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Get_it_I_guess
Ongoing, First published Jan 15, 2020
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Orphaned at a young age Nyla turned to what she was best at to survive, thieving. Living in the slums was a tough life but one she adapted to pretty quickly. That is of course until she stole from the wrong person.

Kayden works for the King in the neighboring Kingdom of Zygon as the kings captain and his best tracker. And he's sent on a mission to find the thief that stole from him. Kayden is counting on this missions success because if not his job will be on the line. But Nyla makes it a lot harder then he planned.

Kidnapped by Kayden and his men the only way to gain her freedom back is to work with him to retrieve a personal item of the kings that he long ago lost. 

Can the two put aside their hate for one another long enough before they kill each other?
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The Red Thief (Book 1)

37 parts Complete Mature

Kaia has been many things in her lifetime. Orphan, thief, swordswoman, slave, and now fugitive. Her hope for being free is all but gone when she finds herself awaiting judgment from a ruler she's never met. When her captor throws her down at the king's feet, she expects him to wave her away. To dismiss her. To give clearance for her to face the mercy of the gallows. What she doesn't expect is to come face to face with Soren. The leader of her old guild and the one she believes is responsible for selling her into slavery. Only now he's wearing a crown. Kaia has no desire to be at his mercy again, so she fights. She tries to flee only to be subdued by Soren's magic and caught in the middle of the dark forces that are at play. Kaia finds herself trapped once more in the clutches of the man who betrayed her, and now that he has her, he has no intention of letting her go.

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