The women of the Vale family have always known that a thing returned is not the same as a thing spared. Verity Dovie Vale was born dead beneath an Appalachian thunderstorm. Her grandmother carried her body into the woods, laid her between the roots of a black walnut tree, and begged something ancient to put the child back. The Weave answered. It filled Verity's lungs, knotted her severed thread, and loved her enough to never let her go. Now, thousands of miles from home, Dr. Vale has built an ordinary life in the rain-soaked town of Forks, Washington. She stitches wounds, delivers babies, opens windows for the dead, and ignores the voices that sometimes speak from inside the hospital walls. Until the night the forest begins to scream. An army of newborn vampires has come to Forks, and the battle waiting beneath the trees will leave the earth soaked red. Wolves will fall. Ancient laws will break. Something hungry will open its eyes beneath the roots. And the Weave will call for its Needle. Verity walks into the slaughter with blood running from her palms and monsters following obediently behind her. By dawn, the dead are breathing, the newborn army is gone, and Jacob Black lies shattered in her emergency room, staring at her as though she is the answer to every question he has ever asked. He calls it an imprint. Verity calls it one more ancient thing trying to choose her life without asking. But the Weave has tied the wolf to its beloved Needle, and it has no intention of surrendering either of them. Because the old things beneath the mountains are capable of tenderness. They simply have never understood the difference between loving something and owning it.

Five years after the Battle of Hogwarts, George Weasley has learned how to survive without truly living. He pours everything into Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, hiding his grief behind bright displays and practiced smiles-until the Ministry's new Magical Family Restoration Act determines his future for him. His assigned match is Amara Sofía Adeyemi, a brilliant Mexican-Nigerian trauma healer returning to Britain from Mexico with her four-year-old daughter, Luna. Amara is prepared to endure a loveless marriage if it means protecting her child, but she quickly discovers that George is nothing like the distant, resentful stranger she feared. As they purchase a cottage, blend their cultures, and build a home filled with enchanted dragons, vibrant colors, healing herbs, and laughter, George becomes Luna's favorite person-and slowly, the father she has always wanted. Amara, in turn, sees beyond his humor to the wounded man still reliving the night he lost his twin. What begins as a legal obligation transforms into friendship, family, and a love neither of them believed they would find. But healing is never simple, and when ancient curses nearly tear Amara away from him, George must confront the terrifying truth: he is no longer merely surviving. He has fallen in love. A mature post-war George Weasley romance about grief, found family, cultural traditions, second chances, and choosing love even when fate has already made the decision for you.

━ ❝ ɪ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɢᴇᴛ ᴜsᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪɢɴᴏʀɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ❞ 𓂃 ˖ ﾟ ❝ ɪ'ᴅ ʀᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ᴜsᴇ ᴛᴏ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ❞ ╰━━ 𝚰𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝚰𝐂𝐇, ᴘᴀᴜʟ ʟᴀʜᴏᴛᴇ ɪᴍᴘʀɪɴᴛs ᴏɴ ʙᴇʟʟᴀ sᴡᴀɴs ᴄᴏᴜsɪɴ. [ᴘᴀᴜʟ ʟᴀʜᴏᴛᴇ 𝗫 ғᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴏᴄ ] ━ [ᴛᴡɪʟɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴇᴡ ᴍᴏᴏɴ & ᴏɴᴡᴀʀᴅs] ✦˚₊ ‧ 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 ! ━━━━━━ ↳ status ━ ongoing ╰┈➤ ᴀʟʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛs ᴛᴏ sᴛᴇᴘʜᴇɴɪᴇ ᴍᴇʏᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀs ᴏғ ᴛᴡɪʟɪɢʜᴛ. ɪ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴄʟᴀɪᴍ ᴏᴡɴᴇʀsʜɪᴘ ᴏғ ᴀɴʏ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs, ᴅɪᴀʟᴏɢᴜᴇ, ᴏʀ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ - ᴛʜɪs ɪs sɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴀ ғᴀɴғɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ғᴏʀ ғᴜɴ. :) ɪ ᴄʟᴀɪᴍ ᴍʏ ᴅɪᴀʟᴏɢᴜᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍʏ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢs ᴛʜɪs ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇs sᴛʀᴏɴɢ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ, ᴍɪʟᴅ ɢʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇ sᴄᴇɴᴇs. ɪᴛ ɪs ɪɴᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴀᴜᴅɪᴇɴᴄᴇs. ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴅɪsᴄʀᴇᴛɪᴏɴ. ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ♡ﮩ٨ـﮩﮩ٨ـ

She saved a King and call him bear. Xenia Kaldar did not know the wounded stranger on her couch was Thorin Oakenshield. She only knew he was stubborn, bleeding and badly in need of broth. But when Thorin wakes things change. The King who thought himself built for duty alone his life being taken apart a woman as stubborn as him. Erebor begins to wake. Xenia wants work. Thorin wants her safe. Erebor wants her home. They come through blood, fire and stone, and the name a woman gives a king before she knows who he is. Disclaimer I do not own any of the Tolkien characters. The OC and others are mine.

Isabella Robert, a half-blood witch, was sorted into Gryffindor and spent her Hogwarts years nursing a quiet, unreturned love for James Potter. The heartbreak that followed marked her deeply, but life moved on. She slowly learned to heal, to love again, and spent years rebuilding the happiness she thought she'd never have. Just when it finally felt within reach, the war came. Now, dying amidst the chaos, she can't help but wonder if the universe ever meant for her to be happy at all.