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Dark sunflower by Katie Christensen · Loreum

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Dark sunflower

Katie Christensen

@kat

Fantasy Mystery

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When the legendary Academy gates open for Kian, a penniless scholarship student, everyone expects a prodigy. Instead, the testing crystal flashes a mocking 0%. Branded a powerless freak, Kian faces ruthless torment from elite high-rankers. But the machines didn't find a zero—they missed a god. Born of a forbidden union, Kian's human blood only delayed his true inheritance: an invisible, colorless void that crushes reality itself. They think he's a nobody. They're about to meet their predator.

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