They've lived next door their whole lives. Never together. Never quite apart. Lena Mei wasn't supposed to fall for Wyatt Thorne - especially not when the timing's always been off and the lines are too blurred to cross. But hearts don't care about rules. A slow-burn, enemies-to-something-more romance about bad timing, lingering glances, and the boy you swore you'd never love... until you did.

In a city that never loved him, a broken soul searches for meaning in pills, lies, and petty crime. He needed money. He needed a way out. What he didn't need was to get stuck in a haunted bookstore with nothing but a relic of a book and the ghosts in his head. Diagnosed with ADHD and abandoned by trust, he's long since learned to trick, steal, and survive. But as hallucinations twist reality and memories return, he's forced to confront the pain he's run from. A ghost from his past urges him to change-but change doesn't come easy. After days trapped in madness, the door opens. He's free... but not unchanged. Hallucinations become memories, and a visit from a long-lost friend pushes him toward something unfamiliar: hope. When the lock finally breaks, he's still chaotic, still rough-but a sliver of warmth begins to grow, especially toward the brother he swore he didn't care for. --------------------------------------------------------------- !! Thumbnail / Book cover is heavily edited and the writing are purely original by me but the picture used is taken from Pinterest. Credits goes to the original owner. !! ⛔ Anything written in this story does not have anything to do with the characters in real life. This is purely fictional and only for entertainment purposes. This story will mention/have heavy swearing, violence, drugs mention, sickness / health issues, blood mention, character death mention and so on. ⛔ Inspired : Locked (2025 Thriller), Summer Ghost (Anime) & Tunnel Vision (Visual Novel) --------------------------------------------------------------- Word-Counts Written (All Chapters total): ♪ • Chapter 1 - 3,153 • Chapter 2 - 2,052 • Chapter 3 - 2,160 • Chapter 4 - 2,437 • Chapter 5 - 1,790 • Chapter 6 - 2,680 • Chapter 7 - 1,623 • Chapter 8 - 1,868 • Chapter 9 - • Chapter 10 - • Bonus Chapter - ♪ Date of story / first chapter publish : • Thursday, 8th May 2025 Date of story / last chapter publish & ended : •

In the heart of Makati's gleaming towers and designer boutiques, Julius "Jules" Santillian III is the epitome of success: a sharp, impeccably dressed wealth advisor with a taste for the finer things - and a secret darker than his tailored suits. Beneath the velvet exterior lies a man who sees the world as a game of control, where power is currency and morality is just another transaction. In a city obsessed with status and appearance, Jules navigates the cutthroat corridors of privilege, testing the limits of charm, influence, and violence - all with the calm precision of a killer whose touch is as soft as velvet but just as lethal.

Haunted by her past and torn between orders and instinct, Yelena is drawn into a tangled mission that goes far beyond what she signed up for. As the path grows more dangerous, fate brings her face to face with Joel Miller-a smuggler with a reputation, a hardened heart, and more in common with her than she's ready to admit.

𝐑 𝐄 𝐒 𝐈 𝐋 𝐈 𝐄 𝐍 𝐓 "𝖲𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗇k" 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 ﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍﹍ 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐨 had everything a child could dream of. Warmth, wealth, protection, and a legacy built on loyalty and blood. As the cherished Marino daughter, she belonged to a world where her family stood as unshakable pillars. But things change... and sometimes they shatter. In less than a year, Lucia lost everything she knew: her parents, her brothers, her place in the world. Everyone assumed that the Marino princess had died. But the truth was far crueler. Lucia didn't die... she was dragged into a darkness that devoured everything she once was. Years of being broken, rebuilt, and broken again followed. Still... she survived. She found people who loved her without conditions, who helped her stand again when she no longer remembered how. And just when she finally believed she had everything she needed, her family finds her, pulling her back into a world she thought she had lost forever. But the shadows of the past cling to her... reminding her that some things are not finished with her just yet. -Azalea

Psychological Horror and Slow-burn Dark Romance. 18+ --------------------------- It's been five years since that fateful Friday night. I remember it like it was yesterday. The night I was kidnapped. I was held against my will. Tortured. Starved. Broken apart, piece by piece. All in the name of "curing" me. He didn't just steal my freedom. He rewrote the rules of pain, of fear - and then, somehow, of love. If you'd told me I'd fall for the man who ruined my life, I would've laughed in your face. But reality doesn't always follow logic. He's given me this journal and I'm going to write my story. This is my truth. My confession. My war cry. Because what he did to me deserves to be known. --------------------------- THIS BOOK CONTAINS TRAUMATIC CONTENT! TRIGGER WARNINGS: Kidnapping, assault, systemic abuse, mentions of Domestic Violence and childhood trauma, phobias, blood and gore, body horror, and mental illnesses including severe psychosis. READER DISCRETION IS STRONGLY ADVISED! --------------------------- Original version: 2023-24 Rewrite started: Feb 2025 to present

Grief doesn't end when someone dies. After losing the boy she loved, Emily begins slipping into lucid dreams where he still exists. But with each night, the boundary between the dream world and reality begins to blur - and obsession takes root. A bittersweet and haunting story about memory, loss, and the ache of loving someone who's no longer there.

In a world scarred by war, a young boy is found on the battlefield. Taken in by a powerful magician and hidden within the walls of a renowned magic academy, Devion is promised a peaceful life-far from the horrors of the past. But when an unknown power awakens within him-one no one can explain or control-Devion becomes the key to a buried truth that could save, or doom, the three kingdoms.

Just some poems I wrote from my experience. Complete for now, but I will add poems as I write them