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Strive

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Time 1h 47m

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" Sometimes the road to recovery is more twisted and agonizing than the sickness itself."

Eight years ago Sarah and Justin were kidnapped. For years they were trapped in the dark, knowing of nothing but pain. It seemed like it was all over for them... But then one day they did the impossible... They escaped. After they escaped the world seemed different. Darker. The world they remembered was not the one they came back to. Memories seemed like a lie and the ones they recall loving are nothing like they remember. As the fairytale world Sarah and Justin remember slowly crumbles into the unsure world they know nothing of, they cling tighter and tighter to the one thing they know is real. Each other. 

Can two lost children really recover after eight years of pain and darkness? Or are they just broken beyond repair?All Rights Reserved

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What If I Was Nothing?

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