Gleam (The Plated Prisoner, #3)
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Hot tears fill my eyes, but I hold them back. “You’re lying. You don’t have him.” Midas looks at me with pity. “I do. But even if you think I’m lying, are you really willing to bet his life on it?”
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No, but you can ask to see him first before agreeing to his threats? Maybe 🤔
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A tortured whisper drizzles out with the shake of my head. “I can’t.” 
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She said why, but I still don’t understand, WHY?
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“Do you want him, Auren?” he croons with loathing. “Do you want that grotesque, ugly, spiked-up, magic-tainted monstrosity to bend you over and fuck you like a whore?”
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I think so …
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Slade says something that makes my eyes go wide. “Why the fuck is there a bruise on your cheek?”
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Like a template character.
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I bite my lip as I look at the door.  Do I just...knock?
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Try it!
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You’re not the villain in my story.” “I am,” he says without remorse, his sharp jaw tight with tension. “But I’ll be the villain for you. Not to you.”
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Again, like a template.
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I watch him and he watches me,
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👀
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“I’ve wanted you since the moment I laid eyes on you, Goldfinch. I was just waiting for you to catch up.”
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“I want all of you,” he tells me, a newfound hunger in the depths of his green eyes that stirs heat beneath my skin. “Every piece, every memory, every minute, every inch. This isn’t going to be some casual dalliance. This isn’t going to be temporary. I want you soul, mind, and body. I want your trust and your thoughts. I want your past, your present, your future. So make very certain that you want me for the right reasons. Be certain that you’re choosing this, because once you do, there’s no turning back.”
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Do we need a contract?
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I feel like I’m suddenly talking to a crazy person.
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That’s hilarious because I felt like reading about a crazy person.
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I have a feeling she wants me to leave so that if Midas does find out about her schemes, she won’t be responsible for killing me.
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Auren is still as bright as at the beginning of the first book. She has a feeling….
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The problem with my mind being so frantic is that I forget just how late it is.
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🫣
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I know better than to tell them how much or to reach for my coin pouch in front of anyone. A smirk creases her face. “Not stupid, then. That’s good.”
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This is hilarious 😂
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Why am I so hot? Why am I so dizzy, why is Polly yelling, why is my back hurting, why... Why, why, why
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Why Auren, why?
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A sense of deja vu crashes over me, because I’ve said that before.
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Yeah, you did! A lot of times.