In a world, where showing emotion is a dangerous weakness, love becomes the only beacon of hope. No one noticed exactly when people began to fall victim to the broken life of monotony, but by the time humanity realized that witnessing strong emotion triggered violence in the infected, it was too late. Evelyn Li is not a fan of risk. Confined to the safety of an underground bunker for the past two years, when Evie stumbles upon a radio broadcast hosted by a mysterious boy with a sharp tongue and an impressive record collection, she's inspired to embark on a mission fuelled by the belief that her family might still be out there (and definitely not because she's desperate to finally meet the boy whose voice has been her sole companion since the darkness descended). Jonathan Johnson is not an optimist and definitely not a romantic. He wasn't at all surprised when the world ended or even when the Soulless took over the streets. With the weight of rising tensions in the colonies, an absentee father, and heart-breaking tragedy resting on his shoulders, Jonathan would much rather escape into his record collection and secret radio broadcast than deal with the general bleakness of life in the apocalypse. As he is reluctantly roped into Evie's search for links to her past, Jonathan begins to wonder if he can ever truly escape his. Together, the unlikely pair must navigate the treacherous landscapes of both the unforgiving world around them and the complicated emotions within. Will their connection withstand the trials of a world consumed by darkness, or will it become just another casualty of the apocalypse?

New chapters every Sunday 10:00AM EST! A stowaway. A stolen ship. A galaxy that doesn't believe in hope anymore. Outer Reaches follows Liam, a reckless optimist whose refusal to accept a broken universe slowly turns survival into rebellion. As he crosses Union borders and cartel space, his belief that everyone deserves to smile begins to challenge systems built on fear, control, and exhaustion.

For six years, Simon Riley has been the princess's shadow. As her personal guard, his job is simple: protect her, obey the crown, and never cross the line between duty and desire. He's spent six years doing exactly that. Until something changes. The princess is no longer the girl he was assigned to protect. She's a woman who knows him better than anyone should, and Simon is beginning to realize that the feelings he's spent years burying aren't going away. But the closer they become, the harder it becomes to remember where duty ends and something far more dangerous begins. Because someone is watching the crown. And when the princess disappears, Simon realizes the greatest threat wasn't waiting outside the palace. It was already inside. • Status: Completed Word count: 205,115

Being summoned was never the end of the story. It was only the beginning of the consequences. The kingdom calls Cassandra Vale a hero. The nobles call her a resource. And the gods--- silent, watching--- call her something else entirely. In the aftermath of the summoning, the palace grows quieter, but the pressure does not. Whispers follow her through marble halls. Smiles linger a second too long. Every gesture, every decision, every moment of restraint is noted... and weighed. Cassandra plays the role she's been given. She just refuses to play it properly. As training intensifies and political interest sharpens, the court begins to test its limits; probing how far obedience can be bent, how tightly a summoned soul can be bound. Meanwhile, alliances form in subtle ways: over shared silences, half-spoken warnings, and truths exchanged only behind closed doors. Prince Sebastian watches carefully. Princess Alisha plans relentlessly. And Cassandra learns that power isn't just measured in magic: but in how badly others want to control it. This time, the danger isn't just the battlefield. It's the expectations. She'll save the world, maybe. Maybe not. But everything she does? It's on her own terms.