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Dream Unveiled: The King's Seer
'It all came crashing down.' Xian has had peace for over a year. The land is starting to thrive once more under the guidance of King Kang-Dae and his Seer Queen Serenity. The bond between the couple has never been stronger. The forces that sought to destroy and take their home were cut down. This should be their happily ever after... or so they thought. But a dream has Serenity and the whole palace worried. What if their victory wasn't a victory? What if it was just the beginning of the end of everything?
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Through Righteous Paths: The King's Seer
Kang-Dae is fighting a war. With enemy forces overpowering his own, the threat of defeat is constant. The Xian king knows if he doesn’t find a way to turn the tide of this raging storm, his kingdom will be lost. He constantly fights with all he has, but he does so without his seer, who is a world away. Separated by both mystical forces and an army, his hope of seeing her again begins to dwindle.
Serenity has grown weary awaiting Kang-Dae’s return. As the days pass, her impatience turns to fear. She becomes convinced something is wrong back in Xian and decides to take matters into her own hands. Once again, she makes the impossible journey between worlds and finds herself in a situation no one could have anticipated. Trapped behind enemy lines, Serenity must find a way to escape and make it back to her king.
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Intertwining Destinies: The King's Seer
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Serenity’s made it home, all should be well, but that is far from true. Despite being back with the family she so desperately fought to get back to, all she can think about is the life she left behind. Her aching heart grows worse day by day, but she doesn’t have anyone to confide in about her impossible adventure, so she keeps it all to herself, letting her grief slowly consume her.
With no seer, no queen, and no love of his life, Kang-Dae is in a bad place. Though those around him try to convince him Serenity is gone for good, he refuses to accept it. There’s something inside him that desperately clings to the hope that she is alive. Though his kingdom needs him, he can’t help feeling Serenity needs him more. The only thing he can think of is getting her back, and he’s willing to cross worlds to do so.
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Blessed Moon: The King's Seer
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​Serenity has reluctantly settled into her new role as queen, and to her surprise and other’s dismay, she is flourishing in it. But with the threat of war looming closer and closer and the country desperately trying to stave off a famine, things are getting more and more dire. To make things even more complicated Serenity's hopes of returning home may actually come to fruition.
Kang-Dae begins to struggle with the knowledge that he will have to let her go and the effects of it all take a heavy toll. Serenity juggles her duties as queen, her feelings for Kang-Dae, and her devotion to her family. She keeps her focus on getting home, but little by little the idea doesn't sound as sweet as it once did.
There are still those within the palace who wish to remove Serenity and will stop at nothing to do so. Their manipulations could turn not only the country against her, but Kang-Dae as well.
The King's Seer
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Wake up. Check. Take shower. Check. Get car fixed. check. End up in an ancient feudal society where kings and warlords run the show. Wait. What? Serenity has no idea how she ended up in this place or how to get back home. She’s already made enemies of the most powerful men in the country and it seems the only one on her side is the prince who isn’t allowed as much power as he would like. Trying to survive in this confusing land is only one of her problems. When her dreams peak the interest of the very attractive and determined prince and future king she finds herself thrown even deeper into this world with no way out. All Serenity wants is to make her way home, but it seems fate has other plans.
Abnormal: Uncovered
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​They had been hiding for years, hiding who they were and what they could do, hiding in plain sight so that they would never have to go back. Back to the lab, back to that hell. After years of being experimented on they had managed to escape, go out into the world to live life as best they could and it had worked...until now.
They are once again being hunted by those who had turned them into what they are today. The only way to stay ahead of their pursuers is to use the very abilities that were forced on them at such a young age, but even that may not be enough.
Unraveled: Abnormal
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Back on the run, the group prepares to leave the country in hopes that it will keep the ACC at bay. Emotions are running high. Paranoia and fear are growing. Long kept secrets begin causing dissonance among the group. With Miracle’s health deteriorating, Hector and Aidan constantly at odds, Ally sinking into a depression. Jessica and Jamie trying to keep everyone’s spirits up, and a possible betrayal, things come to a boiling point. In the midst of all the lies and bickering, there is a war brewing and all of them may not survive it.
Subjugation
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America as we know it no longer exists. Greed has won out and those with money make all the rules. Those with power and money lord over those without. Those without have been forced into servitude and slavery. Civil rights no longer exist and the threat of war is constant.
Alyssia has been serving all her life. Stripped of her rights, citizenship and free will, she has never had anything to call her own. Still, she continues to survive refusing to let this world destroy her. But now she is about to be tested in a way she never has before. She's faced the greedy, the ignorant, even the vile but she always made it out. How does she adapt to coming face to face with evil?
Evil. Monster. Psycho. Donovan heard it all before. It no longer fazed him. He couldn't even say that it was entirely untrue. Donovan had made his peace with who he was and what he was years ago. He was a product of his upbringing. Being the son of one of the most hated and powerful men in the country had corrupted him in more ways than one. Now he used that darkness to make a name for himself.
Jealousy, corruption, and fate bring two people together who couldn't be more different. As the country burns around them they are forced to confront the darkest parts of themselves while trying to survive their circumstances and each other.