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Shimmer and Shade

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Reads 77
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Parts 5
Time 33m

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Magicless witch Vesper's life is completely turned on its side when she asks out the hottie who's been frequenting her work for two weeks. 

He's a bodyguard, she's in danger, and her newly incarcerated father is not the simple man Vesper thought him to be, but the Grand High Water Sorcerer. What? Not to mention every water sorcerer around is hunting her and her estranged siblings for the artifact that she's sure her father didn't take. It's fine. It's totally fine. Except her father's magic, and his entire bloodline's, will be stripped in punishment. 

Supernatural bodyguard, Fox has two goals; keep the little witch alive at all costs and don't get involved in the client's life. Only she's so much like his lost younger brother that he can't resist wanting to help her. She might be desperate to prove her father's innocence, but all Fox wants to do is protect hers, and maybe his own heart. 

Together they discover Vesper might not be as magicless as she thought. With her newfound magic on the line, will they be able to find the stone and clear her father's name in time?

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ONC Prompt #20: You finally build enough courage to talk to the cute someone you see everyday on the bus. Their face turns dark as they respond, "you shouldn't be able to see me."

and Prompt #64: You came from the first bloodline that has produced powerful magicians for centuries to keep the world safe. So what does it mean when you, the xxth descendant, are born with the power to nullify the magic?All Rights Reserved

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