The Painting
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Working as a journalist for Inspire Magazine Maggie Albright's life was full of adventure. Always jetting off across the world to find the next big story on Art, Politics, Pop Culture, and whatever else the magazine needed. One day when she hears about an ancient painting discovered in an underground lost city, she is on the next flight to Paris to be one of the first people to see it.
Along the way Maggie gets distracted by a mysterious and beautiful Celestial, Jacques Monroe, who leads her to Lumière. A city full of Magic, Monsters, and a secret that will change her life forever.
As Maggie and Jac battle to protect an ancient artifact and the city from the shadow and fire wielding Vultarin, Maggie must decide between the life she always knew, and the secrets unearthed.
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