| BEN Drowned x Female!Reader |
"Benjamin, from now on, you will be sent to the orphanage, safe and sound," Her tone was bittersweet, to be completely honest, hearing from her tone, she probably did not want to send the boy to the orphanage, but she was left with no choice. "So one day, if you wake up, don't ever look back, okay?" Her voice was hoarse, her eyes wet from the tears, without herself realizing, tears started rolling down from her cheeks, "I would like you to enjoy life, Benjamin, no matter how hard things are going to be for you in the future, one day, one day, Benjamin, you will feel the happiness."
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Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son.
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Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice.
[[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]]
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