“Ah, if it isn’t my friend, Dominic Vacek.”
Dominic turned around. He was currently in Ja-Man-Ro’s ambassadorial estate in a Fae Planet sky abode. The entire palace was made of gold and sat on a cloud, and the tiny inscriptions and images carved on the wall depicted the story of his...
2025-07-30 23:22:19 +0000 UTC
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It was a disk scratch moment.
The music kept playing, but everything around Lexie seemed to come to a stop, as she felt punched and bowled over by the attack she wasn’t expecting.
So much had happened since Veronica had caught her speaking to Albion that she’d almost f...
2025-07-29 23:36:31 +0000 UTC
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To begin, Lexie lay down, closed her eyes, and tried to figure out exactly how her soul had made the card.
It was hard to do so because everything had happened so quickly and chaotically, and she'd reacted based on a survival instinct she didn't entirely understand mixed with whatever...
2025-07-28 23:12:58 +0000 UTC
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“No,” Tate said instantly.
“Why not?”
“What do you mean, why not? Why would I meet your dad?”
“Because you need help and he can help you,” she said.
Tate let out a frustrated breath. “The only person who can help me is you. I just need to go t...
2025-07-26 00:46:43 +0000 UTC
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Conrad hummed to himself as he crossed the street, pulling a hat over his face. The mansion in the distance stood tall and a tad garrish against the sky, a beacon of supposed cosmopolitan modern elegance. It was bigger than even his parents' home, with two pools, a sauna, a basement cinema, and t...
2025-07-24 23:43:29 +0000 UTC
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Lexie bit her lip, anxiety ricocheting through her at Lionel's measured stare. She hurried to hide her panic, trying fervently to pretend she had no clue what he was talking about.
“I’m not sure what you mean by that,” she said.
He cocked his head, crossing his arms over his che...
2025-07-23 23:04:40 +0000 UTC
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Lexie's first conscious thought was that someone was holding her hand. She didn’t know who it was, but the touch felt familiar, warm, a bit shaky, and firm at the same time.
She tried to squeeze the hand experimentally, and made the holder go still and gasp.
“You were ...
2025-07-22 22:19:55 +0000 UTC
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Lexie’s next encounter with an Eldritch was with a creature that looked like a three-headed dog, with snapping serpentine tails. Its abode was a sandy dune, and when they appeared on it, it greeted them by running around them in circles, whipping up so much sand it felt like it was choking them...
2025-07-21 22:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Lexie told her friends that she wanted something wanted something quiet and understated for her birthday.
They nodded and assured her it would be just that.
But Lexie’s birthday began with a blast. Literally.
She woke up to a loud pop in her room, and when she j...
2025-07-18 21:47:03 +0000 UTC
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Lexie’s eyes popped open as it hit her, and she met Dewie’s gaze.
“What?” Dewie sounded alarmed. “What did you see? Are my pathways that messed up?”
“No, it’s just…” Lexie didn’t want to tell him much, at least not until she was sure of what she’d seen. S...
2025-07-17 23:21:43 +0000 UTC
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Lexie pondered the realization as she stared blankly around her. This world was not real. Her soul, her body, and this situation weren’t real either. The only thing that was real was the emotions pumping through her, heightening the closer the projectile got.
The kids started freaki...
2025-07-16 22:34:45 +0000 UTC
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“What do you mean by that?” Lexie asked Naem as he put his thinking face on. She knew what that face meant. It meant he was considering how much to tell her and what to hide. Possibly, this was also an Eldritch secret, or maybe it was too dangerous and telling her would go against his deal wi...
2025-07-15 23:26:18 +0000 UTC
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Lexie and Veronica stared at each other for a few seconds, both seeming stunned and somewhat irritated by the other’s presence.
“What are you doing here?” Lexie asked, instantly moving to block Veronica's view.
“Looking for Dewie,” she said in a snotty, I-don’t-have...
2025-07-14 22:38:15 +0000 UTC
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Aiden thrust his hands through his hair and pinched the bridge of his nose.
There was a constant buzz in his head and underneath his skin, both from his alchemy workout and the fact that he’d been chugging coffee and energy drinks for three days straight as he sorted through the informati...
2025-07-11 21:54:58 +0000 UTC
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Lexie felt better in the late afternoon, at least enough to help Dewie with his pathways. They both sat cross-legged on the floor while Xena lounged on Lexie's bed. Lexie held Dewie's hands for several minutes, evaluating his pathways and trying to find what was so wrong with them. In the end, sh...
2025-07-10 22:00:08 +0000 UTC
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TW: Non-graphic references to physical abuse, drug abuse, attempted s**cide.
After her herbology class, where they experimented with native elven plants that laid eggs, Lexie finally got some time to craft the card. The first thing, of course, was research. She searched Fae literat...
2025-07-09 21:00:06 +0000 UTC
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“Why is he bowing?” Lexie stared at the creature on the floor, trembling and shaking.
“It's because he reached your soul core and acknowledged your dominance over him,” Naem explained.
“It was in my soul? I didn’t feel it doing anything.” The last time the V...
2025-07-08 21:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Lexie’s eyes flew open.
Kill the light.
It lingered in the air, the magical intent that confused the heck out of her. Where the heck did that come from?
Lexie had no clue what it meant. Usually, when she perceived intent, she had an instant inst...
2025-07-07 21:00:06 +0000 UTC
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So I just realized that we're no longer 10-20 chapters ahead of RR, due to the scheduling change. Therefore, I will be uploading 5 chapters a week, with occasional weekend chapter, until we're caught up.
Thanks,
Kayday.
2025-07-04 21:09:45 +0000 UTC
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“You have wind powers?” Someone exclaimed as Lexie’s teammates and opponents picked themselves off the floor.
“No,” she responded.
“Then how on Earth did you do that?”
“With a card I–” Lexie caught herself before she made the gruesome mistake of exposing that...
2025-07-04 21:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Everyone turned to regard Lexie, except Weiss Wavelost. Expressions varied, but Shadowsbane looked determinedly displeased.
“Where’s your handler?” he asked.
“What?”
“I assume you wouldn’t dare attempt to confront us without someone more powerful close by. If...
2025-07-03 22:36:40 +0000 UTC
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“Before we go, I will give you something to take back with you,” Naem said.
“I can do that?” she asked.
“Of course, with the right ritual. It’s dream magic, which I don’t believe you humans explore a lot.”
“Let me guess, the system thinks it's too dangerous.”...
2025-07-02 23:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Dots blinked quickly in the blacks, growing into flashing lights, like someone was taking photos of her eyeballs. Suddenly, Lexie opened her eyes and groaned as the light flooded her vision.
“Relax,” she heard someone say. “We’ll get you unhooked in a second.”
Lexie co...
2025-07-02 00:00:39 +0000 UTC
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The men moved fast, faster than Lexie could gasp.
“Get down!” Jace yelled. Lexie grabbed Dewie and did just that as a loud explosion rocked the atmosphere.
It was followed by another, then another, smoke quickly filling up the room. She heard Jace shout again, meaning ...
2025-06-30 23:41:47 +0000 UTC
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One of the first things Lexie noticed, after the haze of war had cleared from her brain, was that Torin appeared pissed.
Or as pissed as his deadpan expression would allow anyway.
He looked at Lexie, then at the food and the people sprawled on the ground. His jaw dropped a...
2025-06-26 23:56:09 +0000 UTC
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Tate crossed the street and headed to the alley. His muscles were tight and he was constantly watching over his shoulder.
Thin rivulets of sweat ran down his back sticking his shirt to his skin. Though it was Fall, The Palisades, a neighborhood in Old Moulding was hot and muggy as hell. For...
2025-06-25 22:58:44 +0000 UTC
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Lexie’s first official class was Extraterrestrial Politics with Professor Ta-Ron-No, Builder of Brains.
Lexie was curious about the moniker attached to his name and figured it was some kind of nickname.
At least until she met him. Upon meeting, however, she realized that her P...
2025-06-24 22:56:52 +0000 UTC
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“What are you doing here?” Lexie didn't know whether to be relieved or terrified to see him. As always, she felt a little bit of both.
“Visiting you," he said and he picked her off the ground. The darkness that had surrounded her feet, hissed and pulse. Lexie felt a surge of tha...
2025-06-23 23:00:07 +0000 UTC
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“Torin?” Lexie asked. “Really?”
“Yes. Will that be a problem?”
“No, just…” She didn’t expect Torin to be her student mentor. It didn’t feel like their powers had a lot in common, seeing as how he had S-Rank unbound magic and she had C-Rank bound magic. “How are...
2025-06-19 23:13:23 +0000 UTC
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Aiden stepped in and out of his portal right after reading his daughter’s text. He already missed her. It had taken him a while to leave Victoire’s campus yesterday and leave her behind. An urge continuously tugged at him to go in and take her back.
She was growing up so fast, too...
2025-06-18 22:54:09 +0000 UTC
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