ᶜᵒᵐᵖˡᵉᵗᵉᵈ 'Well, if it wasn't you, who was it?' - In her eyes, there was only before and after the fire. At the tender age of nine, her woodland home alit in flames from a stovetop accident. Along with their livelihood, her parents were lost in the destruction. Since the housefire, Lottie Whitley and her brother, Eliott, were taken into custody by Aunt Rena. While he was accepted and loved, she grew hard from the neglect. Three years after moving away, her life was finally falling into place. As fate would have it, though, trouble caught up to her when her neighbor discovered some eerie sightings: foreign footsteps and a muddy handprint.

Congratulations; you just made a deal with the devil! °°° A mysterious and handsome stranger walks newly into the small town of Northview and his arrival is followed by the death of Ben Adler. Some say it's no coincidence. Bella Hendrix however knows better. She knows he is none other than the Devil. When she discovers her cousin was murdered and she starts receiving presents and poems from an unknown person, she fears she's being stalked and strikes a deal with the Devil to find out who this person it. But is finding a murderer worth damning her soul to the hands of the wickedly handsome Devil with piercing violet eyes?

Not your average meet cute... Tatiana and Edward are the latest unfortunate victims of the Haysfield Butcher who has trapped them in a room slowly filling with water. But as the water rises, the pair seems to be more concerned with a growing disdain for one another than their impending doom. As death slowly approaches, will these two very different individuals find common ground, or something even more? Story soon to be posted to my Royal Road account!