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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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Shadows in the Sanctuary

As the first glimmer of morning filtered through her window, Avery Chen — hero, pal, and now inadvertent nexus of worlds — braced herself for whatever difficult scenarios lay ahead.

Little did she know, the greatest challenge of her life was about to begin.

The image of her harsh doppelganger stayed in Avery's mind as she gently roused her friends up. Their pleased smiles at seeing her aware rapidly faded as she mentioned her mother's warning and the anxious peek of every other reality.

"So what do we do now?" Zara inquired, her voice filled with apprehension.

A sudden tap on the door startled everyone before Avery had time to answer. Professor Elena Russo rushed in, her face blanched with desperation.

"We want to transport," she exclaimed breathlessly. "Now."

"what's taking place?" Lucas wanted an immediate alarm.