Definitely contains spoilers so don't read if you haven't read the book! This is my attempt to make an alternative ending, starting from Chapter 24 (they return from Mauritius).

Just a less than 1000-word shot for Romance Contests about a 'perfect' date.

[Warning: I was 16 and had so much to learn when writing this] A one night stand gone wrong. Poppy Adams never spent more than one night with a man, but Ivan Garth just can't seem to get her out of his head, and she can't quite find it in herself to walk away from him, regardless of what is at stake. But when secrets and lies are revealed, will their relationship manage to survive?

"What would a girl like you want with a guy like me?" He narrowed his eyes in disgust, looking me up and down. "I'm not..." I tried to defend myself before he cut me off. "You mean to tell me that you aren't a spoiled little girl with a silver spoon in her mouth?" He laughed mockingly in my face, raising an eyebrow. "Prove it, princess." Lucy Graves has always ran away from her problems. After losing her father to cancer, she decides she needs a change of scenery and moves to New York City to live with her wealthy, shallow mother who she hasn't spoken to in years. If settling in to a new city with a mother who she barely knows wasn't hard enough, she soon finds herself on Carson Knightly, the human equivalent to Satan, bad side.

This is not a typical Snow White story. Alexza wakes up not remembering what happened to her. Sending her off to a family she doesn't know. But when a guy comes out to save her life, her life would totally change. Helping her parents from the Queen would be a definite challenge for her. She is, The Fairest of them All.

Serena is taken from her home by the King's men and is dragged to the Royal Palace to be prepped and presented to Prince Sebastian Winchester the second. Her along with nine other girls are showcased to the Prince for him to choose. But what she never expected was to be chosen. Meanwhile, a prophecy has been made by the Moon Goddess that declares destruction of the Werewolf empire. With her sister coming for revenge and a whole world in chaos, Serena has a lot more to handle than resisting Sebastian. * This is an EXCERPT ONLY. The full story can be enjoyed on the Galatea reading app under the series title "Wolves of the West" by Abigail Lynne!

***** Winner of Future Library contest conducted by Margaret Atwood, Katie Paterson and Future Library Project. ******** "Go throw your TV set away, And in its place you can install A lovely bookshelf on the wall" - Roald Dahl. ************* Old grandparents are out on a motive to teach some values to their bratty grandchildren. #1 in Future Library on 8/3/21 #2 in Margaret Atwood on 8/3/21 #13 in Future Library on 02/27/2021 #221 in Short Story as on 5/31/2015

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"Not wanting to argue anymore, I said something I probably shouldn't have said: 'I dreamt of our old life...' " Benjamin and Alexandria were ordinary teenagers until the day their parents passed away. With no relatives left, they were adopted by an abusive alcoholic who forced them to work for him. They thought that there was no hope of escaping when out of nowhere they found a mirror that allowed them to talk to their parallel universe selves.