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    The Chosen: The Winter King
    The Chosen: The Winter King
    The Chosen: The Winter King
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    The Chosen: The Winter King

    By Ben D

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    Blackgate Psychiatric Hospital specializes in the long-term treatment of patients who are considered a danger to themselves or society due to their mental illness. Natalie is one such patient and on the warmest Winter Solstice on record she is stuck at the Hospital’s mandatory holiday party. After a childhood full of failed foster homes and relocations she has come to loathe the holidays. So when it falls on Natalie to assist a fellow Blackgate patient can the Grinch put aside her holiday apathy to help a child save the Winter Solstice?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBen D
    Release dateJun 29, 2018
    ISBN9780463418260
    The Chosen: The Winter King
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    Ben D

    Author that has a very long urban fantasy series in my head and pushes it out on a bi-monthly basis. With enough support from my fans I can afford to push it to a monthly series.

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      The Chosen - Ben D

      The Chosen – The Winter King

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      BEN D.

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      Chapter 1

      How can anyone love the holidays?

      Not a single deranged soul noticed Natalie’s silent brooding as she at the plastic dining table surrounded by the merry chrous of her fellow lunatics. She didn’t begrudge her fellow patients for trying to forget that they were stuck in the Blackgate Psychiatric Hospital. She is perturbed that instead of being allowed to stay in her room the staff is forcing her to participate in the holiday activities with the other patients.

      If there’s one thing she’s learned from being a part of six foster families is that they never, ever last. Her current situation is no exception even when she receives her weekly reminder from the staff and therapists that she will be here for life. Or how the security cameras in the halls, therapy room and the commons are observing her every move to prevent escape. Even with their gate guards and cleverly hidden cameras in her supposedly private room she knows this new, involuntary family won’t last either.

      It never lasts.

      Natalie why do you look so dour? This is a celebration so you should be merry. Behind her at the second dinner table is head nurse, Elena. She turns her head to look at the middle aged woman whose plump cheeks are as red as the cranberry juice they have been served. However, it’s a safe bet the staff’s

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