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Perfection [On hold - changing a lot of the story) by opulent_
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America has been divided into two factions, the cause being the inveterate compulsion that demands adequacy in all aspects of beauty: perfection. Two contrasting societies sectioned from each other, with one side completely altering themselves to achieve the aim their ardent desire for perfection is fuelling whilst the other loathes the very principle of it, preaching it as a wrong and sinful act formed by a lust for refinement. Fleur Huxley is bound by her societies distaste for perfection. Lessons taught in an attempt to restrict this forbidden desire have been to no avail as covertly, Fleur can't help but be entranced by it all. After America's annual Supremacy day - a ceremony in which an individual is whisked away to a life in the perfection division - Fleur's life takes a sudden turn into a world she isn't familiar with. With impending rebellions and a zeal for perfection inciting her actions, Fleur is slipped into a world of deceptive passion and ravishing beauty, a place in which dangerous secrets lie behind the most beautiful eyes. But Fleur is oblivious to it all, persistent in her hunt for perfection but as haunting realities threaten the world she is enthralled by, will Fleur finally realise there is a dark side to perfection? After all, in a passion-driven world built on deceit, how many sacrifices can you truly make on a quest for ultimate perfection? [ science-fiction #12 - 2/1/14 ]
The Truth about Love by read4urlife
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“Iris I need you.” His voice was heavy with desire and I could feel every breath he took on the back of my neck. “Not just physically but in every part of my life.” “No, you just want to use me.” My words tasted bitter in my mouth, and I could see the hurt on his face, but he still held me close. “Then let me prove you wrong.” He crashed his lips into mine and dragged me deeper into the depths of his water. *** Iris is a good girl. She gets the grades, but not the boys. Jared isn't one to fall for a girl especially not one like Iris. But, after a steamy kiss and a tragic event occur at the same party, Iris can't seem to shake the feeling she has when Jared is around. When Iris gets pulled farther into Jared's world, she realizes that some secrets are buried for a reason.
Our Song by MP13Girl
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Leah is beautiful, outgoing, and popular. Because of this, she's gotten everything she's ever wanted. Except for one thing. All she's ever really wanted was to please people, but she never seems to be able to. Unlike her friends, she doesn't care about any of the superficial things that seem so important. To Leah, if something isn't fair, it just isn't right. So when an isolated classmate named Blake gets to listen to music during class while no one else can, she can't help but feel annoyed by him. When their English teacher partners the two of them up for a project that will last them the entire school year, this only adds fuel to the fire. Their assignment is to create a song describing their relationship. Sounds easy, right? Not for these two. Blake is different, and Leah is about to find out that different is just what she wants and needs. But what she doesn't know is that Blake has a secret, and it's something he desperately wants to keep from her. Falling in love with someone isn't as easy as it might seem. Life isn't fair, but Leah and Blake are about to find out that love isn't either.
Hide and Seek: Can You Find Me? [EDITING] by soultrapper
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"I didn't kill anyone, if that's what you want to know," my voice was as cold as ice. "Good, because I did." Being 16 and filthy rich, Emily Feller soon found out that her mother was a notorious killer with plenty of victims burried under the ground of United States. Since then, life had never been the same. Runaway was always the best move, until she met two of her top drug dealers. Both were danger, both were hazard, both were vigorously craving for something. But while one crave for blood, the other crave for love and affection. One can run from fate, but never can hide.
Fragments by _justcloseyoureyes_
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Because every writer needs a collection of short stories. These are a few that I have written. I'll be adding to this collection whenever inspiration strikes.
(EDITING) How I Fell In Love With Myself by Marcyline
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You know that feeling you get when you meet a person for the first time and you feel a special connection? Like you two were meant for each other? I have that kind of connection with someone. The only problem... it's with myself. More or less. - *EDITING/REWRITING SO I WILL NOT BE POSTING THE NEXT CHAPTER FOR A LONG TIME. TO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED WITH THE STORY, YOU'D BE ABLE TO CATCH UP SO GO AHEAD AND READ!*
Skittles & Science (Old Version) ✔ by EternalZephyr
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When Reyna Winters-a girl with Skittle-red hair and a candy addiction-finds out that she's failing Chemistry, she's given a final chance to pass an impossible test. SHe needs help from the only other student who has passed the test. He's known around school as the White Coat Freak-a boy who is never seen without his lab coat on. Wesley Black may seem colder than steel, but much more lies under his stoic persona. While Wesley teaches Reyna about science, she makes it her mission to teach him about having fun. And together they learn about a different kind of chemistry. ***This is the first draft written in 2012. A revised version with more scenes and better romance titled SWEETLY & SCIENTIFICALLY is completed on my Wattpad profile.*** © All Rights Reserved
Innocence Betrayed by jsampada
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Clea Walther was not an ordinary eighteen-year-old girl. She was different, and her life had never been perfect. Her only brother, Luca, thrives to protect her from the ordinary crash courses of life. When detective Scott Lancaster, a small town detective, knocks on their door early Wednesday morning, everything turns to dust when they arrest Luca for the murder of Clea's previous adoptive family in San Diego. Clea is broken as her only family is taken away from her. She turns to Luca's best friend, Ryan, for help, only to find him "missing." Will Clea find Ryan in time and rescue her brother? Or are the murders more twisted than she thought?
The Land of Eternal Winter by tewaters
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In snowbound Ruxalia, northern kingdom of ravens and pegasi, a cult seeks to bring about the Eternal Winter of prophecy. Watercaster Neris, a resistance leader from the southern nations, ventures into the frozen wastelands to recruit an old friend to her cause. But when idealism and former affections prove insufficient in persuading the remorseless killer-for-hire he has since become, she must resort to more drastic methods... Methods that inadvertently entangle her deeper and deeper into the affairs of a land not her own. Meanwhile, Firecaster Firiane, member of a secret society acting in opposition to the cult, hunts a traitor who has stolen an artifact long theorized to be the key to stopping the prophecy. But time is working against her, as are her own supposed allies. And even the most solidly supported theory may be disproved in an instant. What neither woman realizes: their every action brings the cult closer to its goals.
The Ghost Tiger's Lament by tewaters
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As a child, Ashne swore two oaths. With her adopted sister Zsaran she made a pact: one would never die without the other. To their mistress, the queen, who plucked them both out of the inhospitable marshlands, she vowed eternal loyalty. When a tiger spirit from a rival kingdom kidnaps the queen's only daughter, Ashne, now a trusted bodyguard, follows in pursuit despite knowing that her sword will be of little use against the ancient magic steadily reawakening across the land. But it is her human adversaries who prove more dangerous as she navigates the shifting political landscape in a kingdom still recovering from a decades-long war: a foreign sorcerer, an eccentric apothecary, an ambitious bandit chief — perhaps even Zsaran, who has long awaited a chance to achieve freedom for both herself and Ashne. Soon Ashne can no longer reconcile her love for her sister and her devotion to the women they have both served since childhood. Yet she must bring back the princess regardless. If not for love and duty, for her people's continued survival against the encroachment of powerful foreign conquerors, before whose ravenous ambitions the squabbles of two tribal kingdoms amount to dust.