It's so easy to want to cling to childhood forever. The simplicity, the innocence, the hope of a happily ever after. But we all have to grow up sooner or later.
Village life is all Cam has ever known, working in her parent's bakery, and playing with the governor's son by the lake. As she grown up, her pastimes have grown to include daydreaming about one day marrying him. Griffin. But as whispers of treason fill the air, and Cam receives a mysterious note, calling upon her to help change things for the better, her simple world is thrown out of balance.
Soon Griffin's betrayal sends her running from everything she has ever known, into the arms of a rebellion.
Her innocence will be deadly, but will it be for others, or for her ?
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Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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