ONIUM | Open Novella Contest 2020
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Ex-princess Vivian Gale is fine with her new identity and all of the dangers that come with it. For the past two years she has traveled around her kingdom as the anonymous rebel Onium in a desperate attempt to stop her parent's tyranny.
With her life on the line if she is ever caught or her identity revealed, it is no wonder Vivian has gotten used to the loneliness of a life on the run.
Enter the bumbling Lady Quinnley, a mysterious young woman who has a knack for getting herself into trouble faster than Vivian can get her out of it. After Quinnley finds out Vivian is none other than the mysterious Onium, the two have no choice but to travel together.
Soon Vivian begins to have feelings she can't act on.
Because Quinnley has secrets too.
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