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The Shadow Crawler

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Reads 39,271
Votes 2,906
Parts 57
Time 14h 23m

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Unable to stop the Fourth Realm from invading her home, Rowan must go to war. Using her dream-walking abilities to take over the bodies of enemy soldiers, Rowan fights on the front lines, giving everything she has to keep her realm safe. 

Season 2 of The Skin Thief

***

Two worlds slowly collide, and an unexpected enemy rises. 

War has arrived in the Second Realm, threatening to destroy Rowan's home. With her Dream-Walking abilities, Rowan is ordered to fight deep in enemy-occupied territory, taking over the bodies of enemy soldiers in deadly battles. To make matters worse, Marcus, the man she betrayed, survived her killing blow and he is hunting her down, dead set on revenge. 

In the Fifth Realm, the timid, naive priestess is gone. Kiora has risen from her slumber and hatched her dragon, Beira. With a dragon by her side, Kiora wields power and new alliances are made, especially when a new wife joins the harem - a fierce woman of fire who warms Kiora's cold, broken heart. Despite her newfound power, Kiora and Beira are not invulnerable. Schemes threaten to destroy her and her beloved dragon, but this time, Kiora will not take it lightly. 

She will have her revenge against those who wronged her. 

She will be their empress. 

Even if she has to bury this realm in ice to do it.

***

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