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Wounds? Where?
A fascinating being
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Final moment?
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Noble Heroes of Fenceville
Daddy, I want you.
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Tipet
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Strange Men
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Smarter than the rest
The Weight of Deals
The Dinner with the Colonel
Painted Lips and Secrets
Silence is the most loyal lover
We see you.
The Blood Remembers
Loud voices
I'm listening.
The Dream
The Sentinel Circle
Hunter or Prey
The Fracture of Choices
Traces in the Dark
I miss you.
Beautiful eyes.
Sparks in the Yard

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Painted Lips and Secrets
I used to think the city owed me its pleasures. The gold I drained from contracts, the bribes that slid into my pocket, the favors whispered in the dark—all of it came back to me in moments like this. Nights when velvet curtains draped low and smoke curled like fingers in the air, leading me dee...