Thorns
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Rosa has lived in the forest for as long as she can remember, growing up away from the rest of society with four brothers in a village hidden deep within the trees. She spent most of her youth wrecking havoc alongside her siblings and causing the elders of the village to collectively tear their hair out.
She's a grown woman now, but hasn't grown out of her old habits, and her wanderlust eventually leads her to following Thomas, a warlock with his own past. Thomas introduces her to a world she didn't know existed - a world of magic and sorcery that she might have more to do with than she thinks.
The two unwittingly get tangled in a world of magical mystery and secrets they never knew existed, and are thrown directly into the fray as they go on a hunt to discover what has become of one of Thomas's friends.
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