Evanescent Ballad
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- Parts 14
Ongoing2h 11m
Last published Sun, Mar 4, 2018
Blessed to breath.
Cursed to die.
"Laylah" Qi-Halloran is a high school senior, struggling to fulfill what life has offered her. Unlike the secrets that are kept by her peers, her's has the power to destroy her.
Her life will be put on the line and her love for a mournful spirit will tear her to shreds but one must hope that she takes over the evil entity trying to consume her before it takes her straight to the Ether.
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