✦︵ 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒕₊˚ 𓆩✧𓆪 The 𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷 is 𝒽𝓊𝓈𝒽𝑒𝒹. Bushes of 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅 𝓅𝓊𝓇𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓂𝓈 sway with the 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓏𝑒. ⊹ ࣪ ˖ In the 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝑒𝓉 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉, one flower decides to 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓂. It rises amongst its peers with all its might, leaving the rest 𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝒹. This show of power doesn't go unnoticed, but instead becomes the new 𝓈𝓎𝓂𝒷𝑜𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓉 - sometimes 𝗴iven, sometimes 𝗲arned. ✧ That symbol, is 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂. 𝓑𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵, yet 𝓁𝑒𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓁 all the same₊˚ ❅ No matter how 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅 the night, or how 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝒹 the breeze, it always finds a way to 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓂.ᐟ.ᐟ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ Just like our 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔. No matter how 𝓈𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁 the voice, or 𝓊𝓃𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓃 the work, they will always have their own space among us.ᐟ.ᐟ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ Without fear of 𝒿𝓊𝒹𝑔𝑒𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉, without regard for 𝓅𝑜𝓅𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓎. ✦ 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 is the 𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓃𝓉. ₊˚

Updates every Sunday. "She wanted to die, and I didn't see it." All this time I'd spent with her. I knew she was hurting, but I didn't see how much. How deep the darkness went. She's dying right now. And it's my fault. ****** After a public breakdown and a year-long battle with writer's block and depression, bestselling author Aelin Graves has run out of words-and out of excuses. Her publisher gives her one last chance: finish her next book in four months, or lose her career for good. Desperate to find the spark she once had, Aelin starts spending her days in a quiet coffee shop, hoping inspiration might find her again. Instead, she meets Sebby Hawk - the guarded owner who seems just as determined to outrun his past as she is. He built his coffee shops to escape the life expected of him. She came looking for a story. Neither of them planned on becoming part of one. But when you're already falling apart, love can feel just as terrifying as losing everything. Content Warning: This story contains sexual themes, strong langage and mental health struggles, like depression and suicidal thoughts and actions. This is a romance with HEA, but there will be a ton of hurt beforehand. Reader discretion is advised.

Los Angeles, 1986. The city of bright lights, big dreams, and even bigger heartbreaks. When Nina lands a modeling contract in LA, she's thrown headfirst into a world of flashing cameras, ruthless competition, and a loneliness she never expected. Then she meets Rex - the magnetic lead singer of a rock band on the edge of their big break. He's charming, reckless, impossible to ignore... and exactly the kind of trouble she promised herself to avoid. As Nina fights to survive the brutal modeling industry, builds new friendships, and tries to find her place in a city that never stops moving, one question keeps echoing through the noise: Will she be strong enough to stay true to herself - or will she lose herself in the very dream she came here to chase?

He grabbed her then, his hands rough on her arms. "Is that what you want? Your final payoff?" She was crying in earnest now, but a defiant, desperate heat was rising to meet his anger. "Yes," she choked out. "If that's all I can have. Yes." She cried out, a sound of pain and overwhelming sensation. He was too big, too sudden, and the friction was almost too much. He didn't pause. "This is for the lies," he growled, pulling out and slamming back into her. The bed rocked. "This is for the game." Another thrust, deeper, harder. She gasped, her nails digging into his shoulders. The pain was blurring into a terrible, addictive pleasure. Her body, traitorously, was welcoming him, clenching around him, getting wetter for him. "And this," he said, his voice breaking slightly as he set a punishing rhythm, "is for making me believe, even for a second, that you were someone I could love."

« On ne fuit pas le passé. On apprend juste à survivre avec lui. » Après des années à vivre avec ses blessures, Alya quitte le Maroc pour recommencer sa vie à Marseille auprès d'Inès. Nouveau pays. Nouveau lycée. Nouvelle vie. Du moins, c'est ce qu'elle croyait. Parce qu'à la Castellane, elle rencontre Zayn. Tout le monde le connaît. Personne ne s'approche de lui. Froid. Observateur. Redouté. Zayn appartient à un monde dont Alya ignore encore les règles. Un monde fait de secrets, de loyautés et de dangers qui ne pardonnent aucune erreur. Mais malgré les avertissements, leurs chemins ne cessent de se croiser. Et plus Alya se rapproche de lui, plus elle découvre ce qu'il cache derrière son silence. Car certains passés refusent de rester enterrés. Et lorsque les secrets de Zayn comme ceux d'Alya remonteront à la surface, une seule chose deviendra certaine : Dans leur monde, aimer peut coûter bien plus qu'un cœur brisé. Pourtant, Zayn a déjà fait son choix. La protéger. Qu'elle le veuille ou non.

Edited Version! Top Rankings #3 In Werewolf, #5 In Supernatural, #1 in Femalealpha! In a world where she can barely make a stand, Branwen Warren will learn to lead as the first female Alpha. Anxious throughout her life Branwen, or Bran to her only friends, Toby and Rowan, are attacked one night by...unnatural assailants. The next full moon, Bran realises she has been thrust into a whole new world, one that she should have always known, but tragic circumstances have distanced her from. Follow her as she comes to terms with her abilities and adjusts to become a leader, embracing the strange new voice in her head that is telling her Toby is much more than a friend...

A father prepares for his son's birthday, unaware it will be the last normal day of his life. After a sudden accident, Daniel awakens to a world that has moved on without him. A year has passed. His home feels wrong. And he no longer exists within it. Ignored by the living and abandoned by God, he is left with nothing but questions-until a mysterious presence appears, offering answers. It calls itself Hope. But not everything that brings light is meant to save you. Some things are invited in.

Aubrey Collins thought she had the perfect life-until she caught her fiancé with her best friend. Now she's back in her hometown, hiding a secret... and trying to stay away from the one man she's never been allowed to want.

She didn't know him. Had never seen him before. And yet... somehow, she had already caught his attention. Tulia moves through life on her own terms-quietly strong, observant, and entirely unaware of the world watching her. Unaware of him. Lucius is not a man ruled by impulse. He is calculated. Controlled. Untouchable. Until the moment she crosses his path. What begins as a passing curiosity quickly becomes something far more dangerous-an obsession he has no intention of resisting. Because Lucius doesn't chase. He claims. And Tulia? She has no idea she's already his.

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