After the accident at Wickery Bridge that claimed her parents' lives, Celeste Gilbert's world shattered into pieces. But unlike her twin sister Elena, who retreats into her grief just trying to stay afloat, Celeste reacts with rage and a heart of steel. She is the backbone of the Gilbert house, the one who protects Jeremy and isn't afraid to look the darkness right in the eye. Everything changes when the Salvatore brothers arrive in town. While Elena is drawn to the mysterious Stefan, Celeste finds herself in the crosshairs of the unpredictable and dangerous Damon. Between them, a spark of lethal defiance and attraction ignites instantly. Damon sees something in her that no one else has: a wild flame, a determination that refuses to break for anyone. But Celeste is more than just Elena's twin; she is a soul bound to an ancient "debt," a contract rooted deep within her family's past-a secret that must remain buried. In a Mystic Falls where vampires return to reclaim what is theirs, Celeste must fight for her family and her very soul. Because Celeste is no one's shadow. She is the fire that burns in the dark.

The Roseblood Clan. Three thousand years worth of magic cursing through their people's blood. Long before the Bennetts, before the Travellers, The Other Side and the Ancestors, there had been the Roseblood clan. Witches forged from the dying breath of a dragon in the centre of Scotland. The blood of the dragon was the legacy of their people. Yet, stories and history could be twisted by the victors of the many battles that had plagued the clan. A war between kin had destroyed the legacy of the Roseblood Clan. After a thousand years, their rule of magic had come to a halt. For over two thousand years, a story had been spun. The story of the evil siphoner. The abomination that had ruined their line. Yet, the truth loomed, threatening to reveal the true reason as to why siphoners existed. What their true purpose was. Were they abominations, the bastards of the magical world or were they meant to take power from those undeserving to ensure it was not misused? Only the victor of the battle gets to tell the tale. Athena Flora Roseblood was far from a victor. Being a firstborn Roseblood had cursed her like many others before her. Firstborn women in their line were not meant to meet their first breath of air, they were destined to die, to be sacrificed within the womb to help empower their coven, yet for the first time in two thousand years, a firstborn woman had come screaming into the world. Athena was never been meant to be born. Her blood haunted her from the second she took her first breath, her house divided thanks to thousands of years of lies. Lies that may never come to the light of day. Fear was a powerful totem and after two thousand years of lies, it left Athena trapped within the cage created for her. The abomination, the bastard of nature, the Roseblood Siphoner. Nothing to the world but a mistake and a monster.

The High Priestess of The Roseblood Clan. The Queen of the Witch World. For two thousand years, the realm of magic was ruled by Ivan Roseblood, but now the order of things has changed. Athena Flora Roseblood finally conquered the war she had been raised within. Alas, the gift of death she had hoped for had been ripped from her grasp. Instead of the peace she had once thought death would offer, she had been granted a new title. The Roseblood Heretic. A Hybrid. Witch and Vampire. All in one. Immortality in the bones of someone with a death wish was a true conflict. The power of a God in the palm of her hand, immortality in her blood and fire in her veins. A dangerous combination for sure. Alas, while one war was won, that didn't mean she was finally free to find her place in the world. For there was no such thing as peace in the world of Athena Flora Roseblood. The High Priestess of The Roseblood Clan. The Roseblood Heretic. The Coven Destroyer. The cursed and damned siphoner whose power came with a cost. For power didn't come for free; it ruined the lives of those who wielded it.

"I know you are a man who has lost a great deal, Mr. Shelby. And I know that fear is the only language you think Birmingham speaks. But I have spent ten years with the Sisters; your shadows don't frighten me nearly as much as the thought of a child going without a coat tomorrow." She is a woman of cloth and conviction. He is a man of lead and whiskey. Mabel is the lead teacher at the Grace Shelby Institute, a place built on the sins of the Shelby family. She isn't under any illusions about who pays her wages; she's seen the blood on the notes. But while the rest of Small Heath trembles at the click of iron-shod heels in the night, Mabel simply keeps her needle moving. When Thomas Shelby wanders into her classroom at two in the morning, he's looking for the silence his own mind refuses to give him. Instead, he finds a woman who refuses to be his victim or his devotee. To Tommy, she is a sanctuary he doesn't deserve. To Mabel, he is a soul that no amount of prayer can fix-but that doesn't mean she won't try. A story of faith, fire, and the mending of a man who thought he was beyond repair.

She walked away from them. She carried their legacy anyway. Anastasia survived loving immortals, surviving loss, and choosing herself when the world tried to tear her apart. Now she is no longer bound to ancient vampires or cursed destinies but the past is not done with her. With the blood of a Hybrid flowing through her child and the shadows of the Mikaelsons never far behind, Anastasia must face a truth she never asked for: some legacies cannot be escaped. Power, family, and fate collide as she steps into a new chapter one where she is not owned, protected, or controlled. She is the legacy. And the Originals will never be the same again. The Originals (season 1-5) Finished Oc x Klaus, Elijah and Kol Mikaelson BOOK TWO (Finished)

There was a girl. Anastasia. She was human in a world ruled by monsters-and somehow, she became irresistible to three of the most dangerous beings to ever walk the earth: Kol, Klaus, and Elijah Mikaelson. What happens when immortals fall, fate intervenes, and one girl becomes the center of their obsession? Read this book and find out. Tvd Season 2-4 Oc x Kol, Klaus & Elijah Mikaelson BOOK 1 (finished)

❝I love you, JJ.❞ ❝I know.❞ ❝No, I don't think you do. Because if you did, you'd understand that losing that last nugget of gold hurts. But losing you? That would kill me.❞ ﹌﹌﹌ 𓇼 ⋆.˚ 𓆉 𓆝 𓆡⋆.˚ 𓇼 ﹌﹌﹌ For one fleeting moment, the tide seemed merciful. The Pogues rode the wave, believing it would carry them toward something rare-normalcy. Then the ocean broke. Now they drift between mystery and mayhem, where every answer demands a sacrifice, and every treasure leaves a scar. Because fate has never been kind to the ones who refuse to stop searching. ﹌﹌﹌ 𓇼 ⋆.˚ 𓆉 𓆝 𓆡⋆.˚ 𓇼 ﹌﹌﹌ jj maybank x fem! Routledge oc book four in the Laia series outer banks / season four © MsBoookesh Started: 23. 06. 26 Finished: --

❝So, what about a surf shop within those dreams?❞ ❝Yeah, and you can give surf lessons, the OBX's greatest surfer and coach.❞ ෴⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄෴⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄ ෴⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄෴⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄෴ forget quadratic equations; Laia's equation is more like "Revenge = Fun + Chaos." armed with sarcasm, a knack for mischief, and the audacity to throw shade at anyone who gets in their way, she will take bringing justice to a whole new level. ෴⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄෴⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄ ෴⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄෴⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄෴ jj maybank x fem routledge!oc book two in the 'Laia series' outer banks / season two © MsBoookesh Started: December 23, 2023 Finished: September 26, 2024

°•*⁀➷ 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒#🏹🌋⚔️ -', ༄ ❪ 𝙻𝙴𝙶𝙾𝙻𝙰𝚂 𝙶𝚁𝙴𝙴𝙽𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙵 ❫ ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 ━ gyda carries a legacy she might not be able to bear ✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩ ❝ 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙪𝙨, 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩 ❞ ꒰ 🌋 ꒱ؘ ࿐ ࿔*:･ﾟ ❪ 𝚃𝙾𝙻𝙺𝙸𝙴𝙽𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙴 ❫ ❪ 𝙿𝚁𝙴 𝙵𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙾𝚆𝚂𝙷𝙸𝙿 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚁𝙸𝙽𝙶 ━ 𝚁𝙴𝚃𝚄𝚁𝙽 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 ❫ ❪ 𝙵𝙴𝙼!𝙾𝙲 𝚇 𝙻𝙴𝙶𝙾𝙻𝙰𝚂 𝙶𝚁𝙴𝙴𝙽𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙵 ❫ ❪ 𝙲𝙷𝙸𝙻𝙳𝚁𝙴𝙽 𝙾𝙵 𝙰𝚁𝙳𝙰 𝙳𝚄𝙾𝙻𝙾𝙶𝚈 ❫ ❪ ©-𝚅𝙾𝙸𝙳𝙻𝙴𝙶𝙴𝙽𝙳𝚂 ❫ ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌