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The Unicorn's Blessing | #ONC2025 ✔
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  • Reads 598
  • Votes 160
  • Parts 20
  • Time 2h 12m
Complete, First published Feb 01
ONC2025 Round 2 Ambassador Pick

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Unicorns are sacred in the kingdom of Unara, their magic a gift only bestowed upon the worthy-or stolen through death. Someone is hunting them, and if the killings continue, their magic will fall into the wrong hands.

Determined to uncover the truth, Oskar sets out to find the culprit. But the deeper he digs, the darker the secrets he unearths--secrets that could shake the very foundation of the kingdom.

A standalone fantasy adventure, The Unicorn's Blessing follows Prince Oskar before the events of The Girl with Scars, revealing the choices that shaped the man he would become.

Entered into the Open Novella Contest 2025 |
  @OpenNovellaContest - Rules & Guidelines: /story/387452246

**Main Prompt**
12. While hiking through a forest, you stumble upon a unicorn's horn.

**Secondary Prompt**
130. Protect this with your life.


©2025 E. S. Elias All Rights Reserved.
Book Created & Published to ¶¶ÒõÉçÇø: 02.01.2025
Book Marked as Completed: 00.00.2025

Cover: Me @DesignsbyEH
I used Canva.com | Cover is temporary and subject to several changes.


Word Count: 26,234 / 20,000

Goals:
Round 1 ✔ | 2,000 words ✔  | Round 1 Winner ✔
Round 2 ✔ | 8,000 words ✔ 
Round 3 _ | 20,000 words ✔
LONGLIST _ |  SHORTLIST _
Honorable Mention? _ | Ambassadors' Pick ✔
Mentioned in Ambassador Newsletter ✔

Rankings:
#ONC2025: #21 on 02.02.2025 | #15 on 02.03.2025 | #12 on 03.24.2025
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