AUTUMN
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I looked at the huge circus in front of me and at my mother as the gaunt, grey
sky boomed with loud thunder. She stood in mid air whimpering in pain. A
strong invisible force held me back from helping her. Tears rolled down my
cheeks because of my helplessness and anger.
Suddenly I could move. I took a step towards the circus but froze in my tracks
when I watched my mom fall from the highest point in the circus.
"MOM" I yelled, waking up with a jolt.
**********
Autumn Ren.
She perfectly fits the category of 'A little sass and a lot of badass'. She's 18,
has great friends, and has a sweet family. A sweet yet incomplete family.
She always believed her life to be as simple as that of anyone else's. An
exhausting routine, some family secrets and the usual bittersweet life.
But Autumn's beliefs begin to change after her mother's death and as all her
grandmother's fairytales begin to seem real.
And Autumn being the curious girl she is, is dying to know but afraid to find.
Will these mysteries open up a beautiful world or a terrible truth to her?
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