❝Hello welcome to The Sanctuary - Oh, you wish to leave? Why are you pressing the x button? Why, are you trying to 'exit'? Why - no, you'll stay with us forever.❞

- OpenNovellaContest 2021

Aura awakens in The Sanctuary, a place known for repairing and rewiring humans. Nothing is known about their methods other than it works and those who enter leave happier.

Except Aura doesn't remember signing up for their treatment plans. In fact, she doesn't remember anything at all. With her identity ripped away from her, she's filled with more questions than she can get answers for, and the worst part is that she can't leave either.

When her memories begin to resurface, she starts to wish that they hadn't.

• amnesia

• existential crises

• heavily implied depression

• mental health

I wrote this story for the Open Novella Contest on Wattpad, partly because the hype was contagious and I couldn't sit it out and partly because I was unable to finish my novella last year. I called it my redemption arc, and as hard as it was, I somehow did it.

Without further ado, I hope you enjoy this passion project of mine.