"It is better to be feared than loved" Fanfiction #4 Teen Fiction #13 Copyright © 2013, JustinsAvenger

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Cassidy lives like most other under 21s - she follows the law. She knows that if she doesn't, she risks being taken away. Rebellious behaviour cannot be tolerated under any circumstances, especially with her parents watching her every move. The rules have been in place for a long time - the Democrats have beaten the Republicans in the New Elections for the past 60 years, with their names being the only recognisable aspects of their parties when comparing to the past. Anyone that chooses not to follow the rules can drop out and become what's known as an Outcast, but then you risk being imprisoned. While America seems to be running perfectly under these laws, a rebellion is stirring among the professionals. With secrets and lies in government and families alike to change the future of America forever, Cassidy finds herself caught up in the middle of the all out war that is about to break out. What she thought she knew about her world is about to change forever, bringing everyone she knows down with her. DISCLAIMER 2016/2017: This book is a few years old at this point, and due to the political uproar in American in 2016 I feel the need to make this abundantly clear. Outcasts takes place in a dystopian world in an undetermined year in the future, and the political parties depicted in this story - the Republicans and the Democrats - are in no way, shape or form a commentary on their real-life counterparts. I had very little knowledge of American politics when I wrote this story, and if I could go back and change their names I would. Throughout the story you will read of absurd flaws in both party agendas, and in no way did I ever intend to shame or defame the real life Republican and Democratic parties of America. See them as purely fictitious - that's what they are, after all.

Damian Jameson own the biggest construction company in the United States. He's rich, powerful, hot, and muscular. He's everything that a woman would want but he doesn't want to be in a relationship. When his assistant quits her job to be a stay at home mom he needs to hire someone new. What he doesn't know is that his new assistant might just change his mind about being in a relationship. She's brunette, hot, skinny but with curves. She's a 5'3 goddess. She's Regan Carson. Regan Carson has a tough life. Her older brother Jonathan and his wife are getting a divorce. Her younger brother James is in the Army and has been in Afghanistan for a year now. Her twin brother Ryder is in a coma due too a car crash that happened six months ago. Her mother died of brain cancer and her father committed suicide. To make everything worse, her boyfriend Noah cheated on her.Things start to get better when she gets a new job. What she doesn't know is that she'll be the assistant to the sexy 6'2 CEO of the company, Damian Jameson.

"יש את הציור המקורי של דה וינצ'י ויש זיופים. כשתסתכלי על הציור מנקודת מבט ראשונית, לא תראי הבדל. אבל כשתתמקדי בתמונה ותבחני פרט בפרט, תראי הבדלים עצומים. ככה נראית הסיטואציה בה את נמצאת עכשיו, לפני המוות של אדריאנה ואחרי המוות של אדריאנה. מנקודת מבט אחת, הכל עדיין אותו הדבר אבל אם את מתמקדת בדברים הקטנים תראי הבדלים עצומים. אבל הדברים הקטנים האלה לא אמורים להפריע לך..." מנקודת מבט אחת, הכל עדיין אותו הדבר אבל מנקודת מבט נוספת, דברים מתדרדרים ומריה מאבדת את שפיותה - החל ממות חברתה ועד לצללים שמגיעים לחלומותיה. בדיוק כשמריה חושבת שדברים מתחילים להסתדר, וכשהיא בטוחה שהיא מסוגלת להתמודד עם ידידה הערפד ולבלות איתו בחברתו ללא הפרעות - היא מבינה שהיא טועה ובגדול.

Leaving behind everything she's ever known, Emilee enters a world of high glamour and even higher stakes. The new freedom that comes with being a part of the Famoux is intoxicating, but behind the perfect image lies an ugly truth - being popular is a matter of life or death. ***** Out of the wreckage of environmental collapse, the country of Delicatum emerged. Its most popular celebrities are the Famoux, uniquely beautiful stars of a reality TV show called the Fishbowl. In a world still recovering from catastrophe, they provide a 24/7 distraction. Sixteen-year-old Emilee Laurence is obsessed with the Famoux - they provide a refuge from her troubled home life and the bullies at school. When she receives an unimaginable offer to become a member herself, she takes it. But soon she realizes that fame can be deadly... Content and trigger warning: This story depicts mental health issues and contains scenes of violence. [[word count: 350,000-400,000 words]]

'I was falling. And he was going to catch me. I just knew he was.' For Megan Walden, life is all about perfection. She's the perfect friend, the perfect wife, the perfect office dogsbody, but what happens when she makes a decision that cracks the glass protecting her perfect little world? During a night-out in the shadow of her effervescent best friend, Megan meets Harper Cain and is instantly intrigued by the mysterious tattooed rocker-type with his trace of Bostonian accent and brooding darkness that lurks behind his smile. Knowing instinctively that she is playing with fire, and yet finding herself inexplicably drawn to the irresistible Harper, Megan embarks on a course that will destroy the foundations of her whole world and force her to question everything and everyone she has ever known. Plunging headlong into a nightmare she cannot stop, Megan realises too late that playing away with a mysterious stranger is the least of her worries. It's time for her perfect life to come to an end Will Harper catch her? Or will Megan be able to save herself?

"אמא אמרה לי שאני צריכה ללכת לקבוצת התמיכה הזאת. היא אמרה לי ששם יכולים לעזור לי, לשפר את ההרגשה הארורה הזאת." אנאבל גראנט, נערה מתבגרת בת שש-עשרה, חווה טראומה נוראה ונאנסת על ידי האדם שאותו היא מתארת כאהבת חייה. עקב האירועים שמגיעים לאחר ליל האונס, אנאבל או בכינויה - אנה, מוצאת את עצמה שוקעת בתהום ללא דרך מוצא החוצה. אימה של אנה אשר דואגת לה, שולחת אותה לפגישות בקבוצות תמיכה כדי שיעזרו לה להשתקם ולחזור למסלול חיים שגרתי. אך אנה מקבלת את הפגישות בצורה לא נכונה, ספק אם זה בגלל הסיפורים הנוראיים שהנוער שבקבוצה מספר וספק אם זה עקב ההכחשות של אנה שהיא חלק מהנוער בסיכון שצריך את השיקום של קבוצות התמיכה. היא מסרבת בכל אופן להקשיב לאימה וללכת לפגישות ובכך היא מוצאת את עצמה מבלה את זמנה בפארק על בסיס קבוע, מעשנת סיגריות. באחת הפעמים בהן אנה מבריזה מהפגישה, היא מגיעה אל הפארק ופוגשת בג'סטין, סטודנט בן עשרים-וארבע ממנו היא מבקשת מצית. אך כאן הסיפור לא נגמר, ודרך ארוכה ומסורבלת מחכה לשניים כשכל אחד סוחב על גבו מטען כבד וסיפור חיים נורא שעושה אותם כל כך דומים אך עם זאת כל כך שונים. -- © כל הזכויות שמורות לנירה אבסוב, אין להעתיק/ לשכפל/ להעביר/ להדפיס/ לצלם/ לעשות כל דבר שהוא עם התכנים המופיעים בסיפור.

"When will you accept me?'' Lucian murmured against my skin. The wonderful feeling only grew as he stepped closer, the thick muscles between our layers of clothing pressing against my back. He dipped his head. I could feel his lips against my ear when he spoke. "When, Victoria? I am tired of fighting with you. I know you want me just as much as I want you. Admit it." I couldn't. "Admit it, Victoria!'' Lucian's voice went deep when he raised it. Goosebumps prickled my entire body as he whirled me around so that we were face-to-face. I exhaled softly, hating the dominant position he had over me. Lucian wretched my chin up. His eyes were burning with a lustful smolder. "No." Oh, I would definitely get myself killed tonight. I knew my defiance was angering him further but saying I wanted Lucian would mean I was accepting defeat. And I didn't do that. Love was a game and I was determined to win it.

#1 for a month on the Fantasy-Action Hotlist. Wattys2015 Winner. Fourteen-year-old Luisa is focused on staying under the radar at her rough London school, relieved that the summer holidays are soon to begin. Exploring the ruin of an abbey at night, Luisa falls into the underground land of Cataindar. The catains are a cat-like race, possessing powers and magic that most humans could only dream of. They have been expecting her. As the catain abbot guides Luisa through their world, Luisa finds out that things in Cataindar are not quite as they seem. Old secrets are discovered, new loyalties are forged and a dark truth puts Luisa's life in terrible danger. Cataindar is the first in a planned series involving talking cats, giant rats and an ancient power that will change the world as we know it forever.