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Eight Two-Rhayden
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2025-01-22 17:00:58I had waited until Marley had closed the door, before I started at my brother, but boy, it hadn’t been closed long. “Are you fucking insane!?”
Absinthe sat in his chair… the one father had gifted him… and stared off into space.
I blinked and looked at him.
“Absinthe?”
When he’d ignored me as a child, I usually slashed at him and ran, knowing he would chase me and then I would get the attention I wanted. But right now, if I tried that, he’d probably take my head off.
“Absinthe!”
This time, he did move, his head turning just a fraction, his gaze settling on mine. “Don’t fucking yell at me, Rhayden.”
“Well answer me, when I do.” I spat, crossing my arms over my chest. “You seriously can’t be thinking of letting Mars go after yet another killer? She barely escaped with her life last time, and I barely escaped with mine the first!&
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