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| ranked #1 | | 4.24.16| | completed | | wattpad featured story 8/17/16 | | winner of a collectors edition WATTY 2016 | "How many times do I have to say this until you accept it? Those people are mine, those soldiers are mine, you are mine." I freeze. "Well," I straighten my spine, tightening my fists," I am not to be owned by anyone, least of all you. And my people aren't either. I will not allow you to do this." "You won't allow me to?" He scoffs. "And how are you going to stop me?" "If you do not call off this awful plan, I will reject you, as my mate." highest rank: 1

When darkness falls, the vampires come out. Sixteen-year-old Kiara Morrow knows that better than anyone. She's been trained her whole life to wipe bloodsuckers off the face of the earth. But then she meets Luke. He's a vampire but he's unlike any vamp Kiara's ever known. ***** Luke may be what Kiara's been looking for her whole life, but as far as her family is concerned, the only good vampire is a dead vampire. The closer she grows to him, the more Kiara is forced to confront the foundation of lies her life has been built on. But Kiara's bloodthirsty family isn't the only problem they have to face. People in town are dying. Something evil is looming on the horizon... [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

Rochelle has moved multiple times after her mother's passing due to her father's suffering of his loss. After finding a new job in the city of Black Forest, Colorado, Rocky has yet to endure another new school, new town, new life. But something about this town seems a bit different than the others. The people at her school speak in a different manner and they seem to have this aura as if they are different themselves. Inhuman. As Rocky is pulled into a mystical world of werewolves, she never once dreamed of finding out that she is not only the mate of a werewolf, she is the mate of the soon to be Alpha. *Completed in 2013* Copyright © 2013 | All Rights Reserved | Amber McClain

Prince Chandler, no female vampire is suitable for marrying you." Jesse says. "Frankly, I'm tired of vampires, give me a human. One that is interesting and beautiful." Chandler sighs. "Well, there was one girl that got mixed up with the vampires. Here, have a look." Jesse hands Chandler the profile of a girl from Tennessee very cautiously. "Hmm, Tempest Clarke. 17, her parents died when she was little, has black hair with white tips and bright sapphire eyes." "She is very interesting indeed. I like her. Bring her to me." Chandler smirks and looks at Jesse. "As you wish, Prince Chandler."' Most teenagers would be spending time with their families, hanging out with friends, having nothing to worry about besides their grades and being free and not having to worry about disastrous things like being all alone in the world. But Tempest is not your average teenager. Her parents died when she was a little girl. She has been on the run from the foster care system since she was fifteen, trying to be free and not have to deal with the abuse. Now seventeen, Tempest has run into Lark and Jesslyn. They take her in under Chandler's orders. What happens when she meets the vampire prince, . The prince wants to marry her and she doesn't even know him. But what will happen when she overhears a conversation? Will she fall in love with him?

{edited, and completed} Dakota just moved from her home and to a town her mother grew up in, she is considered a selective mute. All the kids at her school used to bully her over it, but now she has to go through that with another school. What she didn't expect is to have the school's player to come up to her and try to talk to her. Cole is the future alpha of his pack and the player of his school, being the future alpha does make you popular with the ladies so he sleeps around a lot. And trust me he wasn't expecting to see a beautiful girl sitting in his class room with an intoxicating smell that just made him want to kiss all over her. This is the mute girl's story.

Aubrey Wilson is a 17 year old girl that had experienced devastation at a very early age. Her mother, who had been murdered when she was six, seems to be forgotten by everyone, except Aubrey. And things get worse when her desperate father is getting remarried to his girlfriend that Aubrey hates with a passion. Not only that, they are also moving over three states, far away from Aubrey's life. She is forced to move into a mansion that her father's rich fiance` (Crystal) lives, along with her two kids. Max, being the youngest at 10, and Mason the oldest at 19. It is not long before Aubrey notices there is something off with Crystal's family, and she is determined to get to the bottom of it. What is the secret they are so desperately trying to hide? Why has Max suddenly changed from a cute little boy to acting like a normal 19 year old, and why does he always seem to cling to her at night? And even Mason seems to have changed too... Why has Mason suddenly taken a dark interest in Aubrey?

Seventeen-year-old Scarlett Hayes is living her life by her own rules. Losing her parents at a young age has made her strong and fiercely independent. She knows exactly who she is and nothing is going to change that. Everything starts to change for her when she moves to a new town. She meets Cade Presley. He is domineering and arrogant which makes her detest him at first sight. She learns a secret that will unravel her perfect life and lead her into a world she never knew existed. Embracing her new life is difficult when it pulls her closer to Cade. Finding out you are destined to be with someone forever is hard to handle especially when you want to throttle them every time you see them. The attraction she feels for him is undeniable and there is no fighting destiny. *Please note this is only a five chapter sample of the published book.