MY ESCAPE
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Ongoing5m
Last published Sun, Mar 29, 2026
Ashe lockswood is a broken young woman who has had a horrible past.
Life for her has not been easy having to work for everything. The only way she escapes is through dancing-ballet mostly but sometimes it doesn't help.
Can someone come and save her from her nightmare.
Check out My ESCAPE to find out.
Started {23/02/2022} rewritten
Trigger warnings:
mentions of self harm
Starvation
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