PUZZLE PIECE 29
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Glacial, clutching lies,
A tempest, shadow man, breathes.
His power inflames.
Too bright, longing to soar free.
Nothing stops Ryder, nothing.
A flash of lightning,
Now a sudden thunderstorm,
Fear him kissing Jade,
He kisses without breathing,
Jade kisses without pausing.
I had a strange feeling that something wasn’t quite right. I couldn’t explain it, but I sensed it. The sky hid behind a dark, unapproachable veil of deceit. All the clouds had lost their cheerful fluffiness, flattening like a pack of shuffled playing cards. A storm battered the sky as loud thunder raged and heavy raindrops fell.
Half an hour after the storm, Ryder arrived at my house, drenched through.
The thunderstorm had caught him. I reckon the sky had clouded over as he’
