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Empty Chains ✔️ | #ONC2019

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Reads 29,841
Votes 2,581
Parts 20
Time 2h 7m

Death has a sick sense of humor.

On the most destructive week of Holiday Warren's life, a crosswalk turns into a deadly sprint through the depths of hell to right the wrongs of her troubled past.

No one was ready for Holiday's death, not even her.

Dying is supposed to be simple, easy.  She expected darkness or maybe endless food. Not an introduction to Death himself and the invitation to something sweeter.  Kill or be killed, he couldn't care less. But win...

Win and be free to return to life as she knew it.

| Featured Story - Editors Pick |
| SHORTLISTED FOR THE Open Novella Contest 2019 |
| Winner of Wattpad's Psychological Novel Contest 2020 |
| Highest Rank: #20 in Fantasy |All Rights Reserved

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