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Hiraeth . hi-raeth
(n) A deep, inborn yearning for a home, a place or a person that is beyond this plane of existence.
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Nothing fascinated her, not even the stars above!
She was young, rude; that rage monster nobody wants to be with.
The novel is all about this girl who ends up in the hands of the most notorious human traffickers. In her lowest, she finds a fellow victim. They fight together, face the worst meanwhile fix each other's broken chords. They try to explore a way out of the cruelty they are subjected to.
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"A man with a 'song' implies another human with a heart"
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