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88 Life Of Butchery

Penulis: Jenne Lopes
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-02 22:26:07
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"You look like you spent the entire night rolling in a grave."

Mina was sitting cross-legged in the center of my bed when I walked into my room. She held a brushed iron comb in her hand, but she lowered it the second the heavy door clicked shut behind me. She looked at my face, then down at the dirt and dried blood caked onto the knees of my leather pants.

"Good morning to you too, Mina," I said. My voice sounded completely hollow.

I was entirely numb. I had just walked away from a dark, se
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