A Fate Worse Than Death
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Briar once lived a normal life. Normal for her time. She spent her days caring for her family. Now she spends her days in the present searching for answers. She discoverers that the world as she knew it was all a lie. She does not know who to trust and every time she thinks she knows the truth it ends up being an illusion. Her sanity is hanging by a thread and the only thing keeping her mind from slipping is the vision of blue ocean eyes staring at her. Those eyes were the only sense of peace she had but they came with only more questions than answers.
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