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The Knave of Hearts #5

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Jenny was dumb, but she wasn’t stupid. Eventually, she learned about everything.

“You really killed two guys when you were a kid?”

I couldn’t bear her lookin’ at me like that. “It was self defense.”

“When you were a kid, Klaus?”

Honestly, she was the only person who could ever make me cry. I broke down in her arms and told her about my neighbor, how he threatened me, how he killed my horse. About the other guy, too. She soothed my mind, then my body.

Come midnight, I mumbled, “I’d do anything for you.”

“Then marry me.”

I laughed.

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