The sky broke centuries ago, and the world has never truly healed. When the Veil separating the realms shattered during the Sundering, it left behind a wound known as the Veilscar. Beyond its borders, corruption twists the land and warps magic into something feared as much as it is revered. Though kingdoms endure beneath the watch of angels and ancient faith, the fragile peace they have built is beginning to crack. Seraphina has spent her life believing the Veil must be protected at any cost. Raised to serve the Crown and obey the truths she was taught, she has never questioned her purpose. Until a mission into the scarlands changes everything. After surviving an encounter that should have killed her, Seraphina begins to experience impossible visions and awaken powers tied to the very force she has spent her life fearing. As long-buried secrets rise to the surface, she finds herself caught between Prince Leo, the future king she has sworn to follow, and Kael, a mysterious stranger who seems to know more about her than she does herself. The deeper Seraphina searches for answers, the more she uncovers a history built on lies. Ancient sanctuaries are awakening. Forgotten powers are stirring. And something beyond the Veilscar has been waiting for her. Because the truth about the Sundering could reshape everything the realms believe about their history, their faith, and their future. And before it is over, Seraphina may have to decide whether the world is worth saving as it is-or whether it was always meant to become something new.

#ambys2026 When a high-profile influencer is found brutally murdered with a cryptic signature-a Jack of Spades and the word DARED written in blood-rookie officer Scarlett Dagon is thrust into the investigation alongside her guarded mentor, Detective Terence Ryley. Driven by her sharp psychological insights and aided by the precinct's brilliant, unsettling forensic psychiatrist, Dr. Elias Vermont, Scarlett uncovers a chilling connection to a three months ago "suicide" that the city's powerful tried desperately to bury. As the body count rises among Artshel's most elite circles, each scene staged with precision, the investigation fractures from within. Scarlett discovers a web of blackmail, a twisted high-society hazing ritual, and a devastating truth: Ryley himself was forced to compromise his integrity to keep the original tragedy hidden. With a phantom executioner playing a meticulous game of retribution and pulling the city's strings from the shadows, the lines between victim, perpetrator, and protector completely blur. With the final target in the killer's crosshairs, Scarlett faces a difficult choice: expose the corrupt foundation of the city and destroy the man she loves, or succumb to the dark silence that rules Artshel.

Do you believe in good and evil? Angels and demons? I didn't. Not until I died. I was ten when I was clinically dead for twenty minutes. But I didn't come back alone. Damien, a demon, came back with me. It's been seven years. I hate him. The feeling is mutual. He is beautiful and dangerous. He haunts my every moment. His mission, to return to me to where I belong. Hell. He will deceive, torment, seduce. Whatever it takes. When I uncover the truth of who Damien is, it will blur the line between heaven and hell and I will question everything.

Escaping Dreamlight Valley is a fanfic for this year's ONC (2026). This is a tale about an ordinary girl with a not-so ordinary power. Let's see what's in store when the predictable main character is replaced by someone who's ready to stir up some magic. Prompt 8: You wake up inside Stardew Valley (Dreamlight Valley) with no idea how you got there and no guarantee you'll ever get back home.

If I rememer so, In most stories, There's a princess who's in danger.A prince who saves her.And live happily ever after But what if it was the opposite, It was the prince who needed to be saved.And the princess was the one who saved him before he gave up. They were happy but still had trials up ahead their journey with their trusted friends and Allies Read and find out how their journey goes This is formally known as 'The rise of the king and his Queen' I changed the title for the tiny changes on Harry

A professor and a detective must pair up to discover the secrets of the bog behind the former's new home. *** The Autopsy of Jane Doe meets Predatory Natures by Amy Goldsmith in this tale of folk terror. Following an incident at her workplace, professor of psychology Raisa Thorne decides to take a sabbatical at her late great-grandmother's house in North Wales which she has only just inherited. She has a history with this place; back when she was six certain things had happened during a fateful summer that claimed the life of her only aunt. Raisa doesn't remember anything about it, save for a lingering sense of unease. But when she discovers a body in the bog behind the house soon after her return, things start to unravel as Raisa experiences a wealth of uncanny phenomenon. Indira Mukherjee is the first coloured police chief in this small Welsh town. No-nonsense and practical, she believes it to be just another murder case when the body in the bog is retrieved. But when strange events happen, some of which get downright bloody, Indira is forced to think beyond the bounds of logic. The two women must team up to find the truth; what is it that lies beneath the bog? *** Cover is made by the awesome @AngeBlancRose.

Hated by her lineage, Iliya Dalaminai dwells in self isolation, awaiting the day her cousin marries so she might escape the Throne. Feared by the Gods, Sorein Chakrine's crown is mainly a relic put on display at royal ceremonies to ward off evil. When Souls escape the Aphyre and wreak havoc in the streets of Chiori Faire, the Solstice Festival becomes a haunted front line for the undead. With the Royal Guard struggling to gain control, Iliya and Sorein find themselves thrust in the middle of an ancient investigation. Constantly at each other's throats and lost in the conspiracies beginning to corner them, the race to seal the Afterworld and return the Souls to rest quickly morphs into something much darker. A trial to prove their innocence. As more and more evidence surfaces against Sorein, the irreverent Fae Prince might just wish he had never stepped foot on Chiori's shore. Leaving Iliya to pick up the pieces of her crumbling country the only way she knows how. Stowing away. | Cover By Starrdust | | Hades and Persephone meets Cloak and Dagger | | 2023 Wattys Shortlist! | | 6× Featured |

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Evan was twenty-one when he received a most unusual calling: as Guardian to a teenager with a load of emotional baggage and a frightening disposition. However, Taren is not just any typical, troubled teen; he is one of the Kindred, and newly-awakened into his clan's dangerous, powerful legacy. Evan soon realizes that his "babysitting" efforts might just be seriously tested by his charge's uncontrollable tendency to break things, including the very world around them. Can Evan withstand the heavy chains of the Guardian's geas to gain the power that is his birthright, and become the shield that Taren so desperately needs? ✧☽ ✧ ☼ ✧ ☽ ✧ "Geas of the Guardian" is a prequel to "A Memory of Starfires", set three years before the events of the novel, a precarious time when a young Kindred and his Guardian struggle to define their emerging identities amidst the challenges of their intertwined destinies. ✧☽ ✧ ☼ ✧ ☽ ✧ Cover design by Aravis Brightspell ✧☽ ✧ ☼ ✧ ☽ ✧ If you are reading this story on any platform other than Wattpad, you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack and reading a plagiarized copy of my work. If you wish to read this story in its original, safe form, please go to https://www.wattpad.com/user/Aravis-Brightspell.

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