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“I hope this time you treat her right. I don’t want her in the hands of that selfish bastard,” Ria said, glaring down at Aurora as I held her limp body.

Ria had called me last week to say Aurora was staying with her. She’d asked me to take Aurora because the girl wouldn’t come willingly, she made that clear the last time they met.

“Thanks,” I said. “Our plan finally worked.” I stepped closer and lifted Aurora from the floor, cradling her against my chest. Her ...