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The Fiction of Alexis Long
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Prince Petal has a problem. For years he’s worked hard to establish himself as a respectable gentleman and the finest fencer in the Nine Kingdoms. But a war is brewing, and his mother is convinced an arranged marriage, and Petal bearing a heir, is the solution. Can Prince Petal alone stop a war to save his identity? With the intervention of a traveling entertainer and her mysterious collection of puppets, there might be a chance…
At Gordon High School, in the town of Nichol, three witches hide their abilities and try to get their lives sorted out. A bookish teacher questions her relationship with her otherworldly partner. A volleyball star demands nothing but perfection from herself, despite the scars it causes. A scared freshman hides in her room, questioning who she is, and her very humanity. But as something sinister grows beneath the earth of the town, reaching out to kidnap and replace students, they’ll have to put their personal problems aside if they want the school, and themselves, to survive…