I swallowed hard. "Justin, leave." "Shut the fuck up," he whispered, his lips grazing dangerously close to mine. "You say that like you actually want me to leave." My body stiffened. I kept my eyes anywhere but his. He leaned closer, his breath hot against my ear. "You used to write about me. Think about me. Six years, Autumn, and I promise you-you still do. You still feel it." He lingered a kiss on my neck as he held my waist. Something inside me snapped. I shoved him with all my strength. He stumbled back, landing on the edge of my bed. "You're insane!" I yelled. "You broke up with me. After everything you said-how could you even think I'd want anything to do with you?" "Because..." He trailed off deliberately, rising to his knees on the mattress, his eyes dark and certain. "...when I do this-" He leaned forward, brushing his lips softly against my exposed thigh where my robe had shifted. A shiver raced up my spine before I could stop it. "-you can't even push me away." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Love was never the problem. It was how deeply it cut. Years after walking away from a relationship that left scars she still carries, Autumn finds herself face-to-face with Justin again-the same man who once loved her fiercely and destroyed her just as deeply. As old feelings resurface and lines blur, Autumn must decide whether some people can truly change... or if loving them will always come at a cost.

He don't talk much. He don't smile either. But when Dre "Ghost" Carter sees Jade for the first time, words ain't even necessary - the look in his eyes says it all: she's his. Dre runs the streets in silence - no noise, no witnesses, no mercy. The kind of man people whisper about but never dare to cross. Jade? She's not from that world. She's quiet, funny, the type who minds her business and stays out the way. Until her best friend drags her to a party that changes everything. One stare across that smoky room, and the most dangerous man in the city decides she belongs to him. Jade swears she's not the "ride or die" type... but Dre's pull feels different. Possessive. Addictive. The kind of love that burns slow - and might just destroy them both. Because in his world, silence can kill... and love can too.

Asmara My'yanni Dawson has always wanted to help people. Majoring in Social Work, she's almost finished with her senior year of college. She kept her mind in her books and her heart away from love. She didn't swear it off, she just took a break from it after she experienced a major heartbreak her freshman year of college. The guy she thought she was in love with ghosted her, and it was later revealed that her best friend from high school not only slept with him, but had his child as well. She then realized that not every one deserved your trust and your heart, so she kept it on lock, until she met him... Esai Zamier Lewis always felt like the world was against him. Being diagnosed with a mental disorder, surviving poverty, and having to grow up fast, turned him into an emotionally unavailable person. Recently released from prison, Esai is learning to live in a world where his mother and brother aren't in it with him. Coping with promethazine to sleep through the pain, he doesn't realize it's doing more harm than good. Trying to uphold the promise to his mom, he opens his own tattoo shop, Esai's Ink. With the help of his friends and recent love interest, he realizes he's not alone as much as he thought. Follow Asmara and Esai as they both go through life with each other by each other's side. Relationships and friendships will be tested, secrets will be revealed, loved ones will be grieved. Can they survive it all? First book! Enjoy!

𝐢𝐧 which a 17 year old girl slowly becomes a vampire's obsession...

Lucy Heartfilia was born to be perfect, controlled, graceful, and quietly defiant. An heiress molded by duty, not desire. But when one Business meeting shatters her fathers reputation, she's forced into a marriage with Natsu Dragneel silent, possessive, and terrifyingly calm. a man whose power is matched only by the darkness he hides. To the world, he's composed. Untouchable. To her, he's the storm behind the stillness, the danger she can't stop wanting. What begins as punishment becomes a battle of wills. What starts as control turns into something deeper, darker... and impossible to escape. She was never supposed to care for him. He was never supposed to need her. But fate doesn't honour the rules they were born to follow.

When Lucy Heartfilia moves into her estranged fathers house after her mother passes, he gives her three rules. She is not allowed in the mansion by herself. She is not allowed to invite people into the mansion. And she is not allowed to go down into the basement. Lucy could care less what junk he has stored down in the grimy basement he calls a work lab. Her only priority is of finishing her senior year in a new school with at least one friend. But that is until she starts to hear strange noises. Coming from the basement. Curiouser and curiouser, Lucy finds herself inexplicably drawn to the basement door, determined to uncover what her father is hiding. And why he needs a lock on the door. But what she will find, will change everything she remembers about her past, and drastically alter her future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . There will be chapters containing torture, violence, and other possibly triggering things.

We ain't on what yo lame ass nigga on.

Born beneath the same tide, Tsireya was cherished by the sea-while her twin sister Gianna was feared by it. Marked by her pale skin and white hair, Gianna grows up ignored and rejected by the Metkayina, seen as an omen rather than a child. When she befriends Lo'ak Sully, the two form a bond built on shared neglect and quiet understanding. But love becomes forbidden, jealousy fractures families, and superstition turns cruel. Exile, war, and sacrifice follow. Disclaimer I do not own Avatar, Avatar: The Way of Water, or any of the canon characters featured in this story. All canon characters belong to James Cameron and Lightstorm Entertainment. Gianna (Gia) is my original character. This story is written for creative and entertainment purposes. Number 1 in #nextgeneration Number 1 in #avatar Number 1 in #loakxoc Number 1 in #hopeafterloss Number 1 in #avatarfanfiction Number 1 in #avatarthewayofwater Number 1 in #tragedy Number 1 in #loak

At dawn, even fire learns to kneel. The ocean didn't welcome her. It watched her. Silent. Patient. Cruel. En'zhura didn't fear death. She had been raised by it. But water was different. It didn't scream like flames. It didn't threaten. It waited. And Lo'ak-standing in the tide like a ghost-held her wrist the way you hold something you refuse to lose. Not gently. Not lovingly. Like a warning. Because if she sank... he would sink with her. And as whispers crawl through Pandora like smoke through the trees, one question remains: Is she the ashes of a phoenix... or the spark that will burn the world all over again? 𝐄𝐍'𝐙𝐇𝐔𝐑𝐀 : Ash of a Phoenix - The Avatar universe, some scenes, and some characters belong to James Cameron.

Lo'ak x fem reader TW: Guns, violence, blood, death, panic attacks "ℐ 𝓈ℯℯ 𝓎ℴ𝓊, 𝓁ℴ'𝒶𝓀 𝓈𝓊𝓁𝓁𝓎" I will be aging up everybody. Na'lani is 17, Lo'ak is 17, Neyteyam is 18, kiri is 17, tuk is 11 What happens when two best friends who grew up together start to feel there's more to the relationship when danger arises. Will they be able to admit it to one another, is it forbidden, who will it hurt...