What We Do In The Shadows
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Last published Sat, Jul 17, 2021
Mettingscore; the forgotten town, a place where crime is welcome and the shadow business is means for survival. The black hearts club exists for all your needs. Need to anger a politician? Need to get rid of the creep down the road? They're prepared for it all. What they weren't prepared for, was to face blackmail by a queen, and enter another realm as bait. How do you escape a place that traps you in your own mind? How do you end an ongoing civil war? They have to learn, and learn fast.
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