In the Manipulator's Arms
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The love she once crave and the attention she once seek is now the same poison that slowly kills her. Now the same person she once love is the reason why she suffers.
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Everyone she knows has warned Astrid about what she's been doing but she never listens until he betrays her and left her alone. He comes back and claims Astrid but after losing everything, Astrid is determined to stay away from him so resorted into crashing everyone and everything she loves as he held her captive she slowly loses all the will to live and escape from her Manipulator's arms.
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