When Selené Cortez told her crime boss fiancé that she would rather die than marry him, she meant every word- she just wasn't expecting him to call her bluff. Now, making his bodyguard, Anya, fall in love with her might just be the only thing that will save her life.

In this world there are normal stick people, and abnormal stick people. these freaks are born or develop mysterious powers that harm their everyday lives, or make them follow a life of choices between right and wrong. among these people, five choose that together they will do right for the city in which they live. while living between a normal everyday life, and between a life protecting the innocent and fighting crime. but amidst all this joy and fun, they must confront their personal demons, as well as the society that sees them as freaks for being different. as well as uncovering the mysteries about one of its members, Second Comings, and finding out who they are and where they came from. Update: The story is being rewritten, keep an eye out for new chapters with a slightly different and improved story.

Azaziah Azar is not like the pirates he shares a ship with. He never would have led them to the fabled Golden Siren if he'd known it really existed. He wishes he hadn't. Az and the siren are both trapped on board The Merry, captained by the unstable Rowan Slade and forced to work for him. At first, they want nothing to do with each other. To Az, the siren is an unfeeling, dangerous predator. To the siren, Az is just another pirate out to make a pretty penny off his shining golden scales. But as Slade's plans for the siren escalate, Az realises that maybe sirens and humans aren't so different after all. When feelings start to develop between the two, and Slade's work causes the siren's stress to reach its peak, Az will learn that what is right isn't always what is easy. Cover art by Limey