Sometimes going back home is harder than leaving. After walking away from the life she built in Paris, Elena moves back to her hometown exhausted to seek comfort. However, she receives unsaid resentment and broken trusts and promises. She realizes that her hometown doesn't feel like home anymore. The only familiarity she finds is in her childhood friend, Jared, who looks at her with the same concern as he did all those years ago. As old memories resurface and emotions grow harder to ignore, Elena is forced to confront the feelings she had kept hidden for all these years. Will Elena accept her feelings for Jared? Will Jared help her to rediscover what "home" truly means?

There are many things in the world that are better to be left in the dark, for the sake of everyone. But what if..., someone tries to brings these things in the light? --- This is a fanfiction based on the game Duskwood by Everbyte Studios. It is advised to be familiar with the game before reading as it will be hard to keep with the story.