Secrets of Dargmonte
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Lillian Rivertone is on top of everything, with the rich jewels and gold coins stuffed in the pockets of her pleated skirt and cashmere sweater. She lives the life with a pretty face, loyal friends, and the noble title of the "Rivertone of Oceania"; she could get away with anything...
But with her school grades, laid-back personality and inability to cast even the basics of magic she gets ruled out as a "disgrace" and "hopeless child" by the other students. Being Lillian, she takes the insults with a turn of her head and a smile on her face. Though the days in the Academy were (at least to her), all fun and games. Lillian soon is thrust in to the adult world of the nobility. Where families slay for power, deception and lies are covered up by a smile and many secrets are revealed.
Darkness and evil linger in Dargmonte. They are not the flesh eating elves of West, nor is it the ravaged red wolf that stalks the night-but an evil greater than any has ever imagined. Won't you ever be so kind to stay and find out?
Behold the Secrets of Dargmonte...in your hands.
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