Heartwood, Noun: The dense inner part of a tree trunk, yielding the hardest timber. After your mother got a divorce, the both of you moved to a large one story house. It was in the middle of nowhere, and your entire backyard was just one giant forest. While your mother was weaving her Easter basket, you decided to follow a path of flowers into the woods. That was ten years ago. Now, as an eighteen year old, you still have dreams of that moment; following the white flowers into the dense forest ahead. And as your mother takes a business trip to Toronto, Canada, leaving you home alone, you will figure out if that dream truly is just a dream. Started around July 10th, 2020. Finished around September 20th, 2021. ~~~ ❤️No. 1 - #ocxreader 8/20/21❤️ ❤️No. 1 - #creaturexreader 9/1/21❤️ ❤️No. 1 - #nature 10/27/2021❤️ ❤️No. 1 - #ocxreader 11/29/2021❤️ ❤️No. 1 - #teratophilia 12/30/2021❤️ ❤️No. 2 - #xreader 09/12/2022❤️ This is a Male! Forest Creature X Female! Reader Cover made by me! All original content, please don't steal. Enjoy! ~~~ No. 2 - #exophilia 6/29/2020 ❤️No. 1 - #woodland 11/5/2020❤️ No. 2 - #monsterromance 3/9/2021 ❤️No. 1 - #monsterromance 3/23/2021❤️ No. 8 - #creature 3/23/2021 No. 3 - #creature 4/13/2021 ❤️No. 1 - #monsterxreader 4/13/2021❤️ No. 3 - #monsterxhuman 4/13/2021 No. 2 - #creature 4/23/2021 No. 2 - #monster 6/9/2021 No. 2 - #monsterxhuman 6/9/2021 ❤️No. 1 - #monsterxhuman 6/10/2021❤️

"Look at how pretty she looks bent over my lap, all desperate for her mates. Isn't that right pretty little Omega? You want all your mates to take care of you, fix that ache in your core that only your mates can mend." The needy whine that escapes my mouth has all the men in the room groan with desperation. "Please King just touch her, my d*ck can't wait any longer." King doesn't wait any longer bringing his big hand down right to where I desperately want it. "How does she feel? Her scent is driving my Alpha wild, I need to touch her - to taste her." King shares a heated look with the four other men in the room, "She is just what we needed." *** Growing up in a rundown small town the broken Omega Faye has never dared to dream outside of what she knows. A chance run in with an Alpha at the gas station she works in, sets her on the course for the Omega Academy where she is reunited with her only friend who also happens to be an Omega. A rare male Omega who fought tooth and nail to protect her when they were younger - but now he is claiming she is his and getting kicked out of the academy permanently... Years later, when Faye graduates she is thrown back into her world with no pack or prospects. With no other options she must go back home to the only place she has ever known. But fate has a funny way of working and Faye once again meets her childhood best friend and supposed Omega mate, Cade. Only this time he comes along with a pack full of scary, dominating and beautiful motorcycle gang men who are also claiming she is theirs. But how could anyone want a broken omega like her when they already have one who happens to be her longtime childhood friend, not to mention its forbidden - but time is running out and with her heat on the way she is running out of options... Why-Choose MMFMMM Omegaverse Biker Romance **MATURE CONTENT**

"Will you stop fucking smiling for a moment?!" "That's what I am short of." ~ Rosaline Willow, twenty years, joyous personality, happy aura, a beautiful smile- Yes, the very one which was known for her breath taking smile. The smile which had her darkest and deepest secrets buried. The smile which was cherished and loved by everyone except for him. He was Caden Matthew, a twenty year old boy who despised her. He hated her smile, he hated her aura, he hated her for who she was and he wanted nothing more than her to disappear from everyone's lives. But what will happen when she would actually start to disappear? ~ #3 in New Adult! #1 in NonCliché #4 in Fiction #3 in TeenRomance ~ CROSSED 1M on 2/2/2022

• • • • • Watching from afar has become my new way of life. Watching my friends be happy, watching my peers live in a blissful ignorance, and watching my family watch me wither away. Being diagnosed with cancer was a painful punch to the gut, a wake up call I didn't think I needed. And as I watched my family crumble apart under the weight of my sickness, I made the decision that nobody else would ever know. So my cancer is my secret, it's locked away in so many vaults that nobody will ever be able to reach it. Not even Zach Dawson.

Seventeen-year-old Adrie Callahan has always been the weird girl-too short to be seen, too loud to be taken seriously, too sick to matter. Diagnosed with terminal leukemia, she's told she may not live to see her nineteenth birthday. With her world shrinking to a hospital room and a number on a chart, she shuts everyone out-nurses, doctors, even her own parents. Until Joss Hartley, a new nurse, strolls into her room with a crooked smile and refuses to treat her like she's already gone. Joss is older. Handsome. The kind of person everyone in the ward crushes on. And Adrie hates him for it. For his optimism. His warmth. His persistence. But mostly, for making her laugh when she swore she wouldn't. What begins as irritation slowly unravels into friendship. And then, something more-something aching and forbidden and desperately beautiful. But love was never part of Adrie's plan. Not when she's on borrowed time. In the end, how do you say hello to your first love, knowing you'll also have to say goodbye?

(COMPLETED | UNDER EDITING) Fresh out of college, Veronica Odair is hired as a forensic scientist at the infamous B.E.A.R. Laboratories. She is put to work on the classified Tekula Project, but certain events lead her to question her job. What is so dangerous about Level 5? Why do her tests come back increasingly strange? What secrets are B.E.A.R. Laboratories hiding? Veronica plans to find out. ▪▪▪ Brown eyes, nearly obscured by rich locks of dark hair, stare into my light green ones with an intensity which nearly causes my knees to wobble. I can hear nothing but the thudding of my heart beating wildly in my chest, the sounds of the sirens turning into white noise at the back of my mind. I back up until my spine connects with the elevator doors. I shiver as my bare arms come in contact with the cool metal. "Someone help me, please," I beg. The man stalks closer still. His eyes are fixed solely on me, unmoving, intense. His fists are clutched tightly against his sides, as though restraining himself in some way. Restraining himself from what, I don't want to know. The man stops only an arm's length away from me. I stare up at him with wide eyes, my lips parted in fear. I stand frozen, unable to move. I shut my eyes, turning my head away. Laboured breathing, the touch of fingertips on my bare shoulder, breath on my lips. A heavy, deep inhale. Slow exhale. A forehead against mine, shaky hands cupping the back of my neck, fingertips sliding into my red locks. My eyes open to meet the warmest pair of honey eyes. Cover by AnnaCharles16 #4 in ROMANCE? THE HECK? #2 in Werewolf #1 in Young Adult #1 in Lycanthrope ~ ~ ~ Subscribe to TheAllieL Patreon for exclusive stories and content not featured on Wattpad and to support future works and book publishing! - Free Subscriber Tier - Allie's Library - Tier 1 - $2/month - Allie's Journal - Tier 2 - $5/month Subscribe here: Patreon.com/TheAllieL

[COMPLETED] "Theodore?" He snaps his head back to me and gives me a small smile. "Where have you come from?" I repeat myself. "Bad people." He mumbles and shuffles closer to me. "Safe here?" I pursed my lips and then nodded my head. "You're safe here." Eden Rose, a successful business owner, finds a strange man in front of her house in the middle of the night. Theodore Thomas was taken as a baby and used as an experiment his whole life. He finally escapes and stumbles across Eden Rose, who he happens to take quite a liking too. #1 in cute on 5th of March #15 in romance on 5th of May #1 in bwwm on 26th of May

When 17 year old November Jones accidentally burns off her left eyebrow in a freak accident, she brushes it off. Nothing a bit of makeup can't fix, right? But when she finds herself shoved into the backseat of her own car as a couple of very big, very bad, and very dangerous-looking men drive off with it, things can't be so easily fixed...especially since it's not just her missing eyebrow that needs to be covered, it's also the fact that one of the most wanted criminal organizations in the country accidentally kidnapped a teenage girl while trying to escape a drug deal gone wrong. Could things get any worse? Well, with a girl like November in the mix, the answer is yes.

Naomi Cliffton believed she would go her whole life hiding her true identity. To the people of Tyrra, she is someone barren of magic and a social pariah. In reality, she is the last dragon shifter: a lone survivor of a race that was killed off for being a threat to Tyrra's hierarchy. In fear of being persecuted like her ancestors, Naomi has never revealed herself, until a chance encounter with one boy changes everything. Malcolm is not the simple guy he claims to be when they first meet, but the prince of Tyrra, escaping from the castle to avoid his royal duties. When street thugs uncover his ruse, they seek to abduct Malcolm and cross Naomi off as collateral damage. Desperate to save them both, Naomi transforms, unleashing her inner dragon. Exposed, Naomi has to accept the pact the king offers: her freedom in exchange for becoming Malcolm's bodyguard. Naomi joins Malcolm at his elitist school where she deals with prejudice from her classmates and growing animosity towards Malcolm's pretentious ways. But when someone tries to murder Malcolm, Naomi must put their differences aside to uncover the conspiracy against the royal family. As more threats stack up, one thing is clear: with a determined assassin after the prince's life, it's up to Naomi whether or not the killer succeeds.