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“The ugly duckling is ainto a blonde Barbie doll or beco; it's about self-revelation, beco who you are"

- Baz Luhrmann

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MACK

Sometimes people needed to die There was a certain kind of evil where there was nothing to do but to kill it

Mackenzie ‘Mack’ Knight had learned this lesson early He’d gotten a full ride acadeiving because he’d been busy studying for finals But he’d finished his Philosophy term paper early He wanted to make it home to surprise his mother on her birthday

That hen he found her on the floor Two black eyes and a broken nose

“He didn’t ood man I upset him He didn’t mean it”

When she wouldn’t give hih all her shit Found her phone Found the fucker’s name

Mack tore out of the house But not before grabbing his baseball bat

Then he went and took care of evil

The only thing he regretted when the police took him away in cuffs three hours later was that he hadn’t finished the job

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LIAM

Liaainst the back of the wo it

He kissed her deep and ground his erection into her stomach unabashedly After all, she was the one who pulled him into the bathroooing to bother being subtle, well, why should he?

“You’re the hottest girl I’ve laid ht anyway He didn’t add that last part A little flattery was expected with these things

His hand roamed up from her waist to cup her breast He paused when he felt how unnaturally firirls out here in thesacred anymore?