Surviving the Dark
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Fearing the dark and the shadows within is a common thing. While most grow out of this fear, Isadora has been living in fear and constantly looking over her shoulder for the past 13 years. Believing she is the last of her kind, she runs from her home, never staying in one place for too long and always going to built up cities. When she takes a risk and moves to a small town on the edge of a nature park, she finds something she thought she lost and something she didn't think she could get. With these discoveries, is Surviving the Dark possible?
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