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Digging in Zeus's Backyard │ONC 2021 [SAMPLE]

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[ONC 2021 Round Two Ambassador Pick] 

The body. The texts. The gold.

This was just the beginning.

Upon receiving a call from her cousin, Kana's world shatters. Then, she makes a deal she can't refuse and awakens to her new reality: mythical creatures and beings living among humans. When she digs to uncover the story behind the corpse and fulfill her contract, she finds something of which not even the Pantheon of the Immortal are aware⏤a secret that will change life as they know it.  

Written for the Open Novella Contest 2021, prompts 57 and 58.

*Reader discretion is advised for scenes depicting violence and death.

Copyright © 2021 ClaraYami

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