Cee Ayers doesn't let people in-he's got walls built from years of learning that trust is dangerous. Zeph Carter doesn't need an invitation-he sees through the silence, through the sarcasm, and meets Cee exactly where he is. What starts as an easy friendship shifts into something heavier, something neither of them expected. But love-real love-means letting yourself be seen, even when it's terrifying. Sample Scene: Cee was sprawled on Zeph's bed, noise-canceling headphones on, iPad in hand, locked into his game. He barely noticed when the mattress dipped, barely reacted when Zeph's warmth pressed against him. Then Zeph slid on top of him. Cee exhaled through his nose, adjusting his grip on the iPad, ignoring the weight pressing him into the mattress. A slow, deliberate kiss landed on his neck. Then another. Cee tapped his screen. "Move." Zeph didn't. Instead, he bit down gently, then soothed the spot with his tongue. Cee tensed. "Zeph." Zeph hummed against his skin, pressing more kisses, dragging his lips up the side of Cee's throat. His hands settled on Cee's ribs, thumbs rubbing slow circles. Cee's fingers twitched around the iPad. He tried to focus. He really did. Then Zeph bit again, harder this time. Cee sighed, dropping the iPad onto his chest and yanking off the headphones. "You deadass?" Zeph grinned against his skin. "Been deadass." Cee huffed, tilting his head to the side in surrender. "You so fuckin' annoying." Zeph just chuckled, lips finding Cee's jaw. "Yeah, but you love me though."

Skye is dead. How she perished is a mystery. All she knows is that she is trapped in After, a makeshift city of souls surrounded by infinite darkness and terrifying monsters that tear ghosts apart. But while all other ghosts accept the eternity of darkness ahead of them, Skye refuses to spend her afterlife in a world without light. She knows there must be some way to escape the monsters that keep them all imprisoned and return to the realm of the living, and she's going to find it...even if she has to face the prince of monsters, himself. Skye risks her existence and escapes the walled city of After in search of the truth. Venturing into the black reveals untold perils, but that's not all. The Dark...and the dark prince, are hiding a terrible secret... 🔻🔻🔻🔻🔻 WATTYS SHORTLIST | 2021 WATTYS BEST COVER SHORTLIST | 2021 AMBYS FAVORITE - HORROR | 2024 Cover art drawn by me.

Blamed for a lethal disease she did not cause, a reclusive necromancer sets out to cure the sickness and save a town before any more victims perish. *** Draped in a cloak of blood and deemed a wicked monster, Evylyn is an immortal necromancer, feared enough to silence any mention of her name. As the accused source of a deadly disease, paired with her infamy in necromancy, she avoids the town of Ensceas at all costs. But Evylyn's fate is decided by a coin toss, and she's forced to break free from her chains of destiny, nearly paying with her life. She's rewarded by a bounty hunter tracking her down, hungry to give her the sanguinary death she deserves. In her eleventh hour, a fellow demigoddess gives her two things: a second chance, and a way to weasel her way into the hearts of those that despise her. Simply, she must remedy the incurable disease that she allegedly caused, preferably before the entire town of Ensceas falls victim to its sickness. Thankfully, Evylyn's infamy didn't come from thin air, and if there's anyone that can rival death, it's her. -----　❈　----- INCLUDES: ❈ Sapphic demigoddesses ❈ Badass sunshine x soft-hearted grump ❈ Magical, mysterious malady ❈ Cute baby animals FEATURED ON: ❈ @highfantasy Featured High Fantasy Stories, @OpenNovellaContest's Longlist ❈ @Fantasy, @Romance, @highfantasy, @darkfantasy, @mythandlegend, @StoriesUndiscovered 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙚: 02/01/2023 𝙀𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙚: 4/17/2023 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩: 28k 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚𝙨: High Fantasy, Romance, Adventure 𝘾𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧: @Xaprith © 2023 [First Edition]

Two kingdoms united by two princesses, jade and diamond. Who are locked in two separate towers, waiting for their future husbands to set them free. But with only each other to keep company at a small distance, their feelings for each other grow into a deep desperation to be together. Will they be able to break free from their towers and find each other?

WARNING: MATURE Adult Obsessive Gay Romance/Thriller. This is a story for certain types of reader! This a complicated story involving themes like homosexuality, murder, prostitution, violence and other adult themes, aswell as themes of resilience, loyalty, fate, love and destiny. Apart from the above, there is comedy, irony and laid bare are all of human natures follies. NOTE FOR READER : Nothing is meaningless or insignificant. A keen eye reveals hidden plotlines and secrets. SYNOPSIS: A quiet, and religiously devout, Longhaul Truck Driver called Lennon, flies in from The United States Of America to do some hauls in the United Kingdom. Leaving his personal heartache and issues, he meets a strange and troubled hitchhiker, who is not all he seems. The weird and wild passenger Chéri, is a near fantasy figure to the shy and wholesome American, as he toys with the emotions and inhibitions of the sexually repressed, and closeted Lennon. Lennon falls hopelessly in love with Chéri, and is soon lured out to Spain, where he learns about the strange happenings, in the large compound where Chéri's family live, with different groups of staff, all of different nationalities. The whole compound is an elite Bordello. Lennon's first instinct is to take Chéri and run as he starts to meet the unusual, but large personalities that inhabit this world and operate above the law. He also finds himself at odds with the large security team that protect the family, led by a highly charismatic svengali figure, in the form of a French man named Marcel L'Estrange. Lennon immediately falls foul of an intricate web of drama, lies and agendas as things spiral out of control. Power struggles ensue and loyalties change as more is uncovered about the strange young enigmatic teenager, Chéri.

He looked over at me in the dimness, fingers loose in my grip. "You are hurting me," he said, without interest. He had caked powder on his already pale skin, all of one shade except for points made by a hot pencil. Though it was no longer the mode at court, the new fashion more ostentatious and overdrawn, he still favored it, and as I did. My fingers crept up his wrist. I felt rough punctures, half healed and raw, a scattering of them, and I pulled. Laurent could not resist, weakened by the drawing of his blood. My vocal cords had been severed by the younger one's teeth, and so I could not speak, but I pushed up his sleeve, the luxury of his white linen, and found his arm colored like a polluted river. I touched the bites with my fingertips, ten, fifteen, twenty. "I have felt your judgment already," L whispered, trying to pull his arm back, "I have felt it these now two hundred years. Judgment judgment. Cry not. Is it pity? You are a cold thing, without heart, to judge me for what I do. Prideful toad." His arm muscles worked against my grip beneath his blood bruised skin. "Unhand me. Wretched, lye-broken flesh." After a time, he made a sound like a trapped fox, a dying child's keen, and gave up, lying back on the bed such that his hair fell across my face. My other hand found his neck and stroked him. "You will not know what it feels like, good heart," he said to me, softly, doing me one of his gentle nips of an insult, "for love to change you in an instant." He relaxed under my stroking, and his tone softened. "I only meant to help him die." ** After his untimely death, the story of the vampire "L" comes together. Devotees tell the story from many points of view across history, painting a portrait of a man crushed by great loves, desperation, and the indifferent march of time. featured 3/9/16 complete 8/31/16 Editing, as of 5/11/2018. Log: 0/129 chapters edited. 0 added. Cover by @ferret-bird

Highest Rankings: #1 Interracial/lgbtromance #2 LGBT/LGBTQ, Gay, and highschool #3 Wattpride #4 nosmut #5 Boyxboy #10 gayness #17 ManxMan Mason Moore and Mark Tyler have been friends since the fifth grade. And Mason has liked him for just as long. But even as a tiny preteen, Mason knew that his feelings had no place in Mark's world. No, the ever popular heartthrob had a clear type: beautiful women. Not skinny brown boys with big noses and curly hair. It didn't make sense. So Mason kept his feelings hidden to save his heart from the inevitable heartbreak. But his plans get completely derailed when he and Mark kiss. It comes out of nowhere and Mason has no plan of action. Mark, however, has the perfect idea. Friends-with-benefits. Sleep together to release the tension until they find other people. Only Mark has no idea the only thing Mason wants is commitment. Can Mason keep up his casual facade or will his true feelings ruin everything? _________________________________________ (The Other Guy Spin-Off. Stand Alone Book) Date Started: April 8, 2019 Date Finished: September 3, 2021

𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢. STARTED: JUL 1ST, 2024. ENDED: FEB 25TH, 2025.

"Wolves?" He smirked at me like I was telling the funniest joke he'd ever heard. "That's what you and your little friends think you are? You wouldn't know what to do if a real wolf stared you in the face." "It's just a name. And we're in Chicago. I'm never gonna actually stare a wolf in the face." I barely got the words out when I was pressed against the wall. He leaned down until his face was inches from mine. His lips curled up and his teeth grew into sharp fangs that stopped beneath his bottom lip. "You are now, Tobias." He growled. "What are you going to do about it?" Tobias "Toby" Mitchell is a young black man from the grittiest neighborhood in Chicago. He and his friends, self-proclaimed 'The Wolves," hatch a plan that involves stealing something very valuable from the Volkov brothers, who they believe are just another three rich, white men that own a popular lounge downtown. But they're so much more than that. And so is Toby. With the Volkovs's help, Toby's about to find out just how much things aren't as they seem. Part I of the 'Wolves' Series.

[COMPLETE] William reached out toward Orion's hands, wanting to feel his warmth, and never let go. "I visited you almost every day." "I know," Orion grinned, "I know, Will." ⭑⭑⭑ William Riller is an aspiring young astronomer going through his first breakup. Unable to make peace with his lover of eight years abandoning him for someone he had barely known, William plummets into a state of depression. William wanted to make Christian Hagets recognize the importance of what he had thrown away. Orion is a star, and whenever someone makes a wish he has the opportunity to come down from the sky in his human form. On one humid, lucky night, William finds himself making a wish on a shooting star. Except, William had no idea what a blessing that star would prove to be. ⭑⭑⭑ #1 IN LGBTQRIGHTS - 15/07/24 #2 IN BXB - 09/10/24