WARTORN EBURINE IS ON THE CUSP OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION. FREYA EDEMNAR stows away on her overachieving sister's ship to arrive at the grand New Stegend. Successfully infiltrating Eburine's ruling class will help any junior resistance member gain recognition, and Freya jumps at the chance. But, she quickly realizes that among the most notorious of Eburine's powerful, everyone and everything is more than meets the eye. She finds herself in a struggle for power to protect everything she has while reaching for even more. When she draws the attention of the most dangerously charismatic, cunning, and powerful elites, it becomes both easier and harder to come out on top. Especially after they entangle her in a web of glittering lies and enticing promises of security, wealth, and even love. But, she learns their cards and strikes back with her own. HALLE EDEMNAR is recruited into Eburine's top laboratories. Day and night, the most talented scientists and inventors try to harness the ever-elusive properties of azoth-an unknown energy that bursts from the drained empyreal wells, sparking new hope for something that can power cities. However, the pursuit proves to be much more challenging than anyone could have imagined. Locked in a diplomatic and scientific stalemate, Halle soon realizes that nothing she does remains within the laboratory walls. With the help of a few lab friends-including Ciaran Sunchaser, who she tries never to speak to again after a turbulent relationship two years ago-Halle works to explain everything they've seen so far, from murders to expulsions to the focus on gene-altering serums. As Freya and Halle navigate their seemingly separate lives, their worlds collide in the most destructive way possible. The threads of the unravelling Eburine are clutched in their hands, and the fate of the nation soon hinges on where they pull the strings.

"𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫." A love story, wrenched apart in one summer. Will they find their way back to each other? Inspired by the enchanting song "betty" by iconic artist Taylor Swift, EVANESCENCE is told from the perspective of two seventeen-year-olds who are both processing the end of their romantic relationship. Following them through their last year of high school, each will have feelings to overcome and mistakes to make up for. Heartbroken and reeling, Elle Jackson does everything in her power to avoid her former love - but Adam Carter's persistence in his pursuit of forgiveness and reconciliation proves infuriatingly hard to overcome. Will Adam be able to get through to Elle? Will she ever forgive him? Time is running out before Adam leaves for college and they both move on with their lives. If he doesn't get the chance to apologize to Elle...his regret will slowly consume him. { total word count : 5.3k }

[abandoned wip] This unfinished WIP follows a stubborn, mother-hating princess with her pet cat, Carmine. there really isn't a story because I gave up on it before I could develop anything, but this is mostly for people to find this excerpt in one place.