"Let me guess," he says, eyes gleaming. "You read somewhere that if you humanize your captor, he starts to feel sympathy. Stockholm Syndrome in reverse. Touché." I try not to flinch as he stops directly in front of me.My breath catches, but I don't look away. He grins darkly. "Silly rabbit," he murmurs. "Tricks are for me." *** She came to London to chase the story of a lifetime. He was the story all along. When journalist Penelope Reese begins investigating a string of stolen artifacts tied to a shadowy criminal syndicate known only as The Umbra, she expects danger. What she doesn't expect is to lose herself inside it. At Lethewood Manor, time warps. Morality bends. And the girl who once hunted monsters begins to wonder if she was always fated to become one. Harry Styles is more than the Umbra's ruthless leader he's a mind sharpened into a weapon, a genius who swore nothing human could ever touch him. Cold, calculating, untouchable. Until her. She's the only distraction he's ever allowed. The crack in his control. The voice he swore he didn't need, yet can't silence. To him, she's leverage, temptation, inevitability. To her, he's both a nightmare she can't escape and the one tether that might keep her alive. As Penelope unravels the secrets behind their operations-paintings lost to history, jewels worth empires, power hidden in plain sight. She begins unraveling something far more dangerous: the man who took her... and the truth about herself. But they are both bound by something neither can name-an obsession threaded by fate itself. Because some stories aren't just reported. Some stories are inevitable.

𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 What happens when Harry Styles shows up at the house of a previous one night stand, seconds away from death. ❀❀❀❀ Harry Styles was the best at his job, so good that he thought that he would never miss the target. However, when an important mission goes wrong and his world collapses, he shows up at the house of a previous one-night stand seeking refuge. Madeleine Henderson pretends to be as normal as she can be but the secrets she tries to keep tame says otherwise. Broken laws, faked her kidnapping, and escaped from a mental facility, she thought hiding a possible criminal in her apartment was another to add to her list. The moment Harry met Madeleine, they both started playing with fire. The consequences of getting burnt were blurred by desire and lust. How long can the fire keep burning when dark secrets arise? How far were they willing to go to keep those lines blurred? *Includes mature content, please read warnings* Started: March 30th, 2021 Finished: March 15th, 2022

Mallory Monroe is a surgical intern at Grand Meadow Hospital. Harry Styles is a prestigious pediatric surgeon who will do anything to save his patients lives. But what will happen when their paths cross before they even make it through those hospital doors?

Y/n is a young photographer who happened to get one of her biggest jobs at a young age. She is the photographer of the famous band One Direction. But little did she know that she would meet her soulmate and becoming the happiest human alive...

Y/n Y/l/n, a 21 year old, successful singer, disappeared for two years without anyone knowing the reason. She had to keep it a secret, she wanted it to keep it a secret, because if she didn't she would have hurt him more than she did shortly before she was gone. But now she suddenly was back... What was going to happen, now that she was back? She didn't even know it herself, the only thing she knew was that she was back. Ready or not, she couldn't change it anymore.

MASTERMIND | ❝ what if i told you none of it was accidental?❞ -- where adelaide heathers always gets what she wants. and she wants harry styles or -- two broken hearts find a home in each other harry styles x fem!oc social media au social media x real life 2011-present

Lilian O'Brien has learned three things since becoming one of Hollywood's hottest actresses: 1. Don't give people the satisfaction of knowing their words got to you 2. The opinions of fans can make or break you 3. NEVER trust a popstar So what happens when Harry Styles is casted as her love interest in her newest film? And even worse, what happens when he's not the arrogant popstar she thought he would be? TW// Mentions weight and disordered eating

Harry Styles, the brooding and intolerable tattoo parlour owner, meets River, a stubborn and somewhat oblivious girl, who just doesn't understand the reasoning behind his nefarious ways but is determined to find out. River comes to realize that Harry's hiding something much deeper than expected... only once those secrets come to the surface, it's too late to turn back. -- *18+ // Story Contains Mature and Explicit Content*

*18+ Contains Mature and Explicit Content* *I don't bring my eyes up when I hear him pick up a knife.... I don't even want to see the size of it. His shoes come into my vision as he brings the flat side of the knife under my chin. He lightly pushes up making me look at him. "Let's have some fun shall we?" * Faye and her best friend Silas have always been inseparable. They had so much in common but there was always a part of him he was hiding from her. He would sneak off and she would never know of the things he does and would never ask until one day- everything goes wrong leaving her scared and in danger. A secluded house in the middle of the woods where Faye is being held hostage. Wanting to escape. A man owns the house who is in charge of looking after her. Keeping her there until his boss is ready to carry out his plan. Will she get the freedom she longs for or will she be forced to be apart of this dangerous, terrifying world? Highest Rankings: #1 in Harryedwardstyles #1in DarkHarry #1 in kidnap #2 in Harrystyles #5 in 1D #8 in Harry #2 in Mafiaboss

A Dark Harry Styles fanfiction ----- "I'm so wrong for you, Elena," he groans, biting my earlobe and breathing heavily. "So fucking wrong." And he is, he so fucking is. "You hate me, Elena. You hate me, you always have and you always will. I kidnapped you, I raped you, and you have to fucking hate me." Harry sucks on the gentle skin of my neck and licks the length of my jaw and I whimper at the delicious scruffiness of his tongue. And as much as I wish it did, it doesn't feel wrong at all. It feels just right. "Tell me you hate me, Elena." He's breathless and his voice is demanding, but once again I'm left with no words. Instead, I grab his face in between my hands and kiss his forehead. Because no matter what, I really can't hate him right now. Maybe not ever. ------- Warning this Story contains Mature content, Strong Language, Eating disorders. Readers advised! Credit goes to KathrynBarbie! Copyright© All Rights Reserved®