Tacenda
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Last published Wed, Nov 29, 2017
[Updates Wednesdays] The sole beneficiary of her aunt's estate, Amber decides to move into the large house in a village she's never heard of, eager to get away from her parents and make something of her life. On first glance, everything seems normal--there's a tight-knit community full of the kind of people Amber expects to find in a place like this and she's sure they'll warm up to her... eventually.
But something is lurking under the apparently peaceful surface. Something old. Something evil. Something out for blood.
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