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Chapter 8

Author: moonward
The picture went back to the corridor of the club.

I was fighting as hard as I could, and they dragged me into the room anyway.

The instant the door shut, I was still crying out Emma's name.

"Emma! Help me! Please!"

The image shook violently.

I was pinned down.

The memory captured only a blurred ceiling and flickering lights.

I called Emma's name again and again.

She did not save me. She stayed beneath a man and mocked me even as she had sex with him.

"You always loved taking my things, didn't y
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