Desperate to keep her magic hidden, Katerina goes to great lengths to avoid dragons and mages. When she gets cornered by evil mages, her only chance at escape involves freeing a trapped dragon. * * * Katerina's biggest fear is that unscrupulous mages or dragons would discover her magic and use her as a living magical battery. When she stumbles into a group of evil mages trying to magically enslave a dragon, she releases the dragon to act as a distraction, hoping he would attack the mages while she escaped. But magic has rules, and when you free a dragon mage, it creates magedebt that they must repay, lest their magic fade. Forced to travel together, Katerina struggles to hide her magic as she accompanies Rakota and his friends while they hunt down the Shadow Mages. Rakota is one of many dragons who detest humans due to how many have tried to slay him, steal his treasure, or control him with magic. He has no desire for a rider, but when his childhood sweetheart shows up, she won't consider courtship unless he has one. As if evil mages with ancient spells aren't enough, word comes from the coast that the nagas are planning to invade and wipe out the humans. Goals and secrets clash as Katerina strives to keep her magic hidden, yet that very magic might be the key to stopping the war, and becoming Rakota's rider would give him the family he's always dreamed of. But all magic has a price, and to become a rider, she'd have to forfeit her freedom. Copyright November 2022. All Rights Reserved. Readers may not copy or steal this story. Fanfictions are allowed to use my *world* and *magic rules* as long as credit is given.

[MATURE: READ IF YOU DARE] ~ Alannah Valos had a power. Just like her mother, Alannah could drift through realms and back with just a single thought. Each realm Alannah would enter, she would discover an entirely different world. It was as if she had stepped into a dream, with different eras and creatures of all different shapes and sizes. Some creatures would have great powers and talents, while others would hold great terror and heartache. But with this gift, came a great but deadly warning: Those who die in one realm will have their spirit and body drift into another, never to be able to return again. And, as the fates had planned, that is what happened. Alannah's mother fell ill to a deadly disease, her frail body slowly losing touch before finally she passed away, her body travelling to the next realm. Left all alone at a young age, Alannah decided she was going to find her mother, no matter what. ~ Alannah enters a new realm only to discover a Cruel King who subjects all the eligible women to a deadly tournament. Four deadly trials: Strength- Only the strongest will stand; Intelligence- to prove you are worthy; Endurance- to show you can be put through anything and survive. The final trial will break even the coldest of hearts, and those who fail will be eliminated on sight. Only one woman will stand, who will become the next Cruel Queen? ~ -First Draft- ~ #1 Mature Rising Hot List #4 Mature #20 Warriors #11 Fantasyadventure #1 Realm #3 Trials

I look down at the frail frame of the girl. I unlatched her cage and nudged her with my foot. It seems cruel, but the other trainers would have done much worse to see her ignoring their commands to rise. "Wake up, you're being moved," I say to her, crouching down and shaking her. She lies unmoving and a heaviness settles in my chest. I move her hair from her face and press my fingers to her neck, trying to find a pulse. I purse my lips, feeling the faint beating of her weak heart. I look at the girl, watching her struggle to push air in and out of her lungs. I can tell she is sick. Do I put her in the truck with the others, or take her to the doctor? The truth is, nothing good awaits her in the truck. The only question is if it is crueler to go put her with the others, unconscious and barely holding on, or to take her to the doctor. I feel sick just thinking about it. She either dies here, or will wish she would have. I can't turn a blind eye to her though, I can't stand and watch as the life leaves her. Perhaps she will be thankful for me saving her life. ---- Hazel. She's a pretty little thing, far too precious and fragile for the life she was born into. Having lived most of her life in a training facility, she knows little of the beauty of the world or the people in it. A punishment gone bad, forever mares her, leaving her crippled, undesirable. Axel. He's an average man with an abnormal size. Being a Trainer, he is expected to be cold and cruel, someone he is not. It pays him money though, so perhaps living up to that expectation isn't that bad? When confronted with a choice he finally has to choose who he wants to be. Will he live up to others expectations? Or will he choose what may not be easiest, but what is right?

Step-brother bully enemies to lovers romance. I met them once before, many years ago at our parents wedding, they had made it very clear then we would never be family and I was happy with that, I didn't want three brothers, especially not sanctimonious jocks like them. and anyway I would never see them, they lived across the others side of the county with my dad and their mum and I lived with my mom. Any time I had seen my dad since then, had been at my grandparents house when they had gone to see their dad. But now everything had changed and I would have to live with them...

Delaney, a woman despairing over unreliable people, leaves everything behind for a night. Her sights are set on leaving the area but her dream, of owning and running something, might be more realistic than she thinks. The night becomes better than she could have expected. Can she take this one night and bring her dream to life even though her expectations are something of a lost cause? Did I mention there are three men who will show her if all males are the same? No? Well there are so prepare for hotness, stumbles, and hot messes!

Enid is moving across the world to attend university. Away from all that she knows, she soon finds herself at the center of three men's unyielding attention. Three men who are her professors. Inexperienced and innocent, she is the exact opposite of these dark, possessive men. And she is everything they've always wanted.

Erin Thomas is 23, and expecting. She lives with her boyfriend,Dean, and cannot wait to bring her baby into this world and live happily ever after. Dean has no desires to be a father. When Erin tells him she's pregnant, he begs her to have an abortion, but she refuses. He gives her an ultimatum, the baby or him. Enzo "Assassin" Costa is a 30 year old boxer. He has never lost. He's dedicated his life to boxing, never having time for anything else. He spends all his time training and ends up overhearing some guys in the locker room talking about selling off his girlfriend. Enzo becomes enraged and decides to intervene. But is he too late?

Savana thought she had the perfect date. That was up until the moment her house was broken into, her parents killed and her boyfriend killed by his own brother that just so happened to be the sheriff. That was the beginning of a whole new life for Savana. One that she had never imagined could happen to her. One that has the FBI and a mafia boss working together. She loses everything but her life, so what happens to her now? trigger warnings: abuse mentioned, language, violence

Olivia Han, an impulsive high school student, discovers she has something she never thought she would. A stalker. Instead of running away from him, Olivia decides he is the perfect person to help her recover the memories she lost in a terrible accident. There is just one problem. Olivia is the only one who can see the stalker. Original photo for cover by freestocks.org from Pexels

"You were ours from the second we saw you," he stated as if I didn't have a choice in it, and the truth was, I didn't need to because he was right. I was theirs, but what they didn't know was that they were mine, too. *** One invitation to an open house. One moment. One chance. And everything changes. When Emma receives an invite to the most exclusive BDSM club in the city, she knows she needs to go. At Desire's Den, she'll experience pain and pleasure, bondage, domination, and submission - all intertwined. For the first time in her life, she dares herself to go after what she wants. She'd always been too afraid. Now she is ready. Now she just has to secure a dominant. But just as everything she ever desired is in her grasp, she finds something she never expected: three possessive masters, all ready to claim her. Callan, the owner of Desire's Den, could make even the most innocent woman hungry with lust. His voice is soft as silk, and as wicked as the dirtiest fantasy you've ever had. Mateo, the sweet-tongued professor, is every woman's dream: a gentleman in public, and filthy in private. Gideon, the trio's resident bad boy, is owner of one of the most popular nightclubs in the city. Behind his calm and stone façade is a violent storm ready to conquer the object of his obsession. And she just might be the one they've been waiting for.