Deck of Cards
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Last published Tue, Jun 11, 2024
Welcome to the Deck of Cards, in which four houses vie for dominance. At the top, sits the King of Hearts, and he gives no indication of moving.
Liara Kayes, a second year psychology student, has been a part of the Deck of Cards since she was sixteen. Since she walked in on something she shouldn't have. And now, known as the Queen of Spades, she's coming for the King.
But nobody knows who she is outside of the Deck. Nobody sees the young girl grieving the loss of her childhood, and struggling to make ends meet. Nobody notices as she begins to break the one rule she's made for herself. Never fall in love.
She doesn't realise until it's too late, how much of a mistake she's made.
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"I told you I wasn't who I appeared to be, little dove. And yet it seems, neither are you."
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