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Magnolia said softly, standing, circling him, “that people are more afraid of silence than screams?”
She stopped behind him, placing her cool fingers against his scalp. “Especially men like you. You only trust women when they’re loud.”
She leaned in. “I used to scream for hours. No one came.”
Then, very suddenly, she withdrew. Not out of mercy—but boredom. She was already gone, her attention folding inward. Her expression unreadable, like marble cracked at the cheekbone.
Emily Sinclair walked to the window and stared out at Houston’s skyline, bathed in orange smog and lights. Beneath it, something waited.
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