My Entry for TEGSA 2025 - Winner of the Non-Compete Category. The story of two people burdened with regrets meet in a bar one night. Will they be able to leave their pasts behind and embrace a connection that might be worth fighting for? Dual POV Language and mature themes. (Descriptive Sex - Non Explicit) Trigger Warnings - Depression and self anger. All characters and events in this story are fictitious, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Any similarities in plot to other works, movies, books, or elsewhere are completely unintentional and coincidental. I work hard to ensure my stories are original, from character creation to the storyline. I never publish unless I am 100% satisfied. No part of this story may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission. Please respect my creative rights.

Jeanne had always dreamed of claiming her cousin's throne, but dreaming was all she ever intended. That is, until her prospective fiancé falsely frame her for treason and she is banished to the countryside. Years pass before she is summoned back to the palace to witness the royal wedding, between her traitorous cousin and the man who ruined her life. Jeanne accepts the invitation, but not to offer her congratulations. She returns with one goal: to steal the throne they always feared she'd want. For that, she must forge a strange alliance with the most wanted criminal in the kingdom. Wren never expected to catch the exiled princess of Alblionia in one of her traps, let alone strike a deal with her. But the idea of overthrowing the queen is too tempting, and her own past is too painful to ignore. As Wren finds herself more and more entangled in the web of schemes of the beautiful aristocrat, she must decide whether revenge is worth becoming someone else's puppet. Ranked: #01 in overthrow #03 in sapphic #07 in morallygrey #10 in political

Some secrets don't stay buried. Especially when the girl who held them disappears. When eighteen years old Kailany Maddox vanishes after a bonfire in the coastal town of Ashton Shores, the community is quick to label it a runaway. But when cryptic journal entries, fractured friendships, and whispers of a long-buried tragedy begin to surface, it becomes clear. Kailany wasn't running. She was hunted. Detective Cassidy Keene, still recovering from a case that nearly destroyed her, is brought in to cut through the silence the locals refuse to break. As she pieces together Kailany's final days, Cassidy is forced to confront demons of her own. Each truth uncovered pulls Cassidy deeper into a web of obsession, betrayal, and grief. And the closer she gets to justice, the more she realizes: This town remembers everything. It just chooses what to forget. ───⋆·✦·⋆───•───⋆·✦·⋆───•───⋆·✦·⋆───•───⋆·✦·⋆─── This book is written for TEGSA hosted by @AprilJester ───⋆·✦·⋆───•───⋆·✦·⋆───•───⋆·✦·⋆───•───⋆·✦·⋆───

|WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · TEGSA 2025 WINNER · AMBYS 2025 ROUND 3 QUALIFIER| #SupportIndigenousVoices When the Thunderbird awakens in the Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park, the Mystery Gang and their new friend Ihaan embark on a journey that tests everything they thought they knew about mysteries and the Ghost of Ontario. *** After surviving their first year of college, the Mystery Gang is excited to return to Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park to spend a week with their friend Ihaan, where they try to reintroduce him to society with modern gifts--and teach him the fun of solving mysteries. However, that night, Ihaan dreams of the Thunderbird, a Spirit said to encompass good and evil, who only appears when someone needs help. The next day, he and the gang are drawn into a new mystery when the Spirit Animals disappear, and a strange lightning storm signals the return of the Thunderbird. As Ihaan and the gang fight to calm the Lightning Spirit and save the Spirit Animals, Ihaan must learn where he truly belongs, while the Mystery Gang learns the harsh truth of the word "erasure". By then, though, will it be too late for all of them? *** *Sequel to What's New Scooby-Doo: The Ghost of Ontario. Can be read as a standalone.* *FYI: This story is based on a TV show, so expect a screenplay-like writing style.* *Also inspired by Indigenous mythology.* *Main Tropes: Angst with a happy ending and found family.* *Moral: "Some mysteries are more than someone in a mask."*