PREYS AT PLAY
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A deep-dive research into the murders that are happening in her small-town leaves Verena suspicious of everyone close to her, especially when the killer makes it his personal mission to taunt her.
"Did I mention that I fantasize about fucking her on top of the cut outs of the news articles she's gathered, right there in the library- making her scream the name she's so obsessed with knowing..."
PREYS AT PLAY
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A hauntingly, dark romance story.
Warning: This story contains mature content.
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