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Yixiang is made of life-sized ghosts; evil spirits’ wrath cast through his mother’s eyes, damnation for his father’s sins. They once feared his fire could never be put out safely, but Weno was cleansed by Euijoo’s healing hands. And yet, while Weno weeps with gratitude, parts of Yixiang could set the world on fire.
Or; Yixiang never wanted the throne.
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- Part 3 of Sunkissed and starburned
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13 Dec 2025
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In Harua’s earliest memory of Maki, it is a bright, beautiful afternoon, he is very young again and his feet are in the tidepool while he sits on the rocks and folds paper boats as Maki plays pirates with the other boys.
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28 Nov 2025
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There is something in the water and it is watching him as he lowers the net with the carcass of the albatross off the side of the boat. Maki can’t quite see it yet, but he knows it wants him dead.
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09 Oct 2025
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A reunion with an estranged childhood friend goes all wrong when Harua just can’t control himself.
When did Maki grow up and become so… irresistible?
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13 Aug 2025
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Every generation, the gods awaken the Trials. A legendary competition forged in myth, overseen by beasts older than empires. To be chosen is an honor. To survive is something else entirely.
Harua has spent his life dreaming of the Trials, and whatever mattered to Harua, mattered to Maki. When the summons arrive on a breathless summer night, they step into the Trials together: light and storm, truth and strength.
Across distant villages and fractured cities, other chosen rise: Jo, the miracle boy blessed with time. Yuma, the shadow no one expected. Nicholas, alone but unshaken. Euijoo, a quiet soul burdened with grace. Fuma, clever and quiet, always watching more than he spoke. K, steady on the surface but desperate beneath, grasping for something just out of reach. Taki, bold and restless, unsteady but finding himself. Each one bears the mark of a guardian beast. Each one is bound for legend or ruin.
The Trials do not reward kindness. They do not guarantee survival. But they do promise one thing:
Winner Takes All.
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08 Aug 2025