Madison Vale was supposed to survive senior year. Not the apocalypse. She had plans. Cute ones. She was the most popular girl at Westhaven High, had a social life people envied, and already had big plans for what came next. Then people started biting each other. Now she's running from the dead in platform boots, collecting survival rules she never wanted, and somehow stuck in highschool. The world might be ending. Madison still has standards. And if she's going to survive this, she's doing it her way.

SECRETS RUN DEEPER IN SMALL TOWNS. Hannah McVay vanished. No note. No warning. No trace. Just an empty house, an abandoned car, and a town full of people who seem to know more than they're saying. Sheriff Windsor Alder is determined to find her. But Eldritch has never been good at giving up its secrets. The farther Windsor follows Hannah's trail, the more he uncovers-old stories, forgotten names, and pieces of a past that were supposed to stay buried. And somehow, they all seem to lead back to him. Because in Eldritch, people disappear. Secrets don't. And Windsor is about to learn that some mysteries started long before he ever came home. SOME STORIES ARE REMEMBERED. SOME ARE WRITTEN IN CARMINE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©

"Numb and lonely, what a heavy thing to bear." Gable Pierce, young, wild, and free. He has the kind of life many would dream of having. With girls vying for his attention, stellar grades and being the popular hunky jock of Maplesgrove High and living on his own, a teen's dream. Tossed in the thrill of living on his own, and it looks like he has it all. But beneath that charismatic exterior, he feels anything but, like he's standing on a fault line. "Until we meet again." 🔴18+🔴 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2026 Part of the Being Misunderstood Series.

When Charlotte agrees to fake date bad boy Mason to make her best friend and secret crush, Ben, jealous, she thinks it will be a simple arrangement. The rules are clear and she's certain of her goal: make Ben fall in love with her. So why does it seem like the lines always blur when Mason is around? *** Charlotte Anderson has secretly been in love with her best friend, Ben Hathaway, since childhood, though he's never seen her as anything but the girl next door. After witnessing Ben kissing another girl at a party, a heartbroken Charlotte accidentally admits her crush to notorious bad boy Mason Reed... who also happens to be one of Ben's closest friends. But Mason isn't going to tell Charlotte's secret; instead, he suggests they fake a relationship to make Ben jealous. They create a set of strict rules for the arrangement: no kissing when Ben isn't around, no sex, and no falling in love. But as their fake relationship progresses, and Mason's walls break down, Charlotte finds herself questioning her true feelings for both boys, and wondering if some rules are meant to be broken-especially when it comes to love. [[word count: 100,000 - 150,000]] Cover designed by Gillian Goulet (This story is a standalone title in the Dependency series) [[Wattpad Editors Choice: June 2021]]

!SLOW UPDATES! When she was just two years old, Chiara Rose Bernardi was taken away from her family by her mother, to keep her safe. Taken to Sydney, Australia she lives under the name Chiara Wilson with her mother and her stepfather. Throughout her early life, she was abused by the two people she looked up to. Chiara had to grow up very quickly learn to fend for herself, and learnt lessons no one should ever have to learn. On the other side of the planet in New York City, USA the Bernardi family have been a living mess since their princess was taken away from them a long 14 years ago. When Chiara's mother and step-father 'unfortunately' pass away from a drug overdose, what will happen when the Bernardis finally find their princess and Chiara is sent to live with them? [in editing] TW - in this story there is mention of drugs, rape, sexual assault, violence, mature content, strong language, self-harm, suicide, abuse and degrading name calling, and intimate scenes. Started - 21st of September 2021 Finished - It will be at some stage.

"till the end" Princeton Whiley is the boy with the perfect grades. He's the boy who always gives a shoulder to lean on, stranger or not. The nice boy people take advantage of. He's the boy with a heart made of gold. 18+ ‼️Trigger Warning‼️ ‼️BOOK TWO‼️ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2023 ⭐️can be read in any order AFTER book 1⭐️ || Being Misunderstood Series. || Lovely Fellow. The Lost Art Of Drowning. Golden Boy. Like Honey. Lone Wolf.

"and so the river runs with all of our secrets." Knox Whiley; left ashamed and traumatized. Being the one that looks out for everyone he carries the weight of the world on his shoulders and burdens no one should have to carry. Life for him is an endless violent ocean and he is the boy drowning in water. 18+ ‼️Trigger Warning‼️ ‼️Mature Content‼️ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2024 || Being Misunderstood Series. || Lovely Fellow. The Lost Art Of Drowning. Golden Boy. Fault Line Like Honey Lone Wolf

He believed he was born to burn. She believed even wildfires deserve rain. GrumpyXSunshine "let kindness spread like a wildfire." Opal Clemens is a bubbly outgoing girl with a big heart. She loves to make people happy and has a positive outlook on life. Her constant goals are to make the people around her feel joyous and loved. Koa Whiley; Broken, Flawed, and Unworthy. He's the boy misunderstood by the world. His body is covered in scars that tell the saddest stories. With tear stained cheeks and blind eyes, he always saw the world raging like an untamable wildfire. Just a hopeless boy. So Opal saw a boy in need of a friend. Everyone fears the fire. She wondered who lit the match. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2022 **NOW PUBLISHED** ‼️Mature Content‼️ ⚠️TRIGGER WARNING READ AT YOUR OWN RISK⚠️ Being Misunderstood Series. Lovely Fellow The Lost Art Of Drowning Golden Boy Fault Line Like Honey

I just wanted to feel as if someone like you exists. You were the only one who cared enough to talk to me. The only one kind enough to try to get me to say more than two words. The only one who cared enough to keep me around, I know that by the time I give you this, you won't know where I am until the end. If you skip it all, if you ignore it, or if you read it before I leave just know that nonetheless, I wanted to say thank you. There's just some things in life, I need to get off my chest and doing this, I feel like I could have someone to tell. I know it's not the same as telling you in person but, to me, this means a hell of a lot more.

[ A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY ] → #2 in Teen Fiction ••• ❝You're frowning,❞ he murmured, tapping his forefinger on one corner of her mouth. ❝I hate it when you frown. It makes me want to tear to pieces whatever has upset you.❞ ❝Then tear down that armour, Asa,❞ she told him, leaning her face into his palm because it was starting to feel like home and it terrified her, but also brought her peace. ❝Tear away that outer skin and wear the one you were born with like its gold, because it is.❞ She brought up her free hand to cover his one that was holding her face. ❝Because right now, that is what's upsetting me.❞ ••• In which Asa San Román, popular swimming champion of Reichenbach High, is afraid his looks are all that he'll be liked for... but then meets Carmen West, the girl with midnight hair and thundercloud eyes, who reminds him that beauty is soul-deep instead. •••