**NOT A PAID STORY. ** Free story + Paid Bonus Content The Undergrounders are dying. Two hundred years ago, climate change and natural disasters drove humanity Underground, forcing them to survive on limited means. The penalty for crime is death-a harsh sentence to deter those who would defy the fragile order set forth by the founders. An unknown illness sweeps through the Caverns, threatening to kill the population if a cure is not found. The Council assures the people everything is alright; that this is nothing more than a strong yearly virus that will run its course. Kanden isn't convinced. After a string of questionable deaths, he investigates the source, leading him to a shocking discovery. Realizing the solution lies outside, he seeks a way outside the Caverns - above ground and into the unknown. Betrayal, violent mobs, and the threat of death loom over Kanden in his race to find a cure and hope for his people's future. **Contains mature themes of moderate to strong violence, mental health discrimination, and strong language.** ©️ 2022 All rights reserved. No part of this story may be translated or reproduced without the author's consent. Any violations will be subject to copyright laws. If you are reading this story outside of Wattpad, it is pirated and likely infected with malware.

Reports of abandoned children, roaming around in the wilds and refusing any human contact, were starting to become the hot topic. The humans who never encountered one of these children, deemed the reports nothing more than stories; fairytales designed to spook and scare people. But the very few that have spotted one of these wild and untamed children knew that these weren't just stories. They just didn't know the true nature of these wild, sometimes aggressive children. Feral shifters, abandoned at birth. Werecreatures that lived on instinct alone, until the were-community managed to capture them.

[Complete. Wattys 2023 Winner] The Redding takes you if it knows your name. That's the rule that's kept Meg alive --- or awake, rather --- since the night the world went to hell. Nobody knows where the red stuff came from, but it acts like water, it's in the water, and it falls as rain every night. The people it captures drop like puppets with their strings cut. They're asleep, not dead, and they can be reawoken. But then they just try to kill you. Meg and the other survivors she's befriended think they've found a stable equilibrium, six weeks after the catastrophe began. In an empty town, there's not much to do except innovate new survival methods. Meg's crush is the one to discover that Morse Code, like writing, is a safe means of communication. That's all fine and good until the nightly rain begins. Raindrops, as it turns out, can make dots and dashes, too. The Redding can talk. And it's telling her to run. ❖❖❖ Complete. Wattys 2023 Winner. Featured on: @Wattpad - Embrace the Fear: Horror Stories @WattpadExplorer - Embrace the Fear: Scary Stories @Creators - Scary Stories to Read in the Dark @Wattpad Explorer - From Our Creators @dystopianapocalypse - Featured D&A Stories @Wattpad Explorer - Why Not Buy Some Flowers @Fright - Featured Stories Comments and critiques are both welcome and appreciated. I write characters from many different backgrounds, with many different experiences. If you share those traits and find that I have misrepresented anything, please let me know! I am feedback-friendly and here to learn :)

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

A story in which a girl falls in love with a sociopath. Highest ranks: #1 in Teen Fiction, #1 in Humor, #12 in New Adult, #26 in Romance.

He took a deep breath. Than began to lower his hand further south, down my neck, stopping at my cleavage. He took an even deeper breath, closing his eyes tightly for a moment. "I'm going to have to teach you how to behave." He whispered softly in my ear and the next moment his lips hovered above mine. We were a millimeter and a millisecond away from something that could have been, I believe an passionate kiss. ----------------------------------------- After her father left her with his gambling debts and mafia who blackmailed her head, out of despair, Ocean Bailey agrees to the offer of the ruthless CEO Kaden Ward to give birth to his heir. What will emerge from the nights full of hidden passions?! Not such an ordinary story. Passionate journey, full of twists and turns. Warning: mature content Started: 23.12.2020. Finished: 08.04.2021.

Christian picks me up and lays me down onto the bed, his eyes still on mine. He steps away and looks over my naked body. I could see the bulge growing in his tight pants. He grabs the vibrator and kneels back down on to the bed beside me. "Open your legs" I could feel the wetness dripping from my p*ssy at his command and his woodsy scent was making me a little dizzy. My voice barely above a whisper "Christian we can't." "We aren't. Just let me do this for you. Open your legs." I hesitate for a moment then spread my legs for him, waiting for his next move. A small growl leaves his lips as he moves himself below my core. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Christian and Adrianna are coworkers on a business retreat. Adrianna is married but lonely. Will Christian be there to take away her loneliness? Mature Content 18+

Book #1 (Tainted Scars Series) How far would you go for the life you want? And what happens when the man who owns your body wants your soul, too? Athena Vintalli is the little sister of Roman Vintalli-a mafia leaders in New York City. Sheltered, protected, and expected to follow the family's path, Athena harbors a secret dream far from blood and bullets: to become a professional dancer. Between school and rehearsals with her dance crew, she lives for the stage-not the streets. But when she makes a deal with the devil to fund her dream, everything changes. Vain Grey is dangerous, irresistible, and Roman's sworn enemy. Known for breaking hearts and rules alike, he sets his sights on Athena-and doesn't take no for an answer. Desperate to buy her own dance studio, Athena signs a contract with Vain, believing she can handle the price of ambition. What begins as a calculated exchange soon spirals into obsession, control, and a twisted game of power. Vain won't let her go. And Athena has to hide the truth from her brother before everything-her dreams, her freedom, and her life-comes crashing down. Now published on paperback, hardcover and kindle !!! I DONT OWN ANY OF THE PHOTOS USED. Highest rank #1 in tainted 12/23/2020 Highest rank #8 In innocent 12/19/2020. Highest Rank #1 in blackmail 08/04/2021 Highest Rank #1 in adult-language 05/02/2021 Highest Rank #19 in sex scenes 12/24/2020 Highest Rank #6 in brother 01/08/2021 Highest Rank #2 In enemy 06/01/2021 Highest Rank #2 in adult-content 08/18/2021 Highest Rank #5 in violence 11/8/2021 Highest Rank #7 in dance 07/26/22

{CURRENTLY UNPUBLISHED} 10/2/25 Edit: this book has been removed from Wattpad, but the characters live on in a published series titled The Wildflower Series, which can be found on Amazon and in bookstores. Alive at Night, Awake at Dawn, Attached at Heart are available now. Already at Risk, which follows Collins' brother Cameron, is coming on October 16th. Thank you so much! When a college freshman with a learning disability and a reputation collides with a straight-A, straight-laced girl in the dorm kitchen one night, he sees the darkest parts of himself reflected in her. But the two of them resist acknowledging their hidden truths, and their forbidden connection, until ignoring it all becomes too perilous. *** Bren meets Madie during his first week at college, and he's certain he should have nothing to do with her. First of all, Madie has a boyfriend. And second of all, Madie's boyfriend radiates a toxicity that Bren only just escaped from growing up. But knowing what he should do doesn't help him at all. Madie might be completely entwined with her abusive boyfriend, but Bren quickly becomes determined to unravel her. But can Bren open Madie's eyes to the truth before it's too late? *** "Don't go back to being treated like you're not real." Madie's lips parted, and I couldn't read the expression on her face. But we were so close now. "You're real, Madie. Feel it." "I feel it," came her breathy reply. When it came to her, I was weak. My legs couldn't hold me anymore, and I slid down. Landing on my knees, I kneeled back against the bottom of the cold door, letting it cool my hot skin. "Good girl." The words were more of a pant; I could barely catch a breath with the way my heart was racing. But I had to tell her, talk to her. "Now, never forget it. Never forget the way you feel right now, Madie." **MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY** This story contains sensitive topics such as abuse, violence, and explicit sexual content.