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Author: Blaqwritez
last update publish date: 2026-04-04 17:20:59

NEAH

The training bag took the first punch without complaint. And the second. And the tenth. And the thirtieth.

I hit it until my knuckles split. Until the leather was smeared with red. Until the pain in my hands was loud enough to drown out the pain in my chest. A temporary trade. Cheap and brutal. But it worked.

Sort of.

The moment kept replaying. A loop I couldn't stop. His hand on my shoulder. The growl. The drop. The way his fingers just fell away from me like I was made of nothing. Like t
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