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CHAPTER 23 — MAKING DEALS WITH THE DEVIL.
SAME DAY
I liked the way Tia brushed her thumb against my skin but the question was if I actually loved her. I could have fallen in love her and was just deceiving myself that I didn't actually love her, no, the way I felt around Tia could not be compared to the way I felt around Dawn. Dawn made me feel more alive, more real like she brought me from two-dimension to three-dimension. I loved her.
We drove for another boring ten minutes before the minivan finally eased to a stop. Tia was gently stroking my neck with her left hand as I leaned my head on her left shoulder.
"Everyone stay in, Jereum you can come with," Jhan said, before he stepped out and Jereum stepped out as well. And that's how it has always been, Jhan and Jereum, defenders of the undefended. If only Jhan would stop treating me like a child and more like one of them. I was the most powerful after all.
We had stopped a distance in front of a bungalow. Red painted walls as usual and I saw an
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Crimson Moon CHAPTER 26 — HONE YOUR ABILITIES.
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Crimson Moon CHAPTER 27 — JEREUM VICTORIOUS.
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Crimson Moon CHAPTER 28 — LITTLE LEYA ALL ALONE.
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Crimson Moon CHAPTER 29 — DALLAS RETURN.
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Crimson Moon CHAPTER 31 — REMINISCENCE, PAST LIFE.
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