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The Don's Heir: A Campus Underworld

Seeking a fresh start, Avery Chen, the abandoned daughter of a well-known mafia lord, enrolls in a top university. Rather, she discovers she is in the middle of a dangerous network of academics and criminal activities. Avery draws the attention of campus golden boy Lucas Sterling as she is bullied for her family ties but she politely denies his interest. Expert assassin Avery pays for her schooling by means of high-stakes operations. Her world meets Lucas's when she finds out he is in charge of a competitor criminal group. As Lucas and his estranged brother Damien come to see Avery could be the key to bringing their disparate groups together, Avery must negotiate her feelings, her mission, and the dangerous underground of college organized crime. Avery battles to find the truth about her father's desertion and create her own path, therefore her particular abilities both help and hinder her. Will Avery be swallowed by the criminal underworld in a society where loyalties shift like sand?

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Echoes of Tomorrow

The ancient chamber became quiet, the only sound a low, threatening hum from the sealed sundial. From the shadows, a few flaming eyes observed unnoticed by everyone here. The earlier visitor grinned, his bright enamel shining in the faint light. 

"well accomplished, small figure," he said under his breath. "but this game is some distance from over." 

He disappeared with a glitter of displaced air, leaving Avery alone deep below the ground, the fate of truth threading by.

Heart hammering in his chest, Lucas Sterling woke up with a begin. One thing started to go right. An electric driven charge permeated his room, an unusual vigor he was unable to explain. His hand fumbled in the darkness for his phone. A bright flare all of sudden illuminated the room. 

"What the—" Lucas slightly had time to respond when creatures materialized surrounding his bed. Their outlines had been vague, transmitting as even though not fully fashioned.