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[18+] “Upon Thy Grave From the Ashes of My Heart” by Batced (part 1 of 2, read by Kergiby)

[18+] In 1818, Mary Shelley published her horror masterpiece, a tale of a scientist who tempts fate and comes to regret his action. But that is the story the public think they know…

Tonight’s story is the first of two parts of “Upon Thy Grave From The Ashes Of My Heart” by Batced, longtime editor from Thurston Howl Publications. 

Read by Kergiby, a Full Time Panther.

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longtime

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editor from

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The Ashes of My Heart” by Batced, Part 1 of 2
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Frankenstein.
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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

on

all:

like another

all:

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all:

lady

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

made

all:

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all:

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all:

her

all:

chest.

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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themselves. “It’s

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

where

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all:

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all:

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all:

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and

all:

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all:

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all:

you

all:

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all:

run

all:

away

all:

from.”
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all:

far

all:

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all:

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all:

jaded

all:

interior,

all:

a

all:

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all:

spark

all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

words. “It

all:

would

all:

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all:

easy,

all:

you

all:

know.”
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all:

would?”
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all:

run

all:

away.

all:

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all:

lucky

all:

ones,

all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

leave

all:

and

all:

never

all:

come

all:

back.”
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all:

you

all:

wish

all:

to

all:

run

all:

away?”

all:

Justine

all:

asked.
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all:

I

all:

be

all:

better

all:

if

all:

I

all:

did?”
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all:

question

all:

lingered

all:

in

all:

space

all:

for

all:

some

all:

time,

all:

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all:

uneasily

all:

between

all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

them.

all:

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all:

appeared

all:

on

all:

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all:

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all:

face

all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

escape

all:

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all:

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all:

notice.

all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

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all:

edge

all:

of

all:

her

all:

narrow

all:

snout.
But

all:

Elizabeth

all:

picked

all:

her

all:

face

all:

back

all:

and

all:

cleared her

all:

throat. “But

all:

you

all:

needed

all:

me

all:

for

all:

something,

all:

Justine?”
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all:

Justine

all:

answered. “Your

all:

presence

all:

is

all:

requested.”
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all:

whom?

all:

The

all:

duke?

all:

Uncle

all:

Alphonse

all:

or…”
“Your

all:

cousin,”

all:

Justine

all:

answered,

all:

then

all:

hesitated

all:

before

all:

adding, “and

all:

fiancé.”
“Victor,” finished Elizabeth with a

all:

heavy

all:

sigh.
“You’ve

all:

not

all:

seen

all:

him

all:

since

all:

his

all:

return

all:

from

all:

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all:

Justine

all:

continued. “He’s

all:

been...most

all:

anxious.

all:

To

all:

spend

all:

time

all:

with

all:

you

all:

that

all:

is.”
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all:

offered

all:

no

all:

immediate

all:

reply

all:

as

all:

she

all:

stepped

all:

forward

all:

to

all:

the

all:

binturong,

all:

arms

all:

folded as

all:

she

all:

stared

all:

down

all:

at

all:

the

all:

ground.

all:

It

all:

was

all:

as

all:

though

all:

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all:

devil

all:

had

all:

returned

all:

to

all:

her. “All

all:

my

all:

life

all:

I’ve

all:

been

all:

told

all:

to

all:

experience

all:

what

all:

is

all:

expected

all:

of

all:

me,

all:

do

all:

what

all:

I am

all:

told

all:

because

all:

others

all:

know

all:

better.

all:

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all:

presence

all:

is

all:

a

all:

reminder

all:

of

all:

all

all:

I

all:

thought

all:

I had

all:

forsaken.

all:

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all:

to

all:

become

all:

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all:

next

all:

Lady

all:

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all:

and

all:

provide

all:

Victor

all:

with

all:

a

all:

litter

all:

to

all:

carry

all:

on

all:

the

all:

family

all:

legacy...”
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all:

than

all:

standing

all:

upon

all:

your

all:

own

all:

feet

all:

as

all:

your

all:

own

all:

woman,”

all:

uttered

all:

Justine,

all:

whose

all:

eyes

all:

went

all:

wide

all:

as she

all:

then

all:

quickly

all:

lowered

all:

her

all:

head. “Apologies

all:

for

all:

speaking

all:

out

all:

of

all:

turn!”
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all:

laughed.

all:

That

all:

innocence

all:

was

all:

one

all:

of

all:

the

all:

things

all:

which

all:

endeared

all:

her

all:

to

all:

Justine.

all:

The

all:

maid

all:

had

all:

found

all:

little

all:

ways

all:

of

all:

remaining

all:

close

all:

to

all:

Elizabeth,

all:

especially

all:

in

all:

those

all:

times of

all:

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all:

absence,

all:

when

all:

it had

all:

seemed

all:

like

all:

the

all:

darkness

all:

and

all:

permanent

all:

oblivion

all:

of

all:

a

all:

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all:

night

all:

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all:

to

all:

swallow

all:

the

all:

vixen

all:

whole,

all:

the

all:

binturong

all:

was

all:

there,

all:

for

all:

warmth

all:

and

all:

security.

all:

More

all:

than

all:

once

all:

Elizabeth

all:

had

all:

called

all:

out

all:

the

all:

binturong’s

all:

name

all:

rather

all:

than

all:

her

all:

cousin’s,

all:

a

all:

notion

all:

that

all:

left

all:

her

all:

embarrassed

all:

at

all:

one

all:

moment

all:

but

all:

an

all:

action

all:

that

all:

she

all:

came

all:

to

all:

prefer

all:

more

all:

and

all:

more.

all:

She

all:

left

all:

the

all:

question

all:

of

all:

Victor

all:

potentially

all:

coming

all:

to

all:

her

all:

if

all:

she had

all:

called

all:

for

all:

him

all:

unanswered;

all:

even

all:

on

all:

those

all:

visits

all:

home

all:

from

all:

university,

all:

he

all:

would

all:

hole

all:

himself

all:

in

all:

his

all:

bedroom,

all:

recording

all:

and

all:

muttering,

all:

researching

all:

and

all:

searching.

all:

Always

all:

searching,

all:

it

all:

seemed,

all:

with

all:

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all:

great

all:

sweep

all:

of

all:

his

all:

research

all:

taking

all:

more

all:

and

all:

more

all:

time

all:

during

all:

his

all:

holidays

all:

home.

all:

But

all:

he

all:

was

all:

not

all:

ignorant;

all:

on

all:

those

all:

visits

all:

home

all:

and

all:

with

all:

a

all:

rare

all:

acuity

all:

to

all:

everything

all:

around

all:

him,

all:

he

all:

would

all:

acknowledge

all:

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all:

had

all:

changed

all:

and

all:

had

remarked:


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it

remarked:

be

remarked:

mad

remarked:

if little

remarked:

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remarked:

loved

remarked:

you,

remarked:

like

remarked:

all

remarked:

maids

remarked:

love

remarked:

their

remarked:

ladies?”
The

remarked:

idea had

remarked:

seemed

remarked:

so

remarked:

funny

remarked:

at

remarked:

the

remarked:

time.

remarked:

Elizabeth

remarked:

was

remarked:

sure

remarked:

that

remarked:

she

remarked:

had

remarked:

laughed at

remarked:

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remarked:

time,

remarked:

before

remarked:

asking

remarked:

what

remarked:

he

remarked:

meant.
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