15 parts Ongoing A girl with emerald green eyes sat reading by the moonlight peacefully. That had been her routine every night before the librarian wound up his battered old library. Until one day, out of nowhere, all her hope of peace was lost forever.
Odd encounters. Unexpected threats. Immediate mortal perils. Ancient creatures. Danger looms at every corner, as her past resurfaces. Azalea is forced to face her long-forgotten fears - but will she brave it all alone?
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"What happened?" he asked in a hurry. He knelt down beside her, and cautiously put a hand on her shoulder.
She didn't look up; her sleeve was damp with tears. And... blood?
"Hey, don't cry!" He winced almost instantly. "Jeez, that sounds like something my mum would say to me as a kid, when I used to fall off my bike and scrape my knee."
She huffed a short laugh, but returned to gloom at once.
"Why did you scream? Your dad was worried." He left out the part where he'd almost died of a heart attack at the sound.
She didn't reply for a while.
"It's - a long story," she whispered finally.
"I can't tell you right now. It's got too many pieces of my past, and you wouldn't understand. But just tell him that... the Nahari have returned. For me."
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