Against The Grain
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- Parts 3
MatureOngoing6m
Last published Sun, Dec 11, 2016
Warning: This story contains dark themes such as murder, suicide, drug abuse, etc in later chapters. There will be warnings at the beginning of each chapter containing such themes. If anything of the sort triggers you, please do not read this story.
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She lived in a lonely town.
She went to a boring school.
She socialized with quiet people.
Life was pretty normal for her until she came across a strange book, a crystal, and a path no one had ever walked before. She never would have thought such simple things were capable of changing her life completely.
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*The last name of the main character will not be said until the final chapter, but her nickname is K.
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