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Desert Rose Chapter 37 Kayal’s Men

It had been a week since Deneve had woken, and her fever finally broke three days later, but Kayal kept Deneve in his private rooms. He had slept in an adjoining room, leaving her with his bed. Even a fallen Prince seemed to have privileges and luxuries everyday folks didn’t. They were sharing dinner when…
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Desert Rose Chapter 36 Again?

Deneve woke up in an unfamiliar bed. Sitting up to take in her surroundings she realized, she was alone and someone had dressed her in a tunic. The dizziness she had been feeling had all but faded. What was that terrible feeling! I was going to die! Thankfully we didn’t but more importantly, where are…
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Unnamed Fantasy Story Behind the Scenes

I love fractals because they remind me of a fantasy place. But the real magic of fractals is that they do exist naturally in our world. Ok, I admit I wanted to use this picture somewhere because it’s so awesome. I’m supposed to be revealing some inside info on the book I’m currently working on.…
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Desert Rose Chapter 34 Down a Deep Pit

They found the old Valencian Castle with no issue. It was so beautiful but empty. Lord Red thought it was indeed a waste. As they passed through the beautiful overgrown courtyards and wall mosaics, they quickly realized they missed something. “I think we need to retrace our steps,” Deneve said thoughtfully, taking a drink from…
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Desert Rose Chapter 35 Disappeared

As they looked around, the dimly lit small chamber they were in had several doors at some point, but most were blocked or caved in. “We should probably take that one,” Deneve pointed to an open doorway that had light coming from it. “It does seem like the most logical place,” Lord Red agreed. They…
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Desert Rose Chapter 33 A Visit from Lord Red

After the King and Manmehan left, Saya and Barhan were awkwardly apologizing, but Deneve didn’t have it.  “Just stop, both of you.” Deneve sighed, “You both planned on using me for this end, along with those other two.”  They both looked at her guiltily, not denying it. “Whatever it’s done now so long as Mediah…
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Desert Rose Chapter 32 A Meeting of the Family

Deneve knew something shifty was going on when Barhan showed up a few days after her encounter with Manmehan. Then Saya had asked for her to meet with her at the Palace. After that, a summons from the King came. Instead of doing what everyone wanted and run around after these people like some simpleton,…
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Abducted Playlist

If I Go Down by Nigel Stanford featuring Caty Shawhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx6Fu-7dAXc Icarus by Nigel Stanford featuring Elizavetahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmp51np10Sw Everything Changed by Nigel Stanford featuring Dallin Applebaumhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q9MaEKHakY Anvil by Lornhttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=anvil+by+lorn Cutthroat by Imagine Dragonshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89xtgEk9jTo Something Human by Musehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azAEHCQgcUI My Name Is Human by Highly Suspecthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5-gja10qkw Welcome to the Jungle by Guns and Roseshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1tj2zJ2Wvg

Desert Rose Chapter 31 Meeting Manmehan

Deneve walked around the Valencian market, perusing the wares in leisure. It was a nice reprieve after traveling until a voice stopped her, “Princess Deneve,” a man called to her waving his hand. Deneve had been enjoying the anonymity of being an average albeit strange-looking person (by Valencian standards). But this person calling her princess…
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Desert Rose Chapter 30 Till We Meet Again

The sun was high in the sky when Lord Red woke. Deneve was still asleep. He had slipped quietly out of the tent to be alone with his thoughts. He was still in awe that Deneve had been blaming herself all this time just as he had. He could see where she felt pressured to…
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