Shadowed

For years, Rowan has been hiding. The shadows are where he belongs and where he stays, for in them, he can remain virtually invisible. Because Rowan carries a secret, and a dangerous one at that. When an enigmatic boy and a girl carrying several knives arrive, knowing something about Rowan's past that no one should, Rowan must make a choice. Stay safe in the shadows and keep himself locked away, or venture after them and risk upending everything he's worked so long to keep buried?

TRIGGER WARNING: Contains descriptions of suicide, violence, drug use, homophobia, some sexual insinuations, and swearing
NOTE: This is a first draft. I will be coming back to revise and edit once the story has been completed.

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