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Otherworldly
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Ongoing, First published Feb 21, 2025
Mature
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In a world ruled by dragons and sharpened by war, Veronica Dawson was never meant to be anything more than a shadow in someone else's story. Thrown into the brutal halls of Basgiath War College, a place she's only ever read about, Veronica knows the rules: survive, stay quiet, and don't change the plot. After all, she already knows how it ends.

But nothing goes as planned when she crosses paths with Xaden Riorson-lethal, unreadable, and far more dangerous than the pages ever described. His piercing gaze sees too much. And worse, he starts asking questions no one should.

Surrounded by dragons, haunted by secrets that were never hers to carry, and hunted by a fate she thought she could avoid, Verena walks the knife-edge between knowledge and exposure. Because the truth is, she doesn't belong here.

But the longer she stays, the harder it becomes to pull away.

And if the world she's trapped in begins to unravel...
It might not be because of what she knows...
But because of who she's becoming.

A Fourth Wing fanfic
Xaden x Female OC
All Rights Reserved
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