My Sanctuary
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Lina has agoraphobia and severe OCD and hasn't left the farm her and her mother own in over 2 years but what happens when he mother rents out the barn to a family and a 17 year old boy with striking features and is grieving the loss of his dad moves into the barn with his sister and mother. Will he help her live again and will she save him from the darkness of grief threatening to overcome him?
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❝𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕕❞
❝ 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕕?❞
❝𝕐𝕠𝕦. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕗 𝕚 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕣, 𝕚 𝕨𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝. 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟. 𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟.❞
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