Everyone is a stranger until the masks come off. To the rest of Westwood High, the Bayson brothers are gods. They have the looks, the black cards, and the kind of charm that makes girls forget their own names. They play the part of the perfect heirs perfectly, hiding the fact that their father is a nightmare in a tailored suit and their mansion is just a colorful cage. Then there's me. I have three rules: Keep my walls high, keep my grades up, and never trust a rich people. My past taught me that "rich" usually means "ruined," so I planned to survive high school as the invisible girl next door. But then they arrived. I thought the mansion next door would stay empty forever. I wasn't prepared for the Bayson brothers to move in and turn my quiet life upside down. My plan to stay invisible? Dead. The "Golden Boy" is officially my neighbor, and it gets worse. Now, I'm the only one seeing Troy when he's not performing for an audience. He watches me from his balcony like he's trying to solve a puzzle. He knows I'm trouble and I know he's a rich boy with too many secrets. But between study sessions, family chaos, and the pressure of his father's wrath, the lines are getting blurry. Everyone in Westwood is an expert at hiding. We're all playing a part to survive. But when the secrets come to light, will we find the freedom we're all thirsty for, or are we just destined to drown together in the same ocean? Find out in the pages of UNDER THE SURFACE... • Trope: Forced Proximity, Neighbors-to-Lovers. • Pacing: Slow Burn. • Dynamic: Multi-POV. • Themes: Family Trauma, Breaking the Cycle, Class Differences, and High School Politics. ⚠️ AUTHOR'S NOTE / DISCLAIMER: This story contains mature themes,past domestic trauma, rated 18+ sex scenes and emotional abuse. It features strong abusive languages. Read at your own risk.

In a fantasy world where seven kingdoms come together and unite to attend a once-in-a-decade royal ball, 16 year old princesses Aubrey, Grace and Jolie are finally invited to attend. Told from their three different unique perspectives, they soon discover that this royal ball isn't at all what it seems- there is a much, much darker truth behind the glimmer of gowns and chandeliers. In this story of true love, heartbreak, and adventure, they only have seven nights to save the ones they love most, and uncover ancient secrets about their world that could change everything.

this story follows yumi, a quiet yet observant dancer navigating her everyday life in Korea - shared dorms, familiar routines, and an advanced dance class she's grown into. everything feels steady, predictable. until someone new steps into the room. set between classrooms and a dance studio, this is a slow burn story about quiet comfort, unspoken understanding, and the kind of connection that forms before anything is ever touched.

When seventeen-year-old Elora Hayes leaves Australia and the life she built there, she thinks the hardest part will be missing her boyfriend and best friend. She's wrong. Miami is loud, sun-soaked, and full of people she doesn't know-except one. Ryder Steele, her moody, infuriating, painfully magnetic neighbour, the boy with storms in his eyes and secrets behind his silence. But when a messy party, a devastating text, and one hoodie later unravel everything she thought she knew, Elora's perfect life back home shatters in seconds. Now she's navigating new friendships, complicated feelings, and the reality that the people she trusted most may have betrayed her. And the one boy she never expected-Ryder-might be the only person who knows how to pull her back together. A story about first heartbreaks, new beginnings, found family, and a love that feels like summer thunderstorms and late-night confessions.

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Zelan Allistair Valcorin Mature, Dutiful, & Prince Charming Zelan Allistair Valcorin, Crown Prince Of Vescaris. The duty of one day inheriting the throne has always dawned upon this prince. Boarding school had been his escape for the past few years, but having completed his education, he has no choice but to assume the royal duties that have long been awaiting him. With his whole life planned for him, he should feel like all is well, but instead, he can't help but feel something terribly unplanned and inevitable is waiting at his doorstep. Ciara Durnham Confident, intelligent, loving Lady Ciara Durnham, a Count's daughter. Growing up in a big family with sisters is something one has to experience to understand. In the Count's estate, Ciara is often seen playing mediator between her 3 sisters, not finding pleasure in stirring up trouble. Otherwise, she's reading to increase her knowledge, because what is a woman in this society other than a fragile, empty doll? Wise and outspoken, who will be the one to handle this modern woman? To commemorate the return of Vescaris's beloved Crown Prince, the Royal Family of Valcorin throws a lavish masquerade ball. Noble families from all over the kingdom, including the House of Durnham, make sure to attend. With anxiety building up, as the crown gets closer by the minute, Prince Zelan steps out for fresh air, not aware that he wasn't the only one.

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 - "It's hard to forget your past when its written all over your skin." - Colleen Beaumont is a 19 years-old village girl from the forested mountains of Cuba. Had Colleen not been labeled as La monstruosidad Blanca, maybe she would've had a childhood like the others, with parents like the others had and even love everyone else got to feel. It wasn't easy to live among the ignorant only that was nothing compared to the struggle of trying to cover up those scars they left. - You could say that the universe seemed to finally have enough pity to sprinkle some hope into her pathetic life with an opportunity to escape it all, in form of a 6'4ft Auburn haired COO, Thomas McGowan who was blessed with the face carved to resemble an angel only to have a heart that'd rotted long before his grave. - Somehow, those two souls as different from one an other as Ying and Yang yet as well fitting to each other, tangled up together, forming something almost worth calling beautiful. - "I think that true love is when two people make each other love themselves more" . Clueless x Cautious . Old money x no money . Sunshine x Grumpy . Knowing eyes, peaceful soul . Pretty smile, ugly thoughts . Fish out of the water . First Love . forced proximity . Aloof couple

In a city ruled by bloodlines and secrets, Asemya Moretti was taught to survive without sight - but not without strength. Blind and underestimated, she moves through a world of mafia power plays, silent wars, and dangerous expectations, finding peace only in discipline and control. Rowan Volkov was raised to rule. Cold, ruthless, and watching from the shadows, his obsession with Asemya has followed him since childhood - forbidden by rivalry, fueled by darkness. They are heirs to enemy families. They are not meant to touch. Not meant to want. But some things see in the dark... And once watched, nothing stays hidden.

Brooke Williams, set appart by her withdrawn, reserved nature, hadn't been the same ever since the sudden death of her sister. The girl was found deceased within the forest next to Kate's house, where was hosted the biggest party ever thrown in the history of this ghastly small town. Although May's passing came to be confirmed as suicide, Brooke sensed right away that something wasn't adding up. She was the closest person to her sister : How come she'd never noticed the signs? On the edge of losing hope, Peter, the handsome barista, put her right back into the spiral ; soon, her doubts would shift into the beginning of a quest for the real answers. And she'd soon uncover that people, especially popular kids, are never who they pretend to be right away. And that, even less when they've got something to hide.

"Let me get one thing straight, my Prince. Nobody else could appreciate the way your eyes light up like stars in the night sky when you're happy, the way your dimples can turn someone's heart to mush, and your laugh make them feel like they could burn down kingdoms just so they could hear it again." "...I thought you still hated me." "Believe me, I wish I did." · · ─ ·✶· ─ · · Evan Park has never failed to assassinate a target that his mother wanted dead. As the Crown Prince of his kingdom he's been taught complete loyalty...and what happens to traitors. He expects his newest target to be like all the others: easy to take out at best, hindrance at worst. But Aaron Xheng is infuriating, arrogant, and annoyingly handsome...and good at combat. Little does Evan know, Aaron has already decided he's his. And Aaron Xheng doesn't take kindly to people who try to take his Prince away from him.