Once
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Vanillix
Ongoing, First published Nov 26, 2017
Mature
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The words that left the sorceress' mouth were those of nightmares. It left a curse so horrible upon the princess, that it couldn't even be broken by true love. For the curse itself, was love. 


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Welcome to your happily ever never,  Selene Dire.  Cursed to kill anyone who falls in love with her, Princess Selene has spent her entire life locked away in the west wing of her castle, her existence hidden.  She complied obediently to her parents wishes for 19 years, the story of the sorceress still in her head from infantry.   However, when she sneaks out to the garden and runs into a theif, her solitary confinement ends as her fate is intertwined with his destiny, and only she has the power to save either, before it is too late.

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Once. All Rights Reserved, the work found within this novel are those of my own intellectual welfare. Thank-you so much for reading!
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