The Mural (Guardians of Light)
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Guardians of Light, Book One
Sixteen-year-old Iris Sinclair has always known she was different. Born into a legendary Jamaican bloodline of women tasked with protecting the balance between worlds, she's spent her life trying-and failing-to suppress the gifts that mark her as a Guardian of Light.
When tragedy strikes, Iris is forced to leave behind the only home she's ever known and move into her estranged father's estate deep in the Colorado mountains. Isolated. Suffocating. Haunted by more than memories.
Inside the sprawling mansion, rooms seem to shift when no one looks. The walls whisper. And a centuries-old mural calls to her in ways she can't explain.
But something is waiting within those painted depths. Something that sees Iris for what she truly is. And as her powers grow beyond her control, Iris must decide whether to keep running from her inheritance or confront the darkness festering behind the walls of her family's perfect life.
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