Checkmate
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Last published Thu, Jan 11, 2018
A tale of love, loss and adventure. It's like a game sometimes you with sometimes you loose, just make sure you don't loose yourself in the process.
With Tempest Princess Javelin's 21st birthday approaching she must take learn to fill her late fathers shoes as quickly as possible. An arranged marriage, her training and a bandit of thieves attacking her kingdom she must step up and face it, all before her 21st birthday.
Nickolas Hilt, ex star solider of the Keithian Royal Army is now a deserter running away from his own kingdom. Looking for the rebellion after learning that the kingdom he defended all his life is planning to turn on its own people he has no choice but to run. Him and his bandits must fend for themselves.
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