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The Ash Dancer
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Ongoing, First published Jul 08, 2025
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They called her a weapon and a solider.
They forgot she was still a girl.

Reborn from the ashes of a dying world, Lyra was trained to kill demons-and taught to bury the parts of herself that remembered softness. Once a prodigy of the Demon Slayer ranks, she now walks a knife's edge between light and darkness, haunted by a truth no one dares speak: one of not just darkness nor light, she is the in between

When a mission unearths a figure from her fractured past-a mysterious hybrid who sees the parts of her she tries to hide-Lyra is forced to question everything she was raised to believe. Loyalties crack. Secrets burn. And the deeper she dances into the war between realms, the more she must decide:

Will she become the savior they fear?
Or the monster they're created her to be?
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STARPATH

31 parts Ongoing

Lyra wanted a normal life. No wolves. No bond. No fate. Six months ago, Lyra Duskbane walked away from Ashmoor Academy, severing the rare bond that tied her to Rowan and Riven Moonsbane. She thought choosing freedom would save them all. Instead, it left her powerless, human: and haunted by a love she can't outrun. But when the Starpath opens, tearing the veil between realms, Lyra is dragged back into a war she doesn't understand. Shadows whisper her name. The Eye of Aether is watching. And a darkness older than the gods themselves is rising. To survive, Lyra must reclaim the magic she gave away-before it consumes her. But every step down the Starpath brings her closer to Rowan's fire, Riven's darkness, and Sylas's unshakable devotion. Their bond may be broken, but desire never was. This time, loving them could cost her everything. And if she fails, the Starpath will destroy her world.

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