{SHORTLIST OpenNovellaContest 2021} {ONC 2021 Round One Ambassador Picks} Aithne Pan, a Chinese-Irish girl living in the futuristic city of Venice has to decide between what her heart tells her is correct, and what she has always been taught is right. Ai has always been special, what with her unusual physical characteristics due to her mother's colour-changing abilities that made her hair a strange tint of pink at birth and her own powers to manipulate water and encourage aquatic animals to do her bidding. Brought up in a strict yet loving family she has learned to love and act upon the law, her father's job as an attorney making her crave the need to protect the city herself in any way she can. Her need to protect and serve sends her to the Imperium Police Department, her first job consisting of going undercover and bringing the powered people that don't abide by the law to justice, protecting the city in the process. What happens when our nineteen-year-old Aithne learns about the monstrous things happening under the very building she works at, and how will she react once she learns that the government is behind it? ~~~~~~~~~~ Started: 1st February Finished: 28th February

Shanice Wilson, born and raised in Harlem, moves to Atlanta for her new job. The company sets her up in a lovely cul-de-sac in an almost deserted part of the suburbs. Nate Dylan is the president of the Dead-Eye Angels MC. He rides with his buddies, takes care of them and their families, and doesn't have any problem getting a lady to warm his bed. But things turn upside down when a loudmouth, rude New Yorker moves next door. Nate is all about Southern hospitality, but Shanice isn't falling for his charms. A tit-for-tat battle starts between the two, and things go too far. This is the first book in the Dead-Eye Angels MC series. ***Book contains language and content that may be triggering and/or offensive to some.*** The story contains information and discussions of but not limited to childbirth, infant loss, miscarriage, traumatic health care experiences, racial discrimination, domestic violence, police violence, death and dying, mental illness and mental health crisis, sexual assault, and incarceration, which some readers may find triggering. ***Awards*** 🏆 Best Protagonist (Shanice) (1st place - The Cobalt Valentine's Special Award) 🏆 Best Romance (2nd place - The Temeraire Awards) 🏆 Best Short Story (3rd place - The Petrichor Awards) 🏆 Best Short Story (3rd place - The Winterspell Awards) ***Featured on*** @WattpadESL | Words Of Affectionate | Romance & ChickLit @WattpadMulticultural | Chiclit and Mature content @WattpadShortStory | Love Diaries @StoriesUndiscovered | Lunch Hour Shorts [Short Story <1 hour] @GirlBossINC | Badass Babes @AdultFiction | Melting Hearts and Featured Adultfiction Stories