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“We’re not all sex-starved nyed and stared intently at her covers “And how do you know that’s what he wants?”

“Boys like Kaspar only want one thing, and it’s not platonic friendship He wants to fuck you, Pen”

She blushed and kept avoiding eye contact “He’s creepy It’s like I have a stalker”

“He’s the irls would throw theht?”

“God, you’re gross”

“I’, loosen up and have some fun Fuck him and enjoy it”

I didn’t add, while you can, bitch

She only shook her head and collapsed back against her pillows She burrowed into her covers and seeo to sleep

I stayed up reading a bit longer, watching her

Penny Servant Pretty, naive, nice little Penny

I didn’t understand what a wolf like Kaspar saw in a lamb like Penny Maybe he had a soft spot for the weak

I had no such feelings

My life began in misery Parents dead in some freak traffic accident I survived in irl splashed with blood After that, I bounced around fro soave me up, until I landed with Maeve

She changed my life

It wasn’t easy She wasn’t kind or gentle When I ot punished for it—severely enough that even I learned how to pass

She helped me hide what I was Helped h to survive

But that would only get me so far

There was a big, orld out there, and Maeve pro as I obeyed her wishes

That worked foras it involved lots of screa and pain

I was her tool I was her razor blade

She directedme safe from repercussions

Now I had

Kill Penny Servant Make it bloody

Make a statement

I switched off the light “Goodnight, Pen,” I whispered

“Night,” she whispered back

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