Description
My life was never normal. It was never meant to be. But now, things have entered a whole new screwed-up level of weird. Accalia Daimon didn't believe in magic. Snatched in a home invasion at the tender age of three, raised for the next twelve years as a thief and assassin by a brutal cartel leader, Accalia had no time for stories about unicorns and sparkly fairies, where everyone got a happy ending. Accalia was too busy learning about the harsh reality of the world, that life was cruel and the worst monsters wore human faces - an ideal reinforced when her 'boss' left her for dead, in order to save his own skin. No, she was too cynical to indulge in emotions, let alone unrealistic fairytales. But when a monster pulled straight from ancient legends attacks her, tearing apart her already unstable world, the only person who can help her is Lycaon Reckless - a strange boy with equally strange eyes, someone who she can't stand but is her only shot at survival. Dragged into a bizarre new world where all the myths are real, Accalia has been labelled as one of these so-called 'Underworlders', a massive, sprawling community of monsters that went underground centuries ago, to avoid persecution at the hands of humans. There are different races to be dealt with, politics and age-old feuds to be navigated, and a ruling Council of the Underworld that hates Accalia as much as she hates them. Unfortunately for Accalia, she has reached the Underworld at the worst possible time - a series of gruesome murders have rocked the community, sparking fear and a rising tension between rival Clans, and when a whole host of important leaders are slaughtered, the blame turns to - surprise, surprise - Accalia herself. Furious at being falsely accused, Accalia is determined to prove her innocence. However, her investigations into the murders will unearth a centuries-old battle, a war between two vastly powerful forces - with Accalia caught inbetween. (Contains swearing)
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