horology | the darkling
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ho·rol·o·gy
/həˈräləj ē/
noun
the study of time
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Seraphina Vessensky knew that it would be easy to make any man fall in love with her, even the Black Heretic himself. Her quick wits, extraordinary talents and alluring beauty caught the eye of any who dared behold her; she commanded attention.
Seraphina had a secret and an agenda of vengeance. But she was playing a game, a very dangerous one at that. What happens when she gets too caught up in her own web of deceits and becomes the very thing she swore not to?
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