Of Cages and Crowns is now published as a Hardcover, and E-book with Wattpad Books! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Wattpad Original Edition and Wattpad Books Published Edition here upon purchase. Thank you so much for your support! ***** Destined to compete for the throne, Monroe Benson must fight nine girls for the right to rule. If she wins, she will be crowned queen. To lose is to die. ***** Monroe Benson is marked and goddess-touched, one of ten heirs to the Erydian throne. When the next Culling is announced, she has no choice but to prepare to fight for her life against nine other marked girls. When the competing heirs begin to drop dead outside of trials, Monroe must decide if her fire ability is enough to protect her from a new unseen enemy. Can she survive the Culling and take the throne, or should she kill the queen and dismantle the competition from the inside? In a palace of lies and power-hungry court members, Monroe must be careful who she trusts. The Culled Crown is the first book in The Culled Crown series. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by Natasha Shaikh *** Publishing through Wattpad Books - 11-22-22 Pre-order now!

❝Hello, this is target. My name is Benjamin. How may I help you today?❞ ❝So, lets metaphorically say that I purchased a toilet from you guys and when I took it home, it broke. Would I be able to get a free toilet since mine broke?❞ ❝Ma'am, we don't sell toilets.❞ ❝Look, I don't mean to be racist or anything but I don't like your attitude.❞ In which a teenage girl calls target for all of her dying questions.

✿ In which an unusual bubbly girl calls for a mocha coffee, and a bored sarcastic guy answers ✿ Dialogue Short Story warning: i made this when i was like 12 LMAO please be nice T_T

"HEEEELLLLLOOOO!" "Um... Hi?" "Wow! You actually answered, so that means you aren't kissing anyone right?" "Um, I'm sorry but who's calling?" "I'm Midnight!" --- One socially awkward boy ends up talking to an overly-bubbly girl who only calls after midnight.

Lizzie just returned to school after taking an extended leave of absence. She's hoping that she can ride out the rest of her junior year under the radar, but it seems like someone else has other plans. One of her classmates is determined to befriend Lizzie and prove to her that she's not alone. The catch? She doesn't know who they are. They're determined to remain anonymous, and only communicate through neon green post-it notes left on Lizzie's locker. As Lizzie sets off to discover who her mystery friend is, she just might start healing from her trauma in the process--that is, until she finds herself falling into her old habits again. CW: Disordered eating, depression, anxiety

Can two wounded hearts come together to mend the pain? Bailey Keys never expected to lose her older sister, Lanie. The doctors said that she had time, that the odds were in her favor. And now she’s alone. With parents too wrapped up in their careers to notice, and friends that she unwillingly pushed away, she has no one left. That is, until her father throws a benefit concert for the Ladder 24 firemen and their families, and she meets someone with a similar wounded heart. All Evan Warren remembers are dusty grey particles and waves of oranges flying across the television screen. His last goodbye to his father was ended with a fight over not wanting to clean his bedroom and he forever regrets not ending things with a more sincere goodbye. Evan’s dad was a hero; a man who fought for the many innocent lives lost on 9-11, and he’ll always remember him as a hero. But Evan still wants his father back. Knowing that he died being a hero isn’t enough to mend Evan’s pain…until he meets a girl who might begin to understand the pain behind a broken heart.