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A woman with a past marked by cruel experimentation and unknown secrets is suddenly met with the appearance of a test subject she assumed was dead. Will she be able to escape this dark reminder or will she succumb to decades-old memories and the very thing which she has yearned to fight her entire life?

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Basically, this is a short story I wrote for a university application and I liked it so much that I decided to upload it here! The description sucks, but it's a short read so give it a go if you like!
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