Smoke & Shadow
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Whisper doesn't remember much about the events leading to her current circumstances. A bright flash of light, screams in the streets, smoke, blood and the glint of flames reflected off of a dragon's scales...What she does know is that nothing in her life has prepared her for the peril she now faces, for the things she might have to do. Especially when one of her new travelling companions is a silver-haired elf with a dangerous secret...
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