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The Opelux and Other Monsters || Book One

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Reads 315,440
Votes 30,204
Parts 82
Time 13h 31m

Her memory was taken. 
Her skills were not.
Her very presence is a threat to 
everything he has ever cared for.
They might make 
a powerful team... 
if they don't kill
each other first.

Once upon a time...

In a land where the most powerful can be killed by water, the elite are protected by shape-shifting dragons, and the world is divided into two continents of chaos and false order, a strange girl wakes with broken ribs, three bullet holes in her chest, and a wiped memory, on the front lawn of a manor belonging to an Emperor whose reign is nearing its end.

With no knowledge of who she is, the girl is determined to find answers. But everyone is either tightlipped or seemingly afraid of her very existence. 

When an unknown traitor attempts to assassinate the Emperor right under everyone's noses, the girl finds herself thrown into a world of monsters, magic, peril, and responsibility. 

But one mistake with the Emperor's formidable Guardian could destroy everything.

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