Not Again
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Last published Sat, Nov 15, 2025
When Tanrin-the only family Rita has left-falls to a sickness no healer can cure, the elders tell her to accept his death. But Rita refuses.
She's heard whispers of a forbidden forest, a place where no one returns the same... or alive. Somewhere inside it lies a fruit said to heal any wound.
To save him, she must step into a world of demons, curses, and madness-and risk - becoming the very thing the elders fear.
Rita knows the price of hope. She's willing to pay it.
Even if it kills her.
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