Artemis University

Artemis University is an ongoing, hot burning reverse harem, university-age paranormal academy series with darker elements, strong language, violence, and a heroine who follows her own moral compass of what is right… And who she ends up giving her heart to.

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Obeying Beliefs: Book 23

Upended Life

My name is Tamsin Vale and my life is about to get real… Really complicated and ridiculously dangerous. Which is almost funny given at nineteen I already know too much of the darkness of the world and people, the secrets they keep.
Or so I thought.
Turns out those quirky abilities I’ve been keeping secret expose me to a world I didn’t know existed. Sure, I knew I wasn’t human—but how exactly do I find out more without ending up in the wrong hands?
And I’m not so sure I’m in the right hands now given some of the reactions to finding me. They say I’m the last fairy. I’m not sure I should trust them when their thoughts are mostly of power and how to use me.
But I’m also not sure I have much of a choice. My powers are dangerous and I don’t know how to use them. They promise to teach me what I need to know and give me a chance at something I’ve never had before.
A normal life. I don’t think anything about Artemis University and those who attend is normal, but it’s still better than the life I’ve been living if they keep half their promises. 
I think hoping they’ll keep half is generous.

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Drowning Studies

My name is Tamsin Vale and my life is radically different from a few months ago. I’m a college freshman who didn’t finish high school. I’ve inherited more money than I could ever spend after nineteen years of never having much of anything.
I’m the last fairy… And no one knows what happened to the rest of them. 
That doesn’t even cover half of it. I’m having hot sex with a dragon prince that I have some weird energy thing with. Then there’s my sexy professor who I can’t seem to stop crossing lines with when I know it’s stupid.
My best friend—who has turned out to be from a dragon knight clan—now works for the college and is helping to keep me safe. And it’s needed since I’m drawing attention with being powerful as an unknown. 
Also, because I’m not declaring my species—but how can I when some people on campus can tell if I’m lying? And telling the truth isn’t an option. 
Not if I want to stay alive, much less pass the semester. At least I have the school’s best tutor helping me and I like a challenge. 
Including handling the impossible, like trying to save all of Faerie.

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Surviving Plagues

My name is Tamsin Vale. I’m the last known fairy and I haven’t gotten busted on that yet. I passed my midterms, which seemed like an impossibility a few months ago given I didn’t finish high school and I’m working on that at the same time. But with a lot of hard work and the support of people I’ve helped and new friends, I’m building a life I didn’t think I could ever have.
It’s still an adjustment. I mean, a few months ago I thought I was human with powers and now I’m hooking up with a dragon prince. Oh, and there’s my powerful warlock professor that I’m also involved with. It’s all casual and fun, but I wonder if it would be more if I was able to connect with them emotionally.
Is it even really smart to try given what else I’m facing? I mean, I am trying to save all of Faerie and find out what happened to fairies. It’s killing me not to know and to move at a turtle’s pace, but one false move and I’m dead… Along with all hope of them returning to this world with me.
Hey, who doesn’t love to work under that kind of pressure?

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My name is Tamsin Vale, and I survived my first semester at Artemis University… And several Biblical plagues. Of all the things I’d been expecting, plagues weren’t one of them. We still don’t know who the culprit was or if it was simply a prank, so there’s possibly another threat out there against me.
Add it to the list. 
Unfortunately, that damn list is getting long.
But despite all of that, I think I’m getting the hang of this college thing. I like my classes, I’m doing well in them, and I’m making progress on also finishing high school. I have some normal in my completely crazy life with friends, a boyfriend, and typical worries someone my age should have.
Granted, I’m still sleeping with my professor and a dragon prince, while trying to save all fairies, fair folk, and Faerie, but also help my friends and women in an extremely sexist society that treats them like property and fight the corruption of the councils. That should be enough to keep a woman busy for the rest of her life.
It should have been… Except there’s a serious problem the dragons are facing, and they need my help. The lives of millions are at stake, so as much as I want to only focus on my people and my problems, they might have to wait a little bit longer.
This will definitely end with more threats against me.

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Weakened Mountains

Thwarting Cheaters

My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the last known fairy. Someone found out and that was why I was abducted, which I survived.
And my boyfriend freaking out after drinking my blood.
And all the drama with Mel’s family.
And getting the havens running, which we received so much flack over.
And… A lot. There’s been a lot and it’s sort of a miracle I’ve not been outed or taken out.
Despite the crazy, things are back on track with Darby and I’m enjoying my fun with Hudson. I wish I could say the same about Craftsman, but I can’t. Things aren’t going well there and I don’t know what to do about it.
I’m not sure it’s even up to me.
But there’s already so much on my overflowing plate I’m not sure I can handle him and what’s going on between us—or lack of it. My focus needs to be on Faerie and my people, the fair folk who need me to protect them.
So why does it hurt so much?
At least I have a lot to keep busy with, like our friends starting their business, and the Power Playoffs… Except both come with problems and threats that I can’t hide from or ignore.
So much for the rest of the semester being calm before summer break.

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My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the last known fairy, fighting to find out what happened to all fairies and our world.
But I’m running out of hope, and it has a lot to do with the four pieces of my soul I no longer have with me. Going through one breakup is terrible, but four in rapid succession is… More than one person can handle.
I spent all summer fighting for fair folk, and fighting the councils, and fighting for the supes who need it, instead of taking a break. And I’m tired, mostly because I have so much trouble sleeping, missing the men I loved and didn’t want to admit I cared for.
Still, I can’t quit, so I keep pushing on. That’s what it means to be an adult and have responsibilities. I’m not alone, and I have help pushing me to keep going, teaching me what I need, so we can win the fights we need to. 
I can… I really don’t think I can do this.

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Compounding Traumas

Dodging Calamities

My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the last known fairy… And I think I’m out of time. The walls are closing in from all sides and we’re quickly running out of options.
But I don’t think help is coming. 
Making up with Darby and Lucca—having them at my side—has helped my soul, but I’m still missing pieces of it. I want to let Hudson back in, though I don’t know how. 
And I really wish I could move on from Craftsman. Why can I not let go of the man who nearly destroyed me?
There are too many other things I should be focused on. McGrath is circling and must be handled. The warlock elders are stepping up their attempts to get me. Others are getting too desperate and that makes people dangerous, but trying to make friends with the wrong people will get me killed.
I really wish help was coming because I don’t think I’ll survive without it.

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Reaching Answers

My name is Tamsin Vale… And I’m no longer the last fairy. I found someone else finally and brought them out of the darkness.
A huge part of me wishes I hadn’t. The answers he had weren’t ones I wanted. I can’t trust him, and I don’t think he’s going to be any real help with the serious trouble we’re in.
Plus, he’s poking the men in my life and they aren’t handling it well. Everything is shaky right now. I’m on the outs with Mel and everyone has an opinion on that. We win one battle and more evil pops up. I make up with one man in my heart and another hurts me.
All I want to do is run, but I made promises that I plan to keep. I might be doing that alone instead of with help like I’d thought. Maybe people will come around. Maybe things will get better and I can find a way not to give up.
It’s probably more likely I’m going to learn about supe prison from firsthand experience. 

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My name is Tamsin Vale… And I’m no longer no one. I’m not simply an abandoned orphan without any answers. Granted, most of the answers led me to ask more questions, but I have at least some now. 
Fairies aren’t what I was promised they would be and I’m certainly not what they want, but I’m the only one who can save them from their magical prisons. They’re the best help I have to fix so many wrongs in the world and keep the ones I love safe, given all the threats against me. And if that wasn’t enough to crack my sanity, I’m still on rocky ground with the men in my life. Why the hell did I think it was a good idea to get involved with more than one?
I’m trying not to run. After almost two decades of knowing that the only way to keep myself safe is to run, it’s not a reaction I can easily change. I might be making a mistake by not running away from what people want of me.
Because who I might become to defeat the monsters would be as bad as the people I’m fighting against.

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Managing Expectations

Erupting Shadows

My name is Tamsin Vale… And I’m Queen Meira’s daughter and heir to the light realm. After all I’ve been through, it turns out I’m an actual pri—nope, still can’t say the “P” word. 
Oh, and my dad’s a demigod. Sure, of course he is.
Things aren’t going well given my new status, and too many of the fairy elders are as big of problems as the supe ones. I hear the ancients are worse and overall, it makes it difficult for me to not just bail. This wasn’t what I wanted, and I’m tired of people acting like what they want is a given for me, especially some of my men.
I’m tired of a lot of things.
There’s no chance for me to have a relaxing summer to recharge like I need when so much is on my plate. Fine, I’ll have some other fun as best as I can, and maybe I’ll get a vacation when I’m dead. 
I just don’t know how much longer I can keep juggling everything and not let out the truth.

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Multiplying Storms

My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the only living heir to all of Faerie. It’s still hard to accept that, but given how often people call me “Princess” or “Your Highness” like it’s my actual name, I can’t deny it.
I simply hate that I am.
Yeah, it’s going that well.
The councils’ win might have seemed small, but the ripples from that decision are drowning me at every turn. I can’t endure the bullying and abuse much longer, and I can’t fight back given the situation my people are in.
I’m not sure I care anymore after finding out fairies being awesome was a lie. Most days I struggle to not push them all back in the darkness and live as I want… Because the more of them I free, the more I’m trapped.
Something major needs to change and soon but I don’t know where to start. I can’t get my footing when I’m always at the center of the storm. The hobgoblins are clear that something worse is coming.
I don’t think I have the strength to hold on anymore, and all hope left me after the last tidal wave dragged me under.

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My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m the only living heir to all of Faerie. I want to do what’s right and use that position to help my people, but too many treat me as if I belong to them and that world.
And I cannot live my life that way.
Nor can I keep pretending all my relationships are okay. Three are great, but it’s time to let one go and stop forcing myself to accept so much.
The warlock and vampire elders are gone, arrested, for their crimes. People are upset how we’re handling so much or getting involved in “their” world. Funny, because all I heard when we were in hiding is people wished fairies would come back.
I don’t have the time to focus on the complaints of others. I have too many of my own. The fairy elders and ancients are getting worse now that we’re out. At least people are finally hearing me that they are just as corrupt as the other councils were. The pushback is hard to deal with, but I refuse to let history repeat itself.
I won’t. Nobody believes me that I’ll walk, but I will to save myself.

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Unregulated Upheaval

Absorbing Inevitability

My name is Tamsin Vale… And I don’t know who I am anymore. I only have the labels and titles. There are only the masks I wear to make it through the day and try to survive the pressure.
And it’s killing me.
Nothing is changing for the better, at least not for me. I’m doing so much to change the lives of millions, but there’s no improvement for me.
So many people hate me, want to see me fail or dead that it’s all I see. I can’t get a grip living like this anymore, and no one’s hearing me that I’m serious.
I couldn’t work things out with one mate, and now one is doing everything he can to make me hate him. My guilt that Darby and Hudson have to deal with that is eating me alive.
We fix one problem and five more come up. I could handle that if people worked with me as a team. They don’t see me as one of them, simply a tool for what they want.
They push me much more, and they will have a former heir to Faerie.

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Necessary Respite

My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m finally putting myself first. If people won’t listen to me, are so determined to force me to be what they want, then I’m done working with them. I am a person, not something the people of Faerie own or all other supes can use and abuse.
So I pulled the emergency brake and it’s time for a reset. I came into this world after my power went crazy and I unintentionally hurt people. This was only supposed to be six years I signed on for, and I was promised they’d teach me control so it never happened again.
That promise wasn’t kept.
Again… And it’s not going to be only six years. Not even close. If people won’t change, I can’t make them. I have to do what I need to for myself and the people I love. With some help, I think maybe there’s a way for me to stop constantly playing defense and maybe even set the record straight on a few things.
That’s the best plan I can come up with since I’m at the eye of the storm. It’s also the last chance I’m willing to take before simply walking away.

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Adjusting Course

My name is Tamsin Vale and… Uuuuggghhhh! I’m so tired of saying the same things over and over again without enough changing. I get the dirty councils out of the way, and new villains pop up in the form of fairy elders and ancients.
I get them handled and the commanders are the problem.
I smack them into line and the nobles are my issue.
I catch a bunch of them red-handed trying to commit treason, and people are still listening to the lies of the remaining ones. 
Why do I even bother? Every time they push me too far, the line of what I’ll suffer just gets further and further from what is acceptable. I yell and they don’t listen. I plead with them and they are unmoved. I rationally lay things out and it falls on deaf ears.
So if they’re going to keep acting like children who push their limits and throw fits, I’m going to punish them like a parent should. It’s time to show everyone that they have no chance to control me and the game we’re playing is mine. Maybe then we can actually fix our society and world before we implode.

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Promising Changes

My name is Tamsin Vale and… Things are getting better. They’re not all better. That’s not possible in the weeks since I made the deal with all fairies. A little better. 
I have hope we might not completely self-destruct, so that’s better than where we were over the summer at least. And I think fairies are starting to see me as a person more. What I was willing to do for them gave them a smack upside the head and brought them out of their own fears. 
Somewhat. It’s definitely going to be a long road to make progress, but that’s expected. I want it all done yesterday and everything better but even if that was possible in a world of magic, the changes would simply crumble later. It took fairies—and supes—years and years to dig themselves into this hole, and it will take a long time to get out of it.
Or so I keep reminding myself.
It’s also time to come clean about something else in my life, and I’m willing to put too much on the line for love… I simply hope it works out better than it has in the past.

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Healthy Progress

My name is Tamsin Vale and things are going well. No, really! I know that sounds crazy after I broke down and couldn’t tell what was dream or reality. But I have help. I asked for help which is hard for me. I have someone I can trust to get help from.

All of that is progress for my life. Sad, but true.

It was a setback on a better path and those will happen. But people are stepping up to help and defend me. I don’t feel so alone handling too much. I feel like a real fairy most days and accepted.

And I have hope for the future. Things are great with Darby, and he’s happy about what comes next. School is better, and I’m enjoying that part of my life.

Sure, I have no idea where I’m at with four of my mates, and I wish I could make it all better. I wish I could forgive them for their mistakes and move past what’s happened knowing we won’t have any issues again, but that’s not life. So I’m going to appreciate what I have before the next thing blows up because it will.

Something always does.

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Balanced Trajectory

My name is Tamsin Vale and… I don’t know what I am. Tired. Yeah, I’m tired and more than normal but also just tired of everything always crazy.

I fix one thing and something else goes wrong.

We handle the councils and we’re overstepping. We handle the dragons and that’s okay and we should be doing more… But back off our overreaching in how we’re handling refilling the councils.

My head just spins, and it doesn’t stop there.

The whole last year was like that. Things are going better with Lucca, and everything with Hudson went off the rails. Julian seems to have pulled his head out of his arse, and Neldor is confusing me more than ever. And Darby… We got engaged, but it’s not what I thought it would be.

And every time I think I have the commanders in line and marching with me, one—or a few of them—veer off on their own and I feel like an idiot having trusted them. I don’t know if I’m fighting a losing battle with them or giving them the trust they deserve.

I just hope that whichever the answer is, it doesn’t get me killed before I figure it out.

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Lingering Threats

My name is Tamsin Vale and… I’m stressed. Shocker, I know, but being a college senior at the top supe university is hard. Well, now that the curriculum is what I need and challenging.

And I’m also the ruler of a whole world including two realms that have been warring for thousands of years that I’m trying to bring together. I also have five mates.

Do I really need to justify anything else or why I have a temper?

However, I finally feel as if I’m walking the same direction as most of the people in my life. I’ll always be different as the heir of Faerie or the daughter of a demigod, but I’ve found my team and people. Mostly. Nothing is without issues.

I just feel like my inner circle is finally all on the same side with the same goals. So I can handle the stress with their support.

I simply wish to get over those speed bumps and issues faster than is actually possible. My magic isn’t that powerful, and I feel more deeply as a fairy.

Then again, I’m pretty sure no matter the species, we all wish we could let people who have broken our hearts back into them.

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Layering Resentment

My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m pissed.

I’m confused.

And I’m scared. I’d be an idiot if I wasn’t scared when demons suddenly made a move and someone I love almost died. I’m pissed they did it, confused why now… But I’m also pissed that no one seems to hear me that Cluym messed up and they’re upset with me instead.

Classic.

I knew life as the future ruler of a world would never be easy, but constantly living where I’m criticized for everything and people don’t always listen to me is difficult. And sometimes I only have myself to blame for not fully committing to the role.

But what idiot would commit to that when it isn’t going well? It was going better but… Yeah, nothing is easy.

Plus, given the state of things in my personal life and the fact I’m constantly juggling the feelings of five men, I think it’s a bloody miracle that I’m not normally found at a bar completely sauced. Or in jail getting into trouble. Eating my feelings when I’m a fairy is about the healthiest way for me to handle my life.

Especially now that my powers are expanding again and I’m worried I’ll finally lose my mind this time.

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Wavering Aftermath

My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m about to do something smart… Or something really, really stupid. I give it a 50/50 chance, but keeping quiet on what’s going on with me has bitten me in the arse too many times for me not to admit it.

And since my mother’s journal isn’t helping and is heartbreaking to read, it’s time to trust the people who say they care about me.

Now that I finally have the answer about Mason, I feel like I can heal from that crazy and focus better on my own needs. No matter what I do, someone will hate it—hate me, so I need to never forget that I have to look to myself for the right answers.

It’s also helped me feel more stable. I’m in a good place with four of the five men in my life even if it’s not where they want to be with me. But if I don’t tell Darby the truth about what’s been going on, there might not be a relationship for us to save.

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Restoring Harmony

My name is Tamsin Vale and I’m about to smack people around until they get in line… No, really this time because it almost cost Neldor his life. I refuse to let the lies, biases, and stupidity of the past ruin the future Faerie and her people could have.

Not while I’m the damn boss.

I knew I might not survive from the moment I swore to find out what happened to my people and stepped into Faerie. And I knew people could be lost in the battles others have taken up with me since.

But if we lose someone to evil, that is the price paid for a better future. I refuse to lose someone to stupid. I won’t do it. Especially not when things have been so much better.

And luckily, I have five men on my side who love and support me while giving me what I need to do what I must.

Yes, it’s time to include Neldor in that even if I only admit it to myself.

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Obeying Beliefs

My name is Tamsin Vale, and I’m the future queen of Faerie. That’s right, I finally said it. No more being the heir or reminding people I didn’t agree to the job.

Now I have and mostly because I think I’ll actually be a good queen. I have the right qualities, and I don’t let the wrong things distract me from what is important.

Even if being queen comes with situations and duties not part of the role, but because I’m the most powerful magical wielder in two worlds. Though, I do bring some of that on myself.

Like saving Mary Craftsman and any witch or warlock who might go over the edge because their species doesn’t cleanse the way fairies do. Just small things like that.

I have help and guidance, everyone supporting me along with everything else I have to handle. So I’m not alone anymore handling too much, but at the end of the day, it all falls on me as the future queen.

Queens get vacations and like sabbaticals, right?

I’m just asking for a friend.

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