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Shadows Beckon
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Ongoing, First published May 27, 2025
Mature
3 new parts
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Book 1 of Blackwater Shadows

Book 2 starts at chapter 23.


"...renewal is not born of perfection but of the strength it takes to rise again...."  
In a world cloaked in political games and glittering façades, sixteen-year-old Adrien Valmont is drowning in expectations, his life meticulously scripted by a family desperate for royal influence. But beneath the layers of nobility and wealth lies a yearning-to earn his place, to escape the gilded cage, and to find the legendary academy whispered about in shadows: Blackwater.
With a forbidden pendant and an ancient dagger gifted by a cryptic merchant, Adrien begins a perilous descent into a hidden world. Blackwater Academy is no myth-it's a crucible. It demands more than strength or lineage; it demands truth. As he unravels secrets buried deeper than politics, Adrien must confront his own fractured identity and the haunting trials that threaten to consume him.

Each step toward the academy leads further from safety, into a realm where emotions are currency and shadows have teeth. Caught between a looming arranged marriage and a treacherous freedom, Adrien must choose: obey and be crowned in chains, or vanish into legend and risk becoming the darkness he seeks.

✨ Blackwater Shadows is a tale of defiance, destiny, and transformation, where the greatest power lies not in magic, but in refusing to live a life you never chose.

"Inheritance stands a gilded cage, where longing blooms in silent veins.

Transformation ascends, the only escape, cracking iron bars with wings of change.

Revelation lays the soul bare, emerging fierce once the mask is shed.

Defiance tempers love's steel blade, cleaving the storm to shape tomorrow's dawn.

Redemption dawns upon reborn fields, a covenant of hope in shadows healed. "

-Completed
- Word Count 100,000-110,000
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Series

Blackwater Shadows

  • Season 1
    10 parts
  • Secrets in the Dark cover
    Season 2
    20 parts
  • Bonds of Shadows cover
    Season 3
    22 parts
  • The Shadow War cover
    Season 4
    3 parts
Table of contents

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Voiceless (ADRIENETTE AU)✓

24 parts Complete

This is my first book , Sorry if it sucks :( Marinette was a famous beautiful singer. She got so many fans until one so-called incident happen. She got poisoned by just a glass of water , a glass of refreshment that lead her to be M U T E . The one incident that leads her to meet , the teacher of a disabled children school , Adrien Agreste. " I wish I could say the word I Love You , but it is too late. I'm Helpless , I'm Voiceless", Marinette's hand speaks for her. " Love did not come in words , Marinette. It comes from heart. Though I hoped I met you earlier , but God gave us the most suitable time , we are fated to be together," -Adrien " WHAT DO I LACK OF , ADRIEN? WE ARE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND YOU KNOW I HAVE CRUSH ON YOU! WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THIS MUTE TRASH?" -Chloe Disclaimer : I do not own any of the characters , they all belonged to Thomas Astruc and Zag Toon. - I only owned the story plot and their personalities - start : 9th June 2020 complete : 17th March 2021

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