Shadows and the dark
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That's not my shadow. It's my darkness.
The story of Skyla and her unknowingly dark past. Will she seek revenge for her mother's death? or correct a mistake someone did? No one knows. Not even she does as she is unaware of the dark secrets hid in her past. No one to believe, alone in the crowd there are snakes every where. What am I going to do now?
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