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17 year old Sophie, an unpopular loner, unwittingly takes a walk into a sinister wooded area and stumbles into a world she shouldn't have. There, she meets Ba'ki - apsu akhkharu - the original vampire an...
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I hoist my backpack onto my back and start down the path that leads away from the parking area, so thankful that I wore pants. Well, yoga pants anyway, which might not fare as well as jeans would have, but they are definitely better than shorts. If I had worn those, I would have already been shredded to bits.
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The old brush, leaf debris and tall weeds, along with fallen tree limbs and brambles make this path as difficult as the roads to get here are. I know I won't come out of this unscathed.
Now some of those signs are starting to make sense.
I bravely, if not foolishly trudge on, determined to find the Secret Garden or at least something special. Hell, I deserve it after everything I've went through to get here...and to think I'm just getting started.
What the hell am I doing?
After 15 minutes or so, I am hoping that the trail will somehow get better, or that I might find a different one, but no such luck.
I look up momentarily at the looming trees; they are all gnarled and sickly looking, their branches twisted and distorted like something out of a nightmare or a Tim Burton movie. This place has such a heavy presence; these old trees have an ancient look about them that seem out of place in Indiana. It's as if they have many secrets that will never be told.
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