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Nothing seemed real. It never did, and maybe it wasn't. Maybe everything I thought I knew was a lie. All my memories, all my fears. And what if it was, what do I do then? Do I continue to live in this world where I'm nothing more than a mere number? Or do I fight, fight for something more, something bigger than myself. Even if it cost me everything.
Stripped of your names, homes, families and left with nothing but a scar of a prominent number representing everything you are. How can one number define you? Ella Campbell has survived most of her life as an orphan, with only her younger sister, Lydia, and best friend Danny, to help navigate through the chaotic society they lived in. After being taken to a supposed sanctuary with thousands of others, all with one thing in common, the vivid memories of their parents deaths. Will Ella be able to see the truth behind the lies? Or will she continue to fall further into this life of deceit? Tensions will rise, lies will surface and lives will be lost, but in this world there are far worse things than death.
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