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Masks Are Optional
LightenTheShadows
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LightenTheShadows
Complete, First published Jan 23, 2018
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BOOK #2 IN THE "SUPERHEROES SUCK" DUOLOGY

Tessa Kingston has had one hell of a year.

Plunged head-first into the world of Supers she'd spent avoiding, Tessa discovered a shocking truth - or a bit of it, at least. Some of her closest friends donned the very masks and capes that got her into this whole mess but only she could get herself out of it. With a million questions in her mind and just as many tricks on her sleeve, Tessa knows that learning how to control her newfound powers is just the beginning. 

If she can't trust her friends, then who can she trust? If Quantum is real, then who's behind it? When the fuck did she even sign up for this crap in the first place? It must have been in those damned Terms and Conditions - fine print is where they get you.

Tessa Kingston once thought that she had only a handful of secrets to hide, but she'll soon find out that some of her biggest secrets are the ones that even she didn't know about.

COMPLETED/EDITING 

HIGHEST RANKING: #22 in Adventure!

Member of the #ProjectSuper and #ProjectHero campaigns!

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