Just Breathe(rough draft)
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Last published Fri, Apr 7, 2023
Oxygen is poison. Her life has no direction and she knows. Things couldn't possibly be worse.
Elise Santana has been living with her much older brother and his family for nearly a decade, and she doesn't have a plan for when she's inevitably kicked out after graduating high school. That's not her biggest problem, though. She's more worried about making her life more interesting.
When a bizarre theory about 'noxious oxygen' enters her mind during a news interview, she blurts it out to world. This leads to a wild string of events that kills her old, mundane life-and replaces it with one she's not quite sure she can handle.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Contents within the book should not be taken as fact unless research states otherwise. Enjoy!
Also, this is a rough draft! I plan to go back, edit parts and do small rewrites to make the story flow better and make more sense. Enjoy the barely edited, mess this is so far c:
credit to @AlexandraLing2000 for the cover <3
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