Come One, Come All.
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Last published Thu, Mar 7, 2024
When we are children, we are told that our parents are the ones who love us the most. They are the ones who are meant to protect us, care for us, and guide us. What happens when they break that trust?
Delilah was all but five years old when her mother sold her to the local circus for drug money. While only being a child, she still felt hurt and betrayal. Over time, that hurt and betrayal was turned into anger. That anger, that seething hatred, made Delilah one of the greatest performers at the Devil's Circus in Kansas. She strived to make the ringmaster proud, pushing herself far past her limits in the process. Delilah would have never guessed that it would have been all for nothing.
Beau was born into the circus life, it's all he's ever known. Beau often wished it wasn't like that. The horrors he's had to endure whilst being apart of the Devil's Circus would scar even the strongest man alive. Beau had learned to keep his trap shut and comply in order to survive the circus, but could he teach the over eager acrobat to do the same?
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