A Way To Exist
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MatureOngoing35m
Last published Thu, Apr 9, 2026
"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩." - 𝙉𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙙 𝙒𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙘𝙝
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When Cleo Peters was 13, she was kidnapped from her home and was missing for around three weeks. The town and police tried to do everything to find her but surprisingly, all it took was her 13 year old classmate, Sebastian Carter, to find the clues she left.
Eleven years later, Cleo still can't shake her past but even now tries to carry her tragedy as best as she can and when Sebastian Carter comes back into her life, with burdens of his own, they can only wonder who will save who this time.
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