Of Stars and Shadows
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Last published Mon, Dec 7, 2020
Nobody knew whatever happened to Ammara Athas, a well off merchants daughter, when she ran away from her home three years ago, after meeting her betrothed. Some say that she died, out in the wilderness. Others say she is not even on this content, that she is living with the Faeries across the Blazing Sea. And others say she just...vanished, into thin air, always to appear in one form or another.
But what happens when the merchants daughter is spotted, after going missing all those years ago, but she's in a competition where your life is on the line?
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