{"id":1998,"date":"2023-01-27T20:20:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T04:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/?page_id=1998"},"modified":"2024-08-27T02:40:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T02:40:15","slug":"free-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/?page_id=1998","title":{"rendered":"Free Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requiem For House Octavian<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Requiem-Cover-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4588\" style=\"width:149px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Requiem-Cover-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Requiem-Cover-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Requiem-Cover-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Requiem-Cover-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Requiem-Cover-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Requiem-Cover-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Requiem-Cover.jpg?fit=1800%2C2700&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1485 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Each day, Ressa performs&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;each night, her blood is stolen from her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A prequel story to the Descendants of Terene Series.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.bookfunnel.com\/x2w9zncyr8\">Read Now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Granddaddy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Granddaddy-Pic.001.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4620\" style=\"width:463px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Granddaddy-Pic.001.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Granddaddy-Pic.001-300x117.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/The-Granddaddy-Pic.001-768x299.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/2019\/08\/12\/the-granddaddy\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/billyketchallen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/The-Granddaddy-Pic.001-1024x398.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1701 size-full\"\/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Grand Canyon is the winningest beach volleyball player of all time. 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