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Power To Lie (PTL Book 1)
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  • Reads 1,461
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  • Parts 61
  • Time 58m
Ongoing, First published Jan 11, 2015
"People aren't meant to have powers. They destroy us from within and without."

They want to keep their powers secret. But it's not easy when their "parents" want to do tests, tests and more tests on them.

There are other powered people running rampant. They want to get revenge on the people who gave them powers.

First said people don't know this. All they know is the people who want revenge are trashing the city. Their city. The place they call home.

The people who gave the powers out like candy (horrible, deadly, painful candy) just want to do more with the mysterious substance they found in space seventeen years ago.

The space substance wants to be free of its glass prison. It wants to go home to the stars where it belongs. Or anywhere but in its cage actually.

What happens then?

(Warning I write this in tiny parts.)
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