Compound of Truths
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Last published Tue, Apr 21, 2015
One doesn’t just find the truth without trials, or receive it for free.
They must fight for it, pay for it.
Cordeil Straiting had no idea about the life she could have had if she had chosen her own path. A path of greatness and strength, instead, her path was chosen for her. Knowing no knowledge of what is happening, she must start from the bottom and work her way up.
Her father is missing.
She needs to know why.
All eyes are on her.
Mend.
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