Beneath the Mask [On Hold]
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  • Reads 3,610
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  • Parts 17
  • Time 2h 39m
Ongoing, First published Sep 29, 2019
"There is more to every person than we think. To truly know a person, we need to look beneath the mask they wear, because that is truly who they are. We don't know why that mask is up, maybe it's to protect themselves from the world, or to protect the world from them. "
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Emma Sparx has her life sorted. Perfect job? Check. Awesome friends? Check. But when her boss sends her to college in the name of a mission, everything she believes in begins being questioned. She obviously had no idea what a mess that was going to be until she was knee deep in it. 

Blake Ryder's life is messed up. A dysfunctional family he hates, a bunch of friends he doesn't know why he has and the constant shadow haunting his mind which he wants nothing more than to get rid of. 

Emma and Blake start off on the wrong foot, but after endless bickering and heart to heart conversations, they both become closer than ever. Unknowingly, they both help each other in a way nobody else could have. 

But when demons from their pasts become a part of their present, they find out that not everything was what they believed it to be. 

Amongst all this, a murder mystery was just what they needed to lose their minds. 

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