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yes, dropped onto the hard mattress,

narrow window, the estate was pitch black. I pulled off my sleep

nly by dim wall sconces. Relying on my photographic memory of the building's layout

packed with raw, bloody steaks and high-calorie energy supplements designed for a werewolf

d medicinal herbs. I rolled up my sleeves, turned on the stove, and began prepping the ingredients with a

rative meal was effortless for me. Fifteen minutes later, a rich, savory herbal

broth into a ceramic bowl when

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of trash, how dare y

igh heels echoed from the corridor outside. A heavy cloud of Chanel perfume drifted into

dle of the night? I just got back from a H

brown eyes full of arrogance and irritation. As the pampered starlet of the Gordo

vicious snarl and put on a f

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n smell like a poor

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clothes and my bare, unmade face

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ve her a single glance and walked

e stepped sideways and bl

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into her eyes, and began counting

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t I was going to do, but a cold shiver r

ou crazy?" she muttered, insti

without looking back. Behind me, Jayde stood rooted to the tile floor, t

ic scapegoat dares to ac