The Shadow Empire
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Last published Tue, Apr 26, 2022
"I've never hated someone as much as I've hated you"
"But I've never loved someone as much as I've loved you"
Callisto owes her life to Queen Myria of Morrenguard. She housed her and gave her the strength she'd never thought she'd have.
When war comes knocking, Callisto is forced to make some big decisions that could alter the course of her life. Callisto reaches a crossroads. The kingdom she is forced to love or an unlikely love that bloomed where the dead lay.
Will she give her life for her kingdom? or does she have other plans up her sleeves?
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