Brooke Routledge has always been told to act upon risk. She regrets it all. The love, the vulnerability, the true form that she provided to him. It wasn't worth it, and the cruelest part was the act of throwing it back into her face. She doesn't think he ever loved her. How could you? It runs so much deeper than that. Neither of them knew what they were doing, how they were feeling, and how to fix it all-though, under everything, they wanted to fix it. Risk. It's what destroyed Brooke Routledge. But in a strange way, she wondered, could risk be what saves her? OBX ␥ Rafe Cameron & JJ Maybank © elegancies

In the endless wilderness, survival strips you down to what you really are. For Alana Willis, that means confronting the brutal truth she's spent her whole life outrunning. That the monster lurking in the dark isn't out there, it's inside her. After the crash, hunger and violence twist the remaining survivors into something unrecognizable. But while the others fight to hold on to what's left of themselves, Alana begins to realize she was built for this. The blood, the fear, the hunger- it feels like home. As the line between necessity and cruelty blurs, Alana must decide whether to keep pretending she's better than the things she's done... or embrace the terrifying truth that in this place monsters don't hide under beds. They lead the pack. But she isn't alone. Lottie Matthews, the girl who sees things no one else can- who talks to the darkness like it answers back, becomes the one person who makes Alana feel like she isn't completely lost. As the blood spills and the cold sinks in, Alana realizes the monster she was afraid of has always been inside her. And Lottie's the only one who knows how to speak its language. In a world where sanity is a liability, they find something dangerous in each other; understanding.

"ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ. ᴀʟʟ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜɪᴍ." Anastasia Routledge was never meant to fall for someone like him. A Pogue girl with a fierce heart, a haunted past, and more secrets than she lets on. Rafe Cameron-Kook prince, chaos incarnate, and the one boy she's been warned to stay far, far away from. But fate doesn't care about the lines drawn in the sand. Not when hurricanes hit, not when blood is spilled, and not when hearts begin to fracture. What started as stolen glances turns into something deeper, darker, and dangerously addictive. As Anastasia is pulled into the gravity of Rafe's world-full of broken promises, brutal truths, and the kind of love that threatens to ruin-it's clear there's no going back. In this town, love doesn't save you. It marks you. And in the end, only one can be king. Outer Banks | Rafe Cameron x Original Character | Slow Burn | Angst | Forbidden Romance #1 In Coast #2 In Beachlove

ADORA BAILEY would never date a Pogue unless it was to make her ex-boyfriend RAFE CAMERON really jealous. JJ MAYBANK would never date a Kook unless he needed thirty thousand dollars to avoid jail time. But nothing is ever that easy, is it? part 1| complete part 2| started oct 11/2025