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Hungry

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last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-10-27 21:54:25

HAZEL

While I’m fighting with my inner self, Axel suddenly just stops laughing, just as quickly as he started. His laugh dies in his throat, and his face slips right back into place.

It strikes me how easily he could do that. How easily he could switch from one person to another. As if the laughter, the laugh act, was just another manipulation. Another way to put me off balance.

His eyes find mine, colder this time.

“So, you done?” he asks.

I don’t answer. I’m too stunned, too confused by his shift… by myself. I feel so stupid. For some reason, I was thinking he could be human, I guess.

“Yeah, I’m done,” I finally say. “Can we get out of here now?”

He’s quiet for a moment before he says, “No.”

“Why?” I ask. “You didn’t seriously just come here to drink whiskey, did you? This whiskey is back at your house."

" I have some business to get to.”

“Then why bring me here if you knew you had something to do?” I snap.

“Because you broke the rules,” he says, standing up and coming toward me. “Y
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