The Cradle (Book 1)

The Cradle (Book 1)

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It's a mad world and they're too good at hiding it.

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Sierra Montrose didn't like her life. If anything, she wanted it gone. The end. It was a life of self hatred and mistreatment from her own family. A drunkard for a mother and her abusive boyfriend whom Sierra hoped would just drop dead every time she saw him. And often, herself, too.

Meeting Lake Breeden changed everything. The girl who had haunted her dreams, the girl who should hate her.

And the hidden world she thrust Sierra into.

Now hunted and unsafe, Sierra struggled to accept what she should now call home, and understand the mystery that shrouded her existence.

Understand she must trust Lake to help her survive this new world of danger and deceit.

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Book 1 in The Cradle series.
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TW: mentions of suicide, self harm, bullying, murder, assault.
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word count:117,817

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To be reviewed and rewritten, so expect some changes (but don't anticipate it lol I'm nowhere near motivated enough. But it will happen, trust.)

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