Play Dead

The chances of that are extraordinarily low, Auster reasoned to herself as she drew closer to the building. Who in their right mind would choose to spend their time in this beautiful hellscape?
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Seventeen-year-old Auster Moore is alone. Rejected by her parents, she wanders the wooded depths of the northwest coast, somehow surviving brutal winter after brutal winter. But sometimes survival comes at a cost- a cost that is much more severe than life.