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Down the dark side
Osun
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Temi could not help herself. Her jaw dropped to the floor as she stared at Elijah. He crumpled to the floor as blood spurted from his torso. He gave her a look that seemed to ask what happened. His confusion changed to pain. Tears poured from his eyes as he held onto his stomach. He mouthed a word that she could not place.
“Go,” he said, louder.
What if she carried him? Would he lose more blood if she did?
“Go.”
The man approached them. She could not bear to leave him like this. He will bleed to death.
“Temi, we need to leave,” Alpha urged. She felt the buzz of the Celo in the pocket of her trouser.
If she could lift him without making the injury worse...
“Go!”
In a sp
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