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Valerie Storm 📚

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Author, Lady of Storms, Queen of Knives, Goddess of Lightning Best-selling author on my street 😘 Demon Storm series is complete!! (https://shadowsparkpub.com/valerie-storm) https://linktr.ee/ValerieStorm

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · May 24

Fate of the Storm, the 8th and final book of my Demon Storm series, is complete.

It took us twenty years, but we did it ⚡

Velthas has risen... can Kari stop him, or will she succumb to his call?

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 2d

Vrakya is that "old wizened guy who's tired of the bureaucratic bullshit" 😂

Yeah, I think it'd be fun! It'd just make the book soooo much longer 🥲

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for asking 🥹🥹🥹

This is a scene from Jact's pov, which I've never edited lol. I've played with the idea of mixing some of these chapters with Brianna's story, but mostly it was for logistics. Vrakya doesn't have a ton of show in Brianna's POV.

She is pretty, for a wild girl. Have you seen her, Vrakya?”
“Can’t say I have, Commander. But then again, I don’t find myself inspecting the humans. I’m just here to escort them.”
Vasthra shrugged. “In any case, she begged me for something. Can you wonder at what that is, Jact?”
“Not an idea, Commander,” Jact replied, wondering what this could possibly be about. Had she possibly begged to be set free…?
Vasthra’s sneer was only a little malicious. “She said that her friend, the girl with the scales, was left tied to her post all day and was feeling quite sore…” He studied his claws, black and long. “And wondered if you might loosen them a little.”
Jact found himself laughing. “Did she now?”
“You may do as you please, of course,” Vasthra said. “It is your squadron. I for one like seeing that girl bound, glaring at us hatefully but helpless to help herself or her friends.” With one final chortle he left them.
Jact watched him leave. Vrakya snorted once the Commander was well out of hearing range.
“Ah, let the girl go. It will give him a nick in his day, at least.”
Of that, Jact had to agree.

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 3d

Vrakya is Vasthra's other Lieutenant. Each demon army has two, and Vrakya has been working under Vasthra for much longer than Jact.

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 4d

Ilsa's henchmen are alllll the demons, but particularly her Commanders and Lieutenants.

Vasthra *wants* his henchmen to be Jact and Vrakya.

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 4d

Precisely 😈

Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 4d

I'm in the process of moving things around, so these are all the books I have with me right now 😂

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 4d

Yeahhh I hate them 😂 Ilsa's alright in her own way but Vasthra is just a disgusting fuck

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 5d

Brianna hates all the villains - they took her home and everyone she loves.

Jack, Vasthra, and Ilsa all find Brianna interesting. Jact sees Brianna as a unique opportunity to remake the society he's grown tired of.

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 6d

With her, we'll have a trio of villainous perfection 😈

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 6d

GODDDDD Aki 🫠🫠🫠🫠

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 6d

A snippet, freshly edited!!! Aya really started coming alive in this rewrite and I'm so freaking thrilled for her 😭

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“It’s the only thing I can do to help, Bri,” Aya murmured. “Please let me try.”

“What if he hurts you?” Brianna bit out. “Or worse, Aya? What if he kills you?”

She imagined Aya flinched, but didn’t look back to see her expression. She swallowed any regret at being so blunt.

Aya’s soft, cool fingers touched her shoulder, gentle as they turned her around this time.

“Here,” she said, holding up some of the grass. “Let me show you—I bet you could make bandages or clothes with these, if you had to!”

Brianna finally lifted her eyes to Aya’s face. Somehow, she had shielded all of her terror and pain behind a tired, yet strong, smile.

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 7d

An excellent guess, as expected 😂😂

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 7d

Value of Life: 🌲🌲🏹🙎🏼‍♀️👹👹👹⚔️🔥☠️

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 7d

Yes! Angels are very cool too.

Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 8d

For paranormal creatures, I love demons the most 😂 most varieties vibe very well with me. But I also like ghosts - banshees can be cool. Do zombies count??? Also like them!

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 9d

I will always recommend @kaitlincorvus.bsky.social for all your thriller-y reads.

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 9d

I loooove Jact so I hope you do too 🥹

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 9d

It does, though I'm not very good at it 😂 practice practice practice...

Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 10d

Omg OOF it's been too many days...

Ilsa's goal is to be a supreme ruler.

Vasthra's goal is to overthrow Ilsa.

Jact's goal is to be rid of the system altogether.

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 15d

SO PROUD OF YOU KORI! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · 16d

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 15d

I loooove scary things! Horror movies are my relaxing time 😂 Brianna would, too - she'd love to sit around a campfire and hear creepy stories, then going to bed scared (or having to act tough for her friend Aya, who would be a huge wimp)

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you so much for saying so, Aki ❤️❤️❤️

Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 16d

I'm Valerie Storm and I'm still poking at Value of Life, Brianna's story and the second prequel to my main series.

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Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 16d

That gives me some hope 🥲

Valerie Storm 📚 @valeriestorm.bsky.social · 17d

I'm trying not to be harsh on myself for the progress (or lack thereof) on Brianna's story 🥲 I edited maybe 2-3 chapters this month, and they were big edits! Onto the next...

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