Smoke and Shadows
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"Do you remember the games we used to play, Madison?"
""Games"? I don't remember them being any fun."
The dark and horrifying past Madison's desperately tried to put behind her is about to come crashing back into her life.
Can she control the resulting ripples enough to keep her loved ones from being caught in the tide?
And amidst it all, who can she trust?
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