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MAEVE

No. Not that.

He could take anything from me. Not that necklace.

The scanned image was the first valuable thing I had. This was the second. I couldn't afford to be away from it for one second.

I tried to take it back from him, but he pulled his hand away.

"Please, give it back." I couldn't control how shaky my voice was.

He stared at it, like he held some sort of adm