"I'm not afraid of you," I tried to say confidently. He smirked while placing his hands on my hips. My breathing stopped for a few seconds but then continued when I remembered my goal was to be courageous. He licked a spot on my neck, and I narrowed my eyebrows in confusion. He gently wrapped a hand around my neck. "You might sound confident, but I can taste the fear," he whispered into my ear. His voice was very intimidating and almost sent tingles down my spine. ALMOST. But I was done being afraid of this monster. I was done feeling inferior to him. "There's no doubt that you taste fear. Here's the real question: is it my fear that you taste, or is it yours?" I asked bravely. I gasped when he tightened his hold a little and pinned me to the wall. I stared into his cold eyes as he stared into mine. He smirked when our breathing came to a match. Then he did the last thing I would expect: he kissed me. Warning: This story has mature contents.

Best rank: #1 in Action! Included in Action's Featured List! Amelia Reyes has been raised within an orphanage her entire life, but she just recently broke free of their grasp. The men who raised her taught her the skills of a street fighter. They taught her to take pain. They taught her how to survive. They taught her to give no mercy. They showed her pain. They gave her the 564 that is engraved on her wrist. But that 564 is a reminder. A reminder of love, of mercy, of hope. They took her innocence and her freedom, but they did not take the fire in her heart. ______________________________________________________________________ Thanks to @captainmarvel165 for designing this beautiful cover, and thanks to @LeagueofGraphics who featured it in their book and for everything they helped with for this wonderful piece of art! © 2015-2016 Katherine Hinchley (Wattpad user -MidnightStories-) All Right Reserved. No parts of this story may be transmitted/plagiarized/copied through any means without the prior written consent of the author. Nor should any part of this publication be reproduced, modified, adapted, or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author. If you see a book similar or a copy of mine, please contact me via PM. _____________________________________________________________________ The pictures used throughout the story are not mine and all rights go to the owner/maker of the images.

Marina and Luna have saved Merville. Now three years later they need to keep their secret from the human world or bad things could happen. But what happens when a mysterious force is trying to expose their secret to scientist who would do anything to learn about mermaids. Will family even turn against them? (First book is Hunted in the ocean)

Ari Callahan has no idea how to talk to boys -- or how to talk to anyone for that matter. Enter Zac, the cute new guy in town who won't stop texting her. But is his interest real, or does he have a hidden agenda? ***** Found as a young child washed up on the beach, 17-year-old Ari Callahan has never uttered a word out loud to anyone -- not even her adoptive family. Psychologists have diagnosed her with a condition called selective mutism, but Ari can't help identifying with her namesake character, Ariel, the little mermaid in the fairytale whose voice was stolen by a sea witch. Mermaid-obsession aside, Ari's silence makes socializing tough. She's never had a boyfriend or been asked out on a date. Not until Zac, the confident new arrival in town, asks for her number. But Zac has his own reasons for texting with Ari. He's part of a movement to sabotage the artificial music app called SirenSong, threatening to render human singing obsolete. Zac's collaborators have scoured the globe in search of a singing voice perfect enough to break the SirenSong spell, and their search has led them straight to Ari's beachside town. Will her relationship with Zac help Ari find her voice and unlock the secrets of her origins? Or will he use her and leave her high and dry? Title: Ari and Zac (formerly The Mermaid Hypothesis) Content Warning: This story contains references to selective mutism, suicidal thoughts, and early childhood trauma.

"I was born of two worlds, one land, one sea, all war." I say calmly but a sheet of ice slides into my voice. There is no way to escape this prison I live in.

Nelly is a normal 17year old girl who lives in the greek island Naxos.But she is not as normal as she seems.She has a gift.She can live as a human and as a mermaid too.What happens when she falls for Ethan,a 20 year old marine?Nelly has to choose whether she lives as a mermaid or as a human.

Book 3 of The Seven Seas Series Caspian, king of the Onyx kingdom has made a grave mistake, trusting his closest friend and confidant. Like a sinner seeking redemption he searches a way to save the life he destroyed as well as confronting a certain ghost from his past. Marcus never has been as masculine like he should be much to his parents dismay. But his passion with the violin had made him well known amongst the music crowd in Europe. So when goes to the US to seal a contract, things take a sudden turn for the worst. #37 Fantasy 6/19/16

This is a mermaid story. Don't judge. Pale is a normal 14 year old girl until one day she finds herself craving for water. Not to drink it, but to swim in it. Pale has never loved swimming or the beach, I mean yeah she would do it, but this change in attitude scares her. It not until a matter of time until she goes into the ocean and finds herself a mermaid. 14 year old Pearl has been a mermaid for her whole life. She has always lived with her mom and older sister. But one day, during a big storm, Pearl gets separated from her mother and older sister, and Pearl finds herself closer to the human world. It's not until a matter of time until these two mermaids meet and become friends. But when Pale gives Pearl a taste of a surfing competition at the human world, Pale discovers the truth that she is missing and people are preparing a reward for the people who find her. PG RATING!!!

Book 2 of the Seven Seas Series Aceso was your typical college student, taking a small trip in one of the wildest cruise ships around. Destan, hellbent in saving Ren, kidnaps a human woman with vast knowledge of life in hopes of undoing what was his fault.

Sequel to Pearl and Pale: The Mermaids It has been almost two years since Pearl and Pale have met. Pearl has spent her year filling her family in on what has happened when they were gone. Pale has spent her year scouring for ingredients for the permanent mermaid potion for Pacific, a cute, two year old whom Pale has saved during a bridge accident. But it's not just that going on, in two months, when she turns 16, Pale will become queen. But there is a catch, she must either marry a human or a merman. And let me tell you this now, Pale doesn't want a merman. PG-13 rating for abuse