Oxymoron of Shadows
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Last published Fri, Sep 16, 2022
After the mysterious death of her parents, she decided to go back to 'that old little town'.
Everything seems normal.
Everybody is so nice to her.
Not until the suspicious lockdown happened and hunt her, makes the untold story of 'that old little town' revealed.
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