Shadows of the Past
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Iris's life seemed to be a series of disappointments and frustrations; nothing ever seemed to go her way. Iris wished more than anything that for at least one moment in time, she could be invisible. Just one minute to breathe without everyone's disappointment bearing down on her. Ironically, she drunkenly stumbled into the house of a man who was exactly that: invisible.
Cursed by a vengeful witch, Cole lived a lonely life as an invisible boy, abandoned by his family and resigned to his fate. Then one day, a half-drunk woman staggered into his apartment, and for the first time in his life, he was seen. Cursed, Cole had accepted his fate long ago. Now, Cole wants nothing more than to be seen, and he's going to stop at nothing to be who he's meant to be once more, for him and for her.
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Every year, Lyra's village gathers beneath the ancient statues of the Fates, offering prayers and sacrifices to keep the creeping darkness at bay. The Ruined Kingdom stands in the distance, a forbidden place where no one enters and no one leaves. A place ruled by a king who does not age, does not die, and does not care for the world beyond his walls. Lyra has never believed in fate, only in survival. With her mother's health failing, she is willing to do whatever it takes to save what little she has left. But when this year's ritual goes terribly wrong, Lyra is taken-ripped from the life she knows and thrust into the heart of a kingdom lost to time. There, she is told she has been chosen. That she, along with others, must vie for the favor of a king no one has seen in over a century. But something is wrong within the castle's walls. Whispers of the past haunt her steps, and the King-cold, untouchable, and shrouded in secrets-watches her too closely. As shadows stir and forgotten magic awakens, Lyra begins to question everything she's been told about the Ruined Kingdom. And, more importantly, about herself. Because the deeper she delves into the mystery of the King and the kingdom he rules behind the walls, the more she realizes: Some destinies are written in blood. And some fates are meant to be broken.
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