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𝒙𝒂 𝑹𝒐𝒅�

�𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑘 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑤ℎ𝑖

𝐼 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛�

𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢?" 𝐻𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚

�𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛�

�𝑟𝑖𝑝 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 ℎ�

�𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚. 𝐻𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑚

𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑖 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑦

�? 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑗�

� 𝑑𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠" ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛

𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒 �

𝑖 𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒

�𝑑, 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢

�𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠, 𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑑." 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡

𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓! 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒�

, 𝐷𝑎𝑑 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜�

� 𝑖𝑛𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢?" 𝐻𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑦�

𝑎𝑔�

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s villa were soundproof to an extent, so I wouldn't have my brothe

over again. I touch my face, I had been 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑖�

which illuminated every corner,

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and moving back to my window-side bed, looking t

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ed me into a deep and

Air Jordan sneakers to go with and my signature black mask

d it when I was with people who knew my real identi

longer throbbing as I jogged down t

g me Paradise, he only called me by my real name once in a blu

r's real name, and it was

ere my siblings, my father's second in command, hi

my elder brother, Knox, who was se

other, and they were all married except for me and S

nued, looking at me while the others, ex

already had an early breakfast," I explained, earni

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flew past me, hitti

ing to see my best frien

d have scarred my face for life

apart from family gets to see your pretty face, it's alwa

from there, Your sister told me you were with an aunt in Taiwan, I shouldn't have believed that b

lling her into a warm emb

g for you in the

ds since we were little. Our parents in the same line of b

called 'The Base'. Ever since high school, we would hang out h

, he built security systems for the whole

with Alyssa by my side, catchi

s widened as I stared at Rowan. He was a brunette wit

still hanging in the air, and it wa

our foot touch there" he muttered, Alyssa whimpered as her foot wa

ce, he burst into laughter, makin

s Alyssa and I rush towards him, pounc

Rowan." Alyssa scolded, ear

n who threw a k