The lady and the Shadow
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Last published Fri, Oct 17, 2025
In the land of Orius, where the social chasm is insurmountable, a reclusive aristocrat, tormented by a secret sorrow, finds her only solace in a forbidden friendship with her handmaiden. But this bond awakens ghosts of a forgotten past and sets them both on a path to a cruel destiny, one that seems to have been predestined for them long before their birth.
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