Between Cards and Shadows - 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎 ❤︎︎ - Wattpad

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Between Cards and Shadows

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Time 1h 27m

Reads 82
Votes 1
Parts 10
Time 1h 27m

Mature

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In a realm ruled by secrets and shadows, Mairen Kaurel walks the fine line between light and darkness. Born with the gift to glimpse fate through tarot, she serves as a healer-in-training and advisor of hidden truths. But no vision has ever prepared her for Rikard Vaelmon - the brooding Lord of the Southern Vale, carved from silence and tragedy.

He warns her not to fall. He says he cannot love.
Still, he returns.

Their fragile connection threatens to shatter when Varyn d'Bergel, Rikard's lifelong friend and court favorite, sets his sights on Mairen - not out of love, but something far more twisted: rivalry, revenge... or something he dares not name.

As passions burn and betrayals twist the threads of destiny, Mairen must choose between the man who holds her heart and the one who tempts her soul.

But the cards never lie.
And fate always takes its due.All Rights Reserved

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Embers in the Wind

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