The Garden Of Shadows
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Last published Mon, Mar 11, 2019
In a world where all your dreams and Hopes are reality. There is a urban legend that if you ask you can go to this place, only if you stand in front of a mirror at 3am.
"Take Me Through The Shadows, To The Garden"
Five teenagers from a small town called Crowthorne are missing, one of them has been found, unconscious in the woods. Everyone but the adults know the five teens went to the garden of shadows, but no-one knows why they didn't return.
It's called The Garden Of Shadows for a reason but will Kadie and Sam find out why, before it's too late? Or have they sealed their fate. Find out in The Garden Of Shadows.
Copyright © 2018 KatieRPritchard (started:18th December 2018 - Finnished: TBD)
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