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Before the Sun Sets

nyx-of-darkness

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Parts 2
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Reads 31
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Parts 2
Time 16m

nyx-of-darkness

betrayal dark empire fantasy kingdoms light prisoner rebels romance spies torture trauma war

Brother. Captive. Spy. Rebel. Leader. This is the line that Nic DeBrookes walks after the High General of the Kheoddesea Empire, Kozak, slaughters his village in the name of the Emperor. Enslaved by the general, Nic is forced into an army camp, but is saved by the spies of the rival kingdom of  Racreau and taken to the king. The king presents Nic with an offer: in exchange for his freedom, Nic must infiltrate the Kheoddesea Empire and send information on a weapon of mass destruction in hopes of preventing the next Alls-Ending War. To do this, he must enter the Inner Circle of the Emperor himself. Enter Cydiah Lihn, the Emperor's daughter and Knight Prestige-head of the Inner Circle. Nic must learn what is right and wrong in a world full of grey areas, and who to trust- before it's too late.


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The Winter Born [COMPLETED] by Lyana-Garcia

Cathellyn Anders is born in the Outlands during a night of winter- a birth that is rare in her land, doomed to be a peasant ever since she stepped into the world. Though the fate was inevitable, she fought and manage to gain knowledge of hunting from her father who she loves to death. At the age of twelve, she was a fierce hunter, providing food for her family and keeping them alive. Also, at that age, she was already fatherless. Great grief struck her as her father was taken and executed by the Valarians, the nobles that lay comfortably in their gold-riched land of Valaria. Three years later, Cathellyn grows cold and alone in the forest. Her days becomes still and unmoving, falling in a routine of; hunt, kill, provide. Hunt, kill, provide. Hunt, kill, provide.Until one day, she met someone that she thought she would never meet in the forest. Valarians were normally stoic, nose-high-in-the-air kind of people and uncaring of the people of the Outlands. But this one is... different. She decided she would take her chances with Ethan, the prince of Valaria. In the Outlands, the flame of hatred towards the nobles have been bigger than ever. Curses are being shout out and blood threatens to spill. It doesn't help that Cathellyn's twin sister has a strange habit that she doesn't knows about. In her life, friends are made and lost like the wind in the forest. But this 'friend', she wants to keep.

Empire of Shadows (On Hold) by __shadowsinger__

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Mercy & Fire by gnbrave

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The Winter Born [COMPLETED]

Cathellyn Anders is born in the Outlands during a night of winter- a birth that is rare in her land, doomed to be a peasant ever since she stepped into the world. Though the fate was inevitable, she fought and manage to gain knowledge of hunting from her father who she loves to death. At the age of twelve, she was a fierce hunter, providing food for her family and keeping them alive. Also, at that age, she was already fatherless. Great grief struck her as her father was taken and executed by the Valarians, the nobles that lay comfortably in their gold-riched land of Valaria. Three years later, Cathellyn grows cold and alone in the forest. Her days becomes still and unmoving, falling in a routine of; hunt, kill, provide. Hunt, kill, provide. Hunt, kill, provide.Until one day, she met someone that she thought she would never meet in the forest. Valarians were normally stoic, nose-high-in-the-air kind of people and uncaring of the people of the Outlands. But this one is... different. She decided she would take her chances with Ethan, the prince of Valaria. In the Outlands, the flame of hatred towards the nobles have been bigger than ever. Curses are being shout out and blood threatens to spill. It doesn't help that Cathellyn's twin sister has a strange habit that she doesn't knows about. In her life, friends are made and lost like the wind in the forest. But this 'friend', she wants to keep.