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Duke bites down on his lips as he watches the nurse put a bandage over his arm. The bullet only grazed a portion of its skin, but it went by and didn't stay in him, thankfully. "Sorry. " The nurse murmurs again even though he has told her repeatedly that it's not that painful. Her fingers are shaking gently as she turns the white material round and round his upper arm. He holds up the sleeve with his free hand so that her work won't be obstructed. She looks nervous as she works and Duke doesn't know why, from the way she spoke to the other nurses, he knows that she is not new at this. Her eyes never meet him and she tries her best to avoid contact with him. She finally finishes and takes her tray in her hand. Her shaky hands make the bandage wrap fall on his lap and he looks at her. She looks at him too, for the first time since she walked into the room. It's brief before she looks away. " I'm sorry. " She bites her lips and reaches for it, but stops halfway. Wait, does this
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Duke is adjusting his suit as he looks at his hair in the mirror, he makes sure that his hair is not sticking out and messing with his perfection. How the hell holds meetings in the night? Even the general, who decides which country is destroyed, doesn't hold night meetings unless it's an emergency. He almost forgot that this is the great five, the brotherhood that puts men in high places and also removes them too, their meetings won't be easily done during the day time, the night is a special ingredient to their evilness. Duke is in the car when Mister Jimmy walks in with a black coat over himself and dark shades too. He shuts the door and looks at Duke through the mirror. " You don't have a coat on?" Mister Jimmy frowns. " Are you planning to freeze to death?"" I had no idea that we would be having an outing this late at night and I kind of forgot about a coat. "" Well it's going to be a very cold night for you, I am sure of that. " Mister Jimmy nods. " You won't forget next
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The hefty bodyguard behind her walks out of the room immediately. Duke looks like he has been struck by lightning as he can't stop looking at this beautiful woman. She should be in her early fifties but she hasn't lost even the slightest bit of her youthful beauty. Her dark hair is over her shoulders and she walks away from the puddle of her cloak in silk gracefulness. Duke, on instinct, pulls out a chair for her and she smiles at him. He grabs her cloak and puts it on a rack in the room. It must be for her because the others still have their coats on. " Welcome, Lord Eve. " Mister Jimmy bows to her and that's the most mind-blowing thing Duke has seen in this association. In here where women are servile it's interesting to see a woman who is standing around with the leaders. Lord Eve, as he heard what was said, looks down on the table as she taps her finger. "Why don't I feel welcomed?" She looks around. " Oh, I have never felt welcome. Not when I was a common member and not n
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Duke feels the slim sides of the paper against his finger and he watches her walk out and wink at him just before she completely covers her face completely with the cloak. He is frozen until she leaves and then he turns back to Mister Jimmy and Lord William. They are both preparing to leave the room he is looking at them. " The fucking cunt. " Lord William curses. " She has been a lot lousier since her husband died. I remember when she kept quiet and listened when he was alive..."" The grand Lord still made her one of the Lords and there is nothing we can do about it. " Mister Jimmy shakes his head. " There is nothing we can do about it. "Lord William stops as if he has an idea that no one can guess. " How about you tell the Grand Lord that we want to get her removed?" He suggests. " It has been done before and I know that he is not going to have a problem doing it one more time. "Mister Jimmy shuts his eyes tightly as if he wants to drive out the bad memories from his brain.
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Duke looks back at her, with a smile on his face, but he hasn't gotten the words to tell her right now. She looks around again and then stands up to her feet. She gestures to him. " Come on, let's find somewhere private to talk. " She walks away. Duke doesn't trust her, hell he doesn't trust anyone in the great five and his eyes are the only thing that follows her as she walks back to the stairs. When she notices that he isn't behind her, she stops and gives him a small frown. " Trust me, I am not one of the bad guys. Come. " She urges him. Duke pushes himself to his feet and he follows behind her. She walks up the stairs and he leaves a few steps between them. They encounter one of the servant girls on their way up and the scared girl stops and presses herself against the wall and keeps her eyes on the ground. " I am busy and I don't want to be disturbed. " Lord Eve says to her. " Let the others know. "" Yes, ma'am. " Duke follows after her, wondering how the hell she know
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Duke is still. "What?"She shakes her head at his ignorance. " What Duke?" She asks. " You thought maybe you were so lucky that a speed boat just happened to be at the shore that day and also had the money there?"That's exactly what Duke thought happened. His father probably found out that something tragic would happen and he kept the boat there, but apparently, that's not what happened. She scoffs and walks back to the table. She pulls out a bottle of vodka and two shot cups as she pours out the drink. She sets one in front of Duke, but he is lost in his thoughts. " You saved me?" He finally finds his voice again. " Well, in some kind of way. " She shrugs. " I heard of the plan against your father after he was stripped of his lordship and there was nothing I could do, so I set up an escape plan for you. ""How did you know I would escape?""Hope, Duke. I had a lot of hope that your family would get out of it. " She sighs. All of this, it's too much for Duke to process and he
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Melody looks at herself in the mirror and she blows away the strand of hair that is falling over her left eye but it only bounces and returns to its position. It's hard for her to even recognize herself in the mirror because of the makeup. The sharp contrast between the redness of her lips and the innocent pale skin of hers is too obvious. Even though it's so uncomfortable, she is not going to wipe it off or try to reduce the makeup because she knows that they are going to reapply it anyway. She concentrates on her eyes in the images and she reminds herself that she can do this another day. She takes off her robe and lets it calm to the ground. She is only putting on a red bra and panties to match, nothing more. She takes off the shirt that looks so smooth that she is so careful not to make crisps on it as she puts it on. That's it, that's all the clothing she is going to get for the shoot today. She isn't allowed to button up too, she just holds the sides together and turns aro
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Bloom hasn't forgotten all about Jace and he is not going bro any time soon. He remembers how Jace got crazy and drugged Melody and how if not for him she would have been in real trouble. " Wait, is that not the same asshole who drugged you?" Bloom points out as if she can't see the obvious. " Man, it's not like that. " She sighs. " Jace got caught up in some irrational thought of his, but he apologized and we are cool now. "Bloom only nods, he can't convince her otherwise, can he? And it's not like it's any of his business right now. " Why don't we forget about what happened in the past and just have a nice dinner?" She suggests. " Yes, ma'am, if you say so. " He agrees. They wait for the cars driving by to all go before they cross to the other side of the road. The restaurant " reale" isn't one of those big ones. This is a medium-sized restaurant but it's fully packed with luxury and class. Not everyone can afford it, so they aren't big enough to accommodate everyone in tow