Monsters & Mystics

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Monsters & Mystics
Monsters & Mystics
Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Who's Afraid of the Sexy Villain?

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Amanda V Shane
Oct 22, 2023
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Chapter 2
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A black and white movie scene of a war battle in Roman times plays in my head. A hundred chariots with horses thunder back and forth between my ears, making mush of my brain. To make matters worse, my Ben Hur headaches always go hand in hand with nausea. Every time.

“Uhhhh,” my moan of despair cuts through the cacophony. All the dudes in the weird mohawk…

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