Love And Ruin
Blurb
_“Rejecting the most powerful boy in school was my first mistake… surviving his obsession might be my last.”_
Isabella has spent years hiding the truth behind quiet smiles and long sleeves.
At home, her older brother Victor controls every part of her life with fear and violence, leaving her with scars no one else can see.
Transferring to Ravenwood High was supposed to be her escape.
Instead, it becomes the beginning of something far more dangerous.
When Nate, the school’s powerful and ruthless king, sets his sights on her, Isabella becomes the center of an obsession she cannot escape.
Nate believes she belongs to him.
But Jacey, Nate’s mysterious rival, sees something different in Isabella...someone worth protecting.
As Nate’s obsession grows darker and Jacey’s hidden world begins pulling Isabella deeper into danger, the secrets she tried so hard to bury begin to surface.
And when the truth about the abuse she has suffered finally comes out, Isabella realizes that surviving her past may only be the beginning of her fight.
Because in a world where love can become possession…
And protection can hide dangerous secrets…
Isabella must decide who she can truly trust.
Before her scars destroy everything.
Trapped between obsession and protection, Isabella must face the truth about her past before it destroys her future.
Because some scars never heal.
And some people will burn the world down just to own you.
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Chapter: “You mean the football club?”Jacey“Jacey!!”I heard my name being called from behind me just as I was about to turn the corner. I stopped walking, already half-annoyed, and turned back.Of course. Nessa.She was jogging toward me, her expression set in that no-nonsense way she always had when she decided to act like the responsible one between us.“What now?” I asked, dragging the words out.“Where do you think you’re going?” she shot back immediately. “The principal is calling for you.”I sighed, running a hand through my hair. “You and I both know what he’s going to say.”“That doesn’t mean you get to ignore him,” she said, folding her arms. “You can’t just ditch school anytime you like.”“Nessa, please,” I muttered, already turning halfway away. “Just let me be.”“The principal’s office. Now.” Her tone dropped, firm and unyielding.I clenched my jaw. “I can’t go there,” I said through gritted teeth. “He’s going to put me in detention, and I don’t wanna go.”“If you don’t go,” she replied quickly, stepping clo
Last Updated: 2026-04-27
Chapter: That’s weird.Isabella.“I’m waiting for my thank you.”“Thank you?” I asked in disbelief, folding my arms as I stared at him. “You are not getting it.”He scoffed, like I had just said the most ridiculous thing in the world. “I just helped you out with those stupid assholes.”“I could have handled them myself,” I shot back, lifting my chin slightly. I didn’t like how easily he inserted himself into situations like that, like I needed saving. I didn’t.“Yeah, right,” he muttered under his breath, but loud enough for me to hear.I exhaled slowly, trying not to let him get under my skin...which, annoyingly, he always did. “What do you want from me?"“Well…” he started, dragging the word out like he had all the time in the world.Before he could finish, an intercom rang sharply through the hallway speakers, cutting right through the moment.“Jacey Carter, report to the principal’s office now.”The voice echoed, firm and unmistakable. Conversations around us dipped for a second before picking ba
Last Updated: 2026-04-27
Chapter: I'm waiting for my thank youIsabella"The truth is that Victor is a jerk, a big time one". Jacey added. "No offense but I hate your brother". Finally!! Someone that knows the real Victor. "Why do you say that?". I asked curious."I've seen what he does to people, girls actually". Jacey muttered lowly. I raised my eyebrows at what he said. Does Jacey knows about Victor's disgusting nature?"Girls?"."He has no respect for womanhood at all, i mean what he did is just so ..". He trailed off. I looked at Jacey who was frowning deep in thoughts."Are you okay". I asked concerned.He jerked back. "Yeah I'm okay, just remembered something". "You were saying something. Remember?"."I better go assist the librarian, she must be calling me". He said hastily and left. That was weird, it just makes me curious to know how Jacey found out.The bell rang signaling second period. I sighed in exasperation. Finally. I packed the books and dropped them among the shelves in the library. I took my backpack and stole a last gl
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Chapter: A bet?IsabellaMr. Stephen stood up angrily. "Which of you miscreant did this?". As he said that cheese fell on him at once splattering all over his books and desk. A loud laughter could be heard from the back and I knew it was Jacey.Dora gasped. "Oh boy, Mr. Stephen is gonna be pissed".Mr. Stephen growled. "Jacey Carter!!". Its no surprise how Mr. Stephen knows its him. Jacey is always the one who has the guts to pull pranks like this on teachers, its like this is the only thing he's good at. "I'm present". He replied amidst laughter."To the principal's office right now!!". Mr. Stephen huffed and walked out of the classroom. I was expecting Jacey not to comply with the instructions like the disobedient kid he is but he stood up following Mr. Stephen. "If the principal gets hold what he did then thats five warnings for him". Dora said."Four warnings". I corrected. "Someone has been keeping touch of Jacey doings". She teased me.I rolled my eyes. "Just get to the point, Dora". "W
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Chapter: Pretence was only but a gameIsabella"So what did you guys talk about this morning?". Mum asked jolting into my thoughts.Victor stopped eating. "This morning?". "Yeah I heard when you went into Isa's room".Busted, I hope they figure everything out already. I'm dying of silence. "She wanted my help with her school work". Victor lied.I almost choked on my pancakes, school work? Seriously? Everything in me wanted to burst out screaming at him but I clearly restrained myself. "School work? Early this morning?". My Mum asked. "Yeah". Victor faced me. "Right? Little sis".I didn't say anything as I turned my attention back to the pancakes in front of me. "You should focus on your own school work, Victor". My Dad said. "After all you are going to College". I jumped happily inside of me, Victor is going to college. That means, its only me in the house, its like a dream come true. Victor dropped his fork. "Dad, i really don't want to go to college now, maybe after a few weeks". "And why is that?". Dad enquired
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Chapter: Living with my the worse nightmare IsabellaI woke up to the sound of my alarm clock ringing, i turned it off as I sat up still feeling pains all over my body. My body ached as a result of what that monster did to me yesterday. Sometimes, I wish that I wasn't adopted by the Williams family then maybe I wouldn't have met that asshole, Victor Williams. I stood up from my large sized pink bed reluctantly and went to my door locking it shut before I went to the bathroom. I can not take any chances, who knows, Victor might just come in.I took my clothes off and stared at myself in the bathroom large sized mirror. I totally looked a mess, my green eyes as usual always depicts sadness which I try to cover up and my blonde hair didn't even have its normal shine.And my body, i have marks due to the beatings I usually receive from Victor. I sighed and took my sponge lathering it with soap making sure to scrub every part of my body so as to wash the touch of that monster away from me. Minutes later, i came out of the bathro
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Chapter: The FalloutCressida's povThe academy woke up angry the next morning.I felt it the moment I stepped out of Lucian's quarters. The corridors were crowded and the whispers were loud and the stares were sharp. Wolves turned away when I walked past and their voices dropped and their eyes followed me. The dining hall was worse. Every table was full and every face was turned toward me when I walked in.I kept my head up and my shoulders straight and my breathing steady.Raven was already at our usual table with Benita and Tasha. Her face was pale and her eyes were tired and her hands were wrapped around a cup of tea. Benita looked like she had not slept. Tasha was filing her nails and her expression was unreadable."Sit down," Raven said.I sat."You look terrible," Tasha said."I feel terrible.""The whole academy is talking about you.""I know.""Sha is telling everyone that you threatened her. That you used magic on her. That you are dangerous."I looked at Tasha and her silver eyes were sharp."S
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Chapter: The Breaking PointLucian's pov The council meeting was already a disaster before Tasha walked through the door.Elder Marlow had been speaking for twenty minutes and her voice was sharp and her patience was gone. Elder Thorn sat beside her with his broad face carved from stone. Elder Whitmore adjusted his spectacles and stared at me like I was a problem he had been trying to solve for weeks. Marcus Voss stood by the window and his arms were crossed and his jaw was tight."The border is not secure," Elder Marlow said. "The killer is still free. And your wolves are dying.""My wolves are doing everything they can.""Everything they can is not enough."I kept my voice steady. "Then tell me what you want me to do.""We want you to accept our help.""I do not need your help.""You need something. Because whatever you are doing is not working."The door opened and Tasha walked in. She did not knock and she did not apologize and she did not acknowledge the elders. Her silver braids were loose and her arms we
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Chapter: Crazy dayNote.This chapter is meant to be before "The confrontation"Cressida's pov The ride back to the academy was faster than the ride out.The dark swallowed the road and the headlights cut through the snow and the wind bit at my cheeks. Lucian was pressed against my back and his arms were around my waist and his chin was on my shoulder. He was warm and solid and his heartbeat was steady against my spine.I did not want to go back.The academy meant council meetings and border patrols and whispers in the corridors. It meant Sha and her sharp smiles and her cold eyes. It meant the killer and the bodies and the weight of everything pressing down on us.But the road meant freedom. The road meant the wind in my hair and the engine under my hands and the world falling away behind me. The road meant Lucian holding on like he trusted me to keep him safe.We reached the gates and the guards waved us through. Their faces were curious but they did not ask questions. No one asked questions when the
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Chapter: The ConfrontationCressida's pov The dining hall was crowded and loud and I should have known better than to come here alone.Raven had a headache and Benita was studying and Tasha was somewhere in the library filing her nails and pretending to read. Ember was asleep in Lucian's quarters and Lucian was in a meeting with the council and I was hungry and tired of waiting. So I walked to the dining hall by myself and I got my food and I sat at an empty table near the window.The whispers started immediately.Not loud. Just soft and sharp and cutting. The kind of whispers that were meant to be overheard.There she is.The Alpha's pet.I heard she threatened Sha.I heard she bewitched him.I kept my eyes on my plate and my shoulders straight and my breathing steady. The food tasted like nothing and my hands were shaking and I pushed the food around with my fork and did not eat.The whispers stopped.The hall went quiet.I looked up.Sha Konstantinou was standing at the end of my table with her honey blonde
Last Updated: 2026-06-06
Chapter: Crazy girl that he lovesLucian's povI was in the office and the patrol reports were spread across my desk and my head was pounding like mad.The killer was still out there and the council was still pushing and the border was still vulnerable. Kade had left an hour ago and I had been staring at the same map for forty five minutes and nothing was making sense.Then I heard the engine.It was loud and low and rumbling and it did not belong anywhere near the academy. Wolves did not ride motorcycles. Not as a rule. The noise bothered their senses and the speed made them nervous and the machines themselves were too fragile for the mountain roads.But I knew that sound.I stood and walked to the window and looked down at the courtyard. Cressida was there and her dark hair was loose and her jacket was black and her boots were scuffed. She was sitting on her Harley. The Falcon Thunderstrike. The bike I had pulled from the wreckage and repaired without her knowing. The bike she had kissed like it was a lover.She was
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Chapter: The Alpha Gets TeasedLucian's pov The training yard was loud and the wolves were restless and I could not focus.Kade had been watching me for forty five minutes and his expression was somewhere between amused and concerned. I had run the same drill three times and my head was not in it and my wolf was distracted and every time I closed my eyes I saw her face."You are useless today," Kade said."I am fine.""You are staring at the wall.""I am thinking.""You are thinking about her."I did not answer because he was right.Kade sheathed his blade and crossed his arms and leaned against the fence. "The whole academy knows, you know. About you and Cressida. About the kiss in the corridor."My jaw tightened. "The whole academy?""The whole academy." His voice was dry. "Wolves talk. Especially when the Alpha does something romantic in plain view of half the student body.""It was not romantic.""You kissed her hand. Then you kissed her mouth. Then you stood in the middle of the corridor and stared at each ot
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Crestville Academy: The Weeping Star Elf
"I came to Crestville for a cure, but the only cure is a tear from a love I've never been worthy of"
Iris was born under a weeping star...an elf too powerful for her own good, yet looked down upon by her own kind. When a strange disease begins turning her people to frozen ash, she infiltrates Crestville Academy, a brutal medieval fortress where vampires, werewolves, and fae heirs train in a savage hierarchy. Her mission: find the cure before her sister dies.
But the cure is impossible. It requires the mingled blood of all five bloodlines...and a single tear shed from true love.
Three dangerous alphas stake their claim on her the moment she arrives. Kaelen, the wolf heir who swears to protect her with his feral heart. Drystan, the vampire prince who hasn't felt anything in centuries, Theron, the shadow fae who whispers he's waited lifetimes for this girl.
They would die for her. But can any of them truly love her? And how does a girl who has never been loved make three monsters cry for her....when she's not even sure she knows what love is?
Some girls break curses. This one will have to break three hearts first.
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Chapter: The MurdererIris povI was reaching for the bathwater when the world suddei went dark.One moment, my fingers were testing the temperature...steaming hot, the way I liked it, the way Kyra always said would boil her skin off. The next, something rough and suffocating slammed over my head. A sack, pulled tight around my throat.I screamed.The sound never left my lips. Or maybe it did, and something swallowed it whole. Magic. Old magic. The kind that tasted like copper and iron and made my starlight wither in my chest.Hands grabbed me. Too many hands. Rough hands. They yanked my arms behind my back, pinned my legs, lifted me off the floor. My towel slipped. I felt cold air on my skin and panic flooded my veins."Let me go!" I thrashed. Kicked. Bit at the canvas. "Do you know who I am? Do you..."Something hard struck the back of my head.And everything went black.***I woke on cold stone.My head throbbed and my wrists ached. My legs were bare. The towel...my only covering...had somehow stayed wr
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Chapter: The first death after her arrival.Theron's povThe alarm was still screaming when I found the body.I had been in the shadow library when the sound tore through the walls; that wretched, skull-splitting wail that meant only one thing. Death by violence. Inside the walls. No accident. No natural cause.Someone had been murdered.I ran.The corridors of Crestville were chaos. Students pressed against walls, their faces white, their hands over their ears. A group of wolf cubs huddled together, whimpering. A fae noble had collapsed, her glamour flickering like a dying candle. I pushed through them all, my shadows clearing a path.That's the power of the silencing alarm.The body was in the Crimson Tower.I should have known. The vampire quarters. The blood-red windows. The scene was a nightmare.A vampire boy...no more than seventeen, his face frozen in permanent terror, lay sprawled across the marble floor. His chest had been ripped open. Not cut. Ripped. Like something had reached inside him and pulled until he came ap
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Chapter: Someone's deadIris povI woke to the sound of girls whispering.For a moment, I forgot where I was. The ceiling above me was low and vaulted. Four beds lined the walls, each draped in heavy velvet curtains. Sunlight...real, golden sunlight, streamed through a stained-glass window, casting colored shapes across the floor.Not my tower. Not Aethelgard.Crestville Academy.I sat up slowly. The events of last night came back in fragments. Why?The whispers grew louder."Look at her hair. It's silver.""Elves don't have silver hair. They have white hair. That's something else.""Maybe she's sick.""Maybe she's cursed."I threw back the velvet curtains.Three girls stared at me from across the room. The first was a wolf...I could tell by the golden flecks in her brown eyes and the way she sat with her legs apart, taking up space like she deserved it. Her name, I would later learn, was Mira. She had a scar on her cheek and kind hands.The second was a fae. She was beautiful in the way all fae were beauti
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Chapter: Someone would die before the next full moon. Weep for themTheron's pov"Step aside, Serena."My voice was quiet and that was how everyone knew I meant it.The shadowborn princess didn't move. Instead, she stood at the gates of Crestville with her arms crossed, her blue eyes gleaming like she had already won. "You don't give orders here, outcast," Serena said. "This is my territory. My gates. And that..." she flicked her gaze to the silver-haired girl beside me, "...is a dead elf walking."I felt Iris stiffen but she didn't speak. Smart girl."Three hundred years ago," I said, taking a step forward, "your grandmother knelt before my father. She begged for his shadows to protect her bloodline during the Shadow War. He agreed. In exchange, she swore a blood debt...Shadowmere would answer Ashveil's call, once and without question."Serena's smirk faltered."I am the last Ashveil." Another step. "And I am calling that debt. Now."The air between us grew cold. My shadows unfurled from my skin...not the thin wisps I usually showed, but the full, a
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Chapter: She's the weeping starIris pov The frost on my window pane is silver.Silver...the color of death in Aethelgard. Forty-seven elves have crystalized this moon cycle alone. I press my palm to the cold glass and watch the hungry crystals spread.All gone to the disease if not a curse called..."The Stillness"Behind me, my sister coughs.Kyra is fourteen. She should be sneaking honey cakes, driving our tutors mad. Instead, she lies propped against threadbare pillows, her dark hair spread like spilled ink. When she breathes, fine silver dust sprays from her lips."It's pretty," she whispers. "Like snowflakes."I take her cold hand. "Save your strength."The door opens and healer Mairenn steps in and I could have sworn that I've never seen her look afraid. Until today."Iris. Walk with me."In the corridor, torches flicker. Below, the servants were whispering...another had elf crystalized."She has three moons," Mairenn says. "Maybe less."I lean against the wall and my knees don't buckle. They should. "There h
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Mistress Of Sin
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"She feeds on souls. I deliver the guilty. Somewhere along the way… I stopped knowing which I was."
Falling in love was never part of the plan; revenge was everything.
Zafira, a seductive and dangerous succubus who feeds on the sins of mankind, lives only to punish the guilty. But when a deeper darkness begins to rise, one even she cannot face alone, she is forced to break her rule of isolation and partner with a human.
Cole’s life is destroyed in a single night when he returns home to find his pregnant wife brutally murdered. Devastated and consumed by rage, he vows to uncover the truth and destroy those responsible.
When Zafira and Cole cross paths, they form a reluctant alliance; hers born of necessity, his forged in grief. Together, they dive into a hidden world of monsters, corruption, and blood-soaked secrets.
But as revenge pulls them deeper into darkness, they must face one truth: vengeance doesn’t just destroy enemies… it changes the ones who wield it.
General Warning: 18+ Mature Content | Violence | Dark Themes
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Chapter: 6Fatigued and restless, Cole's frustration reached its limit. He had been up all night, trying desperately to find some clue he had overlooked in Maria's murder."There has to be something I missed, damn it!"He had gone over all the documents and photos a million times. This time, however, he had more incentive than ever to crack the case. If he could somehow figure out who might have killed his wife Maria, and do so before midnight, he could simply decline Zafira's offer, and she would go away. Rather, he hoped she would stick to her word and disappear. He looked at the clock: 3:46 p.m. There wasn't much time before midnight.The sudden knock on his apartment door startled Cole.Who could that be? Hopefully not Zafira, though she had already proved to be the type not to knock.Looking through the peephole, Cole saw someone he didn't recognize. A man about his age with a goatee and dark hair, wearing a black suit, waited patiently. The reversed collar and prayer beads dangling from his
Last Updated: 2026-05-21
Chapter: 5Cole came home after sunset to his empty apartment. He hung his trench coat on the hook on the kitchen door. The kitchen lay in shadow; only a small bulb above the sink provided light. He opened the refrigerator and grabbed a bottle of beer. Maybe he could relax.He had just popped the cap and taken a swig when he noticed the unusual chill in his apartment. This wasn't the first time he had thought to call the landlord to fix the heater, but the temperature outside wasn't all that cold before he came in.Cole stepped toward the thermostat, and then stopped suddenly. A foreign scent tickled his nostrils. He recognized that smell, but it shouldn't be in his apartment - a mix of lavender, cherry blossom, and cotton candy. It was the same odor in the room where he found Travis' body. Cole's mind stirred uneasily.He looked around his untidy quarters. Case files and evidence photos lay messily on every available surface. Nothing seemed out of place or missing. The windows appeared to be sh
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Chapter: 4Cole saw the woman he was looking for, with huge bat like wings sticking out from her back and a long tail dangling behind her, sitting on top of what looked like a shriveled up corpse. Her glowing red eyes glared at him, sending a chill down Cole's spine."A pure soul," she whispered.The woman dashed toward the back wall made of glass. Cole fired three shots before she jumped through the glass to the ground below.Cole ran to the ledge and looked down. There was no body. No one could have survived much less walked away from a fall like that. Did she... fly away?"What the hell did I just witness?"Cole was miserably stoic the next morning when he gave his full report to his captain."I know what I saw, Captain," Cole said through clenched teeth. He desperately tried to defend his position after last night's events."This is a complete cluster-fuck, Detective Harvey," Captain Finnegan roared. Cole was on the receiving end of a thorough ass-reaming. "We have the dead body of a prime s
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Chapter: 3Travis gasped heavily, like he had just run a marathon. He looked down at his penis. It was still rock hard, even after the best blowjob he had ever received. No way was he missing this opportunity."There's plenty more where that came from," Travis said, his ego running rampant.She smiled devilishly and turned around, her luscious round ass beckoning him. Placing a hand on each of his knees, she lowered herself onto his lap. Travis felt the tip of his cock poke the molten hot wetness of her labia. His balls twitched yet again, preparing themselves for the blissful pleasure they were about to receive.The heat and wetness from her pussy weren't the only things Travis noticed. On her back were the tattoos of large bat like wings that stretched from her shoulder blades to her mid back. Lower, just above her lovely ass, was a smaller tattoo of a devil's tail, coiled up with a spear like tip."Do you like them?" she asked with a sex-laden voice.Travis reached out to touch her back, his
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Chapter: 2The door shut behind him as Travis led the girl in the sexy red dress into a tastily elegant private room above the night club. A luxurious-looking couch faced a huge television screen mounted on the wall opposite the door. Another wall backstopped a fully stocked bar and a tall bistro table with two bar stools. The back wall, if you can call it a wall, was a single giant Plexiglas pane giving a sweeping view of Chicago's downtown. The Loop pulsed like a living creature outside the window.Travis turned his back to the woman and approached the bar. "Can I offer you a drink?" he called over his shoulder. He eased a bottle of one of his finest Napa wines from the rack and splashed its fruity contents into two small champagne flutes. One glass already contained an inconspicuous pill, colorless and odorless, that quickly dissolved, leaving no trace.When Travis turned around his eyes widened. Both wine glasses escaped his grasp, shattering on the marble floor at his feet. The woman stared
Last Updated: 2026-04-19
Chapter: 1"You want to order a drink, or are you going to sit there all night?"The female bartender's abrupt outburst snapped Cole from his trance."Oh! Yeah, sorry. I'll have a Coke, please."The bartender gave Cole a peculiar look. "You came to this club to sit at the bar alone, stare at people, and order soft drinks? Not the usual thing attractive men do here on a busy Friday night."Attractive? Cole never thought of himself as attractive. She wasn't the first to think so, however, whether he knew it or not. He was in his mid 30's, tall, short dark hair, muscular body, and strong jaw with a five-o'clock shadow. Okay, maybe he was attractive, but was it too obvious that he had been spending all his time observing the jam packed dance floor?"I have to be at work in a few hours. Can't go in hammered, can I?"The bartender smiled, nodding in agreement. She turned to fetch him a Coke.Unknown to her, Cole was already at work. A member of Chicago Police Department's Bureau of Detectives, he was
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