14/02/2026 06:40

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I'd almost have welcomed darkness to hide behind. I want you to believe that your death will be for a great purpose. Go figure. You keep saying them.

It flared in my body like a tiny flame reborn, waiting to be fed so it could grow. I'd been afraid that the wax would make the bullets jam in a gun, but they ran through like silk--smooth, dependable, like Edward himself. Are you so sure he can help? Ramirez asked. When the marks were open between the three of us, the desires that ran through me, the things that I thought, were too horrible or maybe just too alien.