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			<title>Chapter 33: The Quest Begins</title>
			<description>The Quest Begins&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; May couldn&amp;rsquo;t sleep wellthat night, tortured by nightmares and constantly thinking of what was and whatlied ahead of her. The situation, she got herself into, looked hopeless buthope got h..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 32: The Unlikely Alliance</title>
			<description>The unlikelyalliance&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;Take those people to Orvik.And turn this area into ashes,&amp;rdquo; Zhawn said to his minions, looking at Aedain&amp;rsquo;scorpse.&amp;ldquo;With pleasure, master,&amp;rdquo; oneof twin creatures replied, curling the corners of his mouth upwards in adelig..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 31: The Lost Legend</title>
			<description>The lost legend&amp;nbsp;Baltimore, Maryland&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; May rolled in the bed and looked at the clock. It was two am. She satup and looked at Hailey who slept next to her, curled into a ball. May s..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 29: The Dragon's Wrath</title>
			<description>Riada Swamp, CallesmereEmpire&amp;nbsp;Dust filled the chamber,the debris were flying all around Eren&amp;rsquo;s head. The boy grabbed May&amp;rsquo;s hand, whenthe girl began submerging herself in the triangular mirror. The crimson light flashedin the room and Aedain transformed back i..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 28: Back at home</title>
			<description>May was staring at thesapphire necklace, she was clutching in her palm. She smiled bitterly &amp;#2013266048;&quot; herlittle friend Eren didn&amp;rsquo;t make it to this side of the mirror, but at least thehumankind in the Callesmere Empire was safe. Without the necklace, Aedain wouldnever lay his h..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 27: A narrow escape</title>
			<description>May bent in half and waspanting heavily, trying to catch a breath. After a while she straightened herback to see a skinny, gray-haired elderly lady with an aura of dignity andwisdom surrounding her. May assumed she was Lavena, the witch of the RiadaSwamp. The witch was a total stranger, ..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 26: To the Tower</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;Hello, May,&amp;rdquo; Slowly, May turned around,mortified. A few feet from her stood no one other than Aedain, glaring at herwith raw fury. May was paralyzed. She felt like a deer in the headlights. Thedemon sent her predatory look and flexed his clawed fingers. That was enoughfo..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 25: Race to the Riada Swamp</title>
			<description>May and Eren rode for threehours without a break. The difficulties of the murderous journey proved to betoo much for the farmer&amp;rsquo;s horse &amp;#2013266048;&quot; the poor animal wasn&amp;rsquo;t used to the constantgallop and was already worn out, stumbling all the time. Eren was desperatelyclutc..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 24: Fight for freedom</title>
			<description>It was still dark when thesound of sharpening the axe woke May from her sleep. She mentally cursed Baltarfor being so loud and tried to get back to her slumber, saving her strength forthe day. However, it was hard to sleep with the impending threat of death. Theday before she somehow man..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 23: A tale from long ago</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The bright light of stars was reflecting in crystal clear waters of AnEachain, called by humans Eral River. The moons were barely visible as it wasone night after the new moon. Aedain&amp;rsquo;s gaze lingered for a while on ..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 22: Secret of the Scroll</title>
			<description>May&amp;rsquo;s lids were gettingheavier as sun rays were making her feel blissfully warm and relaxed, thevoices of Eren and the little Laismarans were like a lullaby to her. She barelynoticed when Aedain left the children in water with Eren and got to the shore.The melody of splashing water a..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 21: The demon's heart</title>
			<description>The chase after the witchcontinued, having taken its toll on the members of Aedain&amp;rsquo;s group. Erencouldn&amp;rsquo;t hold his eyes open and was napping on Meirch&amp;rsquo;s saddle. May had to useall of her willpower to keep herself awake so as not to fall from the beast&amp;rsquo;sback. Meirch ..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 20: The traveler from the other world</title>
			<description>Thoen Stronghold, FarnDukedom&amp;nbsp;Before paying a visit tothe priest Arnstein, the old witch from the Riada Swamp stopped by the farmers&amp;rsquo;settlement outside the walls of the mighty Thoen Stronghold. Lavena couldn&amp;rsquo;tignore the wailing of a woman desperately searching fo..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 19: The witch hunt</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; May trailed after enraged Aedain as the demon climbed down the steepspiral stairway, inflicting more damage to the walls on his way. Once bothintruders were out of the witch&amp;rsquo;s home, the vines closed th..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 18: The witch's tower</title>
			<description>The night after May haddiscovered Aedain&amp;rsquo;s plan to declare war upon the whole human kind in theCallesmere Empire, sleep refused to grace her. Aedain&amp;rsquo;s resolve was unsettling,to say at least. Her captor was a ruthless, cruel demon; a couple of daysbefore she saw the sample of ..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 17: Aedain's plan</title>
			<description>A couple of days passedsince May became Aedain&amp;rsquo;s hostage. She got used to the new daily routine &amp;#2013266048;&quot;their group would wake up every day at dawn, then May and Eren would eatbreakfast. Next, they all were marching till dusk and then set camp for thenight. It was clear to th..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 16: Ambushed</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;May gasped, as she sawthree men coming out of the bushes. They wore dirty, smelly rags and were armedwith rusty swords. After a brief glance My also noticed that they were demons &quot;with greenish scales covering their forearms and a good portion of their facesthey weren&amp;rsquo;t d..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 15: The apple</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;May was sleeping soundly,when she felt someone poking her. She ignored it and rolled over. The person,who was disturbing her sleep, didn&amp;rsquo;t give up &amp;#2013266048;&quot; now someone was shaking her. Shedistantly heard voices calling her name. May mumbled something incoherently and..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 12: The flight</title>
			<description>Maywhimpered as she slowly began regaining consciousness. Her whole body was sore,and her head felt like exploding. She felt cold wind on her face and heard astrange monotonous sound, just as if someone kept shaking a leather coat. Hereyelids felt too heavy to lift them. May shifted and ..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 14: May is escaping</title>
			<description>As the night went on, Maywas laying on the bare ground, her arm under her head. She pretended to beasleep and waited for a convenient moment to slip out of the camp. The girlopened her eyes slightly, not wanting to give out that she was awake, and tooka look around the camp.The campf..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 13: Taken hostage</title>
			<description>May wasstartled to see Eren in such a place, with the demons. Nonetheless, it becameclear to her how Aedain knew her real name - May had told it only to oneperson: Eren. The child must have revealed it to the monster, who had kidnappedhim. May realized with horror that she brought all th..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 11: Spirited away</title>
			<description>May leaned againstthe wall in one of the never ending hallways of the Thoen palace. She stretchedher toes, tired from roaming around the whole castle. Having been banned toleave the palace during Abrran&amp;rsquo;s visit, May wasn&amp;rsquo;t able to see the priest inthe temple. However, she h..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 10: Betrothed</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mayand Levi barely made it to the top of the Thoen Stronghold when very agitatedHilda intercepted the girl, dragging her away from her bodyguard. Her usuallygraceful and stoic face was now full of worry as she was staring M..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 9: An unexpected visitor</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Maysighed with contentment in her sleep and rolled onto her stomach, clutching thesoft pillow. She was in the blissful state of being half-awake, too lazy toopen her eyes. The pillows an..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 8: A new friend</title>
			<description>May shifted on the bench outside the village&amp;rsquo;s tavern and watchedthe little boy who called himself Eren. He was a nice kid, polite and shy, butthere was something odd about him. May scanned him with her eyes. The boy hadbare feet covered in nasty blisters, a few bruises from before, ..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 7: The little thief</title>
			<description>May smirked, self-satisfied asshe and Levi were returning from the temple. She felt that she was on the righttrack, all thanks to her wit and idea to visit the temple&amp;rsquo;s priests. Talk aboutmysterious portals and scrolls written in a forbidden language seemed phony,but what didn&amp;rsqu..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 6: The Temple</title>
			<description>May looked at her reflection in the large mirror. Nice. Theclothes were beautiful, the long hair she now had was pretty, but also verybothersome. She was nearly strangled by it in the night. After she confirmedthat she was looking quite presentable, and for the most part unnoticeable she..</description>
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			<title> The map of the Callesmere Empire 2</title>
			<description>Now get a hold of geography in the Callesmere Empire. Originally this map was for me, not for you, but I guess you could take a look at it. There are mountains there, some rivers, a swamp...</description>
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			<title>The map of the Callesmere Empire</title>
			<description>The twelve dukedoms of the Callesmere Empire and the ruling families</description>
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			<title>Chapter 5: The Callesmere Empire</title>
			<description>The Callesmere Empire&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;ldquo;Maewyn,concentrate!&amp;rdquo; the old crone nagged. May frowned and tried to hide a yawnunsuccessfully.&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;Hmm?&amp;rdquo;she asked. Hilda glared a..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 4: The Seekers of the Spear</title>
			<description>The Seekers of theSpear&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Somewhere in theDulheim Dukedom&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;An exceptionally huge falcon was gliding across the nightsky, heading north. The enormous bird was flying rather slow, as night visionwas not the falcon&amp;rsquo;s strength an..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 3: The Other Side of the Mirror</title>
			<description>The Other Side of Mirror&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;May stared at the head ather feet as though she was in a trance &amp;#2013266048;&quot; it didn&amp;rsquo;t seem entirely real, but therewas no way it was a joke. The blood now pooling around the man&amp;rsquo;s head was mostdefinitely not fake. The eyes of t..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 2: The Lady</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; The Lady&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;May slowly opened her eyesand sat up. She felt like crap, her whole body aching all over. Rubbing hereyes she looked around. It took a while for her eyesight to adjust to thedimness of the room, though the oil lamps hanging on the wall shed enou..</description>
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			<title>Chapter 1: The Mirror</title>
			<description>Baltimore, Maryland May Lawson closed her eyes, listening to the cacophony of sounds aroundher. The loud song from the radio masked the roaring of the car&amp;rsquo;s engine andeven managed to shift the girl&amp;rsquo;s attention away from her mother&amp;rsquo;s naggingvoice.&amp;ldquo;Hailey, h..</description>
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			<title>The Mystic Mirror</title>
			<description>An adventure and fantasy story set in a wondrous world of the Callesmere Empire. The heroine, May Lawson struggles to survive and find her place there after she switches souls with a princess.</description>
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