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She arched a brow, giving hied, his shoulders brushing against the ends of his shaggy black hair "So there’s no one I need to kill for upsetting you?"

She shook her head

"Very well" He backed out of the room, only to pause to tap the shredded doorframe "You should probably have sohter bubbled upand died a painful death in her throat

Laughter wasn’t allowed If even a chuckle ed to escape, she would suffer

Wow What a life And, even better, this hat she had to look forward to forever

Long ago, she used to wonder why Baden allowed himself to be killed And she’d always suspected he’d allowed it He’d been too strong a fighter for anyone to get the drop on him So, why? Even as miserable as she was, she’d never contemplated such a fate

Until now

Baden’s female was so depressed she walked around the fortress like a phantom And Cameo felt partly responsible, as if the taint of her deirl Had it? What about Gilly and William? Gilly was sick, and William was inconsolable Her fault?

Probably

The world would be better off without e of the bed She longed to sob, but crying would do her no good, would only feed the de the box would free her fro last, and on the surface, appeared to be her best bet But finding the box had never been ained now dulled

What could she do?

She had so to dosome decisions to o on this way

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