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[KAELIA BRYNN HALLOWAY]

My boots slapped a frantic rhythm against the cold black marble floor of our guest suite. Up and down the length of the room I marched, tracing the same invisible line into the stone until I felt I might burn a trench through the foundation itself. I brought my thumb to my mouth, chewing the nail down to the quick. The sharp, metallic tang of blood blo