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Narrative Essay: The Tragedy Of Jaguar Valley

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May I present The Beast! This is a project I will be working on for a while, however I don’t make any promises for when chapters will be uploaded. I will try and get one out every week though. Let me know what you guys think of this and feel free to point out any grammatical errors because I write most of my stories at 2 am in the morning. ______________________________________________________________ Prologue The Tragedy of Jaguar Valley Through the roses and the thorns, through the brush and the leaves, in the darkness of the this god-forsaken forest rested a young man. He couldn’t have been older than 25, with the slightest bit of stubble showing itself on his chin. He sat in his chair, nonchalantly looking up at the canopy of vibrant …show more content…

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