STANDALONE fantasy
Language: Tagalog-English
(Warning: this story contains mature scenes)
A warrior princess who had stopped fighting.
A throne without a queen.
Meet Nightshade Petrichor, a Rare Artisan, a term given only to the most unique and powerful magic users.
Magkatapos ang sunod-sunod na trahedya na nagdulot ng kamatayan ng maraming importanteng tao sa kaniya, mas pinili ni Nightshade na tumakbo at takasan ang problema.
Nightshade is convinced she's done with the royal court, their frivolities and politics, she's done with wars, she's done losing the people she loved, hence, she ran away from everything.
Meet Xera.
A nobody, a simple girl who loves living by herself.
In order to survive, she forgets.
Perpekto ang lahat para kay Xera. Namumuhay na siyang payapa, mag-isa, walang gumagambala, walang paki-alamero sa kahit anong naisin niyang gawin.
But there are things in this world you could never change.
Isang araw, nahuli siyang nilalabag ang isang mahigpit na patakaran.
As punishment, Xera is arrested and to redeem herself in order to be a free woman, they left her a choice:
FIGHT A DEADLY MAGICAL TOURNAMENT or remain a prisoner.
If she wins, she's free and will be remunerated with all the gold that will last for a lifetime.
But if Xera lose, there are only two fates...be the Royal Family's slave or die.
(Book Cover Editor: @SushiMinded)
Lavender is in love with Yuan, the perfect guy--kind, sweet, charming, and a musician like her. The problem? He's not real. He only exists in her dreams.
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Lavender Laxamana can't sing or play the guitar in front of anyone anymore. She hides in her dreams where she can perform and play music to her heart's desire with Yuan. Lavender has already accepted that the man she loves is just a figment of her imagination, but when she crosses paths with Aki, a starting artist who goes by the name of Musikero and looks and sounds like Yuan, Lavender is hopeful they can finally be together in real life. But reality slaps her in the face when she finds out Aki is the exact opposite of Yuan, and he loathes her.
While Lavender struggles to find the connection between Yuan and Aki, can she finally find the courage to stop escaping from reality--no matter that Aki may be in love with another woman? And can she finally face the rhythm and beats of her heart and pursue her passion again? How far will she go--or not go--for her dreams?
DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish.
COVER DESIGN: Regina Dionela