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sed to her swelling cheek. "You're ins
I kept walking toward her, closing the distan
fear crossed her face, a dawning realiz
clutch purse. "You're lucky I'm so forgiving," she said, her voice t
e laced with a heavy sedative. The f
ze drifting past her to where Todd Shaw was now emerging from the shadows. He was a
?" Todd asked, rubbing h
confidence returned. "Drink it, El
sniff, my expression one of pure innocence
s buckling as if in fear. The fla
inking my bravado had finally c
reaching for the fla
e opening
um against her. As she stumbled past me, I brought my elbow
sp, her body going limp
one arm locking around her throat from behind,
open, completely stunned by
into Paige's ear, my voice a soft care
ask, pouring the entire contents of
of iron. She choked and gagged, but I did
her limbs already going slack. Her eyes glazed
, snapping out of his shock. He
epped his clumsy attack, l
ner of the terrace, tucked behind a large potte
t. It was heavier than I expected, but the rage in my
crack as the brass con
hed sound of pure agony,
ssing the pointed end of the sculpture
low. "Or what happens to you will be much
less face to Paige, who was now moaning softly, mindlessly c
rchitects of my past life's first great
mile touched my lips. T
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