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    “Stelle, wait.”

    The hallway’s dim fluorescents shine through the doorway, making haze of her thin t-shirt; her ribs and her waist are shadows of some unattainable, gauzy silhouette, like smoke between fingers. He can’t even see her face now. He wants for so much, for so many things, but he can’t take any of them, not even when they’re right in front of him. Because he isn’t allowed. Not after what he’s done.

    “It’s okay, Dan Heng, I’ll just—”

    The most he can grant himself is her wrist. This time, though, he holds on and he doesn’t let go. And when she looks at him, he looks right back at her. Steady. Burning.

    “Stay,” he says, the single syllable so demanding that the sound of it surprises even him. His heart thuds. The Hunt is thick in his veins. “Please. I’d like for you to stay.”

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