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When the Lake Runs Red (Zelink- BotW) (Discontinued*)

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Reads 6,447
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Parts 19
Time 1h 27m

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It isn't her fault. Yet she blames it on herself. How was he supposed to fix the problem AND make her realize that this isn't something she can control? 

Or... maybe it is.

《¤》

This takes place after BotW.

Cover was made my @MonikaWischnewski

*the title says discontinued but i do still want to finish this! Since it was my first fic and I started it bc it was something I wanted to read, I want to see it to the end. <3



The title is a reference to a book series that I really like which has nothing to do with this story
Try to guess what series it is if you wantAll Rights Reserved

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