It's Been A Long, Long Time
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Lauryn has spent her entire life running.
From the Enclave.
From the past.
From a future she's not sure she'll ever have.
All she's ever wanted is something simple-
a home, a family, a love that lasts.
But the wasteland doesn't give people happy endings.
Then she meets him.
A ghoul. A bounty hunter. A man who insists he's not worth loving. But when he meets her...
He looks at her like he remembers what it felt like to be human.
Now, as danger closes in and old ghosts resurface, Lauryn is forced to face the one thing she's never been able to outrun...
Her heart.
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