Carpe Noctem
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Ongoing, First published Sep 09, 2018
Millie had been an orphan for as long as she could remember. She had been told stories about why she was put there in the first place, but even the oldest of the staff members there, had no information on Millie or her family. As Millie grew older, and watched her friends get adopted, she became more and more hopeless that she would ever find a home. Until one day the orphanage got a call from a mysterious figure, claiming to be Millie's uncle. Becuase they didnt have any records on millie, or her family, there was no way they could be certain if the figure was indeed telling the truth. Millie eventually  was sent on the train towards her uncles house  in Derry. And a few days after she arrived she saw something she wasn't supposed to see...
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