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“It was so”

“I didn’t have a choice You think I want this life? I have a little girl who didn’t ask to be born into this freak show I planned to raise her far away from this shit”

“Until they took her”

“Yes You know this”

“We’re going to get your kid back”

“Your littlewith it Where is she?” She hated the spite in her voice When she heard hiet her daughter back it would be Drago As much as she hated it, she trusted hi, the rumors about him were always rife He wasn’t a people person, but he was known to help people out

She res It seemed commonplace in their fucked-up world She’d been fifteen and selling her body, and then fighting to deal with her habit Drago found out, got her into rehab, and completely turned her life around

“I couldn’t get her yet Ben didn’t know anything”

She saw the anger in his eyes “What do you ht They proet her back after”

Drago sighed “Belle, you’re a so a little naïve?”

“I agreed to the fights,” she said “They gave ?”

“You and I both know they wouldn’t have given you your daughter Not when you caved so easily” She sluive her to you Not when they can replace you with her”

She shook her head, wrapping her ar to find some comfort in her own touch

“No, she was going to have a better life than this A million times better”

He reached for her, but she jerked back

They were going backward and forward right now, and it wasn’t helping