He doesn't take you by force. He takes you because he can't stop thinking about you. In the mind-world of the Creel House, Henry Creel does not collect people at random. He chooses you - older, aware, inconveniently perceptive - and keeps you close in ways that feel deliberate, long before they feel frightening. The children come later. They are easier. They believe what they're told. You don't. That's the problem. Henry calls it interest. Curiosity. A necessary fixation. But the truth is simpler and far more dangerous: you make him feel exposed. Seen. Real. And he resents you for it almost as much as he wants you there. He doesn't need your help with the children. He needs you to stay. This is a story about obsession that breeds control, about vulnerability used as leverage, about a monster who does not want to love - but does not know how to stop choosing you. This is a psychological descent where protection becomes possession, tenderness becomes strategy, and the most terrifying question is not how do you escape - but why haven't you tried.

Charlotte Devereaux was raised to be perfect, perfect daughter, perfect ballerina, perfect pawn. But when tragedy rips through her life, the girl who once danced under the spotlight finds herself shackled and lost to even herself, forced into a marriage she never asked for, bound to a boy everyone swears is a monster. __ Rafe Cameron has demons that don't stay buried. Coke on his tongue, blood on his knuckles, he's destruction wrapped in a Kook's designer shirt. But beneath the ruin is something raw, something even he doesn't recognize until Charlotte collides into his orbit: a flicker of hope, a chance to be more than the devil he's become. There are no saints here. Only sinners, survivors, and the ones reckless and stupid enough to love anyway. _ "Maybe we're both lost," he says, voice softer than I've ever heard it. I don't need saving. And I sure as hell don't need him. So why does it feel like he's the only one who really sees me? _ Arranged Marriage trope. A Rafe Cameron Fanfic. No -Gold- plot. This book is based on the Show "Outer Banks" all rights to the characters excluding The Devereauxs, and any other characters not part of the OBX universe, belong to whoever created the show.

Trigger Warning ⚠️ Smut Cursing Violence Luther being a weirdo (The usual umbrella academy shenanigans) Alicia,a childhood friend of the Umbrella academy and adoptive daughter of pogo, returns to home after hearing the death of Mr.Hargreeves. ONLY to be met by childhood secrets that she had pushed down years ago and the once love of her life Diego, number 2. She didn't know how to face him,knowing how much pain she had left the kids when she had ran away from home. Can she heal the once bond she shared with all of them? Will Diego and Alicia find peace together after all these years? Or will she walk out again,leaving everyone numb at this time of need?

Madeleine Perez is a kook she was born and raised a kook. The prettiest female on the island and the sweetest everyone loves her. She treats everyone the same and doesn't treat anyone any differently she's been trying to get closer to the pogues but they think she's just like all the rest of the kooks.

Rafe Cameron was her dad's best friend, older, dangerous, and completely off-limits. When their worlds collide at the club where she works, the attraction is instant, undeniable... and forbidden. She's survived a life full of mistakes, heartbreak, and broken promises. He's the man she's always known-and never expected to see again. Some rules are meant to be broken. Some desires are impossible to ignore. Slow-burn. Age-gap. Dark Romance.

Born from a forbidden love and raised under the watchful eye of royalty, Lilliana-the Queen's dazzling niece-was never meant to be ordinary. She speaks the harsh truth, walks with purpose, and keeps her heart guarded behind a thousand secrets. When she crosses paths with the charming big brother of her new friend, Lilliana finds herself entangled in a dangerous game. Anthony Bridgerton: sharp-tongued, stubborn, and impossible to ignore. What begins as a battle of wit and will, quickly turns into something more -a slow-burning tension that threatens to unravel them both. The next question lingers in the air, heavy with intrigue and possibility-Can love truly flourish this season? Only time shall tell, dear readers, and I think that even the most guarded hearts cannot escape the heave of fate.

Kathryn Bishop had a great life. She grew up with loving and supportive parents and a younger sister who she got along with. Mr and Mrs. Bishop were lucky enough to marry for love and Kathryn could not wait until she was old enough to marry someone that she loved. True love was what she looked for and she would not settle for less. That's why when she found herself in a loveless marriage with Viscount Bridgerton she could not have been more confused and somewhat angry. How did her life end up like that? What had gone wrong? And more importantly what could she do to fix it? {fem oc x Anthony Bridgerton} {Season 1} This story will take place in season 1 but most likely will have its own story line that's doesn't necessarily follow the show *I do not know the Bridgerton characters or the Bridgerton story line. I do however own Kathryn Bishop, her parents, her sister, and any storyline I write* May 9, 2023-May 26, 2023 Rankings #10 anthony 5/19/23 #9 1800s 5/19/23 #1 francescabridgerton 5/24/23 #1 viscountess 6/3/23 #3 gregorybridgerton 6/3/23 #3 benedictbridgerton 6/3/23 #7 anthonybridgerton 6/3/23

" i thought a noble such as you would have defended the woman he loved. " " do you really think that i love you? " " no, but it would be nice if you could at least pretend in front of others. " 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐈𝐓 . . . in which emma jeanwood was anthony's lover only on paper, and not in his heart. that spot was reserved for his beloved siena. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ─── 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧/𝐟𝐞𝐦!𝐨𝐜 ─── 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 ─── 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫 ©

𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺, "𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯, 𝘐 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰" 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭, 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦

They were known as the two rivals. Since attending the academy at such a young age together, both Kye Santiago and Aliyah Perez, - the heirs to their mafias- have hated each other, and everyone knew. Until one day, their parents agreed for them to get married, joining the two mafias together. Kye and Aliyah have to learn to get along, showing the world that they were perfect together. The marriage has torn them apart even more, but has brought them even closer. ✥ ✥ ✥ ~Mature Content!~ Be warned this book contains language, mature scenes, and violence! All these characters and plot belong to me.