
by Aleah Cat
Adriette is shadows. She moves in the dark, silently dragging down anyone who gets in her way. Her mother saved the world. She forestalled the entropy that devours the very life of Solum. She was betrayed, murdered, and torn apart by the greed of mankind. Her father manipulates the world with a web of intrigue and manipulation. As a daughter of the Damascena family, she lives within the underbelly of society. A fitting place for her. Adriette is shadows. And she will have her revenge at any cost. -Revenge Story! -No Romance (hints of some sadism and masochism amongst the characters, the story title acronym is SM, and I thought it might be funny) -Mafia themes. Not too heavy, but some aspects of the story use concepts from Italian Mafia stories. -F around and find out! Pompous fools beware, because Adriette is liable to react to inconveniences with violence. -Characters may die. One dies pretty early on. Not Game of Thrones style, but this isn't a story where everyone survives and the villains become heroes in the second season. Sorry, not sorry. Updates Every Tuesday! Cover artwork by AR Sullivan, a seasoned illustrator known for providing covers to theOutworlder's Blood and Dungeon Accountant series among many others.You can find them @arsullivanart
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Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#4504 of 7,531 · 4454 below #50
By genre
beats 97% of similar stories
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beats 42% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
At this conversion, the Tragedy Rising Stars bar (≈0 new followers/day) costs about 16 views/day — the story currently gets ~14.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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