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What the Desert Keeps
The border was never meant to hold.
Taken in by Broke Jaw Ranch, the Clark family finds uneasy refuge in a place built on old grudges and quiet violence. Y/N, family in everything but name, has survived alongside them since the beginning, learning when to stay silent and when to stand her ground.
As tensions rise between the ranch, the militia, and the land's original inhabitants, Y/N crosses paths with Troy Otto, a man shaped by isolation and brutality, whose loyalty to the ranch masks something far more unstable. Their connection forms slowly, in glances and guarded conversations, as the desert closes in and the lines between safety and survival begin to blur.
In a world where nothing stays buried, some things are remembered and some are kept.