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In the Open Cage

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Reads 9,877
Votes 989
Parts 133
Time 26h 31m

COMPLETE (FINALLY!) STANDALONE STORY

Magic. Forbidden by law, possessed by witches, and the reason a carpenter's daughter is imprisoned in her own home.

When escaping the house for a few hours of freedom goes horribly wrong, Misa Carpenter unwittingly captures the attention of a man she comes to despise.

He wants her for the magic she never knew she had. Instead of an arrest that could lead to her execution, he proposes a bargain that would set her free from the prison she called home, a bargain she can't refuse.

Having no other choice, Misa is plunged into the dangerous world of witches in search of the most powerful and dangerous of them all. The task is deceptively easy. Find the witch and eliminate her. All Misa wants to do is fulfill her end of the bargain so she could finally be free.

But things aren't always so simple. Learning magic to blend in forces Misa to confront her greatest fears, and as she grows to understand the man who flipped her world upside down, she realises she might have quite literally gotten much more than what she bargained for.

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Rated 16+ for swearing, depictions of psychological and physical abuse (by the villain), and mild sexual contentAll Rights Reserved

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