Several stings shoot all over my body. As if I'm waxing. What's happening? The hunter is... shrinking. "Ahem! As I was saying, you must be wondering why I gathered all of you here-" A high-pitched scream almost deafens my right ear. Oh. Heck. No. Far at the corner, the sweet, elderly woman keeps getting bigger. Her head hits the elevator ceiling and her body pushes people to the walls! The ladies scream more when their ears are growing pointed. A bang beside me and I whip around. The handsome man... His skin turns pitch black. His hair is turning silver. His fist clutches the collar of the shrinking man and holds him against the metal wall. "Why did you de-glamourise us!?" the fair-haired man scolds. His white baring teeth stand stark against the midnight face. "You'll get me attacked!" I huff, resigning to whatever asinine plan I'll be subjected to. I thought it was a rumour but I guess not. "You're not alone." He shoots a fiery glare at me, and then his look soon softens. I feel my horns pop up under my hair. ____________________ Natrith focuses on a few things in her quiet life in Kuala Lumpur. Eat well, glamour well, live on modern Earth with a good head on her shoulders, and stifle the infernal wrath. When she is dragged into a massive competition and further ostracised, the lineage in her blood tempts her. Lucky for her, she meets the carefree, daring Solraem, who shares the same sentiment about the difficulties of dark ancestry and lightens her up. But he has his own demon to deal with: drowning out his past indoctrinated moral code. Will they successfully keep each other in check during their adventure and let love bloom? Or fall into what their ancestors had always done and prove everyone else is right? The elevator meetings could help them both. ☾✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧☽ Current word count: 10 814 Copyright © 2023 by L.I. Lost Yearn

Lightholder mages live by many rules. Among these: second-born twins must die for the good of all. In this sequel to Garden of Light, Domi, a fifteen-year-old apprentice sorcerer, has just learned the terrible secret that he is the younger twin brother of the world's most powerful wizard and was abandoned at birth in order to save his life. Worse, his mere existence threatens not only his brother's safety but the lives of every person on the planet. For Domi's twin brother is the Princeps Worldholder, a wizard whose royal magic defends and maintains the world, and Domi's illicit magic naturally interferes with his brother's health and sorcery. If the Princeps dies, magic itself could be destroyed, and the world that depends on it could crumble. The twins find themselves in a race against time to save magic, the world, and each other. But what does it mean to survive, and what is the price of existence?

From their years dealing with the Sins, the gathered members of the Seven, a group of supernatural entities known as Personifications, ordained for the smooth running of the world, are sure- there is a new threat looming. And it chose Lagos. But what? That was usually the hardest part of the job- finding out. And for Time, who's still managing to hold the title of Leader, it's compounded by a few problems, just one of which is a missing Personification of Wisdom. Doesn't sound too bad? Think again. Then, she also has to deal with a volatile member dissatisfied with the reactive nature of their assignments. She can see it in the others too-- tired of always being on the receiving end. The Seven have always had their issues, made even more glaring by an eight-year separation that never should've happened, and now; she had to make sure they were sorted quickly, or at least, didn't affect their mission. And the last thing she needs are any more complications, which 13-year-old Jordan West and her friend quickly prove to be. Regardless, they need to wrap everything up, fast. Before what they did not know consumed them. Because it was either they saved Lagos, or God help them all. This is the first draft of this story. Updates on Tuesdays and my goals are to reach completion by September 3rd 2023. Enjoy the story. And feel free to vote, share and comment. Thank you.

One must lead. One must teach. One must transform. And all must decide: will they rise to the occasion, or let the world crumble?... Domi, a young thief abandoned at birth, just wants to save his dying foster mother. But first, he must commit the most dangerous heist of his life, snatch an artifact with miraculous healing powers from under the noses of the most powerful sorcerers in the land, and survive the awakening of his own magic. Daedalus, a young royal, just wants time to mourn his mother, who died two days ago. But first, he must ascend the Throne of Solitude she left behind, don the Onyx Crown she once wore, and become the next Princeps Worldholder, Keeper of Heaven and Earth. Valens, a seasoned sorcerer, just wants to return to the borderlands and battle rogue magic. But first, he must escape the twin burdens of taking a wife and an apprentice-duties that threaten to trap him in the city and tether him to a life he's spent decades avoiding. As the fates of these three strangers intertwine, the sorcery holding the world together begins to unravel. And beyond the planet's weakening magical protections, an ancient threat waits...