"I can feel it!" exclaimed Lophe, the pope of Obelia's current religion. "The new Empress and the Saint of Obelia will be born soon!" Everyone was almost listening to a cult's proclamation, but the bright light currently shining at Obelia's Eternal Flame's alter was undoubtedly a prophecy. "At their feet! We will be saved!!!!" "Interesting; how long will they live with the names Wench gave them?" After hearing that cold voice, Cale awoke in a trance. There was silence, and all he could see was the man with the jeweled blue eyes and the indifferent cold face staring down at him. "Red jewel eyes?" smirks the man. He had no intention of kneeling, but the man collapsed the moment he noticed his eyes. Someone had kicked him. He turned his head to the side, uncomfortably, to see another baby staring at him. With his menacing eyes, the man hovered above them. "Ayhan... Athanasia... That wench gave two kingly names," echoed his cold voice. "Let us see... how long you can survive," a sinister mocking smirk followed.

Princess Eloisa Genevieve Marietta VonHagen has always dreamed of having a normal life. As a Princess, and the next in line for the throne of the small country of Estoura, not only is she always in the spotlight and forced to follow a strict schedule, she's always constantly in danger, so being a typical teenager has always been out of the question...until now. When her father, the current king of Estoura falls Ill, protecting Eloisa becomes the kingdom's highest priority, lest the VonHagen's be robbed of their royal title. So, in an attempt to protect the princess, the king sends his eldest daughter away to live undercover in Paris, France with his old friend and Royal fashion designer Gabriel Agreste. She will become Eloise Cartier, a family friend that is staying with the Agrestes and going to school with Gabriel's only child Adrien Agreste. But aside from having a friend to look after her at school, the King has enlisted the help of Ladybug and Chat Noir, Paris' Notorious superheroes, to ensure that the princess is looked after. Who knows? If it isn't enough for Eloisa and Adrien to bond over a sheltered teen life, then maybe they'll sahre a connection through their alter egos.

Antique store owner Liz brings home a Victorian taxidermy hound from auction, unwittingly unleashing dark forces on her wife and son. ***** Nat Loman has finally married the love of her life, Liz, and is getting used to her role as stepmother to Liz's 5-year-old son, Liam. The Loman family runs a bustling antique business so they attend a sale where a striking, black taxidermied hound is up for auction. Liz picks it up for the business, but it ends up being stored in their home, where Nat notices strange things occurring. She quickly discovers the past residents had died violently. Then she hears from a friend about the myth of "the devil's dog", a hound that perches in the shadows, tearing families apart from the inside. Soon, people around the Lomans are dying, and Liz is changing, darkening. It's up to Nat to save the woman she loves from the darkness closing in, and to save Liam from danger no matter what she has to sacrifice. [[Winner of the 2018 Wattys "Hidden Gems" category]] [[word count: 60,000-70,000 words]]