The Painter's Apprentice
AdelynAnn
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  • Reads 209,330
  • Votes 8,082
  • Parts 31
  • Time 5h 43m
AdelynAnn
Ongoing, First published Apr 20, 2015
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[This story is now FREE] Florette moves to Versailles, only to discover a group of Fae are destroying France. Allying with the battled-scarred Destan, she has to save the kingdom.
 
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Florette, a painter's apprentice, is finally welcomed to the palace of Versailles. Ready to work, she notices that several of the courtiers are too beautiful to be human. Soon a battle-scarred warrior, Destan, tells her the truth: a faction of Fae have left the faerie and are slowly destroying the French monarchy. Determined that France must not fall, Florette is forced to use her skill to smuggle messages about the Fae inside her own paintings. Can she trust the rugged warrior at her side? And can Florette save France from creatures beyond mortal control?
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39 parts Complete Mature

December 2021, The French Empire, after almost 218 Years of Domination over the world was coming to a close, Russia. Prussia, Japan, Austria, the UK and USC were pushing closer and closer to the French Empire's Borders, A Doomed War was what France would call it, Emperor Napoleon IX was fighting a losing war against the entire world. But this Is France, She never gives up, As Napoleon I said in 1826 ''France will never surrender so long as we give her Victory!'' And it seems God took mercy on France, sending her to another world. In this new world, France would Begin to fight wars against: Medieval Nazis, Demons, Napoleonic Forces, A Magic 1970s America and an Old Foe awaits the French Eagle In This New World, the world would come to fear the Word France, it would take on the entire world and History would tell of it's tale of Victories against all odds, But how long can Victories help France? How long until they finally lose? All rights goes to Min-Min

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