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The Thirteenth
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Ongoing, First published Jul 04, 2025
Mature
Aria Vasquez never wanted to be special. But when silver strands streak her midnight curls and her reflection whispers secrets that shouldn't exist, "normal" shatters like glass.

In the town of Silverhollow, dreams vanish with the morning light, ancient bells ring for no reason, and chalk symbols appear where no one remembers drawing them. Aria wakes haunted by a place she's never seen - a hill, a gate, and a voice that speaks through mirrors:
"You are the key. But keys open... or lock."

As she unravels hidden bloodlines and buried truths, Aria must decide: seal the gates that separate two worlds... or unleash what sleeps behind them.

🗝️ Thirteen gates.
🩸 One bloodline lost to time.
💭 And a girl who remembers things that never happened.
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Whisper of the Long Lost Princess (Academy of Secrets)

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For centuries, the hidden kingdoms have whispered the same forbidden tale a prophecy buried in moonlight and starfire. They speak of a child born beneath a blood moon and a sky of falling stars, a girl whose breath holds the hush of the wind, whose heart echoes the voice of the earth, whose touch summons flame and frost and thunder. A princess, stolen before the first dawn could crown her hidden among mortals, her name erased, her power sealed behind iron gates and old secrets. They called her lost. They prayed she would never be found. For if she woke, the eight sleeping elements would rise again light, shadow, fire, water, earth, wind, lightning, and the spirit that binds them all. And kingdoms built on lies would fall to their knees before the child they tried to forget. But secrets are never truly buried. And fate never forgets its promises. In a quiet village on the edge of the old forest, she bakes bread in the warmth of a small bakery, her memories hidden behind a smile and the hush of rising dough. She answers to Lunaria a name she doesn't remember choosing and dreams of gates she cannot open. But the wind knows her name. The earth hums beneath her feet. Fire flickers when she passes. The storm watches. And the Academy that sealed her power watches too, its Council whispering that the lost star has begun to stir. When the iron gates crack open, secrets slip through a young elemental prince whose touch tastes of storms, shadows that whisper old truths, and a sister cloaked in starlight waiting to bring her home. In the hidden halls of the Academy of Secrets, where loyalty is as fragile as glass and power is more dangerous than lies, Lunaria must remember who she is before the kingdoms rise or burn in her name. Her story begins where all lost things do in the hush of winter, under a sky heavy with falling stars. And when she wakes, the world will never be the same.