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Almedha Vexx: A Short Story

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However, this wasn 't Lucius. This was Almedha Vexx, or commonly referred to as The Vex. The lady with eons of experience yet displayed the youth of an eighteen year old. She had experienced all the trickery, deceit and lies there were in life. To be frank, she was quite exhausted of the endless 'surprises ' in life. To her, every event seemed to repeat continuously. Every task, every obstacle were too simple to conquer. Just a single glance was all that it ever required for her to mesmerize any male specimen. None were successful in resisting her bewitching dark turquoise orbs with flecks of
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