Only A Leap Ahead
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Scarlette Hebrew is your normal teenager. But when tragedy after tragedy hits her, her life whirlwinds into an abyss. She falls so deep that she becomes oblivious to light and warmth...until Lancelot Fletcher, winds down her depths and becomes the very embodiment of light and embraces her shadows with warmth. But will Scarlette trust a stranger who is not appealingly vibrant...an achromatic human?
"I feel like I'm a bud, slowly opening to the warmth of his sunshine."
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"She is the ocean...and I have fallen deep, her waves washing away the worries in my soul."
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