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The Ones We Leave Behind

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Reads 1,870
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Parts 32
Time 3h 4m

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On a dying Earth, Odessa has spent her life fighting for survival. With war and famine tearing the world apart, her only focus is keeping her daughter alive-until a last-chance mission offers them a place on a spaceship bound for a new world.

Forced to leave everything she loves behind, Odessa embarks on the perilous journey to the stars. Yet when she awakens on an alien planet, a new battle begins. Unknowingly part of a deadly test, Odessa must navigate a maze where survival is a matter of life or death.  

In the shadows of a cruel fate, Odessa's bond with a mysterious protector, Miro, grows. As the deadly trials unfold, Odessa must face her greatest sacrifice yet-one that will leave her behind, as others move forward into the future she will never see.  

The Ones We Leave Behind is the heartbreaking prequel to The Hunt, following one woman's journey through love, loss, and the search for redemption in a world that has forgotten what it means to be human.All Rights Reserved

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Bound By Survival by guess_who01117

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Out of the Shadows by WillowBlackWriting

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Bound By Survival

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