The Seven Keys {The Venandi Bloods}
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"Cress?" The lamp posts flickered, casting haunting shadows on the street. My heart pounded in my chest, and my hand reached for my agate.
I scanned the shadows, alert. " Cress!" I yelled, desperate. This time, an earsplitting scream echoed through through the dark streets.
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Tatiana Luxingale couldn't dream of a world without her best friend by her side--which was why she agreed to a precarious deal with the Venandi Bureau. The duty of any sworn Venandi was to protect the innocent (the oblivious human borns) and keep away the predators (the demons and fae), But laws tend to be broken when its unimaginable power your dealing with--The Venandi circles had let greed shadow their bonds. The key to the gates of Hell that the Venandi had in their possession, one of seven--after all the unnatural races signed a treaty, to make sure that Hell would never open again, by splitting the keys--each in an unknown location. Then someone stole their key--and it was clear what was at stake. Everyone wanted to join the hunt--the threat of opening hell--could be used as power against others--and the hunt was going to be deadly. Along with two impossible companions to guard her heart against, as they race around the world. But Tati knew one thing--she needed to get to the keys before everyone --because she needed her friend back--and the fate of the world had suddenly been thrust in her hands.
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