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Celestia by oderawrites
Celestia
oderawrites
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  • Parts 37
Celeste is the daughter of the Citizen Principia, but when she stumbles upon a conspiracy and is kidnapped by rebels, the future of Verium rests in her hands. ***** Celeste Navarie is the sixteen-year-old daughter of the Citizen Principia, which means she lives a life of privilege in a dystopian world that allows no personal freedom. Celeste dreams of adventure and smuggles herself beyond the walls regularly, to purchase books and documents from the outside world. During her journeys, she uncovers a conspiracy: members of the palace staff are part of the rebellion, and she finds evidence her father is a murderous tyrant. Not sure who to trust, Celeste is kidnapped and has no way to escape. The future of Verium rests on Celeste's shoulders, and if she makes a mistake it will doom not just her, but everyone. [[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]]
Rebellion by Reed-ink
Rebellion
Reed-ink
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  • Parts 45
Prolific Author - Dayo Tijani has returned home to Nigeria from the United States, after invoking a one-year hiatus clause on his career, as a result of a dire-needed break. Eminent Doctor - Tiolu Keye is cruising on an impressive career streak of medical laurels and feats with Marriage being the farthest thing from her mind. A chain of inexplicable events would make this duo cross paths, eventually resulting in an internal Rebellion - as they both resort in taking inordinate plunges regarding their brewing romance. But as the popular saying goes - 'Opposites attract.' In their case, its the reverse. -Completed Story.
Ladies of Lavender by spite-
Ladies of Lavender
spite-
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  • Parts 4
A pack of thieves ransack a witch's home, stealing her deck of tarot cards. Unbeknownst to them, these tarot cards hold the most infamous criminals ever known. And little do they know what they've unleashed onto the world when these prisoners escape their binds to the cards and scatter across the stars. It'll take a powerful kind of magic and a special kind of witch to find them. Cage is NOT that witch. In fact, she's not exactly a witch at all. She's a Lavender and lives in a world where women are the only ones with magic. With flowers that grow in amongst her curly hair, Cage is dragged into the hunt for the prisoners and must travel across the cosmos with a band of unlikely heroes. A witch of the winds and another of the stars. A boy who has magic when he shouldn't and another with the sun in his blood. Cage learns that the lines between heroes and villains can blur on their journey to stopping something far more evil than any of them could have ever imagined.
Ada (A Short Story) by Chisom___
Ada (A Short Story)
Chisom___
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  • Parts 21
[COMPLETED] Spurred by her desperation and an eagerness to be released from the shackles of poverty, Ada finds herself joining a sugar daddy site with hopes to make some money to be able to take care of her mother and sister. There, she meets Richard Bamidele, the married CEO of St. Ives Enterprises, a multi billion naira company. Richard helps Ada out of her deep financial debts and what started out as a mutualistic relationship soon turns into love. In comes Damilare Coker. Right from their first meeting, Damilare and Ada have had a jarring connection but due to her loyalty to Richard, she ignores it, opting instead to avoid him. But Damilare eagerly pursues Ada regardless and soon she can no longer deny their irresistible attraction to each other. She then finds herself in a dilemma. Remain with the one man who helped her out and gave her a chance when no one else would but with whom she will never have a real relationship, or be with the man who was made for her and who just might be her one shot at true love? ~*~ A Nigerian Themed Book Highest Ranking: #50 in married out of 5.4k stories. #24 in SugarDaddy out of 1.7k stories.