Heirs and Traitors: All great empires fall from within.

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This year, 2023, I am participating in Open Novella Contest. Heirs and Traitors is my entry written specifically for this contest based on the prompts below.

Main Prompt: 72. On the twilight of their sixteenth birthday, a shy bookworm escapes their surprise party to find refuge in their favorite library. While walking through the shelves in search of a good read, they stumble onto a peculiar book that changes their life.

Sub Prompt: 69. I had a marvelous time ruining everything. —Taylor Swift, the last great american dynasty

"A misfit widow getting gleeful revenge on the town that cast her out."

Sub Prompt: 76. You're pouring over a spellbook in the local library, where a human discovers you.

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Happy Reading,

<3 Effie