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Chapter 9

Autor: Perfect Timing
Every last drop of color drained from Blake's face.

I stepped forward and leaned close to his ear, speaking in a voice only the two of us could hear.

"Maybe what they fell for was the mask. But underneath that mask, I am still a real person with real value. You, on the other hand, the second that mask gets ripped away, all that is left is an empty, crude, lazy shell.

"We were never the same."

I turned and walked away without another look at him. He stood there, rooted to the spot, unable to
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