The Shadows Within Us
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  • Reads 830
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  • Parts 18
  • Time 3h 22m
Ongoing, First published Jul 26, 2021
Mature
Eden has spent her entire life outside the city slums of Hell's capital. 
Growing up, she had quickly learned just how different she was. Her outlandish sense of morality isolated her from the locals and her family alike. She lacked the demonic blood that pulsed with malice in each of them, a frail fledgling that didn't belong.
Trapped in a dizzying nightmare realm, she desperately searches for the drive to face each day. 

Desperate to catch a break from her controlling father figure, Osiris, Eden regularly tags along with her older brother and his gaggle of misfits. She never would have anticipated that a silly lore and some poking around would lead to an open opportunity for escape.

But can she really manage to navigate a realm as different as Earth?
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