Tyrant in the Shadows
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Last published Sun, Apr 9, 2023
Here lies a world of pain, a world where the potentials and shadows constantly war.
Everyone knows the shadows come from an evil king.
Everyone knows that the potentials are practically unstoppable.
What no one knows is the true evil lies in a very different origin, and when a groundbreaking reality resurfaces, who truly stands on the side of good and who on bad?
And who's to say they're truly different at all?
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