When Hope Dies
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Last published Sat, Aug 30, 2025
Life is never fair. It throws trials at you, supposedly to make you stronger, but in reality, all they do is break us into pieces. Natural selection, maybe.
They say hope dies last.
But... what happens after it dies?
For Vivienne, hope is already gone. The past has buried it.
Yet now she's offered a second chance- a fresh start in a place where no one knows who she was or what she's lost.
But can a new beginning truly heal a soul already torn apart? Or have the scars been carved too deep to ever fade?
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