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decks-writing-blog · 1 month ago

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Third Time's the Charm

Summary: After ejecting to escape an Angler, Auri scans for the other travelers' signal, instead they find Feldspar's.

[A/N] This fic was loosely inspired by an experience I had while playing the VR mod. Long story short, I had to jet pack through Dark Bramble without the ship. I ended up going to Feldspar's camp and spending the rest of the loop there, sitting on the floor and roasting marshmallows. The flight there was kinda intense because VR is kinda intense. It was cool though.

Alarms blared, flashing all around as the Angler’s jaws closed on the ship. The reactor was damaged but didn’t immediately explode this time. Whether that was actually good news or not was yet to be determined. A fast death via explosion might be preferable at this point.

Auri was already reaching for the eject button though. They didn’t want to die. The fact that they were probably dead no matter what and waiting for the reactor to explode would end this nightmare the quickest didn’t feel like it mattered much in comparison. As soon as they got the cover up, they slammed down on the button.

The cockpit shot forward into the thick mists of Dark Bramble. A moment later, the ship’s reactor exploded. Nowhere near as loud as it would’ve been on Timber Hearth, it made more of a loud pop sound than a proper explosive bang. Likewise the shock wave was also somewhat pathetic but strong enough to create a visible rolling motion in the fog.

Looking back to see how much damage had been done to the Angler would’ve been nice but Auri was a bit too busy. The cockpit was barreling towards a wall that wasn’t a wall at all but an overgrown root. They hit hard enough to jar them forward into their seat’s straps but the cockpit window remained intact and so did they. Despite everything they were utterly unharmed. Wow.

Their hands trembled as they pawed at their strap buckles, fumbling for a moment before managing to find the release. That left them floating there though. All their momentum had been halted by the root in front of them. They had three hours to live, less if they panicked and used up their oxygen faster. See? A fast death via explosion probably would’ve been better after all. Too late now.

They pushed themself up and out of the chair before using the jet pack to free themself of the cockpit entirely, halting their momentum once clear of it. Which left them floating in the dense fog. Looking back in the general direction of the rest of the ship, revealed nothing. They’d drifted far enough that the fog obscured everything except the Angler’s light. It was moving, thankfully away. Whether that was because it was leaving, satisfied that it had killed its prey, or that the explosion had killed it, leaving it’s body – or perhaps the pieces of its body – to drift was unclear. Auri could jet pack over and find out for sure but… if it was still alive, they’d barely escaped unharmed, why go back? And, the ship was for sure inoperable, thus there was nothing to gain from going back and everything to lose.

Which left them floating utterly alone and bereft of a way out. They hated this place. Dark Bramble was the worst planet. ‘Third time’s the charm’ they’d thought but nope, their exploration efforts turned out worse than ever before. There had to be a secret hidden somewhere within this place, possibly even multiple. How could there not be? This wasn’t the loop they were going to find it in though.

They pulled out the signal scope. Maybe the other pilots’ signal music would come through the entrance and guide them back out. They were two seeds deep by now though so maybe not but… A signal! They honed in on it. Harmonica music filled their helmet as they found it. Weird. Wasn’t it Feldspar who played the harmonica?

Maybe it was a trap. An audio signal version of the Anglers’ lights that looked almost exactly like the seeds’ lights from afar when obscured by the omnipresent fog. They had only three hours to live though, even if they made it to the exit, they wouldn’t be able to do anything other than die in space instead of in fog. Which would’ve been more comforting but this was a mystery that they officially needed to know the answer to.

Keeping hold of the signal scope with one hand, they grasped the jet pack’s controller with the other and started towards it. Once they got going at a decent speed, they let up on the controls, letting themself settle into a drift. Unlike true space, their speed would decay here but slow enough that they should be fine to drift for a while.

Nothing was around them. Not that they could see anyway, who knew what the fog might be hiding. The range of vision it offered was only maybe a meter or two at most. Rendering them effectively blind.

The harmonica music filling their helmet was comforting but… not enough to ease the tingle of fear in their spine. The impenetrable fog made the space feel simultaneously too spacious and not spacious enough. It was impossible to see through it to determine how big this place was, giving the impression that it was vast and cavernous. On the other hand though, the fog pressed in so tight and thick, it seemed almost solid at times, lending itself to a claustrophobic feeling. The juxtaposition of the two sensations had always been unsettling. Without the safety and protection of the ship around them, it was so much worse.

They were a tiny little thing drifting through an endless sea of fog in a space that shouldn’t physically be possible. Massive predators waited in that fog, maybe only one or two but probably far more, possibly even hundreds across the many folding passages made up by the many seeds.

How far and deep did these seed-borne passages go? Were they endless? Or was there a center? If so, what lay within it? A horror that overshadowed even the Anglers or something majestic and wonderful?

With a whimper, they curled in on themself. As much as they could with the bulky suit and their hand held up and partially extended to ensure the signal scope continued picking up that harmonica music. Silence would surely drive them mad. They needed that music. It was their only lifeline in this awful place.

What if it was a trap though? Surely anything capable of laying such a trap was worse than the Anglers, right? What if the reason it was playing harmonica music is because it’s what killed Feldspar? It assimilated them into itself, allowing it to mimic their music. How likely was that? … Auri had no way of guessing, especially not right now when they were trembling in fear at the mere thought of it such a horror existing, let alone the fact that they were headed straight towards it.

Maybe they shouldn’t risk it. Instead they should just… pop the seal of their helmet and send themself into next loop. The thought of doing so set their hands trembling anew. Just like they couldn’t force themself to wait the extra three seconds for the ship’s reactor to take them out with a quick explosion, they also couldn’t merely reach up and remove their helmet. They didn’t want to die. The fact that they’d done so several times by now didn’t matter.

Also, what if it was actually Feldspar? The reason they’d vanished was because they’d gotten lost in this wretched maze. Maybe there was no way out once one entered. Auri had never successfully left before after all, death and thus the loop was the only thing that ever brought them out. If that was the case they had to know.

‘30 minutes of oxygen remaining’ flashed onto the helmet’s display with a small beep. It settled up at the top a moment later where it would stay, counting down every minute.

What purpose did the countdown serve other than to cause anxiety way earlier than needed? Auri didn’t need nor did they want to know they had only thirty minutes left before they suffocated. Their fear had numbed down to a dull distant thing but now it was back. They didn’t want to die.

It was far too late to turn back now though. They were in three more layers deep with more than half their jet pack fuel gone. Their call to start preserving it early had been a good one. Twice now they’d followed the signal to a seed too small to fit through, requiring course changes on top of needing to dodge the occasional branch or to aim for the seeds’ entrances. Their momentum also bled out quickly upon going through the boundary of one seed to the next. Why was a mystery but it meant yet more fuel usage.

At this rate Auri was going to die as soon as they reached the signal’s source. Or maybe there was no source. It was bouncing around in circles, sending them in circles as well. That’d be just their luck. They were committed though and so they kept going, trying not to think about the timer they’d already been on but now had a number for.

The light Auri was drifting towards wasn’t another seed. Their immense luck in not running into another Angler had finally run out. Once close enough to realize the light was that of an Angler’s it was always far too late but Auri tried anyway as they as they engaged the jet pack’s retro-thrusters. Which only slowed them of course. And they were going fast, way to fast to…

It was a skeleton. Much like the fossil in the Ember Twin’s cavern, the lure light still glowed even though the Angler it was attached to had long since rotted to bones. Why their florescence was so persistent even after death was worth studying. Auri wasn’t the person to do that study that though.

Letting out a shaky breath, they engaged the jet pack again, pulling themself to a complete halt. Which used more of their rapidly depleting jet pack fuel but they needed a moment to calm their breathing.

‘5 minutes of oxygen remaining.’ the suit informed them with another beep. Before putting the text back at top. It’d be doing that every minute now. But that was why Auri needed to calm down. Panicking would shorten their already short life.

Signal lost, static filled their helmet. Which fit with the static that settled back into their mind as their relief of no longer being immediately about to die faded. No instead they were still choosing to wait and delay even though it was unlikely they’d find the source of the signal before death came. There was nothing else to do though and so they lifted the signal scope back up and panned around until they found the harmonica music again. Which resulted in them pointing at the Angler fossil again. It must be on the other side.

Except, no, it wasn’t. The signal source read as too close for that to be the case. Also there seemed to be two sources of the same signal. Not odd in this place but the seeds had never been so close together before. Well, even if that wasn’t the case exploring the Angler fossil was probably about all they had time for anyway. They hadn’t found their way to the one on Ember Twin yet so the opportunity shouldn’t be declined anyway.

Engaging the jet pack, they flew closer, aiming for the wide open jaws. They were still unnerving even when the beast was clearly dead. Why did it have to have such big teeth? They were bigger then some trees as proven by the fact that there were… trees growing inside it? How? Why? There was also a campfire set in the middle of the jaw, lighting up the place and driving back the fog.

‘Trees detected, oxygen replenishing,’ the suit’s HUD read, replacing the countdown to suffocation, as they neared the trees in question. A moment later, gravity gripped them and pulled flailing down onto the jaw, landing face down as they hadn’t been at all prepared to orient to there being a proper down again.

They pushed themself up to into a sitting position, allowing them to look around. A campsite, the campfire set safely in the middle away from the sparse trees and surrounded by rocks. To the side was the gravity crystal, holding everything down in a small radius. On the other side of the campfire sat what could only be another hearthian wrapped up in space suit. Auri almost stumbled to their feet to go around and hug them in sweet, sweet relief. The only thing stopping them was how strange this was. They’d long since purposefully stopped thinking about what they might find if they kept following the signal, if anything at all. So literally anything would’ve been surprising but the fact that it was warmth, company, and a literal extension on their life this loop seemed far too good to be true.

Was it a dream? While suffocating they’d certainly had some fairly vivid dreams before. Never one like this though.

Eventually the other hearthian broke the silence. “You gonna say anything or you just gonna sit there and stare at me? Or perhaps I’ve finally cracked and you’re a hallucination, something my brain made up to keep me company.”

Their voice was familiar but Auri couldn’t place it. … Except they didn’t have to because there was only person it could be, right? They weren’t playing the harmonica but there was one in their hand. And next to them sat a radio, much like how all the other Venture pilots had to broadcast their music so they could always find each other.

Auri stumbled to their feet and lifted the signal scope in their hand. They pointed it at the radio. No music currently came through it of course as its owner wasn’t currently playing and hadn’t set a recording to keep going for them. Meaning its signal was currently silent but the signal scope still beeped, indicating it had found the source of a signal. Surely no matter how advance a mimic Auri’s theoretical sound based Angler was, copying the campsite, the person, and the signal would be impossible. Meaning it could only be… “Feldspar! You’re alive!”

“So they sent people to look for me after all, huh?”

“Of course they did. They looked and looked and looked but never found you. I uh… wasn’t really sent to find you. Everyone’s pretty sure you’re dead even if um, most of them won’t say it.” Auri had certainly not had any doubts about it until hearing their harmonica. And even then their first thought had been that it was probably a new kind of Angler.

“Oh. I see.” How they actually felt about that news was hard to tell with the helmet hiding their expression and how reigned they kept their voice. “You’re the new astronaut, right? The one that was in training when I left. Aurichalcite’s your name?” They remembered Auri’s name!

“Yep that’s me. Call me ‘Auri’ for short. Thank you for saving me with your trees. Suffocating sucks.” There were worse ways to die but the slow countdown of watching their oxygen deplete and knowing freaking out about it too much would only make it deplete faster was a special kind of awful.

“I imagine it would. That means you’ve been away from your ship for a while then. You crash too or did you get got by an Angler?”

“Angler. It bit my ship and I ejected before the reactor exploded. I followed your signal here.”

“Guess that means you’re here to stay then. Welcome to my humble campsite.” Feldspar gestured to the camp around them as if welcoming Auri into their home.

Auri put the signal scope back on their belt before walking around to sit next to them. Not too close as they didn’t want to be weird but Feldspar had been their hero when they’d been little. They were much shorter than Auri remembered but still they’d daydreamed about being the one to find Feldspar once their disappearance had become undeniable. Asking how they’d ended up here and whatnot was tempting and Auri would get to it in a moment but first…

“This gonna sound really weird but this is actually fine because I’m in a time loop. I’m gonna wake up in a day or two, I’ve uh, lost track of time so I don’t know how long’s left, and be back on Timber Hearth. I’ll come rescue you then… assuming I can find this place again with the ship intact. I’ll figure it out. And then once I figure out how to end the loop, ‘cause I don’t know how it works yet, I’ll come back again and rescue you permanently.”

“Hmm… maybe you’re the one hallucinating.”

“I hallucinate when I die sometimes so technically, yeah. It’s fine that you don’t believe me though. In hindsight I should probably stop telling people, it kinda just makes things awkward most of the time.”

Feldspar thought for a moment before shrugging. “Maybe you are in a time loop. This place loops physically so maybe there’s something out there that makes time behave in a similar fashion. Time’s just another dimension or whatever, right? Good luck with that. Don’t worry ‘bout saving me too quickly though, I kinda like it out here.”

“Why?” To each, their own and all that but this place sucked.

“It’s quiet.”

“Yeah but the Anglers and the fog and… it’s been years.” Even if it was nice out here, after so long alone it would surely still have grown wretchedly awful. Hearthians could bear solitude for a while, some longer than others, but everyone had to have a limit, right? How could Feldspar have not reached theirs yet?

“How many years exactly?”

“Like ten, I think.”

Feldspar visibly flinched. “Surely not. It couldn’t have been more than a three or four.”

“Nah, it’s been like ten. More like eight or so since you were officially properly announced as missing.” Auri had caught wind of and intentionally eavesdropped on several conversations about whether or not Feldspar was coming back. Gossan and Slate had fought about it in particular. Such had been the start of their adversarial relations. “Maybe time flows differently here?”

“Maybe it does. It would certainly explain how you’re old enough to have finished training and properly launched. Darn. I suppose I should’ve been putting more effort into trying get out then. I was always planning on leaving but stuff needed doing.”

“I’ll get you out. The loops will give me plenty of time to figure out how to and then once I also figure out how to end them,” and stop the sun from exploding too of course but they had already stopped talking to people about that, “I’ll get you out for reals and take you home.”

“Well, all righty then, I suppose.”

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sunnydaleherald · 1 year ago

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big-ass-magnet · 1 year ago

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@queenofbaws tagged me in this thank you queenie :* I tag @experimentalmadness @jay-auris and all my other writers whose tumblr usernames I cannot remember.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Exactly 100! 39 of them are just for What We Do in the Shadows, thanks to the time I went insane and wrote a friend like 20 different fics for a Christmas exchange.

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

375,883 WOW THAT'S A LOT HAHAHAHA

3. What fandoms do you write for?

oh goodness. Mass Effect and Dragon Age I'll always come back to; at the moment I've settled into Girl Genius.

4. Top five fics by kudos

Relationship Status: It's Really Complicated (Venom 2018)

The Things We Can't Take Back (What We Do in the Shadows)

Safe and Sound (Venom 2018)

A Hole in the Family Portrait (WWDITS)

A Change in Perspective (WWDITS)

5. Do you respond to comments?

I TRY I REALLY DO, even if it's just to say thank you

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

THAT IS A HARD QUESTION, I literally had to go back and review all my posted fics because I don't write a lot of angsty endings; I'm a happy ending bitch!!! I gotta end on love and light!

Timing, a Beast Wars fic that is probably the saddest and unsexiest smut I've ever written, about Rattrap mourning Dinobot after his death. I wrote it in college so it's old to be "oh god no never look at my old writing it's so embarrassing", so I'm afraid to look at it.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Also a hard question but for the opposite reason! I'm going to go with Consider This, where Cassandra realizes Varric is in love with Hawke based on how he writes in Tale of The Champion--and then makes it Varric's problem.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not out and out, but I've gotten a few "constructive criticisms" which made me feel so bad about the fic I stopped writing it--so yeah I'm going to call those hate. Just a few though, across my entire writing career.

9. Do you write smut?

Yes, but I go through phases where I'm so embarrassed about writing it and I'm sure people will think it's badly written, but in between those, I will write it. (I wrote...a lot of it...for wwdits).

10. Craziest crossover?

Fang and Fur and Snow - yes, it's my only crossover, but considering I only did it because both What We Do in the Shadows and Werewolves Within have a) werewolves and b) Harvey Guillen in them, I call it pretty crazy.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I've ever noticed.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes!! Best Served at Muzzle Velocity (sole survivor Shepard learns that shooting thresher maws on foot makes for great therapy) was translated into Russian here!

[They changed the title to A Dish That is Best Served From Service, which I've assumed means 'military service', which I thought was very cool!]

I was extremely flattered.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes, a couple! It was always a fun time.

14. All time favourite ship?

God. Hard to say. In terms of longevity, Shepard/Garrus, but Hawke/Varric is so consistently fun to write and read and they are such a perfect 'weird puzzle pieces that fit perfectly' ship it always makes me happy.

15. What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I try to never say never! ...but, When History Comes Calling was supposed to be the first in a series about the Shepard twins--one is taken by batarian slavers, one becomes Commander Shepard. I've got Kiryn the assassin and Commander Keris Shepard; I really wanted to do a companion piece with Commander Kiryn Shepard and Keris the gladiator.

Aaaand I haven't been able to. (I also wanted a sequel to WHCC and haven't had much luck with that either.)

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue for SURE. I'm very proud of my dialogue, both quality of writing and (in fics) how true to canon I can make it sound. If there's an audio component, I'm very good at mimicking the dialogue patterns of characters, to the point where I can tell I need to rework a line if I can't hear the character saying it in my head.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

PLOTS.

I have SUCH a hard time finding the inspiration and discipline to follow through with a long fic plot. Mostly I'll have a neat idea or scene, but not be able to come up with a story to carry it. You'll notice more than a few of my fics start in media res.

18. Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

I want to know what people are saying!! I feel like I'm missing out on useful information/character stuff! (More than anything this is for conlangs, especially ones that aren't Klingon or Tolkien Elvish where only the author knows what any of it means. TELL ME WHAT IS HAPPENING.)

19. First fandom you wrote in?

Avatar the Last Airbender. I was a Zuko girlie and boy did I write for it. Those fics are long since lost in the depths of fanfic.net.

I lie. I remember my username. No you can't know.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

When History Comes Calling. I think it's one of my most inventive and interesting fics, with the strongest emotional writing, and a lot of really good action pieces. It's also one of the rare ones where I have a plot and plot twists and manage more than a handful of chapters.

#audrey talks #audrey writes

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arcturiusmusic · 1 year ago

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Tracklist:

00:00 - Charli Brix - Touch Me [Shogun Audio] 02:45 - Artful Dodger - Re-rewind (ft. Craig David) [Hidden Circuit Bootleg] 04:13 - GLXY - What It Seems (ft. [K S R]) [Shogun Audio] 04:58 - Submorphics, Satl, VEDA BLACK - Let It Shine [The North Quarter] 06:25 - Alix Perez - SWRV [1985 Music] 07:54 - Lally - Trusted You [Soulvent Records] 09:22 - Hugh Hardie - RWTS (ft. In:Most & Kojo) [Soulvent Records] 10:28 - Phloem - Low Tide [Galacy] 11:34 - Riya x Auris - Run The Risk [Carnelian Music] 12:41 - Leniz & Perspective Shift - Hazy (ft. Matt Freeman) [Differential] 13:47 - Dustkey & Styke - Is It So? [Galacy] 14:53 - Felix Raymon & Invadhertz - Too Much [Flexout Audio] 16:21 - Satl - Sundress (ft. Ellis Esco & Milansangar) [Integral Records] 17:49 - Waeys & SOLAH - 10,000 [Critical Music] 19:40 - Twelve Step Audio - How You Move [Influenza Media] 20:46 - Alhox - Nights [Fokuz Recordings] 22:36 - Flint & Figure - Deep End (ft. Charlie J) [Suspended Sounds] 23:43 - Channell - An Untitled Summer [Innerground Records] 24:49 - Duskee, Deadline, Slay - CHICA [Shogun Audio] 25:55 - Halogenix - Amé (ft. Alix Perez) [Gemini Gemini] 27:45 - DRS - The View (ft. LSB & Tyler Daley) [Soul:r] 28:32 - Rueben - Undeniable [Music Squad]

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linuxgamenews · 2 months ago

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Azoove 1.0 - Teamwork Required for Survival

Azoove launches the epic roguelite co-op card game on Linux, Steam Deck, Mac, and Windows PC. Thanks to the creative minds at Timeless Toucan, this adventure comes to life with style and heart. Which you can find on Steam with its 90% Positive reviews. Strap on your desert boots and shuffle your deck — Azoove launches now, and it’s not just another card game. This is a desperate, cursed journey through scorching dunes, twisted magic, and eerie silence, and it demands teamwork... without saying a single word. Think you and your friends can handle that? Developed by Timeless Toucan, Azoove launches you into a roguelite co-op card game where survival hinges on more than luck. Since it takes intuition, trust, and a bit of psychic co-op chemistry. Out now on Linux (yes, it's Steam Deck ready!) via Steam, it’s the kind of title that turns every run into a story you'll be talking about for days.

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Azoove Early Access Launch Announcement

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Fine-Tuned and Polished

Timeless Toucan has seriously leveled up the experience:

Trinkets got a rebalance, and five new ones add depth to every run.

Early-game Misfortunes have been smoothed out, while biome-specific threats bring fresh art and audio to each region.

The Spite system (aka difficulty levels) has been sharpened for a fairer but still brutal challenge.

The revamped lobby system lets you manage players, assign order, and kick trolls before the journey begins.

Plus, with a beefed-up tutorial, Steam Deck-friendly UI, smooth animations, and tight controller support, it’s a joy to play on the go or at your battle station.

Now that Azoove launches what’s next?

The devs aren’t done. Localization and accessibility improvements are on the way—so soon, even more players around the world can brave the dunes. So rally your co-op crew, light a candle for your mental stability, and dive in—Azoove launches the roguelite co-op card with style, substance, and just enough doom to keep things spicy. The title unleashes 1.0 on Steam. Priced at $11.24 USD / £9.59 / 11,09€ with a 25% discount for Linux, Steam Deck, Mac, and Windows PC. Will you return the book together—or become another tale lost to the sands?

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cocktailsfairytales · 3 months ago

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We're celebrating the newly released audio edition of In the Shadow of a Wish by Maci Aurora!

In the Shadow of a Wish by Maci Aurora (Fareview Fairytales #1)

Publication Date: March 17, 2025

Genre: Romantic Fantasy/ Fairy Tale

Narrators: @bridget_bordeaux_vo and @jake.bordeauxvo

*Fated Mates

* CloseProximity

*Gods-Mortals

*Shadow Daddy

*MMC in peril

*Fairytale reimagining

Auri Fareview, practical and realistic, does what she can to serve her impoverished family. When she finds a golden key that could be the answer she needs to save her sisters from the unjust Marriage Laws of her land, she discovers the treasure might be more than she bargained for. Enchanted, the key is home to an imprisoned god, who wreaks havoc on her body, her heart, and her soul. And those aren’t practical matters. He has the power to break her.

Nixus Uraiahs has lost track of how long he’s been imprisoned by the spell on the key. There have been six key-keepers, all of whom have failed to break the spell to free him. He will hold this 7th key-keeper accountable to the bargain of the spell: three wishes and a price for each. There’s no hope in her freeing him, however. Nix knows she'll be like all the key-keepers who came before her. Except Auri approaches her wishes differently than any of the others, and Nix begins to see her as more than just a key-keeper. She intrigues him, proving her strength, surprising him, and enchanting him. Nix realizes his heart is at risk of being captured by the seventh key-keeper, and that is a risk he can’t afford to take knowing his villainy is just a single wish away.

AVAILABLE HERE https://books2read.com/u/bPLqAJ

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techstartro · 4 months ago

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jc459045costabarreto · 10 months ago

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Achei um vídeo bem legal no Kwai . Venha conferir! https://k.kwai.com/p/TxyfkQCx

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roadrevamp · 1 year ago

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