Dark Roses
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Last published Mon, Nov 4, 2019
Roses are a symbol of adoration and receiving them causes a lot of exciting emotions, but not if it meant something else that is beyond our belief. If knowing meant believing.. and believing meant choosing.. would you dare risk everything else including the life you've lead just to satiate your thirst for knowledge?
Love is such a powerful emotion... and so is desire. Those two things fuel a person's greed and entertaining them would only intensify their hunger. That is what Leanne should have known but unfortunately she didn't. Oblivious to the truth, she happily keeps every single rose she receives that comes with either a blue or red ribbon. Nothing is wrong with that except for the fact it came from the creatures of the dark who wants to own you...
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