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Book 2 - Chapter 8
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2020-12-03 20:58:30POV: Lianne Dievin
“No...” A choked cry burst out from my lips as I covered my mouth with my hands. I looked at my mysterious man, Ruen, with thorough concern enough to create beads of sweat on my temples. My breathing doubled. I was hyperventilating, as if no oxygen was filling my alveoli. I could feel my pulse bounding like crazy too, so tangible under my skin.
I glanced at the finger inserted on the trigger and I immediately shook my head.
‘Please don’t move. Please don’t move!’ my mind chanted.
I longed to see this man since I saw him in the library. There were so many questions I wanted to ask; answers I wanted to hear from his mouth. I certainly don’t want him to die so soon.
However, surprisingly, this new man who called himself Cain somehow knows something too. As to how and why, that&r
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