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Azazel speaks through gritted teeth “You will allow them the chance to seduce you, but they cannot force you To do so would qualify as harm”

It sounds like a sneaky loophole fros “Fine I agree”

“Wait!”

“Perfect” He offers his hand “We seal it with a kiss”

“Grace, no”

But it’s too late She slips her hand into his He raises it to his mouth, flips it, and presses a kiss to her wrist Aitself across her tanned skin in a pattern that seems to shift in a way that defies comprehension

Azazel glances atGrace “I’ll return to pay ain tomorrow Stay out of trouble until then”

Darkness surges and I throw up my hand to cover my eyes One blink and the roo to the nor

Grace is gone

Fuck

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I spend the next twenty-four hours indown and I’m so tired, I don’t bother to leave the h the end of the week, so at least I don’t have to be worried about being kicked out

Another price she paid on my behalf

It doesn’tit for herself, if she went accepted Azazel’s bargain because she was looking for answers about her mother She never would have had access to the de horrible happens to her…The fact she just lost seven years…

Everyone issacrifices for me Malachi Rylan Wolf Now Grace, who’s little er Meanwhile, I’ain It’s enough to make me want to scream