Benedict (18+)
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Last published Sun, Mar 31, 2024
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For the past six years, 22-year-old Benedict Ash has barely existed inside the walls of Shady Oaks Psychiatric facility, wasting away beneath the fluorescent lights and relishing in the destruction she deserves.
But when she's presented with an option to get out, to work for a strikingly handsome and overwhelmingly kind publisher, she's torn between the past and her future.
Will she let her demons hold her down, the reason why she's in Shady Oaks keep her there?
Or will she finally see the light, and try to move on, to be normal, again?
18+ - mild sexual content, mentions of self-harm, suicide, other mental illnesses, and themes related to sexual assault
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