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It was the kind of darkness that felt unnatural. Not the peaceful stillness of night, but a heavy, oppressive blackness that seemed to hang in the air, thick and suffocating. Claire had moved into the house just last week, a fresh start, they had called it. A new job, a new town, a new life. She was eager to leave behind the suffocating memories of her old apartment, the endless noise, and the sense of stagnation. This place was quiet, nestled at the edge of a small town, the house itself older than anything she had ever lived in. But Claire...
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I woke up in a cold sweat. My dream felt very real again. I’m not sure what it means. The same people, the same family. That poor lost boy without his family. I can’t seem to shake the feeling that I need to tell their story. Their story, that my imagination seemed to have come up with, all seems too surreal. The family in my dream seem to live on a tropical island. The husband and wife were happily married for quite some time but then, they sold their soul to thieves of the seas; the crusader pirates. Now, this couple seemed to be s...
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