A Pack Of Blood and Lies

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tly cut curly hair, the long-lashed

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once she noted the recognition. "Ar

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f pale silk with her wispy blonde hair, latte-colored eyes, and flawless complexion. Taryn, on the other hand, was all

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t had any for over a century until m

r pointed chin.

rious acne, and surly attitude. He used t

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njured up a

oward the delicate blonde. "She's wi

sted softly toward me. I'd never met anyone wh

rother I never h

verest," Ta

shouldn't hang out with August? "If you

when Lucy stopped me. I was about to utter an exasp

y bed

. "Evelyn could use som

hen I doubled-back and set course for the basement. When I burst into the conference room,

tly ann

n a strangled voice. "I

scent of male w

ir but found none. "Sorry I'm la

sed his beefy arms in front of his fridge-sized chest.

doing here?"

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ows linked his hands together before him in a business

Now that he's gone, you've surel

a shade darker, as though soaked with wood stain. August and his father gaped at me. Wher

elf before puberty to become part o

loosened my tongue. "What ma

out. In their defense,

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punctuated only by the sound of

was going to ask me to leave. I c