Into the Badlands
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Last published Wed, Dec 2, 2020
Henry has lived with her father all of her life. He is all she knows, but after he is murdered, the only people she has to turn to are her estranged uncles and her seemingly kind, yet secretive grandmother. The only thing she knows for certain is that there was a good reason her father stayed away for so long. With uncles who silence themselves every time she enters the room and a grandmother who seems a little too close to her sons, Henry will have to learn how to maneuver her way around the cesspool of relatives she has adopted as she goes into the badlands.
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"Don't worry Henrietta. Everything will be okay. You're home." His smile was radiant, his eyes made my heart skip a beat
"This isn't my home." My voice was small.
"We are your home now. You are a Quest. The Quest's have been on this land for a long time. Now that you're here, that will continue." Valentine said, crossing his arms over his broad chest.
"You're not a Quest." I said, looking up into my uncle's eyes.
"No, no I'm not." he smiled and then drove off, taking with him the little security I felt.
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