Hand-Me-Down Souls {On Hold}

"What if I told you that the were's you write about exist?" He doesn't look at me, but instead at the leaf between his fingers, twirling it by the stem.

I only shake my head, "They don't so it wouldn't matter if you said that." My eyes focus back on the ink squiggles that is my writing.

"But..." He warily glances at me then looks away to continue, "But what if they did?"

I shrug, "It wouldn't affect me." It really wouldn't, I'm just a lowly, weak human, it would have nothing to do with me.

He seems distraught, his face drawn and muscles tense. Then in an angry whisper, "Why can't you just humor me?"

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Emery's family is broken beyond repair, with her mother gone and her father having sunk deeper into his depression, she finds herself caught up in a mix of fantasy, some in her writing, some not.

Jaxon's family has long since disappeared from his life, moving to a small suburban city he finds himself captivated by a young writer. He finds solace in her presence and lets her in on a secret world hiding just beneath her nose.

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WARNINGS
-May be triggering
+depression, bipolar, suicide, mention of rape, abuse

-Strong language