Misery
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They made a vow to make it to university together, to become roommates and pave their paths for the future side by side. But can a vow be considered upheld even when one individual isn't there to keep their part of the promise?
Malissa McKlaren and Violet Thaci are now roommates, and although their childhood friend isn't there to join them, spending their first year in university together was a dream come true. Though it seems there lurks a malicious force that aims to turn that dream into a nightmare. Such a force may be strange, perhaps, but they soon come to learn that the force is no stranger.
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