The Pawn and The Puppet (The Pawn and The Puppet #1)
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The eyes I gazed into as I lit her house on fire.
manhattan
What!?!?!
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Grim
manhattan
Grim mentioned
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That you burned her alive in the house you both lived in.
manhattan
Right like lets get into this
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“There’s also simulated drowning, electroconvulsive therapy, chemically induced seizures, and as a last resort to the most uncontrollable of patients… Lobotomies are a surgical procedure on the brain that removes elements that corrupt their behavioral traits.”
manhattan
Oh my gosh????
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He was admitted for murdering his wife and daughter.
manhattan
oh well in that case proceed
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They tell me that he’s even tried to claw his own eyes out from the horrid things he’s seen. He has to wear mittens now like a newborn.
manhattan
oh my gosh
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Our mother decided to lock little five-year-old Scarlett in a closet until she was fifteen. In that closet, she would sit in her own fecal matter. In that closet, she would starve and eat the drywall to stay alive.
manhattan
jesus.
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saddened by whatever it is that lies beyond the wall of that thirteenth room.
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I wonder if thats the guy shes gonna fall in love with, maybe thats his mom
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Smothered them with a pillow, then took their bodies to the Dellilian Castle. He stripped them down so that the world could see what their rules had done to his family.
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i love him
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“I’d like to prove to the council that there is a new way. And if approved—I’d like you to work your way into the thirteenth room. That would be the most effective way to prove this point.” Without hesitation—without even a breath to consider—the word tumbles out—“Deal.”
manhattan
I like judas and YES we will take this deal
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“Start,” I bark at Meridei.
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I love her
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“Charles Offborth is my father. He took the necklace with him when he left us.”
manhattan
oh my gosh.
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“They want you to meet a… Patient Thirteen?”
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YES
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That voice, so deep and silky. If a bottle of bourbon could talk, this is what it would sound like. I’m repeating his question in my head like a broken record. That voice is simply unforgettable.
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oh yes
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He has a face that doesn’t seem to belong anywhere, like a gem in the rough from another world. Perhaps from another time, another era of gentlemen. Immediately, I’m forced to redefine what I thought was once handsome. A jaw of stubble and a defining line that could cut through a hand that tries to caress it. Skin smooth with a light shade of bronze. Highly perched cheekbones and evenly proportioned, dark eyebrows. But it’s his eyes—his eyes I cannot break away from. I thought I’d be paralyzed with fear. I thought his eyes would slice into me and leave me cold to the touch. Make me realize I ...more
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Yes.
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“Well, old bird, it seems your supervision here is no longer necessary,” Dessin refers to Suseas in a calm and sarcastic manner.
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I love him already
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“And you’re living with a twenty-five-year-old unmarried man.”
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Ok but how does he know that
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“Who says these are the only minutes I have observed?”
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oh okay cool
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“Good, because you still don’t have mine,” I challenge. At this, he releases a full-on grin. His teeth are pin straight and glossy white.
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girl where can i sign up?
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And dimples.
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DIMPLES.
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“If I had a heart—that might have worked on me.”
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While keeping his eyes on me, he undoes his shackles and grabs my hand.
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Dessin broods at my side, arm flexed and veins swelling under his skin. He came back. “I’ll thank you kindly to keep your hands off of my conformist,”
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Dessin reaches his head around to the side of my face and kisses my cheek softly, leaving a warmth like a static shock in his wake, a tingle of energy where his flesh met mine. “Shall we?” he whispers into my ear.
manhattan
Wow so need that like asap maybe right this second?
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“Was it something I said?” An obvious smug smirk laces his words.
manhattan
Bye i love him bro