw the bouquet of r
med away, pushing
led through the students. The
in her vision. She wiped her mouth with the back of her tr
hesitant ste
k hand. "Don't. Just
another word, a massiv
t to the curb. There were no license plates on the front. The
door clic
silver, and he wore crisp white cotton gloves. Two massive men in identical black s
ook at the vomit. He did not look at the crowd. He st
smooth, flat, and completely devoid of
nausea was instantly replaced
she asked, taki
ket and pulled out a heavy, cream-c
ly one word printed in embos
kin
was a pho
he man said. He gestured toward the open
request. It w
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