"I was trapped under the surface, fighting to swim up...up...up. But some force, far stronger than me, was holding me down. My lungs were burning. My head was pounding. Darkness covered my eyes. I started screaming underwater, my last gulps of oxygen leaving my body, just like my hope of survival. And then, an explosion of white light hit me. I thought I was dying. Isn't this the logic turn of events? But I didn't die that night. I became something far worse than oblivion. Something that could outrun death for eternity". @All rights reserved. UNEDITED. (mostly)

They were high school rivals who couldn't stand each other. Years later, fate throws them back together-not in a classroom, but at a crime scene. IPS officer Veer Ahlawat is still infuriatingly composed. Still impossible to read. The kind of man who walks into chaos like he already knows how it ends. And sometimes, it feels like there are parts of him that even darkness refuses to explain. Dr. Myra Anand never expected to see him again. As a forensic pathologist, she only trusts evidence, facts, and things that can be explained. But when a murder investigation begins unraveling into something darker than either of them anticipated, staying out of each other's orbit becomes impossible. Old rivalry resurfaces. Unfinished tension lingers. And pieces of a past Myra thought long buried begin quietly finding their way back. Because some things don't stay in the past--not secrets, not memories and definitely not the people you swore you'd never see again. ♡⁠˖⁠꒰⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠⑅⁠꒱

║18+║ Expedition 33 ║ From the day Cyd was born, she already knew the exact day she would die. With only five years left to live, she joins Expedition 33 to stop the countdown to extinction. The goal was simple... at first. Until the memories began to resurface. Until she met the stranger with eternal youth he never asked for. Cyd may not remember the truth of who she really is. But Verso does. "Hello again, little Writer spy." ━━━⊱●✤●⊰━━━ Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Fanfic ║Mature scenes + Heavy themes ║18+ ║Also available on AO3 as "Une Vie Enverso"

He wore gloves to protect others from his sins. She wore kimonos to reclaim her identity. Willing Prey is a romance fantasy novel about a disillusioned ex-colonel, Gerald Aldrick, finally feeling his dead heart beat again after getting unfairly yelled at by a fearless geisha, Robin Taylor. But instead of anger or annoyance, Gerald feels nothing but admiration for her fervor and personality. Robin isn't as impressed with him, but fully plans to take advantage of his legendary colonel status for her own benefit with the help of her mind-reading ability. The question is, will she find herself feeling more for him than she initially expected? INDIGO - BOOK ONE LGBTQ+ Dark Romance - Urban Fantasy - Dark Academia Rated MATURE for a reason-please, refer to the chapter titled 'disclaimer' for the full warning list.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭. • • • 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞. • • • 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝. On paper, she's untouchable-cold, brilliant, flawless. But the perfection is just a cover for a body count, a ruined family, and a dark past. Everyone buys the act. Except him. The nightmare from her childhood-her personal devil. She spent years building her armor, and he's just waiting to tear it off. Being forced to live together? It's vicious. Just two killers in a bed, where lying is keeping the other alive. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. • • • 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞-𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞. • • • 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐌𝐂 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐞