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23: Better off without you

Author: EMPRESSBIMS
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EVE

Mike looked different. Older, somehow. There were lines around his eyes that hadn't been there before, and his smile had a sharpness to it that made my skin crawl.

"Don't look at him," Adam said quietly. "Don't give him the satisfaction."

But I couldn't look away. Not when Mike excused himself from his group and started walking directly toward us.

"Eve," he said, his voice carrying across the hall. "It's been too long."

Every conversation in the room stopped. Everyone was watching now.

"Dr.
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  • Bound by Fangs and Blood   51: The full family

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