Prologue
A woman shatters the silence in the night with a bloodcurdling scream that awakens Tre. At first, he shutters and pulls the covers over his head, praying that whatever he heard was a figment of his imagination. After a few moments of heavy breathing, he hears the sound of the woman again, shrieking as if she’s been torn apart piece by piece. Tre begins to breathe faster and harder as each second passes. Underneath his legs, he feels the wet sheets soak in urine; the putrid smell enters his nostrils. He waits, terrified, whimpering like a prey cornered by its predator. The woman lets out one more screech, but this time cut off, followed by a thud and an eerie silence.
Tre stayed hidden for a time, listening and hearing nothing. He doesn’t hear any movement, no creaks from the weight of an intruder on the floorboards, no more screaming or even the slightest hint of life on the other side of the door, absolutely nothing. He waits a little longer and then begins to lower the covers from over his head. All of a sudden, blue and red lights start flashing, getting brighter and brighter as each second passes. He takes the covers off and swings his legs over the side of the bed, trying to quietly place his right foot and then his left on the wooden floor. Tre begins to put all his weight on the wooden floor, and it starts to creak as he takes each step toward his bedroom door.
Once he reaches the door, he leans in; his ear rests on the wooden surface and listens for anything, indicating life on the other side. Tre hears nothing, so he opens the door and pokes his head out before entering the hallway. He finds a bloody handprint to the right of his door that is smeared and leads around the corner to his parent’s bedroom. Before going around the corner, he waits a few moments before passing the hallway to the kitchen. He looks on both sides of the wall and sees a trail of blood leading into their bedroom.
As Tre passes the kitchen, he can see a police cruiser and its lights flashing in his driveway. He wants to run out and get the police officer but instead decides against it. The boy makes his way into the vicinity outside of his parent’s bedroom and sees the door slightly ajar with blood smeared on the door handle. His instinct is to call for his parents, “Mom… Dad…” Neither of them answered. “Mom… Dad… Are you okay?” The gut feeling Tre had was gravitating toward the worst possible explanation imaginable. After not receiving a response again, he begins to cry as he steps closer and closer to their room. “Please, answer me.” He goes to push the door open and jumps as he hears the sound of hard knocking at his front door. “This is Officer James. We received a 911 call from this address. Is there anyone home?” Tre doesn’t answer, and he can’t answer. He’s stricken with fear.
The officer knocks again, “If you don’t answer, I’ll be forced to enter the premises. Is there anyone…” Tre’s attention gets pulled away as he hears a snarling behind him. He becomes paralyzed, refusing to turn around and confront what lies behind him. Gradually, he begins to turn his head and sees a beast staring at him with bright yellow, a goldish iris surrounding its pupils. He continues to scan the creature from head to toe and notices blood dripping from its mouth, “Hello, Tre.” The beast smiles and reveals its teeth, soaked in blood. “We warned your parents, and they refused to give you up. They ignored our demands and showed no fear when threatened.” The beast's hands clenched, its claws digging into his palms. “My masters will not be ignored if they ask for anything; there should be no hesitation or resistance in getting what they want.” Tre stood there, unable to move, unable to speak, as he watched the beast’s blood dripping from his palms.
“Since I’ve removed your parents from the equation, I suggest you come with me.” The two stared at each other, allowing the silence to fill the ever-shrinking hallway. His fear turned into defiance. His parents had risked and lost their lives, refusing to give him up. Even though he was just a teenager, Tre knew he had a choice, and he would rather die than be taken away, giving this beast and its masters the satisfaction of getting what they wanted. The beast grinned, tilting its head sideways. “I ask you not to be foolish and believe you have a choice. Make this easy on both of us; no one wants more blood to be spilled.”
Suddenly, the front door was kicked in, and he saw a flash of light. “Holy fucking shit! What is that?!” Bullets started flying towards Tre and the beast; multiple bullets ripped through it while a stray hit Tre in his left arm. “This is Officer James!! I need backup at—”. In the blink of an eye, the beast dashed forward and slit the Officer’s throat from ear to ear. The Officer's eyes grew wide with shock, and fear spread across his face. He reached his neck with both hands and fell to his knees. He tried to speak, but only gurgling from the blood filling his throat was audible. The beast walked up to him and placed its hand around his, pulling his hair back and exposing the neck as blood poured faster and faster from his wound. The last thing Tre saw was the Officer moving his lips, mouthing the words “Run.” The beast then pulled upwards, removing the Officer’s head from its body, and with a loud thud, the Officer hit the floor, and Tre sprinted for the back door.
Two months ago, Megan found a genie. Now, the bottle’s gone her wishes don’t work. Her popularity’s slipping, she’s suddenly failing all of her classes, and she's getting ready to get kicked off the track team. She hasn't used all of her wishes yet, so what could be going on?
When Jake finally shows back up at school, he’s not talking to her; he’s not even acknowledging she exists. But things had been going fine before, weren’t they? She’s not sure what’s going on, but she knows she’s going to have to fix this. If she can’t, she might be running the risk of repeating junior year. More importantly, she might lose Jake altogether. And there's only one way to do it; she's going to have to figure out who took that bottle and steal it back. She just has to do it before whoever it was makes their wishes and gets rid of that bottle for good. But was it a stranger? Or worse, one of her own friends?
𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙘𝙂𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨
The Second Coalition War (80-98 EH) was fought 265 years after the conclusion of the First Coalition War.
Due to the the unification of Upper Empyrea into the Umbracresti-Estrinite-Glacian-Narcissian Archregion (UEGNA) under Archcountess-Khatun Vega Calliope Ego by marriage, inheritance and alliances, the other regions dissolved UEGNA seats on CEDA and formed the Cerulean-Vorantine-Aqulio-Pheasantine Union (CVAPU) in response.
After Vega abdicated in 78 EH, her twenty year son is crowned Archcount-Khagan Urlic IV & I Ego-Estrin-Romanakov of Umbracrest, Estrin, Glacier and Narciss. Urlic is more aggressive than his mother and the other regions declare war on the Archregion....
The Grand Army requires some understanding for this book to make any sense to you (the Grand Fleet is simply 308 Airships / Aeronautical Craft divided into 7 Fleets of 44.)
■ Combatant Command = 10 Million troops under the Marshal of the Grand Army.□ Army Group = 2.5 Million troops under a Grand-General.● Field Army = 625,000 troops under a Lieutenant General.○ Corps = 156,250 troops under a Grand Warlord.▪︎ Division = 31,250 troops under a Warlord.• Brigade = 6,250 troops under a War Brigadier.° Company = 1,250 troops under a Captain.Platoon = 125 troops under an Ego Lieutenant.Troop = 25 troops under a Lord Sergeant-Major or Colour Sergeant.Squad = 5 Troops under a Lance Corporal.
■ Combatant Command (Marshal Blücher):□ Western Army Group (Grand- General Augereau):● 1st Western Field Army (Lt. Gen Ridge):○ I Corps ○ II Corps○ III Corps○ IV Corps● 2nd Western Field Army (Lt. Gen Kirova):○ V Corps○ VI Corps○ VII Corps○ VIII Corps● 3rd Western Field Army (Lt. Gen Hossian):○ IX Corps○ X Corps○ XI Corps○ XII Corps● 4th Western Field Army (Lt. Gen Zhao):○ XIII Corps○ XIV Corps○ XV Corps○ XVI Corps□ Northwestern Army Group (Grand-General Massaena):● 1st Northwestern Field Army (Lt. Gen Tatè):○ I Corps○ II Corps○ III Corps○ IV Corps● 2nd Northwestern Field Army (Lt. Gen Montgo):○ V Corps○ VI Corps○ VII Corps○ VIII Corps● 3rd Northwestern Field Army (Lt. Gen Duvè):○ IX Corps○ X Corps○ XI Corps○ XII Corps● 4th Northwestern Field Army (Lt. Gen Redd):○ XIII Corps○ XIV Corps○ XV Corps○ XVI Corps□ Northern Army Group (Grand-General Carrier):● 1st Northern Field Army (Lt. Gen Tanknori):○ I Corps○ II Corps○ III Corps○ IV Corps● 2nd Northern Field Army (Lt. Gen Ghost):○ V Corps○ VI Corps○ VII Corps○ VIII Corps● 3rd Northern Field Army (Lt. Gen Fenic):○ IX Corps○ X Corps○ XI Corps○ XII Corps● 4th Northern Field Army (Lt. Gen Devo):○ XlII Corps○ XIV Corps○ XV Corps○ XVI Corps□ Northeastern Army Group (Grand-General Grosso):● 1st Northeastern Field Army (Lt. Gen Navarro):○ I Corps○ II Corps○ III Corps○ IV Corps● 2nd Northeastern Field Army (Lt. Gen Harrison):○ V Corps○ VI Corps○ VII Corps○ VIII Corps● 3rd Northeastern Field Army (Lt. Gen Hawk):○ IX Corps○ X Corps○ XI Corps○ XII Corps● 4th Northeastern Field Army (Lt. Gen Petrov):○ XIII Corps○ XIV Corps○ XV Corps○ XVI Corps
With that out of the way, you can expect: politics, battles, strategy, death, marriage, destruction and many other things.
A little bit of Geography now:
UEGNA Regions:
The West - Umbracresti Commisarate
The Northwest (Archipelago) - Estrin Dominion
The North - Glacier Electorate
The Northeast - Earldom of Narciss (Capital region)
CVAPU:
The East - Second Pheasantine Republic
The Southeast - Meritocracy of Aquiloria
The South - Technocracy of Vorantis
The Southwest - Theocratic Confederacy of Cerulea
The first two chapters are set slightly before the Second Coalition War started.
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Maribelle was unlike any other girl in Everfrost Hollow. Found as an infant in a patch of ever-blooming strawberries, she grew up untouched by time, her presence a mystery wrapped in the sweetness of sun-kissed fruit. Where she walked, vines flourished, and the scent of summer never faded. But as whispers of her unnatural existence spread, so did a strange, unshakable feeling—something ancient was stirring beneath the soil, something that had waited for her arrival. When the first omen appears, Maribelle must uncover the truth of her origins before the land itself claims her. A tale of quiet magic, destiny, and the bittersweet taste of belonging, The Strawberry Girlis a fantasy woven with mystery and the soft pull of something just beyond reach.
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Book Two (Part Three): A Kingdom and its ‘Six Villages'in confusion relies on the assistance of the 'Demon Witch', Lady Rai, as their 'Imperial Hero and Ruler'. This is the story of how their 'Demon Ruler'changed and maliciously 'saved'their dying Kingdom and themselves...in a strange way, again.
The Siren’s Curseis a haunting tale of fate, vengeance, and the call of the deep. Elias Graves, a seasoned captain who once escaped the grasp of the sirens, has spent years running from the sea’s relentless pull. But the ocean never forgets—and neither does the siren he left behind. When the waves finally catch him, Elias is forced to face the truth: no man can outrun the call of the deep forever. As the tide claims him, he must decide whether to fight his fate or surrender to the song that has always been his destiny.
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In this collection, you'll meet a friendly squirrel who guards his acorn treasures, a daisy who dreams under endless blue skies, and an ancient tree whispering tales of fairylands. Each poem is a journey through a fantastical realm where moonlit ponds sing lullabies, clouds form enchanting parades, and stars grant heartfelt wishes.
Perfect for bedtime reading, quiet moments in nature, or whenever you need a sprinkle of magic in your day, these poems celebrate the simple joys and profound mysteries of life. Let "Dreams in the Meadow" carry you away to a place where imagination reigns and every moment is a new adventure.
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Fifty years after the cataclysmic Second Jewel War, the Land of Spade has flourished under the legacy of Kaipo Kasumi, its once-fractured realms now united in an era of peace. But peace is a double-edged sword, for in the shadows of tranquility, a new and insidious evil stirs—one that threatens to unravel everything the heroes of old fought for. As dark forces emerge from the cracks of a fragile peace, the next generation of mages must rise to confront an adversary unlike any before. Will they uphold the legacy of their predecessors, or will the weight of history crush them? The fate of five universes rests in their hands, and their journey will test not only their power but the very essence of who they are.PS: If you haven't read previous series of The Land of Spade, it's totally fine! You don't have to be caught up and can read this as a totally new story, because that's what it is!Edit (01.30.2025) - Here are the current STORY ARCS!!!Chapters 1-24 -The Gathering Shadows ArcChapters 33-47 -The Shattered Council ArcChapters 55-72 -The War of Fort Vigilance Arc
Peace over cash, The beast is rash, Was told don't bargain for the gold, Folk cold when they log in to the load, It's either you in the heart or you get reapered for playing smart, Society don't think critical cause the world doesn't know life is biblical.
The world like a spiritual nursery, The Word say we need biblical surgery, Debris of the earthquakes, We'll see whose heart breaks, Pay attention to the details, They pray ascension for the retail, Stay grounded, Day I found it, Can't play in the hundred.
When you get closer to God that's when folks start acting odd, People don't understand the light you carry, The ego don't comprehend the night you buried, See the game clear, The name brings fear, Jesus is the only way, Believers live the holy days.
My faith got to be higher, I've been saved from the fire, Must endure to the end, Trust the cure is to repent, Angel summer is economic, Bengal jumper is atomic, Behind the scenes is the set-up, I ain't blind to the clean of the bet up, Be real, No deal.
We need The Gospel to cleanse us, We plead for the souls to bless the trust, The sun is scary to the world cause society is contrary to the Word, Only Jesus can save you, Believe us they want to grave you, They can't stop me, Pray my angels watch me.
Salvation is the medicine, Save the nation is the realest win, All over, You can't fall when you're sober, They ball in the cobra, Got it out the muscle, Got to keep the hustle, Who cares about the mundane, Truth shares in the sun rain.
The fruit of the heart, The root is where it start, The flesh doesn't profit, Pray fresh like a comet, The flow ain't weak, The glow is meek, Don't suffer inside, They buffer and hide, Let the love breathe, Get the dove that has the wreath.
Diamond stars, Lion scars, They keep trying but I'mma giant, Science and technology, Silence and psychology, Better pick up the book, Any weather I ain't shook, It's not a game out here, Don't doubt the name brings out fear, Jesus they can't seize us.
Walk in the Gospel with no compromise, The heart is with the soul authorized, We've all made mistakes that's why Jesus paid it all on the stake, Repent and be baptized, Devil won't relent until you free the trap ties, Rely and don't lie on God's truth.
Lights of Restitution, Rights of Constitution, Knights of Rosicrucian, You can't have your cake and eat it also, The saints are saved by the crucifixion on the stake for all souls, The new album doesn't matter, The few outcomes is what can shatter.
Plant a seed of love and peace, Grant a deed of the dove no beast, They measuring the amount of luciferic oxygen in the world, No treasuring the count of deuces perished of halogen in the Word, Can't play with the devil, Thank and pray on the level.
Bless wherever you step your feet in, They flex whenever they rep more wheat sin, Peace when I enter the room, The beast is in the center of doom, Jesus is the Savior, They can't freeze us with vapor, Smell the roses. Spell of the hypnosis.
The world need prayer in Jesus name, The Word seeds labor in Jesus name, Don't be a sluggard, She's a hugger, Won't throw the towel for the hay, Foul play, They howl when I pray, The first shot was a mistake, The cursed slot make them blitz faith.
My energy got them in havoc, The enemy turned to a savage, You ain't question the government but you do with God, You ain't blessing the suffering but the truth is in the heart, Trouble don't always last, That's why I'm coming with a double blast.
Get your energy right, The enemy is tight, The remedy is light, Got to go harder as time speeds up, The spot is hotter as my prime pleads love, It's not about flesh and blood, I don't live in doubt I confess the love. Stop pretending, Start repenting.
I got love for you, God sends the doves for you, Live for service of worship, Give more cause earth is in your purpose, Be sober in thought cause the cobra is looking who can be caught, Give thanks I'm crowned with the Word, I ain't down with the world.
You're called to be special in this vessel, They ball cause they wrestle with the rest of soul, If you need the proof that's why I got the bullet proof, I'm talking about the holy spirit, I ain't walking in doubt cause they only fear it, Love the dove.
Everything going digital, But little do folk know all is biblical, Break the yoke to receive the miracle, I woke up to love's true spiritual, They really trying to get everyone in hell, They don't feel me cause they dying to set the tone for you to sell.
You need to flush out that toxin, If you plead the slush then there's gon be boxing, They haven't found a way to market the microchip throughout the world, Nobody laughing cause the ground is hydrodrip throughout the world, Endure. Repent to be pure.
Draconian laws, Babylonian pulse, The world is being transformed for the beast, The Word is being brainstormed for peace, I'm for the body of Christ, There's more of Illuminati in price, You are the salt of the earth, They knew the malt of birth.
Go deeper in the heart, Flow deeper cause it will start, Love is kissing, The doves ain't hissing, You can't abort Jesus, You must report the seizures, You won't listen to God but you will with the government, If you dissing God you will be suffering.
The heart sealed is when the dark got real, The news still saying conspiracy, If you got juice what's the sun's literacy, The world is lawless, The Word is star bless, The commandments keep you in check, The abandonment is deep when it's direct.
There's no nonsense with God, Don't swear but be conscience in the heart, Corona shocked the world like no other, Cornerstone is the Rock of the Word for all sisters and brothers, The world decaying cause the expiration date is not delaying.
Maximize your prime, They tax the wise with crime, Whoever can feel the new weather, There's a drift so don't drift, We all need to repent, Free all the seeds who's been sent, The world requires evil, The Word got fire for the ego, It's absurd the illegal.
Any lifestyle not of unconditional love you need to repent, Many light miles is the spot of additional in truth's seed of intent, Different state of mind, Different fate of grind, The Bride of Christ, The guide of price, Society won't tell. I won't sell.
Live by unconditional love, Give by the nutritional love, God does not tolerate sin, Don't let your heart moderate sin, Cease to do evil, The beast is the ego, Cleanse your temple, They sense the ammo, Loaded with the verses, You voted for the curses.
If you have light then you would do right, In the night I ain't afraid to fight, Don't pretend I repent, No matter who you are, The glass shatter when you know who you are, Love is the substance of peace, The dove took a stance to destroy the beast.
Live by the code of Jesus, They can't give me the load of visas, Bowl of fruit, Soul of root, New Order of the World, Only a few quartered the Word, Discernment and discipline, It's concerning when you after the innocent, Cold night, Get your heart right.
I know what time it is, I glow cause my prime is grizz, Got strange folks acting like they own the joint, Things aren't going to change until you get the point, If you real then why you don't want society to heal, Wheat from the tares, Heat got them scared.
This is deeper than the earth, Who's really the keeper of the ban on earth, Secrets of Illuminati, Regrets the sealed body, Free your spirit, Key of the lyric, Alien invasion, Made again in nations, Part 2, Your heart 2, Jesus the Christ who paid the price.
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, The rise of war are in every space, The only hope is Jesus, The holy spirit is how I cope in defense, The joy of the Lord is my strength, You can't toy when you in the blank, Who's the joke on, Who's the woke one,
If you claiming something then act like it, Why you blaming something if you have no fact like it, With all this information you still can't be sleep, With all this inspiration you can't still be steeped, Cast your burden, This ain't past discernment.
Make an impact, Don't be afraid of contact, Only truth I attract, Holy spirit got me with no fear of an attack, Stop false flagging, The cause is tagging, Perform your gift without compromising, Transform and lift the doubt like copper rising.
Watch your steps, Don't dodge the reps, The forces we're fighting is spiritual wickedness in heavenly places, The sources we're writing is biblical vividness in 7D spaces, Transcend the matrix, Folk against the gracious, Claim Jesus, Game can't freeze us.
Most of the Word is strapped fresh linking the visual, Only God knows the trap of the flesh even if you thinking your spiritual, Don't let the game put you on, Don't let the tamed boot you gone, You're a lion tougher than iron.
We need more holy spirit in the world, Free the seed to hear it in the Word, My soul isn't branded, My role isn't abandoned, Ain't nobody laughing, The saints don't fear Illuminati crafting, What's next on the menu, Who's blessed when it's in you,
Raise the bar higher, Don't be fazed if the star flyer, We doing it for salvation, We moving in grit for every nation, Treat others with love, peace and kindness, Greet others with the dove's seeds of the finest, This is complex but I didn't come to flex.
Bless and confess, No red carpet, They dread when our heart met, Feeling like a scholar evaluating every dollar, Make sure your grind right, I won't take the cure to blind my light, Be wise of the triple six, See with the eyes the ripple of the sticks.
Love is the element, The dove is relevant, They waited for me, They hated on me, Accept God's discipline and be zealous to repent, They reject the heart's medicine with jealous intent, My testimony is blessed by the one and only, Faith and saved.
There's a way out with God, Pray your way out thru the dark, You can't supervise who really wise, Repentance is truly needed, The sentence is unruly seeded, Felt that bug, Had to melt the slug, My faith has made me whole, I was saved from the coal.
That Word is a thunder in my heart, The world been in wonder since the start, The collective is a demonic hive mind, I'm protected from the atomic vibe to blind, Honeycomb make that money foam, Illuminati taking rights cause many are in the body of Christ.
We blossom cause God is awesome, Almost opened a can of worms, The wall knows who's closing the ban of terms, Thank Jesus for grace, They blank the visas for space, They fronting cause they fake pray to above, Nothing can take you away from love.
If you enlightened why is love not your power, I ain't frightened cause the dove knows the flower, I hope you know Illuminati has their own bible, I cope with what I know in the body cause I own the title, I don't dread even if they want me dead.
You seeing the bigger picture, They getting triggered by the Scriptures, Born again believers is a threat to torn again deceivers, Pray that the world repent, You can't slay the Word with intent, They hate cause I know God is great, Halo glow is my state.