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Elegy

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“Pretending to be someone else is my favorite part of any job. It’s like dressing up for Halloween, playing the part of someone evil, in a disguise used to trick the wicked into believing they’re in for a treat. Yet none of them know my monster is worse than theirs. That my monster has been forged in fire and hate, that it will always be more terrifying.”

“You don’t fucking know anything about me,” I snarl, tilting my chin up in defiance. Jake chuckles, dropping his head. Our mouths are mere inches apart, and my breathing stops. “Yes, I do, Stefany,” he murmurs, each word making his breath dance across the flesh of my lips. “And I know all the right buttons to press like no one else.” I exhale a shaky breath and laugh. “Baby, you couldn’t find the buttons even if you had a roadmap or stopped and asked for directions.”