A huntress named Lily Holloway, burdened by a traumatic past and a dangerous ancient power (a Shadowborn heritage awakened generations by a lullaby), returns to her hometown seeking only peace and her mother's memory. She reunites with her childhood friend, the one person who can calm the darkness inside her and begins to build a fragile sense of belonging through new friends and a found family in the local guild. But the powerful king who once destroyed her life returns, determined to reclaim her, forcing Lily to choose between protecting the people she has come to cherish... or embracing the terrifying destiny she was born to fulfill, a destiny that could either save kingdoms or destroy it. In short: a character-driven soft dark romantasy about a woman trying to claim an ordinary life while an inherited shadow power, unresolved trauma, and political forces pull her toward an epic, dangerous fate. Additional tags: #Character Study: Lily Holloway #Soft Romantasy with mild dark elements #Emotional Healing #Story Arcs #Villain Redemption #Mutual Pining #Plot is important but so is the romance #No messy love triangle drama just having an existential crisis #TOTGA

'Two pieces of the same puzzle that always belonged together.' WSDS is a story of- A hopeful Romantic: "Forever is not something extraordinary; rather, it is made up of thousands of ordinary days and things two people do." ~ UMAIR MIRZA. And... A jaded Realist: "Life is too cruel to give us happy endings." ~ HUMAIRA MIR. Started on: 27th of Aug' 2025 Update: Sunday & Friday.

At twenty years old boy knows exactly how to live like a ghost. Shoving his hands deep into his hoodie pockets and keeping his eyes fixed straight ahead, he survives by one strict rule: hide everything. Behind his icy, emotionless exterior lies a dangerous, heavily guarded past-and a truth he refuses to let a single soul in the world see. He thinks he is completely safe hidden away in the shadows. He thinks his secrets are perfectly buried. Then comes the loud, chaotic, and fiercely expressive, she is a vibrant burst of light he never saw coming. She crashes into his universe without his permission, and no matter how freezing his glares are or how hard he pushes her away, her stubborn smile keeps digging its way past his defenses. But in his world, vulnerability is a death sentence. The walls keeping her out are the only things keeping them both alive. Because the past isn't just an uninvited memory-it is actively watching his every move, waiting for a single crack in his armor to strike. When secrets begin to resurface and the truth threatens to bleed through, one terrifying question remains: How long can love survive... when the darkness refuses to let go?

Rated-R: {Read the Author's Note For More Information} Two gay villains. Not just wicked smokers and immature characters in a small urban world, no. ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴꜱɪᴅᴇ. Twisted geniuses, yes-but not mindless monsters like their original plot hoped... Stanley Stickman and Colonel Pop weren't chaotic for fun; they had purpose, strategy, and one deadly clue about who their enemies really were. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞? 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒚-𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒔, 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆: Sawyer, the bear with tan fur, Decan, a stuffed dinosaur, both dressed up as an agent spy... all guarding what this place truly hid under layers of comedy and forced healthy relationships. ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇɴ? ᴄʜᴀᴏꜱ ᴘᴀɪᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴠɪᴀʟꜱ. 𝑨 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔: 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣. 𝙁𝙞𝙫𝙚-𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙩-𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙚

He never meant to blackmail her. He just didn't know how else to make her see him. Justin's invisible at school: it's online he spends his nights gaming with people who actually get him. Zelda's the opposite: a flawless and admired cheerleader, but it's all an act. When Justin stumbles across her secret - that the perfect girl everyone worships is actually a geeky gamer -, he does something stupid. Now, he's determined to prove he isn't the bad guy she thinks he is. But getting close to Zelda means pulling her deeper into the world she's tried so hard to hide... A slow-burn YA romance about secrets, loneliness, and the people we become when we finally let our guards down. UPDATED EVERY WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY

Omkara is a boy who lives more in his stories than in reality. In the world outside, he's quiet, invisible - an introvert no one really understands. But in his world of imagination, he's everything he ever wanted to be - confident, kind, and free. One evening, while buying something from a small shop, he sees her - a girl with her face covered, showing only her eyes. Eyes that held a thousand stories... eyes that no one else seemed to notice. From that moment, Omkara's life begins to blur between fiction and reality. Every day he returns to the same shop, waiting... hoping... to see her again. But when he finally meets her - Suchita - he realizes that sometimes silence speaks louder than words, and not every connection needs to be explained. This is a story of longing, mystery, and unspoken love - where eyes tell what words never can.

"In a world overrun by zombies, only a few skilled fighters remain. Grandfather Prateek trains his granddaughter Danika to survive, while mysteries and dark forces threaten everything they know. Can they survive the shadows?"