[Now free to read!!] When she moves to a new town, all Loren wants is a fresh start. But things get complicated when she falls for Miles, the cute boy who wants to know her secret. ***** When Loren Reed moves to Westbrook all she wants is to put her past behind her. And she has a plan to do it: she'll get back into sewing, make some new friends, and pull her grades up. In short, she'll show her mom that she's not going to be a shut-in anymore, and that she's moved on from the tragic events of four years ago. The only problem? Miles Hanson, the cute football player who wants to know everything about her. As it turns out, Loren and Miles may have more in common with their pasts than they ever realized... [[word count: 90,000 - 100,000]] Trigger warning: This story mentions the death of a parent and sibling

This is a FREE story with PAID bonus chapters. Lizzie and Parker couldn't be more opposite, except for their inability to sustain romantic relationships. They can't stand each other - but when they take on the challenge to date for thirty days to fix their horrible dating habits, the line between fake and real starts to blur... ***** Lizzie's relationships have never lasted a week. Parker's have never lasted more than two. But being dating disasters might be the only thing they have in common. Tired of their constant fighting, a mutual friend challenges them to date each other for thirty days. What they didn't expect was for the trial period to be so sweet. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Adam Budny

To save his sick twin brother from the draft, seventeen-year-old Ivan steals an identity and steps straight into the freezing, brutal reality of a Siberian transit camp. There, he enters the orbit of Ulrikh-a terrifying, silent former KGB child soldier marked by mismatched eyes, an iconic red scarf, and a chilling philosophy: They bleed the same. As Ivan struggles to survive the harsh military regime, a complex group of youths forms around them: Mikhail, the hot-headed rival with a dark home life; Sofiya and Inna, navigating political shifts; and Katya, whose gentle, nature-loving soul slowly chips away at Ulrikh's cold, nihilistic shell, offering a rare spark of warmth in a frozen world. Behind the scenes, the charismatic Nikolai hides a dangerous ambition, while the looming, dictatorial shadow of General Andrey. Packed with psychological tension, bitter survival, and fragile human connection, Season 1 is the story of boys forged into weapons, setting the stage just as the cracks in a dying superpower begin to show. The story is set in the mid-to-late Soviet Union era and the abundance. The boys were left over who were supposed to be there with them . In the kingdom of the dead, the one who keeps his eyes open is King. But in the snow, the one who stops breathing is a Ghost." The world is a frozen chessboard of secrets, and the Soviet borderlands have become a dumping ground for the "faulty." For Ivan, a seventeen-year-old with a stolen uniform and a desperate heart, the journey across the Siberian wastes is a death sentence-until he meets the boy . Ulrikh Moaskanov,he carries the weight of hundreds lives in his conscience. To the State, he is a "Terminator," and strategic rage. To the ambitious and cruel Vladimir, a noble-born secret hidden behind a slum-dweller's lie. As the three boys navigate the industrial necropolis of Sector 14, the lines between predator and prey begin to blur. One is a Rabbit, one is a fox and one is the Wolf who must decide.