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Haunting Adeline Copyright © 2021 by H. D. Carltonrights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. NoAllof this book may be used or reproduced in any mannerpartwithout written permission except in the case of briefwhatsoeverem- bodied in critical articles or reviews.quotationsbook is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses,Thistions, places, events and incidents either are the product oforganiza-author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance tothepersons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirelyactualcoincidental.ISBN: 9798683546595First Edition: July 2021
Page 4 and 5: To Amanda and MayZade and I will fo
Page 6 and 7: TRIGGER WARNINGFirst and foremost,
Page 8 and 9: Prologuehe windows of my house trem
Page 10 and 11: Chapter 1The Manipulatorome mes I h
Page 12 and 13: me, that’s for damn sure.I rip a
Page 14 and 15: my head, golden steel warped in an
Page 16 and 17: to meet you all. Everyone ready?!
Page 18 and 19: seconds ago and have just been suck
Page 20 and 21: “Fuck, Addie, I’ve missed you,
Page 22 and 23: No one on the other side of the hou
Page 25 and 26: Chapter 2The Shadowhe screams of pa
Page 27 and 28: “You’re a child rapist,” I sa
Page 29 and 30: The only lingering scent filling th
Page 32 and 33: Chapter 3The Manipulatorhis isn’t
Page 34 and 35: Gently se ng the picture down, I de
Page 36 and 37: I need the Tin Man to oil the hinge
Page 38 and 39: A feat that I apparently won’t ov
Page 41 and 42: Chapter 4The Manipulatorour grandma
Page 43 and 44: I walk back into the kitchen, s ll
Page 45 and 46: pushed out of it.I can’t explain
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Page 50 and 51: I’ll get into my car to go to my
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My eyes widen, wary of the note. It
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another underhanded comment about e
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There are no words.Absolutely no wo
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Chapter 6The Shadowhe crackle from
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It’s hard not to, though. These a
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This must be dear ol’ Fernando. J
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Fernando is spi ng out his own colo
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li le girl’s neck. Welts and a la
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Chapter 7The Manipulatorou need to
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Suddenly, a heavy presence crowds i
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fucking us. Honestly, he looks like
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My house is too far back from the r
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Chapter 8The Manipulatoraya takes L
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Arch stares deeply into my eyes for
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with stadium lights.A movement stra
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the hell I let in my house. He shut
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“Can you give me the name of the
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I nod my head, accep ng his help fo
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Sea le’s mafia. But they’re ant
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“Let me the fuck go, you fucking
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I’m going to shove my foot up his
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“Bro, let’s talk about this. Th
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that the vic m deserved it and what
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“The best-case scenario would’v
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I do exactly as she says. Taking tw
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“I see worse every day, Addie. Go
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Well, goddammit, good thing I didn
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I look up, staring ahead but seeing
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he killed her.“There has to be si
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carelessly tossed it aside a er ass
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Chapter 11The Manipulatoraya said N
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but he didn’t say I couldn’t ca
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As a reward for finishing my manusc
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Just to fuck with him, I turn my he
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I’m a tad psy from ge ng drinks a
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while she doesn’t talk much about
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The video starts playing, and despi
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worse, knowing that the people comm
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Ignoring them, I keep rolling the d
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Chapter 13The Manipulatorjust got b
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ro ed and chewed up by mice. Where
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Maybe that’s all the more reason
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And without a concern in the fuckin
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“Oh my God.”“Why do you ask?
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Slowly, she shakes her head. “He
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For as long as I can remember, Hall
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The second the message shoots off,
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What is he feeling right now? Stand
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star ng from the middle of his fore
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palms, giving me pause. If I didn
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force the muscle to open back up, a
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“Let me go, you fucking creepy-as
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Regardless of the reason, he doesn
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Chapter 16The Manipulatorillions of
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Keeping one finger hooked in my und
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Too far away.“Tell me what you le
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But the heat between my thighs like
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I smile, feeling the same spark of
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I don’t look to Daya. I don’t w
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Chapter 17The Shadowuck. She’s so
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Part of her looks disturbed by the
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and their heads rolling on the grou
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Maybe I’m kidding myself with a f
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UNKNOWN: Next time you tell me to f
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awake.My eyes open wide, and my bre
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It stuns me long enough for him to
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I try to wriggle away, but all it d
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Even if I were forced in front of a
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This isn’t a climb to heaven. It
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He pauses at the door, turning his
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When she was coming on my face, she
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The insides of us—that’s what k
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I would rather just off myself than
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“Yup,” she says sassily, poppin
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Chapter 20The Shadowhe bass from th
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“Does it freak you out when someo
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“As long as you leave Addie and D
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The smell of burnt flesh fills the
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Throughout the next several hours,
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“Clumsy bitch,” one of the men
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She stumbles off to the car, and I
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The images those words just put in
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It’s not hard to put Daya back in
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Surrounding him are four men, their
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It makes him more real, and I don
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There’s a but, and in my drunken
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“You want to act brave, then I’
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I can’t control how my stomach gh
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be able to bite Addie’s clit.And
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My hand lands over his phone, hal n
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you at home. At least if you’re n
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li le girl and play along un l I ca
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Mark’s phone rings, cu ng off any
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you. But I can assure you Max is no
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Chapter 23The Manipulatorou’re go
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“I know you’re going to think I
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The black suit does nothing but dar
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The snake wasn’t dead—it’s be
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“You’re pu ng on an act, Addie,
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I shake my head, dumbfounded. “Yo
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The la er shouldn’t by any means,
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neck, and I know with absolute cert
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For the next hour, we mingle around
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“I have a few more guests to gree
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I grab her hand, basking in the fee
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“Your father is an a orney, is he
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I keep quiet, le ng her slowly rela
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“S-someone could come in,” she
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Finally, I ease my fingers out, lic
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“My two favorite people,” Mark
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the hell out. There was a comment i
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Mark finishes off his drink before
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becoming more drunk.I barely listen
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consumed an ounce of it.“Thank yo
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We’ve been doing this all week. N
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I had forgo en what it felt like to
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words. They’re currently wading t
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“What’s wrong with you?” I sn
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He doesn’t move, a stone pillar a
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But then he breaks, his resolve sha
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While my family is small and s ff.
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love with Ronaldo. It’s possible
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Satan’s Affair is one of my favor
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Oh, fuck me.“Mark!” I exclaim i
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At the very end of the hallway is a
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The broken doll is in a staring con
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high possibility Addie and her frie
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When I enter the room on the le , I
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“Jackal!” she screeches from be
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Chapter 29The Manipulatorthink if I
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It’s right then that I see the fi
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Hot breath ckles my ear, sending ch
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He nods his head slowly, his eyes f
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Chapter 30The Manipulatore has the
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Fuck, I don’t know. This is wrong
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I choke on air when I pull down his
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I do as he says, if it means he’l
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“Don’t you dare move your hands
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“What—" he drops me to my feet
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phone is lit up in my discarded jea
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I scoff. “I’m not jealous. Let
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to get my answers and finish them o
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“You kill people o en?”She’s
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Sighing internally, I decide to thr
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Sibby happily prances towards them
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They’ll be saving me the trouble
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Chapter 32The Shadowibby took the f
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“Nope,” he replies, popping the
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insists the loud clicking brings hi
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black eyebrows set low over dark ey
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need to show proof.And I’ll be da
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Chapter 33The Manipulatorhe light f
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Looking around fran cally, I tear a
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stumble away from him and towards e
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I can’t see him, but that doesn
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fucking children and get off on it.
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His words create a visceral reac on
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Chapter 34The Manipulator’ve neve
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I’m too lost in the moment to car
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He marked me relentlessly so many m
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anything else but how much I want h
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His mismatched eyes pin me against
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And then he pulls back once more be
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“Fuck, Addie, fuck,” he grinds
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While I was drinking overpriced whi
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My fingers trail across her freckle
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“Torture them,” she easily gues
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this?”Her tone isn’t laced with
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can tell you that I will try. But w
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I take a step back, a rac ng both o
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As if that wasn’t fucking bad eno
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“Dick,” I mu er, increasing her
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Gigi seems to be curled in on herse
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She shi s. “A broken heart. He di
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It takes her a minute, but she fina
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Jay stays quiet, seeming to realize
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“Make sure the men are watching o
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“I want your eyes on Addie tonigh
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Her brown eyes are wide with terror
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“I had some tes ng and research o
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One says it’s a match, and anothe
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“Peace, baby. All I want is peace
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The pleasure builds as I swirl my s
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breaks my heart. Her eyes are swirl
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“Daniel,” I snap, catching his
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They’re false agents to begin wit
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Chapter 40The Shadowdon’t remembe
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the oxygen from my lungs, and I’v
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“Now move,” I rasp out, my cont
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I lose myself. My name. My iden ty.
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Chapter 41The Shadowou ready for to
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weren’t authorized to kick down m
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"This another newcomer?" a nasally
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They could be from the Society.In f
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Absolute carnage is consuming that
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Chapter 42The Manipulatorre you sur
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I turn and stare out at the window
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Who the fuck is a er me? It could b
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