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and flying to his reddeni
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"For making me believe you cared about me. For being a fucking coward who
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the nightstand and flung it at his hea
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y heel and walked out, slamming the door
through the hallways, ignoring the curious stares of
knocking. I shov
orothy perched on the edge beside
ather began. "
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in his chair and looked at
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. Brandon needs a mate who can stand beside him, be
ment," I said slowly, "then
changed. "Wat
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clarity of finally knowing my place in this family, not as a daughter, not even as a shame the
pped
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s against my bones. "You have spent your entire life
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it obe
looked
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them dragged me backward, I sank my teeth int
, his gri
ld second,
lammed into the
as darkness began to drag me under, I heard my father's thoughts o
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