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Ninety-Two
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
✾
“No,” I mumble, clutching the spikes. “No!”
I didn’t even have it in me to look away, my eyes were glued on what was happening right in front of me. The fight hadn’t started long, and yet, I feel like weeks had passed. I knew I was glued to the floor; I knew that I wasn’t doing anything but staring, and yet I feel like I was there. Like I was there just a few feet away from him. Like I was in a front seat watching this morbid fight continue. When Mariana and Tarryn were introduced to the crowd, I was a
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