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Withering Sanity
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softaura
Ongoing, First published Jul 15, 2020
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On a journey to reconnect with her family, Athalia Lo meets the enigmatic Creed Kingston. He's the town's reclusive artist who'd rather spend his time holed up in a room with a paintbrush than be seen outside.

Creed, who's haunted by fragments of his dark past, seeks solace in his art, that is until he meets Athalia. She brings him a sense of peace that he's not had ever since the night of the murders and she becomes his muse for his art. What was once an escape of his dark reality becomes his expression of love. 

They fall into a simple life together, fitting in with each other perfectly but once Athalia starts receiving sinister letters from someone and Creed begins to recover his memories from his past, things take a dark turn.
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