Secretum - Chapter One
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One girl. One family. One secret. Skylynn Marie Lockwood is a post-hardcore and metal loving teen who has a bad past. She's always stuck in reality with no way out and often finds herself secluded from the world -- her family, people at school, even animals tend to back away. Then, she meets Danielle -- Danielle Jones, that is -- someone she never thought she'd ever hear about again. Danielle has secrets that Skylynn should be informed about; but is it too late? Skylynn soon realizes that this private commodity challenges her to prove to everyone that she can overcome her powers and regain everyone's trust in less than a month.
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