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He's going to hurt you, Al said, looking at Pierce. I can take care of you, teach you to survive. Be there for you, even if you do hate me. I shivered. I don't want him, I said, and Al turned away, seeming smaller somehow.

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Kim Harrison
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Writer
Midwest
Wyoming
Dawn Cook
Going
Hurt
Shivered
Teach
Pierce
Looking
Seeming
Hate
Als
Away
Smaller
Care
Survive
Take
Somehow
Even
Turned

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