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"A mystery always lies behind closed doors, it only takes one turn of the knob to find out what lies beneath the surface."
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We live in a world full of greed, where only the manic and privileged throw themselves down the rainbow to steal the pot of gold.
This was the world in which Dahlia Khalid was NOT accustomed to. She had spent her life in the shadows, pushed aside and kept as a "dirty secret".
It was time for her to take control of her life. She needed to find out what her father was keeping from her, for better or for worse.
Death wasn't the option for her, so she had to choose the latter;
Teaming up with William Astor.
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"Even though his eyes were the lightest of browns, his intentions were the darkest of blacks." - D.R
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