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The Brightest Shadow

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Reads 272
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Parts 9
Time 2h 14m

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The Felinae, book #1

In a world where the legacy of Onza, the goddess of women, is fading, Jule Toledo seeks its former glory back. But in the middle of dealing with her family's despise and a new mission that can help with Onza's reputation, she finds herself entangled with a treasure hunter. A smart and easy on the eyes one, at that.

Fergus Carrillo is seeking the tome of Onza to pay a life debt to his father, even though he's gone. Together with his bodyguard Phineas, he travels to Libera and hires a beautiful, snarky guide that can take them through Pietra in search for the exact place where the tome rests. 

He just doesn't need to know she wants the tome for herself...

A weird feeling something's not right doesn't budge from his mind, and the way Jule keeps provoking him to act so not like him almost drives him insane.

Will they find a hint of something else between all those fights?

Will they find the tome and allow its magic to slip into them?

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