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"ᴡʜᴀᴛs ᴛᴀsʜɪ's sᴛᴏʀʏ? sʜᴇ sᴇᴇᴍs ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄʟᴏsᴇᴅ ᴏғғ."

ᴇᴅᴡᴀʀᴅ ɢʟᴀɴᴄᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ʙᴇʟʟᴀ's ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ. "ᴛᴀsʜɪ ɪs ᴠᴇʀʏ...ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ, ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴛ ᴏғ ᴜs. sʜᴇs ᴏʟᴅᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀʟʟ ᴏғ ᴜs ᴄᴏᴍʙɪɴᴇᴅ, ʏᴏᴜʟʟ sᴇᴇ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ sʜᴇ ᴘʀᴇsᴇɴᴛs ʜᴇʀsᴇʟғ. ɴᴏɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴜs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀ sᴇᴇɴ ʜᴇʀ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ, sʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇsɴᴛ sʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴ. ʙᴜᴛ, sʜᴇ ᴡᴀsɴᴛ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ, ғʀᴏᴍ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴠᴇ sᴇᴇɴ ɪɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴍɪɴᴅ. sʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ᴛᴡɪɴ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ʜᴇʀ ʙᴇsᴛ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ʟᴏsᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴘʟᴀɢᴜᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀʟᴍᴏsᴛ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴀ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ɪᴛ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ."

"ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʀ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ? ᴅɪᴅ ʜᴇ ᴅɪᴇ?" ʙᴇʟʟᴀ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ, ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ᴇʏᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋs ᴏɴ ʜɪs sʜᴇʟғ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ʜɪs ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ᴇʏᴇs. "ʏᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ, ᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ᴡʜᴏ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, ᴄᴀʀᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴏᴡɴ. ᴛʜᴇʏ ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇғᴜʟʟʏ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴀɴʏ ʏᴇᴀʀs. ʙᴜᴛ ʜᴇʀ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴛᴀᴋᴀsʜɪ, ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴍᴀᴛᴇ, ᴏɴʟʏ sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ. ʜᴇ ʀᴇғᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴜʀɴ ʜᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏʟᴛᴜʀɪ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ sᴇɴᴛ ᴀ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ. sᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇʏ ғʟᴇᴇᴅ." ᴇᴅᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sɪᴛ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪᴀɴᴏ sᴛᴏᴏʟ ᴀs ʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇᴅ, ʙᴇʟʟᴀ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴛʟʏ.

"ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ᴡʜᴏ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇᴍ, sʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ sᴇᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜᴛᴜʀᴇ, ᴊᴜsᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀʟɪᴄᴇ. sᴏ sʜᴇ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏʟᴛᴜʀɪ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. ɪ sᴇᴇ ʜᴇʀ ʀᴇᴘʟᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ, ʜᴇʀ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪs ᴍᴀᴛᴇ, ᴀʟʟ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ʙʀᴜᴛᴀʟʟʏ ᴅɪsɪɴᴛᴇɢʀᴀᴛᴇᴅ. sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴇsᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴɪɢʜᴛ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏʟᴛᴜʀɪ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴄʟᴏsᴇ ᴛᴏ ғɪɴᴅɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ, ᴄᴀʀʟɪsʟᴇ sᴇᴀʀᴄʜᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ ʜɪᴍsᴇʟғ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇ ʜᴇʟᴘᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀᴡᴀʏ. sʜᴇs ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪᴍ ᴇᴠᴇʀ sɪɴᴄᴇ." ᴇᴅᴡᴀʀᴅ ғɪɴɪsʜᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ɢʀᴀᴛᴇғᴜʟ ᴛᴀsʜɪᴋᴀʜ ᴡᴀsɴᴛ ʜᴏᴍᴇ sᴏ sʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴᴛ ʜᴇᴀʀ ʜɪᴍ ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟ ʜᴇʀ ʟɪғᴇ.

"ɪs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡʜʏ sʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇsɴᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ? ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ɪ ʀᴇᴍɪɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴏғ ʜᴇʀ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀs ᴍᴀᴛᴇ?" ʙᴇʟʟᴀ ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ, ғᴜʀʀᴏᴡɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ʙʀᴏᴡs sʟɪɢʜᴛʟʏ.

ᴇᴅᴡᴀʀᴅ sʜᴏᴏᴋ ʜɪs ʜᴇᴀᴅ, ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪᴀɴᴏ ᴛɪʟᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴇᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴇʏᴇs.
"ɴᴏ. ᴛᴀsʜɪ ᴅᴏᴇsɴᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ sʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴᴋs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜʟʟ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴏғ ᴜs ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ."

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𝐂 𝐀 𝐒 𝐓

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𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝑻𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒌𝒂𝒉 𝑲𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒆 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏

~ ᵗᵉˡᵉᵏⁱⁿᵉᵗⁱᶜ ᵛᵃᵐᵖⁱʳᵉ ~

"𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬"

𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝑪𝒂𝒊𝒖𝒔 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊

~ ʳᵘᵗʰˡᵉˢˢ ᵛᵃᵐᵖⁱʳᵉ ᵏⁱⁿᵍ ~

"𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠"

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𝐄 𝐗 𝐓 𝐑 𝐀 𝐒

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𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐬 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏
𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝑱𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝑬𝒔𝒎𝒆 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏
𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝑨𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏
𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐤𝐢 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒆
𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐳 𝐚𝐬 𝑬𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒕 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏
𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝑬𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏
𝐊𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝑺𝒘𝒂𝒏
𝐓𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒐𝒃 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌
𝐃𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐭𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊
𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝑨𝒓𝒐 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊
𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒊 𝑽𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊
& 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆
𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊 𝑲𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒘𝒆

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a/n: so...i decided to start a new caius book bc i just wasn't feeling my last one, it was so cringe to me and the writing and plot is just horrible to me, so I came up with a better one!

plus, i see lily collins used all the time so i wanted to use a fc who wasn't that common, and i hardly see main characters who are poc, so that's what I'm here to do, go read something else if u got a problem with it 🙏

tashikah has an english accent btw! therefore why i casted her brother as lewis hamilton who is english! he's not an official actor (he should be), but he's the only one i can see as tashis brother so yeah 🤞 (if u don't know who he is, look him up lol, he's an 8x formula 1 world champion)

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