My Aunt Banished Me For Dancing With A ‘Monster’ — Then He Made Me An Offer That Changed Everything
Part 2
The wedding took place three days later in a small, damp chapel while a freezing rain battered the stained glass windows.
I wore my best navy wool walking dress.
Greg wore his customary stark black, leaning heavily on his cane at the altar.
When he slid the heavy gold ring onto my finger, his hand was ice cold.
He did not kiss me.
We stepped out of the chapel not as lovers, but as business partners.
The carriage ride to his estate was silent and suffocating.
He stared out the window at the rain-slicked streets.
His jaw was locked tight from the pain radiating through his damaged leg.
My private apartments were in the east wing, while his were a considerable distance away in the west wing.
I spent the afternoon auditing his estate ledgers at a massive mahogany desk.
Dinner was served at a sprawling table that stretched like a barren wasteland between us.
I picked up my plate and marched down the length of the table to sit directly beside him.
I refused to spend the rest of my life shouting across a room just to ask for the salt.
He dismissed the startled footmen with a wave of his hand.
We finished the meal in a quiet, fragile truce.
But as the clock in the hall struck ten, the comfortable silence shattered.
I will come to your chambers in an hour.
His voice was entirely flat and stripped of all emotion.
I prepared for bed mechanically, donning a heavy cotton nightgown instead of the delicate silk my aunt had purchased.
I brushed my hair, braided it tightly, and sat in the armchair by the fire.
At precisely eleven o’clock, the heavy oak door opened.
Greg stepped inside, wearing only dark trousers and a white linen shirt open at the collar.
Without his structured coat, his physical vulnerability was glaring.
The firelight caught the edge of the burn scars disappearing beneath the linen of his shirt.
He limped directly toward the bedside table, where a single oil lamp burned low.
He reached out his scarred hand to turn the brass knob and plunge the room into absolute darkness.
Would I let him hide his scars in the dark, or would I force him to face the one thing he feared most?
Part 3
Heather Brooks stood perfectly still in the center of the massive bedchamber.
The heavy oak door had clicked shut behind Greg, sealing them inside the oppressive silence of the east wing.
He reached a calloused hand toward the single brass knob of the oil lamp.
His intention was obvious.
He wanted to plunge the room into absolute darkness.
He wanted to hide the brutal, puckered map of his survival.
Leave it.
Heather’s voice was quiet, but it possessed a sharp, unyielding edge that cut through the shadows.
Greg froze instantly.
His broad shoulders locked into a rigid line.
His hand hovered over the flickering yellow flame.
I told you I would not subject you to the sight of me.
His voice was a gravel-scraped whisper, heavy with an exhausting blend of shame and defiance.
We can do this in the dark.
I do not sleep with ghosts, Greg.
Heather stood up from the velvet armchair.
Her bare feet sank into the thick Persian rug.
I will not treat you like a monster that must be hidden away.
Leave the light.
Greg turned his head with agonizing slowness.
The raw, unprotected shock in his dark eye was devastating to witness.
He had spent five years expecting revulsion from every human being he encountered.
He had braced his entire physical frame for her tightly shut eyes and her gritted teeth.
Her demand for the light broke a fundamental law of his isolated existence.
He slowly lowered his hand from the lamp.
He turned to face her fully, leaning his considerable weight onto his carved wooden cane.
Heather walked toward him.
Her heart hammered violently against her ribs, a frantic bird trapped in her chest.
She kept her gaze completely steady.
She did not allow a single flicker of pity to enter her expression.
Pity was a useless, insulting emotion.
When she stood mere inches away from him, she stopped.
She could feel the intense heat radiating from his skin.
He smelled of sandalwood soap and the faint, permanent trace of wood smoke.
He was rigidly tense.
He was waiting for the inevitable blow.
He was waiting for her to finally flinch.
Heather reached out.
Her fingers trembled slightly, but she refused to pull back.
She placed her fingertips lightly against his left cheek.
The unblemished side of his face was warm, his jaw clenched like iron beneath her touch.
Then she moved her hand across his face with deliberate, agonizing care.
She traced the exact boundary where smooth skin met ruined tissue.
She let her fingers brush over the tight, roped scars on his right cheek.
They felt rough, thick, and deeply textured beneath her soft skin.
Greg sucked in a sharp, ragged breath.
He closed his eye.
A visible shudder ripped violently through his broad shoulders.
Don’t.
He whispered the broken, scraped sound into the quiet room.
Please.
It is just skin.
Heather spoke softly, her thumb brushing the tightened corner of his mouth.
It is just you.
You survived.
There is no shame in surviving.
Greg opened his eye.
He looked down at her, searching the absolute depths of her face for the lie.
He scoured her expression for the hidden disgust he was so accustomed to finding.
He found absolutely none.
The heavy, protective armor he had worn for five agonizing years finally cracked.
It fractured straight down the center.
He dropped his heavy oak cane.
It hit the carpet with a dull, hollow thud.
He reached out with both hands and grabbed her waist.
He held onto her as if he were a drowning man and she was the only solid ground left in the entire world.
He pulled her hard against his chest.
He buried his face in the curve of her neck.
He was shaking uncontrollably.
Heather wrapped her arms around his broad shoulders.
She held him back, feeling the heavy, solid weight of a man who had finally been allowed to stop fighting.
They did not perform a mechanical transaction in the dark.
They found a desperate, quiet harbor in each other.
The physical reality of their union was stripped of all polite, aristocratic fiction.
It was a frantic, heated collision of two people who had spent their entire lives bracing against the cold.
Greg loved her with a desperate, grounded reverence.
He mapped the lines of her body with a fierce attention that left absolutely no room for ghosts or lingering insecurities.
Morning broke over London in a wash of pale, bruised gray light.
The heavy rain had finally stopped, leaving the cobblestone streets slick and the air heavy with dampness.
Inside the east wing of the Somerset estate, the fire had burned down to glowing red embers.
Heather woke first.
She did not move immediately.
She lay perfectly still, staring up at the heavy gold canopy overhead.
She felt the unfamiliar, solid weight of the man sleeping beside her.
Greg was lying on his stomach.
His scarred cheek was pressed firmly into the white linen pillow.
In the vulnerable state of sleep, the harsh, defensive lines of his face were completely smoothed away.
He looked deeply exhausted.
The rigid tension that usually governed his entire physical body was completely gone.
The heavy wool blankets had slipped down during the night.
They revealed the broad expanse of his back and the thick, puckered burn scars that tracked over his right shoulder blade.
Heather did not feel a single ounce of regret.
She felt a profound, grounding certainty settling deep into her bones.
The mechanical coldness they had both anticipated from this arrangement had never materialized.
She quietly slipped from the massive bed.
She pulled on a heavy velvet wrapper and tied the sash tightly against the biting morning chill.
She entered her private sitting room.
She found that the housekeeper had been entirely true to her word.
A massive mahogany desk dominated the space near the tall window.
It was piled high with leather-bound estate ledgers and equipped with a fresh silver inkwell.
Heather rang for a pot of strong black tea.
She stoked the fire herself, refusing to wait for a maid.
She sat down at the desk.
She did not open a prayer book.
She did not write a weeping letter to her cruel aunt.
She cracked open the master ledger for the Duke’s northern tenant farms.
For three solid hours, the only sound in the sitting room was the scratching of her quill and the crisp turn of parchment pages.
Numbers were profoundly beautiful things.
They did not lie.
They did not care about a person’s ruined face or a woman’s lack of a dowry.
They simply balanced, or they did not.
By nine o’clock, she had found a glaring, undeniable problem.
Heather gathered the incredibly heavy ledger into her arms.
She picked up a piece of blotting paper completely loaded with her meticulous notes.
She walked straight out of her apartments.
She did not bother to dress for the day.
She navigated the long, quiet corridors of the west wing.
She ignored the wide, surprised glances of the footmen she passed along the way.
She reached the heavy oak doors of Greg’s private study.
She knocked exactly once before pushing them open.
Greg was already sitting at his massive desk.
He was fully dressed in his customary stark black attire.
His cane was resting securely against the arm of his leather chair.
A half-empty cup of black coffee sat beside a towering stack of unread correspondence.
He looked up.
His good eye widened slightly at the sight of her standing there in a velvet wrapper with her hair falling out of its loose braid.
Is something wrong?
He asked the question, his voice still rough with sleep and immediate suspicion.
Mr. Hopkins.
Heather stated the name bluntly, walking directly to his desk.
She dropped the heavy ledger onto the polished wood with a loud, echoing smack.
Your steward for the Yorkshire properties is robbing you blind.
Greg blinked in genuine confusion.
He looked from the closed ledger to her determined face.
Hopkins has managed Yorkshire for twenty years.
My father hired him.
Then your father hired a thief.
Heather leaned over the desk and pointed a slightly ink-stained finger at a specific column of figures.
Look right here.
He is reporting a thirty percent drop in wheat yields due to blight for three consecutive seasons.
Yet the mill receipts from the neighboring estate show record production.
They share the exact same soil and weather patterns.
Greg frowned deeply.
He pulled the ledger closer to examine the numbers.
Furthermore.
Heather continued, tapping the parchment page firmly.
He claims to have spent four thousand pounds repairing the slate roofs of the tenant cottages over the winter.
I cross-referenced this absurd claim with the quarry invoices.
Only a tiny fraction of that slate was actually purchased.
The rest of the money has completely vanished into thin air.
Greg scanned the meticulously recorded numbers.
His jaw tightened immediately.
The familiar ridge of muscle leaped dangerously along his scarred cheek.
He was completely silent for a long, heavy minute.
When he finally looked up, his expression was a terrifying mix of dark fury and profound astonishment.
My cousin Brian.
Greg said the name quietly.
He spent two months in Yorkshire last autumn.
He claimed he was hunting.
He was hunting for a slush fund.
Heather corrected him without missing a beat.
Hopkins is cooking the books, skimming the profits, and funneling the excess directly to your heir to cover his gambling debts.
It is remarkably lazy accounting.
A child could have spotted it if they had bothered to actually look.
Greg leaned back in his leather chair.
He stared at Heather.
She stood before him with ink on her hands.
She was wearing a simple dressing gown.
She was aggressively dismantling a massive fraud that his highly paid solicitors had completely missed.
The delicate, shrinking bride he had imagined buying was entirely absent from the room.
In her place stood an unyielding general.
You read the ledgers.
He murmured the observation, still reeling from the revelation.
I told you I was a practical woman.
Heather crossed her arms over her chest.
I refuse to let a parasitic gambler dismantle my husband’s estate while I sit in a parlor embroidering cushions.
So, what exactly are we going to do about Mr. Hopkins?
The corner of Greg’s mouth twitched upward.
The unscarred side of his face formed a slow, dangerous, utterly genuine smile.
It transformed his harsh features entirely.
We are going to fire him.
Greg’s voice dropped into a dark, gravelly register of shared, lethal intent.
And then we are going to sever Brian’s allowance entirely.
Let him rot in Macau.
Excellent.
Heather said briskly.
She turned toward the door to leave.
I will have the housekeeper send up a fresh pot of coffee.
We have three more estates to audit before lunch.
A full month passed.
The rhythm of the Somerset estate shifted from a silent, mournful tomb to a fortress actively preparing for war.
Heather and Greg spent every single morning in the study.
They systematically tore apart the corrupted structures of the Duke’s vast financial holdings.
They ate all their meals together at the center of the mahogany table.
They debated crop rotation, tenant laws, and investment strategies with equal fervor.
They slept in the same bed every single night.
The cold, mechanical transaction had rapidly evolved into an ironclad partnership.
Then the heavy cream envelope arrived.
It was a royal summons to a ball hosted by a senior member of the royal family.
It was not a polite invitation that could be casually declined.
It was a strict mandate.
To decline would be a direct, unforgivable insult to the crown.
Greg stood by the window in the study, staring down at the busy London street.
The invitation sat on his desk like a venomous snake preparing to strike.
His knuckles were completely white where he gripped the handle of his cane.
The quiet, safe sanctuary they had painstakingly built was about to be violently breached.
I will not force you to go.
Greg said, his voice tight with suppressed anxiety.
I can easily send regrets citing my poor health.
They will whisper about us, but they whisper anyway.
I will not drag you into a room full of vicious people who are waiting to tear you apart for marrying me.
Heather looked up from her stack of paperwork.
She set her pen down carefully on the blotter.
Greg.
Look at me.
He turned his head slowly, his eye filled with a raw, protective dread.
They exiled me the exact moment I danced with you.
They have spent an entire month calling me a desperate, money-grubbing spinster.
Heather spoke with absolute, icy calm.
If we hide now, we simply prove them right.
We prove that we are ashamed of ourselves.
I am not ashamed of you, and I am certainly not afraid of them.
Greg’s throat worked as he swallowed heavily.
He looked at her, his dark eye blazing with a sudden, fierce loyalty.
You will be a massive target.
Let them aim.
Heather said coldly.
I have incredibly thick skin.
The night of the royal ball, Heather did not dress to blend into the background.
She dressed for absolute battle.
She chose a magnificent gown of deep, liquid emerald silk.
It was cut severely, featuring no delicate lace, no frivolous ruffles, and absolutely no apologies.
It was a dress meant to command a room, not to soften it.
When she entered her sitting room, Greg was already waiting.
He wore his stark black evening wear as always.
But tonight, he wore his glittering military medals pinned proudly to his chest.
It was a rare concession to the royal host.
He looked up, and his breath hitched visibly in his throat.
He crossed the room slowly, leaning on his cane.
In his left hand, he held a long, flat velvet box.
He snapped it open.
Inside rested the legendary Somerset diamonds.
It was a staggering, heavy collar of brilliant stones.
It was a piece of jewelry that had belonged to the duchesses of his bloodline for three centuries.
Greg stepped carefully behind her.
He placed the cold, incredibly heavy diamonds around her neck.
His calloused fingers brushed the sensitive nape of her neck as he fastened the intricate clasp.
You look formidable.
He paused, struggling to find a word powerful enough to describe her.
Good.
Heather turned to face him fully.
She reached out and adjusted the crisp lapel of his black coat.
Shall we go terrify London?
The arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Somerset at the royal estate was a seismic event.
When the footman banged his staff on the marble floor and announced their names, the massive ballroom went dead silent.
The orchestra played on, but the overlapping conversations completely evaporated.
Heather placed her gloved hand firmly on Greg’s arm.
She felt the heavy, rigid tension coiled tight in his muscle.
She pressed her fingers into his sleeve, acting as a silent, unyielding anchor.
I am right here.
We are doing this.
They walked into the brilliantly lit room together.
Click.
Drag.
Click.
The massive sea of colorful silk and expensive broadcloth parted before them.
Hundreds of eyes darted toward Greg’s ruined face.
Then those same eyes snapped to the blazing, priceless diamonds resting at Heather’s throat.
They saw a crippled, heavily scarred man.
But beside him, they saw a woman whose chin was raised high.
Her gaze was flat and challenging.
She radiated absolute, unyielding authority.
They made their slow, measured way toward the perimeter of the dance floor.
As they walked, Heather spotted her Aunt Brenda standing nervously near a marble pillar.
Brenda looked incredibly pale.
Her eyes were locked obsessively on the enormous diamonds resting against her niece’s collarbone.
Heather did not offer a polite smile.
She simply held Brenda’s terrified gaze until the older woman physically broke eye contact and stared at the floor.
They are staring at us.
Greg muttered under his breath, his jaw locked tight enough to crack a tooth.
Let them.
Heather murmured back, keeping her posture perfectly straight.
They are looking at the most powerful couple in this entire room.
Suddenly, a man stepped directly into their path.
It was Lord Craig, a viciously ambitious peer known for his sharp, cruel tongue and his absolute lack of social boundaries.
He offered a shallow, highly insulting bow.
Greg.
Craig sneered the name, his eyes flicking to the burn scars with naked, undisguised distaste.
A rare sight indeed, and you brought your new Duchess.
I must confess, Miss Brooks, forgive me, Your Grace.
We were all quite shocked by the desperate speed of your nuptials.
One assumes you found the Somerset vaults incredibly persuasive.
A low, eager murmur rippled through the immediate crowd of onlookers.
It was a direct, carefully calculated insult meant to publicly humiliate them both.
Greg’s hand tightened on his cane.
A dangerous, explosive anger darkened his entire face.
He stepped forward to speak, ready to physically strike the man.
Heather stopped him instantly with a firm, commanding squeeze of his arm.
She stepped slightly ahead of her husband.
She looked Lord Craig up and down.
Her expression was one of mild, clinical pity.
Lord Craig.
Heather’s voice carried perfectly over the quiet, anticipating crowd.
I find myself equally shocked by your presence here tonight.
My husband’s solicitors informed me just this morning that you recently remortgaged your Sussex estate for the third consecutive time.
I was under the impression that men in such dire financial straits preferred to stay home and save the carriage fare.
The silence in the room sharpened into a deadly razor.
Craig’s face drained of all color, turning a sickly, mottled shade of gray.
To have one’s secret financial ruin exposed so brutally and calmly by a woman was a social death sentence.
How dare you?
Craig choked out the words, stumbling backward.
I dare because my husband is entirely too polite to mention it.
Heather said coolly, her gaze completely flat.
If you ever speak to the Duke of Somerset with such disrespect again, I will personally buy your Sussex estate and turn it into an orphanage for feral cats.
Now, step aside.
You are blocking the air.
Craig stumbled backward, dissolving into the eager, whispering crowd like a terrified ghost.
Heather turned back to Greg.
She did not look flustered in the slightest.
She merely smoothed the front of her emerald skirt.
Shall we find a glass of champagne?
Greg stared at her in absolute shock.
The violent anger had completely vanished from his face.
It was replaced by a look of profound, staggering awe.
He looked at the woman who had not only demanded to dance with a monster.
She had just publicly drawn blood to defend him.
He shifted his cane to his left hand.
He did not offer her his arm to politely lean on.
He offered her his bare hand.
Yes, Heather.
The ruined Duke said, a genuine, fierce smile touching the scarred corner of his mouth.
I believe we shall.
The carriage ride back to their estate was governed by an entirely different breed of silence.
It was not the cold, vibrating dread of their bleak wedding day.
It was an electric, heavy atmosphere thick with adrenaline.
It was fueled by the lingering thrill of a completely successful public slaughter.
Greg did not retreat into the dark shadows of the velvet bench.
He sat far forward.
His cane was braced tightly between his leather boots.
His dark eye was locked entirely on his wife.
The street lamps flickered brightly through the glass.
They cast passing bands of gold over the sharp, unyielding line of her jaw and the heavy diamonds resting at her throat.
You are a truly terrifying woman.
Greg finally spoke.
His voice was a low, rough scrape in the dark interior of the carriage.
Craig is a weak bully.
Heather replied smoothly, removing her leather gloves finger by careful finger.
Bullies rely entirely on the polite silence of their betters to survive.
I simply removed that silence.
You made a dangerous enemy of a desperate man.
I made a highly visible public example.
She corrected him, finally looking directly into his eye.
The rest of them will think twice before they dare to stare at you like a museum exhibit.
We established the absolute borders of our territory tonight, Greg.
No one crosses them.
He let out a short, harsh breath that might have been a laugh of sheer disbelief.
He reached across the small, dark space between them.
He did not ask for permission.
He gripped her bare hand.
His calluses scraped rough against her soft skin.
He pressed her knuckles firmly to his mouth.
He kissed her hand right over the crest of the heavy gold Somerset ring.
It was a raw, fierce gesture of absolute, willing surrender.
When the carriage pulled up to the limestone steps of their massive estate, they did not separate in the grand foyer.
Greg did not retreat down the dark corridor to the west wing.
He followed the heavy, swishing rustle of her emerald silk straight up the sweeping marble staircase.
Click.
Drag.
Click.
Inside her bedchamber, the fire was blazing brightly.
Heather walked to the large mirror to unfasten the priceless diamonds.
Her fingers struggled with the heavy, intricate gold clasp.
Let me.
Greg murmured, stepping close behind her.
He did not look at her reflection in the glass.
He looked intensely at the living, breathing woman.
His large, scarred hands brushed the delicate nape of her neck.
He released the stubborn clasp.
The heavy stones slid away.
They pooled on the mahogany dresser like a puddle of frozen ice.
He did not step back to observe polite boundaries.
He wrapped his strong arms completely around her waist.
He pulled her back flush against his broad chest.
He buried his face in the warm curve of her neck.
He inhaled the clean scent of her skin.
The contract.
Greg said quietly, his warm breath ghosting against her collarbone.
It dictated that this was a transaction.
A duty to secure an heir.
I remember the terms perfectly.
Heather whispered, leaning her weight fully back into his solid, unyielding frame.
I wish to break them.
He said with absolute conviction.
He turned her around to face him.
The firelight caught the deep, ruined grooves of his scarred face.
He did not flinch away from the bright illumination.
He let her see the desperate, hungry truth shining in his eye.
I do not want an arrangement, Heather.
I want my wife.
Heather reached up without hesitation.
She framed his face with both of her hands.
Her thumb stroked the rough edge of the severe burn scar on his jaw.
Then take her.
There was no darkness that night.
There was no mechanical, silent obligation fulfilled in the shadows.
There was only the frantic, heated collision of two people who had spent their lives bracing against the cold cruelty of the world.
He cherished her entirely, treating their bond with fierce devotion.
He mapped the elegant lines of her body with a fierce, unwavering attention.
He left absolutely no room for ghosts or lingering insecurities to survive in the light.
By the time December arrived, the Somerset estate ledgers were written entirely in black ink.
Brian’s frantic, desperate letters demanding money were being burned unopened in the study fireplace.
Heather’s elegant dresses were growing visibly tight around her waist.
The high society ton kept a very careful distance.
Heather and Greg attended only the specific engagements they chose.
When they walked into a crowded room, society parted for them immediately.
They did not part out of disgust.
They parted out of a healthy, deeply ingrained fear.
They were completely untouchable.
The true, ultimate test of their fortress came in the sweltering, oppressive heat of August.
The brutal labor began long before dawn.
By noon, the grand estate was transformed into a frantic battleground.
Heather lay in the massive gold-draped bed.
Her face was gray with intense pain.
Her hair was plastered to her forehead with cold sweat.
The high society physician stood nervously at the foot of the bed.
He nervously wiped his hands on a bloody linen towel.
You must leave the room, Your Grace.
The physician demanded, his voice shaking.
He looked terrified of the towering, intimidating figure in black standing by the window.
It is not proper for a husband to remain.
If you tell me to leave my own wife again, Doctor, I will personally throw you through that glass window.
Greg snarled the threat with lethal intent.
He crossed the room in three long strides.
His cane hit the floor with a violent, rhythmic crack.
He dropped the cane by the bed.
He sat firmly on the edge of the mattress.
He ignored the blood.
He ignored the screaming.
He took Heather’s thrashing hand in both of his.
He anchored her completely to the physical world.
I am right here.
He said, his gravelly voice cutting cleanly through the blind panic in the room.
Look at me, Heather.
Look at me.
She forced her eyes open.
She found the familiar, scarred face that had become her entire world.
She gripped his hands hard enough to deeply bruise the bone.
It hurts.
She gasped, the pain stripping away all her carefully constructed iron composure.
I know.
He said fiercely, pressing a desperate kiss to her damp forehead.
Fight it.
You are the most stubborn creature God ever put on this earth.
Fight.
She fought with everything she possessed.
For three more agonizing, endless hours, she crushed his hands and tore the air from her lungs.
Finally, a sharp, furious cry pierced the stifling heat of the bedroom.
The physician stepped back, completely breathless.
A boy, Your Grace.
A healthy son.
The rest of the room immediately fell away.
The ledgers, the cruel society, the burning beams of the past all vanished.
They dissolved entirely into the beautiful sound of that single outraged cry.
The nurse cleaned the child swiftly.
She wrapped him in a soft white linen blanket.
She stepped hesitantly toward Greg.
Greg reached out his scarred hands.
His fingers were shaking violently.
He took the small, impossibly light bundle into his arms.
He looked down at the tiny, red, furious face of his newborn son.
The baby blinked, waving a tiny fist in the warm air.
The child suddenly settled completely as Greg pulled him against his broad chest.
Greg sat back down on the edge of the mattress.
He leaned over carefully so Heather could see.
She was deeply exhausted and pale.
But her eyes were bright and incredibly sharp.
He needs a name.
Greg whispered the words into the quiet room.
A single tear slipped down his cheek.
It tracked slowly through the deep valleys of the scars he had hated for five long years.
He didn’t bother to wipe it away.
He needs to learn to keep a ledger.
Heather murmured softly.
She reached out to touch the baby’s incredibly soft cheek.
Then her fingers trailed up to rest lightly against Greg’s scarred jaw.
And he needs to learn from his father exactly how to survive.
Greg looked from the face of his son to the face of his wife.
The brutal transaction was over.
The debt was completely paid.
But as he sat in the ruins of the life society had assigned him, he held the entirely new world they had built from scratch.
He knew he had never been richer.
THE END
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