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brushed against a thin, crisp fold of paper. I pulled it out. It was a
I smoothed it out on
handbag. The price was listed in stark, black ink-a figur
nd retreated into the da
, concealing myself in the
ll in sheets against
rkness as a massive, armored
and the driver's
as K
moved with the fluid, po
passenger
n stepped out
-ranking Beta female
out and drew her into the small, dry circle
strong arm ar
her head up and pressed h
balled in
spirit is fierc
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lf did nothing. He
now? the voice of my futu
swer. I coul
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from the window and s
de, shaking the w
his Alpha aura, attempting a pos
s words slightly slurred.
king a great show of strugglin
maintain the image of a
self to wal
e against the physical
him, to seek the soul's pe
ind was
d grabbed his ar
the electric current, the spark th
, it felt l
p you," I s
a sloppy, man
cket pocket and pulled out a
ersary," he said, holding
closer, the
senses, and the scent of a
rain and his natural pine sce
ent, sweet fl
stakable claim that had been pressed into his ve
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