"I don't need a knife. Your mind is enough." --- In the quiet town of Silverpine, four sudden deaths spark whispers that spread faster than the truth. But they all lead back to one high school junior: Rosalind Morgan. She saw everything. Knew everything. Felt everything. But she said nothing. Rumors twist through the town like poison, friendships splinter, and suspicion settles in every corner like dust. No one is innocent. No one untouched. Grief mutates into paranoia and loyalty begins to rot. The line between victim and villain vanishes. In this story, there is no single hero-only shifting perspectives, buried secrets, and the chilling realization that sometimes the most dangerous person in the room isn't who you think it is. ---

Something was very common in all the dreams... perhaps nightmares; the two individuals, who never get their happy ever ending, wore homaika rings-just as the man who has been having these horrifying 'nightmares' of those two. He, too, wore the same white and black clear rings. What's it trying to say? ⊹࿔⊹࿐⊹ೃ🪼࿔⊹ Warning/Mature(⚠️ ): - More may be added. - ➨Mention of: ‣Blood ‣Gagging/vomit ‣In word sounds, too ➨Contains some coarse language (Swear words). ➨ Animal abuse. ➨ Emotional Distress. ✦ Three (3) POVS: 1st person(2) and 3rd person. ➳➳➳Republished due to the mistake of using an old draft for the new storyᥫ᭡. {The book cover does not belong to me - found on Pinterest}.

|ONC2026 Honorable Mention| She is sent to kill the dragon. Instead, she might become his only salvation. *** In a world swallowed by the Ever-Dark, Iva Vernigora is nothing more than a lowly servant in the house of the cruel Voivode Yakub Ivanov, Duke of Highroot. But when Voivode blackmails her with the lives of her parents, Iva is forced to pretend she's his daughter, as she infiltrates the royal academy of magic - Kolegium. Voivode Yakub's order is absolute: poison the Prince Konstantin Veliki. Prince Konstantin is the heir to the throne, the last of the line of Dragons - a Zmey warrior of light, who was blessed with a dragon-shifting gift. At a first glance, he is nothing but a smug, pompous royal, and everything Iva is supposed to hate. Yet every touch, and every shared lesson at Kolegium blurs the line between the enemy she must kill and the man she is beginning to crave. While Iva stalks her prey as a knife in the dark, waiting for the chance to extinguish Konstantin's light, she discovers that the dragon everyone fears is the only thing standing between humanity and the void. As the Ever-Dark Shades rise, Iva must make an impossible choice. Will she carry out her sinister orders and secure her parents' freedom, or will she stand by the Dragon in the battle for the world's last light? *** The Shades are coming. The Dragons are falling. And the Eternal Spark is waiting for its host. © 2026 EvelynHail Exclusively on Wattpad Based on prompts: 97. "When the world slips into endless darkness, something begins to move in the shadows and you must find a way to survive in a night that never ends." 4. "You discover that the dragon everyone fears is in danger, and you are the only one who can save it from the knight sworn to slay it ."

ONC 2026 HONORABLE MENTION A pro hockey player and Hollywood princess form an unexpected bond amidst the scrutiny of the public, growing into a wildfire they both can't tame. ***** Larissa Hepburn, who goes by her stage name "Nova", is a triple threat in Hollywood. A talented singer, dancer, and actress, there seems to be nothing she can't do. In the eyes of the world, she's the model of a perfect human being. However, underneath the glamor, the smiles, laughter, and wall of illusions lies a darker truth - a woman on the brink of losing the tether she holds to this world. And on top of everything, she lost her best friend years ago to fame, a friendship she wants to mend as the final goal in her life. Then she meets Rhys Melton, a pro hockey player addicted to the world of hockey and himself broken in more ways than one. Brutal on the ice, he doesn't have time for romance or sexual relationships, especially after losing someone from his past. And posing as the charming playboy to the public eye is the only way to shield his pain from the world. But one single glance and a hilarious encounter changes both their lives in the most unexpected ways. What begins as an escape from the paparazzi turns into an unlikely friendship that forms in one single night. And as they spend more time together, the more they discover the disastrous truth that lies underneath their armors, one that bonds them into a scandalous romance. Even the brightest souls can hide the darkest thoughts. But what happens when two broken people, one more than the other, cross paths? Will they save each other from the darkness consuming them? OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2026

When two ex-best friends turned rival assassins cross paths on a mission, they must work together to uncover the truth, reopening old wounds and buried feelings while battling monsters.