In the Darkness
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18 year old Duana Ria has always felt more alive under the moonlight, more attuned to nature than most people her age, and more connected to imaginary worlds than her own. She feels things that she couldn't possibly be feeling and has seen things that she wishes she hadn't.
Over time she has managed to subconsciously coat her life in an illusion of normalcy, but there are older, more powerful forces at work than she ever knew existed, and soon she will find that the biggest lies are the hardest to maintain.
Centuries old secrets contrast with teenage romance, modern day tragedies are proven to have ancient roots, and a lot more than just one world hangs in the balance, in the darkness.
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