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ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴅʀ. ɴᴀɴᴅɪᴛᴀ ɴᴀɪᴅᴜ ɪꜱ ʀᴇᴄʀᴜɪᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʙɪ'ꜱ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏʀᴀʟ ᴀɴᴀʟʏꜱɪꜱ ᴜɴɪᴛ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴀꜱꜱᴜᴍᴇꜱ ꜱʜᴇ'ʟʟ ꜱᴘᴇɴᴅ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ʜᴇʟᴘɪɴɢ ᴇʟɪᴛᴇ ᴘʀᴏꜰɪʟᴇʀꜱ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴛ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴɪᴛʏ ʜᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀ. ꜰᴏʀ ꜰɪꜰᴛᴇᴇɴ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ, ɴᴀɴᴅɪᴛᴀ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅꜱ ʙᴇꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴜ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ɢʀɪᴇꜰ, ʟᴏꜱꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀꜱᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ꜰᴀʀ ᴛᴏᴏ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴏᴍᴇ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ʟᴀᴛᴇ-ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴄᴀꜱᴇ ꜰɪʟᴇꜱ, ᴄᴜᴘꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛᴇᴀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ꜱʜᴇ ꜱᴡᴏʀᴇ ꜱʜᴇ'ᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄʜᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛᴀʟʟʏ ꜰɪɴᴅꜱ ᴀ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ. ᴀɴᴅ, ᴜɴꜰᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴀᴛᴇʟʏ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ꜰɪɴᴅꜱ ᴅʀ. ꜱᴘᴇɴᴄᴇʀ ʀᴇɪᴅ. ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ɪꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ɪɴ ɢʀᴀɴᴅ ɢᴇꜱᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ ᴏʀ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴀᴛ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ꜱɪɢʜᴛ-ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ɪɴ ꜱʜᴀʀᴇᴅ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰɪꜰᴛᴇᴇɴ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴏᴏꜱᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ, ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ.

|| Featured FREE story with exclusive paid chapters - previously a paid story || When Haley discovers the truth behind Xavier, whose silence holds a deeper meaning, she sets her mind on making his life better one small step at a time. ***** Haley Rosamond is happy with her simple life, content under the wing of her father. Well-protected, she has no idea of the darkness surrounding Xavier Hunt, with his all-black attire and infrequent presence in school-accompanied by his bruises and scars. That is, until Haley catches a glimpse of Xavier's reality and is made to question everything she knows about family and life in general. The truth, she realizes, couldn't be more different from everything she has heard. Supported by her father, Haley sets her mind on helping Xavier any way she can, and what begins with tutoring sessions, free food, and random acts of kindness blooms into friendship and something a little more. But when Haley's admission into her dream college and another tragedy in Xavier's life threaten to undo everything she has worked for, Haley needs to decide if she'll stick by Xavier or simply be another person in his life that disappears. [[word count: 80,000-90,000 words]] Cover designed by Holly Thurston

(SAF IS BEING EDITED) I was kidnapped when I was 8 years old. Taken from my home. From my family. From everything I knew. I always thought that being kidnapped, meant that your kidnapper would kill you, eventually. I was wrong. I'm still alive. You know how in woman trafficking, the girls are used for sex and drugs? Well, not me. I've been living in a building with a bunch of other girls who I'm sure were kidnapped just like I was except we weren't used for sex and drugs. We were used for something else...fighting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skylar Dawson, a 17 year old fighter. Trained from the age of 8 to be the best most savage fighter she can possibly be, has had nine years of pain. Learning to control it, endure it, and give it. After her last fight, she comes to the conclusion that she must get out. Tired of being the fighting slave of J.D. she escapes and runs to find her family, hoping to reconnect with them somehow. When she does, she finds herself in multiple situations, dealing with new emotions as she tries to get used to her new life with her family. Take a ride with her and witness her loss of innocence, her pain and hatred, and see how Jason Jones breaks down Skylar's brick wall in order to get close to her as they both struggle with their feelings for one another. Her darkest secret is revealed when fate has it's way and she's suddenly in for THE fight of her life.

Ivory King has spent twelve years hidden away in a cellar, unwanted and unloved by the only mother she has ever known. She has never known affection. Never known comfort. Never known what it feels like to belong. But one night, everything changes. After her mother is murdered by her violent boyfriend, Ivory is pulled from the darkness and sent to London to live with five older brothers she never even knew existed. Roman, Isaiah, Ezra, Hudson and Elias King are rich, powerful and broken in their own ways, completely unprepared for the fragile little sister suddenly placed in their care. Ivory has spent her whole life believing she was a burden. Now, surrounded by brothers who are strangers to her, she must learn what family really means. But will they give her the love she has always dreamed of? Or will they reject her just like her mother did? ***** (Disclaimer: the images, quotes and songs in this book do not belong to me).

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a sweet, intelligent Smritha meets a handsome Rishith on her first day in college. She always craved for a true friendship.But he never ever thought about sharing his feelings with anyone, especially a female friend.What happens when wind meets fire ? Let us dive into the story to see what happens if wind extinguishes fire or the fire burns more strongly!! #6 in friends to lovers (6/6/26) #3 in sistersbestfriend. (21/6/26) #4 in sistersbestfriend (8/6/26) #53 in stories (9/6/26)

❝Are you bald, babygirl? Is that why you cover your head?❞ The Bully and His Babygirl ❦ An enemy to lovers romance. [#1 in Bully, 01.02.2021] . . . In addition to being looked down by the entire school because of her faith, the school 'badboy'- Zayd is adamant on making Alya's life hell. A project together and a study trip is all it takes for Alya to discover who Zayd really is. And, for Zayd to discover his feelings for Alya that he never realized he had. There's more to Zayd than meets the eye. And Alya is determined to find out what he's hiding. . . . ❝𝐀𝐦 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲?❞ . . . [ His series : Book 1 ] Highschool Romance; *not a single dull chapter, I swear ;) Note- Idk why Wattpad put a mature tag to this book. This book does not contain mature themes and is suitable for ages 13+ Ranking- #3 in Teenfiction #5 in Chicklit ×2 (06.01.2021) and (08.01.2021) #2 in Bullied (31.01.2021)