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The Strings in the Shadows

LECTURES 21
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Parties 6
Durée 1h 14m

LECTURES 21
Votes 4
Parties 6
Durée 1h 14m

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adventure elf elves fantasy magic romance shadow steampunk werewolves

In the Kingdom of Larendi, four teenagers (three of them royal, one a castle kitchen boy) haphazardly embark on a Help-I-Don't-Want-To-Get-Married-In-Two-Weeks get away journey. Crown Prince Edward is turning nineteen, the elegible age of marriage for men, and he uncharacteristicly has an attack of nerves. With the help of his cousins, Luke and Kaira Wellington, who also happen to be his bodyguard/assassins, Ed's problems seemingly begin to diminish. 
         Kaira's just begin. She is fasinated by the Mechaniks Guild, and wants become an engineer herself, but inwardly struggles between duty to the Crown, and duty to herself. A struggle which escalates when she and the kitchen boy Jack find a relic of the founder of the Mechaniks Guild. Not to mention her father would literally kill her if he found out. 
          Luke, the practical jokester and elder brother of Kaira, was happy as a Shadow (a royal Assassin) until he unearths some secrets about his family. 
        Jack is bored. All of his life he has slaved under his mother, dreaming of adventureand damsels in distress. After a heart-stopping meeting with the Lady Kaira, he gets swept off his feet, his life changed forever by three nobles with royal green eyes.
         What starts as a light-natured walk around the Kingdom turns into a series of dark events and evil secrets. As their journey takes them deeper down roads never traveled, the group discovers a plot for the throne, and races homeward. 
          But will they get there in time?Tous Droits Réservés

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The Lycan's Bargain

"Please help me... I'll do anything. I just want my mother to live." I cried, tears streaming down my face in torrents, my body trembling in fear. Kael stared down at me, his glowering eyes devoid of any emotion and a chill ran down my spine. "Anything, you say?" He asked, pointing the edge of his sword against my neck and I stiffened, refusing to breathe. "Anything... " I whispered, my voice small yet resolute. A corner of his lips quirked up, not quite forming a smile. "How about my slave?" ***** She was supposed to be his captive, not his salvation. When Aira sneaks into forbidden Lycan territory to save her mother, she is caught and thrown at the mercy of the ruthless Lycan King, Kael Drathlor. In a desperate bargain, she trades her freedom for her mother's life. But as she becomes the king's unwilling companion, Aira discovers a terrifying truth-Kael is cursed, unable to die, unable to feel the mate bond that should tie them together. As dark forces conspire against them and Kael spirals further into self-destruction, Aira must decide: escape and save herself, or risk everything for the beast who might never love her back. In a world where fate is both a gift and a curse, can she break the chains of destiny before it's too late? 1 in Kael on 24/4/2025 1 in Captive on 26/4/2025 2 in dreamlandbooks on 26/4/2025 1 in beautyandthebeast on 27/5/2025 1 in historicalromance on 30/5/2025 1 in werewolf on 05/10/2025