Liha wants to avenge his family. If he has to become one of the king's men to do this, he will. But in the capital Penira, the golden city, he learns fast a man has to prove his worth. Sword in hand, if needs be. Dánirah hates the city, and people of her tribe are not welcome there. But she must deliver a message to one of her mother's contacts. When she is attacked, a young stranger tries to help her. They both end up wounded and in the care of a harlot. Months later, they meet again on the battlefield. Dánirah has the information to turn the tide of war. But can Liha convince the future king to trust the young tribal woman he hardly knows himself?

Las Vegas. Now I know why it is named the city of sins. While on a business trip, I drunk-married my boss. Drowning in tequila and the lust for the hots for my boss seemed like the best idea on my week off. There was no undoing except that my boss didn't do soulmates, fate, and marriage. Especially an impromptu one. Very well I didn't do it either. I had a list to tick it all. Many more cities to still visit. Although I never got to know why one would name their hotel REVERIE but joining as their art curator was such a daydream. And no fool would risk it all. Love or lust. Doesn't top the race. Nothing much changed until his ex thought it was the right time to claim a fine man back. Making things difficult in extravagance was her memo. The only hitch in my perfectly webbed play to not acknowledge this marriage was when she tipped it off to the enemy. With those damn wedding photos. Which I thought didn't exist until now. That is when our undone becomes the only lie that can save the Reverie in Venice. [MONDAY & THURSDAY Updates!] #ONC2023 Prompt Number 39: On a blind date with a complete mismatch, you're increasingly uncomfortable but too polite to leave. Then an attractive stranger comes over and gives you an out.

Ste ye hah mah, "Spirits hidden by woods." ~ Yakama Native American. ~*~*~*~ Future Entomologist, Zoe Thornton, loves horseback riding through Rimrock Forest. It gives her peace of mind and lots of insects to study. When she and her best friend, Takota Sohappy, come across a strange-looking hemlock, something ancient awakens. With her dad's upcoming lung transplant and a date with the girl she's been flirting with for months, Zoe's logical mind doesn't have time for legends of Ste ye hah (Bigfoot). But when her dad's health is impacted by her actions, the two friends seek help from the local Shaman. Under his guidance, Zoe and Takota are tasked to appease Bigfoot with a ritual and offering if they want to live in peace. The key is, she must acknowledge Ste ye hah is real for the ritual to work. ~*~*~*~ Featured on: @Wattpad ~ Editors' Choice (June 2022) @WattpadExplorer ~ Editors' Choice @Paranormal ~ Myths and Legends @mythandlegend ~ ONC 2022 Myth and Legend Makers @StoriesUndiscovered July '22 Featured list @NA ~ Beyond this realm || Paranormal + Werewolf + Vampire.

❝Was this all just a game to you?❞ ❝No. It was a godforsaken tournament.❞ ♡♫♡ With reference to Aaliyah Banerjee, the historians would be right to call her and Nathan Cruz best friends. But when she learns that her BFF wants to change his label to BF, she lets loose the compulsive liar in her. Brick by brick, she builds up an image of a soulmate she knows will stump him. All she needs now is someone to play the part. Mysterious musician, Rowan Knight, has returned to Greenstone, trying to outrun his haunting fame. He barely wants to think about his secrets, let alone talk about it. So, when a message with the strangest request pops up on his phone, he simply cannot resist. Finally something to distract his restless mind. Aaliyah and Rowan are each other's only hope out of two separate miserable lives. The only problem glaring at them? Aaliyah and Rowan cannot go one minute without ripping the other's face off. Their one shot - at hope, sanity, and boundaries - is drafting The Soulmate Pact. TW// domestic abuse, ptsd, depression, anxiety.

A HEIST GONE WRONG. A GANG SHATTERED. Volya Angelov, known by the public as the Priest for his cult-like following, knows how to cut a deal and take what's rightfully his. He and his criminal prodigies have siphoned Gorod Krestov's wealth for years and are slowly draining the city's slums with their profits. Yet when he is arrested and shipped off to an island prison, his empire is left to his closest ally, Mysh, a girl who stands a mere five feet. It's up to her to manage what he's left behind and decide whether or not the syndicate should be risked for his life. But with demons from a haunting past and sinister characters converging all around her: can Mysh pull it off? "SIX OF CROWS" meets "PEAKY BLINDERS" in this twisty, 1920s-set novella with enough suspense to keep you reading until the church bells chime. Honors/Awards: ONC 2021 Top 5 Winner (4th place) ONC 2021 Ambassador's Pick (Round Two) "NOVYYE SAINTS" is 7x featured on: @shortstory's "another time, another place" reading list @action's "thriller" reading list @action's "action spotlight" reading list @historicalfiction's "decade fiction" reading list @badassreads's "the ruffians" reading list @storiesundiscovered's "historically inaccurate" reading list for august 2021 @opennovellacontest's "2021 top five winners" and "2021 ambassador picks" lists Copyright © 2021 Elle Chaika Open Novella IV (2021) | Prompt No. 29

Featured on Wattpad - Editors' Choice, Epic Fantasy & Extraordinary Realms (2023) 🏅Wattys 2022 Short Listed 🥇Short Listed for the ONC 2021 There is nothing more terrifying than waking up in an unfamiliar place with no idea of what happened. Alexis knows firsthand what this fear is like, considering she woke up stranded on a sandy beach. The icing on the cake? Zeus whisked her away to the ancient kingdom of Troy. The very Troy from the epic legend, the Iliad. Alexis finds herself ensconced in a world on the brink of war, at the mercy of the gods, and conflicted in her feelings for a young man destined to bring the fall of the great city of Troy. ⭐ WattpadTimeTravel ⭐ MythandLegend ⭐ retold ⭐ TheWarriorGoddess ⭐ BadassReads ⭐ Fantasy ⭐ WattGreek ⭐ WattpadLitFic ⭐ WattpadMulticultural ⭐ WattpadExplorer

Jacob's life was supposed to go down a straight path. He had a beautiful fiancee, a well-paying job, a cool house, nice cars. Everything was perfect. But then his ex returned. Usually this wouldn't be a problem, he could just tell her to back off. Simple, right? No. Not when his hand could go through her body. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ONCAfrica 2021 first runner up! Featured on the official AmbassadorsNG account here on Wattpad! #20 in paranormal romance-February 2021 ©AOFunke 2021

(HONORABLE MENTION) Rik Sandro is a dimension traveller. Jumping from one version of the world to another was intriguing at first, until he discovered he can never go home. Now all these new beginnings are just a pain. Maybe it's time to stay in one place. Maybe it's time to settle down. Maybe it's time to fall in love. However, when his latest lover is murdered, Rik fears that he's being stalked and now, he might not have any control over how, where, or when, his life will end. (HONORABLE MENTION and ROUND TWO WINNER ONC2021 ) A clockpunk adventure, my entry for the ONC 2021. (Clockpunk / LGBTQ / Romance / Horror)

Sandrine is reluctant to take the job as a ghost hunter, despite her ancestral gift. And when she meets her boss and future partners, every fibre of her being tells her to quit-but she needs the money. How hard can it be to dispel the ghost of a bird? Soon, she finds herself fighting the advances of a medieval playboy, targeted by a flock of ectoplasmic ravens, and trying to solve the puzzle of the cottage in the lake. With disaster waiting around the corner, she truly has no time for a budding romance, right? ~ ~ ~ My entry for the open novella contest 2021. Prompts: No 5: There is a terrible drought ravaging the land, but when the waters recede from the local lake/reservoir, they reveal something no one expected to find. No 64. What should have been a simple task for a trio of ghost hunters quickly becomes something for which the term 'Worst Case Scenario' is the mother of all understatement. No 61. I would've lived longer if it weren't for Lorraine. There's only one issue... who's Lorraine? Words according to Wattpad: Chapter 1 - 1495 Chapter 2 - 1455 - milestone 1 reached Chapter 3 - 1469 Chapter 4 - 1552 Chapter 5 - 1563 Chapter 6 - 1620 - milestone 2 reached Chapter 7 - 1564 Chapter 8 - 1700 Chapter 9 - 1637 Chapter 10 - 1797 Chapter 11 - 1605 Chapter 12 - 1561 Chapter 13 - 1690 - milestone 3 reached Chapter 14 - 1842 Chapter 15 - 1762 Epilogue - 233 Total words published: 24545