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There is this book I read when I was like twelve I read it through the library and I know that they don‘t have it anymore, I find myself thinking back on this book like a lot, but I remember neither title nor author.

I remember that it follows this group of teenagers who escape from the city they live in, so they get out before they get drafted I think. There is this king that is looking for them after that. Outside of the city is like wilderness.

Our MC can create illusions but she can‘t hold them for long, so they put up two mirrors and the illusion kind of bounces between them to ensure they‘re hidden when they sleep.

People in this world develop powers at around teenage age and those show up in the form of tatoos on their necks and it is customary for people to cover their necks with a hankerchief (I‘m not sure if thats the correct english word). Our MC has shadow powers so she can like transport herself through shadows, but she only develops these powers while halfway on the run

They are also joined by the prince on the run, who was like a pilot that was tasked with bombing their city, but he didn‘t (they find his plane, see that all 6 bombs are still there and think he was supposed to like bomb them after everyone thought they were safe, yes the king bombs his own city something with rebellion I think (?)). Anyway there was also this romance between our MC and the prince.

There were two books, with the last book ending with them reaching this safe-space which is this valley, there was also some kind of passed down song that helped them find it.

On an important note I am german and I read those books in german so it is possible that these are books that were originally written in german, but statistically basically all of my childhood books except for Inkheart were written in english and I read the german translation.

Anyway if anyone has any clue what book I could be talking about I would really appreciate it if you could tell me 😊

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