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The Crack

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~Elvira~

The wooden beads felt like a row of cold, dead eyes pressed against my skin.

Gabriel hadn't called them a gift they were not, and he certainly hadn't asked if I wanted them first.

He’d just stood there in that cold study, watching me with those unreadable eyes while he told me this was the only way I wouldn’t be seen as a threat.

It was a leash made of timber. He wanted me to be manageable. He wanted the girl who could throw a warrior to stay buried under the weight of these tiny,
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