The Veilborn
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Last published Sat, Sep 27, 2025
Fifty years after the world above was shattered by nuclear fire, Kaelen has never known good health or good fortune in her life. Stubborn and endlessly curious, she spends her days exploring the ruins of a land that feels more like a tomb than a home. Until one fall changes everything.
Thrown through a forgotten portal into the fae realm, Kaelen becomes the first Veilborn in over two centuries - one who can slip between worlds thought forever divided. Her arrival disrupts a fragile peace between rival courts that would rather see her caged (or dead) than free.
Hunted by enemies, entangled in dangerous politics, and torn between mistrust and an undeniable pull toward her reluctant protector in this new world, Kaelen must decide:
Will she embrace the legacy written in her blood, or let the realms burn again?
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