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"Ryker, just let me go. I am begging you," Cleo said, as she did not want to explain anything. There was a pain in her voice.

His grip loosened around her hands. She immediately turned around and pressed her back against the wall to hide it.

Ryker took a step back as if he were confused. He could not believe what he had just seen. Her back was full of wounds like tree branches. They looked red o