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Shifters & Strays

Once Upon a Villain

Status
Complete
Length
55 chapters · 27 datesAbout 4 hr total
Rating
18+Explicit content, adults only

Three villains straight out of the fairy tales — a wolf, a fox, and a tiger who calls himself king — take a hostage from an inherited library and wake them in chains in a realm made of stories.

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Licensed story · Platform pen name: Mae Ainsley · Authorship not stated · Cover art generated by AI

About this story

The gang wants a curse lifted, and only a Writer can do it. Fifty-five chapters of escape attempts through a moss-walled labyrinth, a truce that softens into something warmer, and a grandfather who turns out to have cast the curse himself.

Who you’ll meet

Three cursed fairy-tale villains -- a tiger who leads, a fox who charms, a wolf who guards -- turned protectors of the Writer who escaped them.

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