Deceiving The Shadows
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Last published Sat, May 19, 2018
Damian Swift looked at the worn map in his hands that was given to him by his mother, before she died two years ago.
He walked over to the window and gazed at his demolished surroundings. He had always hated living in Bodie, which had been destroyed in the war that took place 10 years ago. But because he had no-one left, he felt abandoned, and alone.
But one day, he saw something in the distance, or rather someone. It was the figure of Catherine Parker, someone from his past he thought he would never see again...
Would you risk everything for the one you love?
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