Tinted Scars
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Reclusive, emo poet, Erioluwa Jesukite has demons that possess full control of his mind-thus reducing him to a vessel laden with anxiety-ridden thoughts and dark compulsions. He has gotten quite acclimatized to this tortuous hell, but his ploy of survival gets compromised, when college rears its head with a plethora of new challenges and daunting intricacies.
Alienated and estranged, Eri's new life is a maze of change that threatens to be the bane of his existence. At the verge of his limits however, fate entangles him in the schemes of one beautiful Elienai Anisiji, who with her liberal persona and charming mien-becomes a much needed breath of fresh air.
Thrust into the manic campus lifestyle of sinful pleasures and exhilarating experiences, Eri's delicate world is bound to collapse. And as vicious predators lurk in the shadows, ready to relish his pain, he'd realize the only way out of hell-is through it.
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