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His mouth opened, closed Opened, closed Finally, he said, “Are you saying McCadden betrayed…that he…”

Ouch Okay, inally envisioned But truth was truth “In my future stepson’s defense, look at rets it now And he learned a treasured lesson about how valuable you are to hiain…husband”

“Husband?” A strangled noise escaped Brochan as he sagged into her “I love you, kitten I love you so much”

The , all but seeping from her pores

Narcissisony, as if… Had she closed all doors to hi him without a lair?

She , but she didn’t care The de Hotter and hotter She frowned Pressure ed What hy…? Blackaround her

“Viola,” Brochan rushed out, his fear a match for hers

Her pain crested Pain like she’d never known Radiating Scorching Blistering “Being…torn in…two,” she tried to tell him A scream barreled from her as the mist separated from her completely

Soth Her heartbeat slowed… Limbs shook, suddenly boneless She collapsed

“Viola!” Why did her new husband sound so…far…

Darkness encoht flared Viola gasped and blinked open her eyes Her pain? Gone Her mind? Clear

Brochan held her, terror etched in every inch of his face Tears wet his eyes

“What happened?” she asked

“I think…I think you died,” he croaked, hugging her close “Just for a second Just long enough to kill me”

The ether near the ceiling and coagulating A grotesque picture soon forlared at each other, one foe pitted against the other

The de out an eternal battery along the way Killing her But she had revived

How long this fiend had tor her nose A hideous creature with bloodred eyes, a skeletal face and a body oozing soaze upon”