The Underworld
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I always wondered how one could fall for the villain. The dark persona created by horrible events and people in their past. No matter how beautiful they were, what was there to see in the eyes of a killer? A monster? An enemy? What was it about their words that played with our hearts until you found yourself handing it to them?
You don't sympathize with the villain unless you've lived their life, suffered as they have, or have been broken to the point where there was no hope in being saved from them. And so you had to give in, hoping for your last breath to come soon.
Would I become the villain too, or would my end come before then?
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Alaina Larsen knew that no matter how safe she thought she was, there was still evil in the world. What happens when she finds herself in the place where the only way out-to truly be free-was through death?
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