False Beginnings
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Last published Wed, Aug 16, 2023
Rafael Barba is the new ADA for Manhattan. But he isn't who everyone is lead to believe. Rafael is moved to live a new life until he is called back in. In the mean time, he is to work closely with Olivia Benson Captain of the SVU and her squad. Sparks fly and things get complicated. Even more so when her ex partner Elliot Stabler comes back and drags her into his mayhem of a world.
Rafael will not allow her to be dragged down with Stabler again. But for Olivia it's not that easy to turn her back on Elliot even when everything and everyone is put on the line.
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