Strength
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MatureComplete Wed, Feb 14, 201851m
When Skylar Grayson shows up at school hiding a very visible bruise and cut on her cheek there's one person who seems to notice something isn't right. When taking the first person leads to telling the second and then the third she's done except...
There's this other person, Ace, AKA her best friend, that she can't tell anything about how she got that bruise and cut. Ace can usually break down Skylar and get anything out of her, but this time it will take more than just a little convincing.
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