Gateway to the Shadows
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Last published Wed, Jul 24, 2024
Alora Maxine was once a orphaned child living in poverty and on the edge of death before someone saw her and gave her a chance. Little did she know the person who would later go on becoming her teacher was the Kingdoms best assassin. That was the second drastic change in her life after her parents death.
Alora is now 18 and is almost done her training, the only thing left to pass was winning a fight with her teacher. But was it really what she wanted? She understood that once you step in then it's signing your life away and you cannot leave.
Even with her unique abilities and deathly strikes, will it be enough to pass the final test or change her career path? Or even a new life path.
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