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48 - DEVLIN

A sudden burst of light wakes me, burning into my eyes and making it impossible to see through, when a small voice cuts through the silence.

“I don’t understand what he sees in you.”

I sit up quickly, trying desperately to see through the light, but no matter how much I try, the contrast between the darkness they kept me in and the light is too much right now.

“Pathetic,” she continues, “I’ve been watching you for a while now… trying to figure it out… but it just continues to not add up.”

The sounds of metal scraping on the floor has me tensing, my wrists screaming in response at where the restraints feel like they are slicing into my skin.

“I wasn’t sure she would follow through with the trade,” her footsteps sound closer and closer to me, “everyone thinks you need fear… but money and favors can be a much better motivator.”

Chocolate-covered-peanuts, eyes! The one time I need them to work and they suddenly don’t know how to function in light.

“Do it then!” I scream as the
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Katlyn Graciale
I think I understand that the chick Oz hired betrayed him nd resold her to trent's mate but what she says at the end confuses me and I'm pissed because of what Oz did making her think Brixton/Pierce betrayed her too when he didn't
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Marie Night
;) correct...
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Lisa Reaves Brown
yeah this chapter is confusing. so the girl oz brought gave her an alternate vision to make her think brixton betrayed her then gave her to trents real mate?
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