The Old Pasture
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Ongoing1h 18m
Last published Thu, Jan 19, 2017
**currently being written** Hunter, a teen girl in the foster care system, has been through a lot and seen it all in the system. At her new home, she's feeling more comfortable. Her elderly caretakers give her free reign of the large, woodland property that their inn is located on, but she is warned to not go in the unused pasture on the far side of the property. What could that pasture hold that is so secret?
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