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*THIS IS THE FIRST THREE CHAPTERS* A brilliant scientist. A soldier out of time. And a very judgmental cat. Arcadia Lyra is a world hopping xenobiologist who follows the beat of her own drum. Blaze Forsyth is a military popsicle until one adventurous, green haired scientist finds him in a smoldering stasis pod on an alien planet. Thrust together by the universe and bound to each other by consequence, this mismatched pair embark on an adventure of wild alien animals, sarcastic AI, butthole trashcans, mood enhancing mushroom trips, and a very insistent tuxedo ship cat. Equal parts absurdity and heart, join these neurodivergent explorers as they learn to work together and come to terms with their newfound partnership while working through grief and parental trauma. Because sometimes, the strangest worlds help us find what we've lost - and who we really are. The Unknown Before Us is a cozy new adult sci-fi book that explores what it means to find your place in a universe teeming with life, full of wonder and discovery. Join autistic scientist Arcadia and ADHD soldier Blaze with a cavalcade of side characters as they explore the unknown, and find what matters amongst the stars. Some quotes from readers: "The Unknown Before Us is a sci-fi adventure full of heart and joy, and completely took me by surprise. Imaginative and yet rooted in reality, I lost myself amongst unique planets, fell in love with Arcadia's straitforwardness and related a little too much to Blaze's chaos. This is a must read for anyone who would love to journey beyond the stars." "I loved the build up and look towards our future in the stars!" "This is not just an adventure story about exploring the unknown in outer space; it's a deeply moving chapter about exploring the unknown depths of the human heart, finding self-worth, and forging emotional connections."

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She looked down at Peter, the boy who had been her first love, with tears in her eyes. "Will you marry me, Celeste Strange?". Celeste giggled slightly, "Yes! Yes, you idiot! I will marry you!" This is the story of Celeste Strange, daughter of Doctor Stephen Strange (the Sorcerer Supreme), caught in a binding romance with Peter Parker. This book has no smut, just romantic scenes. There is a trigger warning for each of the chapters that are marked as "MATURE", marked with an asterix. Please DO NOT copy my work. Start Date: May 10, 2025 End Date: - © Copyright @SoaringRavenWrites 2025. All Rights Reserved.

🌷 Through Seasons Of Love - Description This is the story of Saanjh. And maybe... the story of every heart that has ever loved a little too deeply. Once in every lifetime, love arrives like spring- gentle and full of colours you never knew existed within you. It teaches your heart how to bloom, dream and belong to someone so completely, that their presence begins to feel like home. But not every love story is destined to reach forever. Some end before they even begin. Some are lost to fate, distance, or time. And some remain unfinished... like pressed flowers between the pages of an old book-fragile, beautiful, and impossible to forget. And when a heart breaks for the first time, something inside it changes forever. So when love returns again... does the heart still know how to trust? Can shattered souls truly fall in love twice? Can a second love heal wounds left behind by the first? Or does fear quietly turn love into nothing more than a compromise? Because sometimes, the hardest thing is not losing love, but finding the courage to feel it again. Come... walk through the seasons of Saanjh's life through spring-like beginnings, autumn goodbyes, winter grief, and the quiet hope of another spring. This is not just a love story. It is a story about healing, longing, memories and finding love again after losing everything. #romance #love #emotional #relationship #secondchances #healing #loveinparis #wattpadromance #wattpadindia #throughseasonsoflove

Dovian never asked to be the Messenger of the Gods, especially not in an age when the Gods are preparing to leave and have little will left to share. Among the people of the Hundred Tribes, he becomes the least useful - and least wanted - Divine Messenger in history. Timid and marked by a difference no one understands, Dovian has long been overlooked, except by the Princess he secretly loves and can never reach. All he wants is a quiet life, untouched by fate or expectation. But when calamity strikes and ancient forces rise from every direction, Dovian must face a choice: deliver a message that could end an era... or destroy it completely.

"We were just supposed to scare him!" That's what Geno keeps screaming, now that he and his partner, Benny, have accidentally turned a simple job into a full-blown murder scene. When their professional fixer, "The Spider," cancels-because he has to chaperone a slumber party-Geno is panicking, and Benny is annoyed. Benny, the calm mastermind, proposes a solution that's either brilliant or completely insane: Hide the body beneath an inflatable bouncy castle, and throw a very public 10th birthday party in a city park. Now, as they try to dig a shallow grave with novelty spoons while wearing ridiculously stolen tourist shirts, every second is a close call. The biggest problem? The birthday boy's entertainment: Mr. Zippy, a clown with half a million YouTube subscribers who is filming the entire day. With a prominent "jump hump" in the bouncy castle and a cake that reads Party like there's no tomorrow!, Benny and Geno have to smile for the camera and pray they get away with murder-or at least don't end up going viral.

Hundreds of feet beneath the surface, there are no exits. Specialist Nikephorous "Niko" Angelos is the Navy's most lethal secret weapon: an ancient vampire serving aboard a nuclear submarine. He is charming, efficient, and usually under control-until the ship's blood supply is found tainted. With the hunger gnawing at his sanity, the Captain offers the crew a simple choice to keep the predator at bay: volunteer a small donation of blood, or risk him going feral. The crew voted "No." Every single one of them. Now, the alarms are blaring, the emergency lights are painting the walls red, and the heavy steel hatches are locking one by one. Niko has broken loose, stripped of his humanity and driven by an insatiable need to feed. Trapped in a steel tube with a monster who can hear their racing hearts through the walls, the crew is about to realize the cost of their decision. As Niko stalks the narrow corridors, counting down the eighteen heartbeats remaining on board, the Captain must prepare to do the unthinkable: destroy the only person who truly understood her, before the silence of the ocean claims them all.

Belle has not had the best life. Most of it she spent taking care of her sick father while her mother ran off to sleep with other men. So you can imagine her frustration when, only a few months after the death of her father, her mother forces her to come spend the holidays with her and her new family. But what happens when she meets a certain alpha on the plane who claims that she belongs to him? ---- "Mine. Mate," he said, his deep, husky voice ringing in my ears. His hands tightened around me as his forehead came down to meet mine and he breathed in deeply. I let my eyes close as I basked in the feeling of his arms around me and the delicious sparks that were running through my body. I didn't even know that it was possible to feel this good. I felt his head move from mine as he nuzzled his nose into my neck. I tilted my head to give him better access and he let out an approving grunt. And then I felt him place a gentle kiss right where my neck and shoulder met. My knees went weak, my entire body going numb as a breathy sound came from my mouth. He smiled against my neck, chuckling and taking all of my weight into his arms as I leaned completely into him to stop myself from falling. "Hello, mate," he whispered in my ear. ------ This book is also known as Kidnapped By My Mate.