Book 1 of the Rising Phoenix trilogy. Would you choose love over peace? Two months away from her graduation day, all Cerise wants is to keep up her grades, continue inventing, and somehow manage to pay off her rent. The fact that she's Paris's secret thief by night makes life all the more exciting. That is, until she gets caught by her stepmother. The last person she wants anything to do with and the president. Her freedom from years in jail comes with a price - stealing from the Drakhenae. She has to steal the one thing that can give her race, the humans, exactly what they need to get rid of the Drakhenae once and for all, information on something stronger, something more than the Drakhenae, something that can destroy them. Information on an experiment that happened fifteen years ago, and about the test subject who disappeared. Despite the confusing tension and rough history between the two races, and the fact that to humans, the Drakhenae are predators, more reptile than human with their leathery wings, slit pupils and the scales on their cheeks, Cerise agrees to go. But her heist couldn't go more wrong, and to make things worse, she gets caught by Everard, the infuriating, confusing, drop-dead gorgeous Drakhenae. Add in the secrets of her past, and the fact that her heart is torn between two people, one with promises, another with secrets, Cerise doesn't know who to trust. And she quickly realizes that things can get worse, and can get worse fast. {Word Count: 50,000-60,000} **Will be undergoing a re-writing soon! This was one of my earlier books, so more improvement is definitely needed -- constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!*** Update 10/06/23: Re-writing will be underway, and as such, chapters will be removed from Wattpad except for the first few (find me on Instagram for further details and information on how you can still read this if you want to).

If you mention the past, you die. ~~~ Phoenix, a young woman living in The City, has grown tired of unjust deaths, brutal killings, and punishment for individuality. Chips implanted in the throats of citizens ensure that any mention of life fifteen years ago is heard, by none other than the unnamed president known as The One, and his loyal Enforcers. Lies are uttered, trust is scattered, and fear coats the air. Having endured enough, Phoenix, seeking peace and safety, decides to travel off the Continent. An unexpected encounter with someone she never predicted she'd see again alters her plans, and her life. Facing old friends, new comrades, and cruel Enforcers, Phoenix finds herself confused about her role in the midst of all these changes. Strangers are turning into allies, a revolution is being born, and there is a continuous battle between her heart and mind. She does not know who to trust and who to kill. When you are surrounded by many but are completely alone, you start making dangerous decisions. ~~~ ONGOING ©Heba Mawid 2020

[Watty's 2021 Shortlister] Two girls. Separated. Connected. For Anna, her world is one of privilege and safety. A lonely prison. Ken lives with complete freedom, but her world is one of darkness and danger around every corner. When their worlds collide, neither knows if the other is real or only a dream. To find out, each must undertake a journey that takes them far from the worlds they know, into the unknown. 🥇1st place in the Sci-Fi category of "The Temeraire Awards"! (1 Mar 2021) 🥇1st place (tied) in the Sci-Fi category of "The Rainbow Awards"! 🥈2nd place in "Hello 2021 Awards"! 🥈2nd place, Sci-Fi category, of the "One In A Million Awards"! (11 Oct 2021) Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture.

[Featured on Wattpad Official Romance's Reading List!] Marzia Castille has always had dreams. When she was 3, she wanted to be a pop star. When she was 5, she was sure there was a career that meant she could build Lego for a living (spoiler alert; there isn't one). When she was 8, she wanted to be an astronaut. Unlike most girls, funnily enough, she never wanted to be a princess. Which kinda sucked, because she was one. Now that she's 17, she's the furthest thing from a princess imaginable. She's just a normal teenager with an annoying arch-enemy, a myriad of homework that she has no plans of completing, and jeans that she wears in place of school trousers (which she'll deny if you ever challenge her on it). Being the Oxford English Dictionary definition of 'not princess' and hiding in her shitty flat in London, is the only thing keeping her from an early grave. Someone out there wants her blood, but no one can quite tell her who, or why. But when a newspaper article hits her right between the eyes, and throws everything into permanent turmoil, she has to cut through her fear, and face the life she left behind. Armed with her best friend Emilio, and a sarcastic attitude that never seems to falter, she's pushed into a constant battle of love, heartbreak, impossible responsibility and determination, that all culminate in the never-ending whirlwind that throws her about. Oh, and let's not forget complete and utter confusion and hunger about 90% of the time too.

🥈𝕊𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖 in the Guilded Raven Awards hosted by @TheGuildedRaven 🥈𝕊𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖 in the Coalition Awards hosted by @CoalitionAwards 🥉𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕕 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖 in the Regal Awards, hosted by @YaDramaQueenbkp "Pareidolia is when a person sees facial features on objects, but it's more than that. We're constantly trying to make things like us, it's our hubris, the fatal flaw of humanity. We can't stop twisting everything to our reality, to what we want to see. Hubris. That's how we're die, because we can't get out of our own heads, we're never defeat our overlords because we can't think like them. Because we've designed them to be something else in our heads, in movies and tv shows, all our aliens are the same, we, humanity, have made them up, but we didn't make these aliens up, and that's why we're die." 1: Highest ranking in ironic 7: Highest ranking in wit 19: Highest ranking in invasion 23: Highest ranking in weird stuff 43: Highest ranking in post-apocalyptic 88: highest ranking in futuristic

Two deaths. On the same night. And Lena Denn is accused of both. Will she able to prove her innocence? One her side she has only her best friend, John. New things come into light as time is running out....but who is the real murderer? More than 1 person suspect Lena.... Read this breathtaking story with betrayal, suspense and revelations. Fredmont street's surprises aren't over!

Vera Guzman is wondering. Wondering what it's like outside her privileged neighborhood, outside the border. Kayte McBridging is away. Away from her parents, from her nightmares - but not quite sure where she's going. Darren Sterner is trying. Trying to please the Big Man, and secretly trying to reach a childhood friend. Wyn Kafuto is anxious. Anxious about all the people from Lower Class Sectors passing through his home. Grace Lim is nostalgic. Nostalgic about her past, when she was Gracie, but mostly worried about her future. Everything is changing - including the fate of New Atlantis. And as the five characters' lives collide, it becomes clear that something bigger than all of them is behind it all.... (title may be updated. we'll see how it goes.)

▬▬▬▬▬▬ -ˏˋ ❪ 🎲 ❫'ˎ- ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ TRUTH OR DARE? ⨾ an applyfic. CLOSED .ᐟ 𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 ... a fun game becomes a struggle between life and death. ‹𝟹 ╱ ⩩ ── , 🧿◞ cover by the wonderful @j-futz !! © honeyskiies 2022. started 2-5-2022. end ? ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

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Isabella Jones is rewarded a full-ride academic scholarship to Fannington Academy, believed to be one of the most exclusive and prestigious schools in the world. She now finds herself in a new and complicated world of scandals, money, love and lies.