Chase The Morning
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Shilo looks around at the apartment—small, dim, moldy. There's a tiny bathroom in the corner, and a pile of mattresses and blankets against the wall that she assumes is Graverobber's bed. It's so different from her lovely airy house that she feels like crying. And it's worse because she can't go back to her house—not with GeneCo and Amber Sweet on her trail, eager to tie up the last loose end of Rotti's legacy.
Graverobber puts his hand on her shoulder and kisses her cheek. "Aw, sweetheart," he purrs, and holds up a little glass vial. "Need something to take the edge off?"
Shilo shouldn't. Her father wouldn't want her to, but…
"Yeah, why not. Takes the edge off, right?"