The Way Things Go
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MatureOngoing27m
Last published Mon, Feb 14, 2022
I'm writing this for the open Novella contest, and I'm updating as I write so don't get to invested lol, it will most likely change.
"Was this a game to you?" "It's always who/what you least expected that blows your mind away"
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