Vanora Lavellan used to enjoy her days wandering the forest, hunting, running, and being the free, wild spirit she is. That all changes when her Keeper sends her to the Conclave to spy on the shemlens of the Chantry. Next thing she knows she's in a cell being interrogated by two scary woman. The kicker? She's been endowed with a glowing mark on her hand that can help close Rifts, openings into the magical dream world of the Fade, and no one can tell her where it came from. Now on a mission against time before the mark ultimately kills her, she must navigate an unfamiliar world full of hardship, friendship, and a budding romance with a certain elven apostate that is sure to be doomed to fail. Follow Vanora on her journey to defeating her enemy, and come along for the battles, the laughs, and stay for what we all know is the wonderous world of Dragon Age. [Solas x Lavellan story] *DISCLAIMER: I do not own Dragon Age or it's characters. I am simply a HUGE fan and hope to do the game justice.*

Ex-FBI agent Detective Morrison never expected to find himself in this situation. When he moved to the little Georgian town with his wife, he was hoping for a quiet life, a safe life. At least, a safer life than the one he led in Washington. All it took was a call from the sheriff on his day off to shatter that peace for good. Finding a little girl in a hidden room in an abandoned building tends to do that. Now, he has several mysteries to unravel, and he doesn't know if he'll be able to survive long enough to solve them. Assassins keep trying to kill him, a random teenager is stalking him, and the connection he shares with this little mystery girl is starting to freak him out. All he knows is that he has to fight. Fight to survive, protect his town, and most of all to save her.

People always say that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Of course, they mean this metaphorically. Unfortunately for my life, I don't have much time for metaphors. And what doesn't kill me better run. ... Ariel Lowell only knew one, concrete, certifiable fact about life: protect her family at all costs. Even when she found out at the tender age of 11 that her father and brother were supernatural creatures, she didn't run away with her mother. She stayed and did what she knew best. Protect. Staying with her father and brother meant living a life on the run, moving from town to town to keep their secrets. As soon as one problem arose, it was back on the road again. That's how they found themselves in not only the little town of Wise Creek, Oregon, but also in hot water once again. Only this time, Ariel finds a reason to stay. She meets Jonah, a next-in-line Alpha with a bad attitude. He awakens something inside of her, a power she didn't know she had. With new found abilities, a secret cult of hunters coming after them, and a blurring line between love and hate, Ariel and her family have no choice but to stay, fight, and figure out what in the actual hell is going on. One thing is for sure, they aren't about to go down without a fight. *WARNING: Themes of death, violence, and mature language are prevalent throughout this book. Reader discretion is advised.*