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Maze Witch by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsMy name is Pamela, and I am the most powerful witch the world has ever seen. Only my magic is completely bound away from me, rendering me next to useless. I’m about to face a witch who makes me look like a child fighting a seasoned general in battle. A witch whose strength lies within the dead, and whose magic I unleashed during my part of destroying the world... -
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Nothing but Shadows by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsSimon learns about James Herondale’s time at Shadowhunter Academy. One of ten adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy.It’s hard to be a Shadowhunter when you’ve got demonic powers. Simon learns about the school-time struggles of half-warlock James Herondale in this prelude to The Last Hours. This standalone e-only short story follows the adventures of Simon Lewis...Categorized as:
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![Elemental Witch by Shannon Mayer]()
Elemental Witch by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsMy name is Pamela, and I am the strongest witch the world has ever seen. Only I’m not just a witch, I’m an elemental, and that truth makes me a target and a threat. The elementals of this world are done hiding in the shadows. And there is a faction of them who want to rule our world. They want to put the humans beneath their heels, and they want all the power to themselves... -
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Court by Tracy Wolff
No one survived the last battle unscathed. Flint is angry at the world, Jaxon is turning into something I don’t recognize, and Hudson has put up a wall I’m not sure I’ll ever break through. Now war is coming, and we’re not ready. We’re going to need an army to have any hope of winning. But first, there are questions about my ancestors that need answers... -
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![A Chase of Prey by Bella Forrest]()
A Chase of Prey by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratings"We need to discover what the twins have. Before it's too late." With a black witch hard on their heels, Caleb and Rose embark on a race against time to escape the heart of the Amazon and make it back to The Shade. Little do they know how much more hangs in the balance than their own survival..Categorized as:
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![The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore]()
The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsI thought things would change when I found the others. We would stop running. We would fight the Mogadorians. And we would win. But I was wrong. Though we came together, we barely escaped with out lives. And now we hide. The six of us are powerful - but not strong enough to take on an army. We haven't discovered our full Legacies. We haven't learned to work together... -
![Queen Mecca by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone]()
Queen Mecca by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Winter Queen has declared war on the shifters of New York City. She is coming to destroy Arianna, and everyone she cares about. But she has not anticipated one thing: bear and wolf are learning to work together. The five boroughs are united for the first time in hundreds of years and they are not going to let a little ice storm rip them apart... -
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Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion by Mark Cotta Vaz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 88 ratingsEverything fans want to know about the hotly anticipated Twilight movie and much more!Designed as a celebration of the film, this lavishly illustrated paperback edition is an exclusive behind-the-scenes guide featuring full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets, as well as storyboards, interviews, details of the special effects, and much more... -
![A Spell of Time by Bella Forrest]()
A Spell of Time by Bella Forrest
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTick tock. Tick tock..." Derek and Sofia return in the 10th book of A Shade of Vampire series! Time is slipping through the Novaks' fingers like sand. The only witch with the power to save them is already within their reach. But how does one fix what one doesn't know exists? Prepare for a wild ride back to The Shade..Categorized as:
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![Serena and Lazarus: A Catching Genesis Bonus Chapter by Nicole Riddley]()
Serena and Lazarus: A Catching Genesis Bonus Chapter by Nicole Riddley
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe's too beautiful to be real. Is he my imagination or hallucination brought by the heavy smog? When the Great Smog blanketed London, Serena’s fate takes a sudden turn. She is left alone when her parents met their untimely death and set to be married to her highest bidder, Mr. George Dungworth, a repulsive, forty-year-old goldmine...Categorized as:
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![House of Ravens by Karpov Kinrade]()
House of Ravens by Karpov Kinrade
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsUSA TODAY bestselling author Karpov Kinrade defied genre convention with Court of Nightfall. Now, they continue the epic saga of Scarlett Night, a rebel torn between two identities, in House of Ravens. **Includes bonus novella, Night of Nyx You think you know the path to victory? Then tell me how you'll win...Categorized as:
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![A Long Conversation (Shadowhunter Chronicles) by Cassandra Clare]()
A Long Conversation (Shadowhunter Chronicles) by Cassandra Clare
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhat does it mean to be married? What do we commit to when we commit to each other for life? On a tense, hot summer night at the New York Institute, one couple will begin to find out as they celebrate their engagement. Another couple will explore that step, only to be thrown back by a violent emergency that calls them to duty before love... -
![The Life and Times by Jewels5]()
The Life and Times by Jewels5
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe was dramatic. He was dynamic. She was precise. He was impulsive. He was James, and she was Lily, and one day they shared a kiss, but before that they shared many arguments, for he was cocky, and she was sweet, and matters of the heart require time... -
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Sins of Eden by S.M. Reine
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere have always been three gods. Always. Until Elise Kavanagh murdered them. A demon named Belphegor has entered the Origin and become a new god, triggering genesis: the death and rebirth of the entire universe. He wants Elise to join him in Eden for the end of all things, but only once she’s watched everyone she cares about die painfully under his heel... -
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![The Shoebox Project by Jaida Jones, Rave]()
The Shoebox Project by Jaida Jones, Rave
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Shoebox Project is a collection of pictures, notes, letters, and scenes that focuses on the notorious Marauders - Mssrs. Remus Lupin (Moony), Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail), Sirius Black (Padfoot) and James Potter (Prongs)... -
![Shiver Trilogy Boxset by Maggie Stiefvater]()
Shiver Trilogy Boxset by Maggie Stiefvater
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe amazing, haunting Shiver trilogy is complete! shiver Sam's not just a normal boy - he has a secret. During the summer he walks and talks as a human, but when the cold comes, he runs with his pack as a wolf. Grace has spent years watching the wolves in the woods behind her house - but never dreamed that she would fall in love with one of them...Categorized as:
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![Goblins Wear Suits by K.M. Shea]()
Goblins Wear Suits by K.M. Shea
Morgan thought the most difficult decision of her life was deciding to become an official employee of the MBRC. But now, a senior in high school, she’s realizing it only gets worse...Categorized as:
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Catch and Release by J.S. Kennedy
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe can see the future, but can he save it?Curtis has a rare gift: he can see glimpses of the past, present, and future.But his visions come with a price: he can’t share them without changing the outcome.It didn’t matter, until he meets Christine—a fierce mercenary who sparks his interest and is fated to be the heart of the guild he’s trying to build... -
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Divided by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThis novella is no longer published online but can be found inDarkest Powers Bonus Pack 1"..the story filled in exactly the portion from where Derek left Chloe to when he found her again...Categorized as:
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Dark Dreams and Dead Things by Martina McAtee
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSeventeen-year-old November Lonergan spent her whole life feeling like an outsider. She was right. She’s a reaper like her mother and like her two cousins, Kai and Tristin. The supernatural world believes the three teens are part of a prophecy to save them from an evil known as the Grove. Ember just wants to survive high school and fix the fallout from bringing back her friend... -
![Lady and the Wolf by Hendrix ., Skye Cross]()
Lady and the Wolf by Hendrix ., Skye Cross
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWalking among humans are beings far different from them, but whose world intertwines with theirs more than it seems.Van Volkov, revered as a god by his own kind, holds one of the four remaining lycans, Konstantin...Categorized as:
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![A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton]()
A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsMyth and mayhem inhabit a richly reimagined New Orleans in this sequel to Darkness Becomes Her.After the epic graveyard battle at the end of Darkness Becomes Her, Ari and her friends know what they’re up against: Ari is facing the Medusa curse and is haunted by the image of what she will become... -
![Trial by Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes]()
Trial by Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsThere can only be one alpha. Bryn is finally settling into her position as alpha of the Cedar Ridge Pack—or at least, her own version of what it means to be alpha when you’re a human leading a band of werewolves. Then she finds a teenage boy bleeding on her front porch. Before collapsing, he tells her his name is Lucas, he’s a Were, and Bryn’s protection is his only hope...Categorized as:
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![Of Magic and Moonlight by Elena Lawson]()
Of Magic and Moonlight by Elena Lawson
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTurns out almost getting murdered and finding out you’re part of a thought-to-be-extinct bloodline makes people notice you. Sucks when you have so many damned secrets to hide. Between a forbidden romance with my Arcane History prof, an accidental familiar bond with two shifters, and what I suspect about the Magistrate, hiding the truth is becoming impossible... -
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![Atoning by Kelley Armstrong]()
Atoning by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsChloe's POV set after The Darkness Rising trilogy.Chloe and Derek have adjusted to life in Badger Lake. It’s not perfect, but it’s safe and they’re learning the skills they’ll need when it comes time to make a decision about their futures. They’re comfortable and they’re settled . . . until a weekend camping trip with Maya and Daniel reunites them with someone they thought they’d left in the past... -
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Lobizona by Romina Garber, Romina Russell
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsSome people ARE illegal.Lobizonas do NOT exist.Both of these statements are false.Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant who's on the run from her father's Argentine crime-family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida.Until Manu's protective bubble is shattered... -
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Belonging by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis novella is no longer published online but can be found inDarkest Powers Bonus Pack 2A novella that takes place after the events in The Reckoning. Written in Derek's POV...Categorized as:
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Fury Focused by Melissa Haag
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLife in Uttira isn't easy for Megan. Knowing what she is hasn't helped her control her temper, an unfortunate personality trait that might just keep her from graduating. Her mood swings don't bother her as much as the weird side effects that come with them. When things start to go up in flames around her, she knows she needs help controlling her abilities...Categorized as:
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Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 1 by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsContains three companion stories to the #1 NYT bestselling Darkest Powers trilogy. Dangerous (prequel to The Summoning) The story of how Derek and Simon came to Lyle House, told from Derek’s point-of-view Divided (set between The Summoning and The Awakening) Derek and Simon’s adventures while separated from Chloe and Rae in the factory. Also told from Derek’s point of view... -
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Blood Ties by Mari Mancusi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 26 ratings"Dark, delicious and full of surprises, the Blood Coven series is like vampire candy." -New York Times bestselling author Heather Brewer. Officially back in the arms of her vampire boyfriend Magnus, Sunny finds she still can't forget the gentle mortal Jayden who once saved her life...Categorized as:
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A Splintered Land by Deborah Grace White
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTainted magic collides with unexpected love to shatter an already fractured landMarieke is trained in the magic of songcraft, but without connections, she’s still lucky to gain a place on a foreign delegation. She hopes to learn whether Aeltas suffers the same mysterious blight as her own land—what she doesn’t expect is to suffer a near-fatal accident the moment she crosses the border... -
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Hidden Cure Complete Series by Abigail Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the complete Hidden Cure series of short-reads in one book! Maia I was finally done with school, ready to escape the mundane life of the weird girl. All I wanted on my birthday was some girl-time with my best friend, but what I got was an admittedly hot stalker guy following me home through the woods... -
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The Xoe Meyers Series #1-3 by Sara C. Roethle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn Amazon Bestseller in Coming of Age Fantasy. A demon’s life is never easy. Join Xoe as she’s thrown to the wolves, the werewolves that is. As if witches, human sacrifices, and other demons weren’t enough to deal with, Xoe must struggle to rein in her powers before she sets something more important than a washing machine on fire. If she can’t, her whole life might go up in flames... -
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Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 2 by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsContains two companion stories to the Darkest Powers trilogy.In Facing Facts (short story set after The Reckoning), Tori discovers who her father is, and Chloe deals with a vengeful ghost. Narrated by Chloe. This was previously published in Enthralled.In Belonging (the novella set after The Reckoning), Derek's werewolf family comes to claim him. Narrated by Derek...Categorized as:
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![Fanning the Flames by Chris Cannon]()
Fanning the Flames by Chris Cannon
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBryn McKenna has it all, including her smoking-hot knight turned live-in boyfriend, Valmont. Even though she’s a hybrid dragon, she’s finally fitting into the new shape-shifting dragon world that’s become her own. But her grandparents want to ruin everything by making Bryn’s nightmare of an arranged marriage to Jaxon Westgate a reality...Categorized as:
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Bad Blood by Mari Mancusi
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe newest Blood Coven novel-accompanied by edgy repackages of the rest of the series Sunny McDonald is in the ultimate forbidden relationship. Her boyfriend Magnus is a vampire, and the leader of the Blood Coven. And when the Coven decides that Magnus needs a mate to be his co-ruler, Sunny's humanity puts her out of the running...Categorized as:
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Lion Shifter by Lucia Ashta
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsRina Nelle Mont is finally a part of the paranormal world. But it isn’t rainbows and roses like she’d imagined.The Magical Creatures Academy only accepts those supernaturals with the greatest potential. She’s now certain she has what it takes … and then some. She has more power than she has bargained for.The Academy is the leading institution for paranormal creatures in the world... -
![The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 by Cassandra Clare, Cassandra Jean]()
The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 by Cassandra Clare, Cassandra Jean
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe first installment of Cassandra Clare's bestselling urban fantasy series, The Mortal Instruments, is adapted into a graphic novel series!Hanging out with her best friend, Simon, is just about the most exciting thing in Clary's life...that is, until she realizes there are people only she can see... -
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Senior Witch, Fall Semester by Ingrid Seymour, Katie French
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Academy has been taken over by a mass murderer and no one knows but me.Last year, I fought Regent Nyquist and the forces that sought to destroy everything we hold dear......And lost. This year, I’ve agreed to be a spy, a double agent who alines herself with the very person who killed people I care about and banished others...Categorized as:
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![Senior Witch, Fall Semester by Ingrid Seymour, Katie French]()
Senior Witch, Fall Semester by Ingrid Seymour, Katie French
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Academy has been taken over by a mass murderer and no one knows but me.Last year, I fought Regent Nyquist and the forces that sought to destroy everything we hold dear......And lost. This year, I’ve agreed to be a spy, a double agent who alines herself with the very person who killed people I care about and banished others...Categorized as:
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![Fury Freed by Melissa Haag]()
Fury Freed by Melissa Haag
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhile preparing to leave Uttira after graduation, Megan finds the Book of Fury. The answers she's needed about who she is, her purpose, and her powers have been there the whole time, along with a shocking revelation. Now, it's not just a matter of finding Megan's mother. Megan must find the two preceding generations as well, because the book is clear on one thing: there can only be three furies...Categorized as:
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![Strange Angels and Betrayals by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow]()
Strange Angels and Betrayals by Lili St. Crow, Lilith Saintcrow
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe first two books in Lili St. Crow’s New York Times bestselling Strange Angels series are published together in one volume for the first time! Sixteen-year-old Dru Anderson exploded onto the paranormal scene in Strange Angels —and fought for her life at a secret Schola for djamphir and wulfen teens in Betrayals...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Untamed: A Rejected Mates Romance by Avery Stone]()
Shadow Untamed: A Rejected Mates Romance by Avery Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen you’re fated to fall, rising up to howling glory is the last thing you’d ever expect. My birth — like that of many Shadowborns — was a mistake. A demon hybrid of wolf and dusk, I started life as a dead shifter walking with little hope of survival.Every day death tries to claim me, but somehow I keep living, only to end up in the dangerous hidden depths of Shifter Syndicate... -
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Logan by Leia Stone
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFor years he’s been the last dragon shifter alive, the only one keeping humanity from mass extinction. Until now. The female dragon shifter from his dreams. She’s real. But he won’t see an end to his loneliness unless he can keep her alive. (This is a 10K word short story which precedes book one, Skyborn...Categorized as:
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![Luna Marked: The Complete Series by Heather Renee]()
Luna Marked: The Complete Series by Heather Renee
Fighting fate isn’t for the weak.CaitI am many things, but a supernatural being is not one of them. At least not until a crescent mark appears on my wrist and everything changes. I’ve been marked by a wolf goddess, yet no one knows what that means, myself included.On top of that, I find out my best friend is a wolf shifter and her pack alpha is my supposed mate...Categorized as:
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![The Savage Grace by Bree Despain]()
The Savage Grace by Bree Despain
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsA troubled soul. An impossible choice. A final battle. Wrestling with the werewolf curse pulsing deep inside of her, Grace Divine was finally able to find her brother, but it nearly cost her everything. With her boyfriend, Daniel, stuck in wolf form and Sirhan's death approaching, time is running out for Grace to stop Caleb Kalbi and his gang of demons...Categorized as:
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![Trial By Fire by Chris Cannon]()
Trial By Fire by Chris Cannon
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBryn’s hopes for a peaceful new semester at school go up in smoke when someone tries to kill her—again. She’s not sure which is scarier, facing the radicals who want to sacrifice her for their cause, or her impending nightmare of a Directorate-arranged marriage to her nemesis, Jaxon...Categorized as:
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Marked by Stars by Forthright .
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA wolf without a pack and a boy in need of roots become founders. After a heavenly visitation, one young wolf turns his back on his pack and on the moon in order to tread a lonesome path. A blaze of stars. A brand of copper. A burden of trust. First of Dogs, he takes a new name, makes peace with group of weary humans, and helps to found the In-between. This is a tale of the Kindred... -
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Chosen by Samantha Britt
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCURSES. FORCED SERVITUDE. REBELLION. Draekon conquered the human continent more than one thousand years ago. The powerful creatures are superior to their human subjects in every way, and they don't attempt to hide it. Lissa Allaway is a healer in Caldiri, the poorest region in the continent...Categorized as:
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![The Soul Sacrifice by Megan Linski, Alicia Rades]()
The Soul Sacrifice by Megan Linski, Alicia Rades
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFire and Water make the ultimate sacrifice.SophiaThe final battle has arrived. We’re prepared to face the Elders, but we can’t do it without the Azaimperiai. The ancient artifact will summon the ancestors to fight beside us. It’s our only hope at winning this war.But first, we must find the Familiars the Elders stole— before they can slaughter them and kill our people...
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