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Prologue: Chapter 3

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Chapter 6 in Xantria: Age of Shadows

Prologue: Chapter 3

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Chapter 6 in Xantria: Age of Shadows

The morning air clung to Kyron's skin like a second layer as he stepped onto Hubbard's uneven cobblestones, the door swinging shut behind him on a wave of Fae's muffled outrage. His boots kicked up little puffs of dust that shimmered briefly in the sunlight before settling back i...

Prologue: Chapter 2

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Chapter 4 in Xantria: Age of Shadows

Ignore her

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Chapter 5 in Xantria: Age of Shadows

Not wanting her to go into another spiel. Kyron decided to ignore Fae and walked out the door.

Walk up to her

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Chapter 5 in Xantria: Age of Shadows

He walked up to Fae, who stared resolutely at the table with her arms crossed. He leaned down from behind, cupped her face in both hands, tilted her head back, and planted the most aggressively wet kiss directly on her forehead. "YOU ABSOLUTE IDIOT. THIS IS NOT OVER. I HATE YOU....

Prologue: Chapter 2

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Chapter 4 in Xantria: Age of Shadows

Kyron sat down across from his younger sister, Faeria, who was already watching him with the barely contained energy of someone who had been waiting for an audience. Faeria was a whirlwind given human form, with a wild mane of auburn curls that refused to be tamed, catching the...

Sit down

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Chapter 3 in Xantria: Age of Shadows

Kyron ignored his Mom.

Thank her

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Chapter 3 in Xantria: Age of Shadows

"Thanks for the food, Mom." Kyron's mother smiled at her son. "You don't have to thank me, son. You are a strange child for having your favourite breakfast be eggs and toast. Makes my job easier though, but I'd love it if you let your old mother challenge her skills sometimes"...

Prologue: Chapter 1

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Chapter 2 in Xantria: Age of Shadows

Kyron Warths jolted awake, gasping, his body slick with sweat. The first golden rays of dawn filtered through the cracked shutters of his bedroom. The air was thick with the earthy scent of dew-kissed fields and distant smoke from the village forges. The small town of Hubbard, ne...

Introduction

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Chapter 1 in Xantria: Age of Shadows

Kyron was running in complete darkness. His lungs burned, his muscles screamed, but he didn’t stop. He didn’t know if he was fleeing toward salvation or straight into the jaws of damnation. The black was absolute, no stars, no moon, not even the faintest glimmer of his own hands....