title: Factions: Crescendo (Volume 2)
author:  Marian York 
description: Marian York was born and raised in Tyler, Texas, shes written stories from a young age, inspired by authors like J. R. R. Tolkein and Ray Bradbury. Now a young woman, she splits her life between her hometown and Edmonton, Alberta.
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  # The Cross-Cut
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Courtney Ryley Cooper
  
  
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  * [CHAPTER I](cros_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER II](cros_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER III](cros_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IV](cros_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER V](cros_split_6.html#1_0_6)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VI](cros_split_7.html#1_0_7)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VII](cros_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER VIII](cros_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER IX](cros_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER X](cros_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XI](cros_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XII](cros_split_13.html#1_0_13)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIII](cros_split_14.html#1_0_14)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIV](cros_split_15.html#1_0_15)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XV](cros_split_16.html#1_0_16)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XVI](cros_split_17.html#1_0_17)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XVII](cros_split_18.html#1_0_18)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XVIII](cros_split_19.html#1_0_19)
  
  
  * [CHAPTER XIX](cros_split_20.html