Whispers of the Compass
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When she wakes in Elysium-a world shaped by dreamers and ruled by shadows-her mind is blank. But something is wrong. A tree bears her name. A message bleeds from its bark.
Surrender, or he dies.
Someone is hunting her. Someone she once feared.
As Mara stumbles through forgotten paths and fractured memories, she begins to realize the truth: she once had power here. She once had love. And someone is determined to take both.
A boy in the shadows who knew her better than she knew herself.
A predator with a voice like velvet, a hand on her cheek, and no intention of letting her go.
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