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The Descend

heytheycallmeconnie

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Reads 174
Votes 19
Parts 23
Time 5h 44m

heytheycallmeconnie

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Samara Greymoor used to hunt demons. Now, she runs a private practice helping them transition into civilian life-binding contracts, easing possession trauma, and occasionally breaking a curse or two.

But when a deadly plague starts sweeping through Harronac-one that targets both humans and supernaturals with terrifying precision-Samara is dragged back into the world she thought she'd left behind.

The infection isn't random. It's magic. Ancient. And personal.

When a powerful demon marquis named Ronove Veritas shows up with a cryptic warning and a request for help, Samara reluctantly agrees-only to uncover a bloodline secret that rewrites everything she thought she knew about herself. As the plague spreads and alliances fracture, Samara must navigate shadowy politics, rising war between realms, and two dangerously different men tied to her unraveling fate.

She's not who she thought she was. And the city won't survive what's waking inside her.

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