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The late evening flowed velvety through the half-open hatch of the off-road vehicle, which easily glided through the night city.

When I opened the case, I expected to see anything but a scarlet strapless dress. Even when I saw sandals of the same color, it didn’t cross my mind that Boris’s gift could be so frank.

The purest scarlet blood was covered with silk in the likeness of a second skin, while not restricting movement at all, it was hellishly combined with diamonds playing with fire.

On the one hand, I found Boris's liberated whim as a sign that I was worried about Diana for nothing and that the problems with Koppel were settled. On the other hand... On the other hand, I felt naked and I had an unpleasant stomachache at the thought that I was going to some kind of feast during the plague.

At the same time, I felt excited. My life, hardly mine with all the big words and statements, was once again taking a sharp turn regardless of my desires, and I was impatient for where it would