** THIS VERSION OF "HUMAN" IS ONLY AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON W A T T P A D. ** Jake Warren is a human worker within Colony Seven who is given the chance to leave his enslaved life behind. However, after learning the truth about the humans who survived the alien invasion, he fights back and reclaims his humanity. * ❝They say they'll release us in groups of five in thirty days, based on our birth number here on Earth. In colony seven, I am number three. I'll be one of the first to see the planet as a free man. No Astorian laws, no colony rules. Just free on the planet I was meant to inhabit, as a human should.❞ * The Astorians landed on Earth in 2024 and controlled everything. But, as promised, humans could go free after fifty years. Jake Warren, human #0003, has begun the countdown until his freedom. After a life of enslavement, another thirty days wouldn't be hard at all. Except, Jake is Jake. He has a problem with authority. A smart mouth that gets him beaten and punished by Astorian law. And after one word too many, he's thrown in the Wingos' den, illegally sentenced to death. Yet, he doesn't die. He lives. And learns. And is willingly ready to accept his fate. But at what cost? * COMPLETED ROUGH DRAFT [~ This story is currently being rewritten offline to be self-published in the future! This is the FIRST rough draft Human has ever had, and the beginning of Jake's story. You can read this version for free here on W a t t p a d. If this story is found anywhere else, please let me know. NO STEALING, COPYING, or TRANSLATIONS PLEASE. ~] * 🌙 Featured on @ScienceFiction 🌙 Featured on @SpeculativeFiction Rated mature for heavy language, violence, and slight sexual themes. © Vee Lozada

In a city where werewolves live hidden among humans, Alpha Mike Hennesy keeps his pack strong with grit, loyalty, and a quiet boxing gym that doubles as a front for their operations. He's respected, disciplined - and alone. At thirty-seven, he's long stopped expecting to find his fated mate. Until Aiden walks into the Lighthouse Pub with black curls, silver rings, and a smile sharp enough to make anyone look twice. Hired as a bartender, Aiden is human. Or so everyone thinks - until the bond hits hard and fast, pulling them together like gravity. But Aiden isn't just hiding from his past - something inside him is waking up. Something wild. Something his mother spent years trying to bury. As the matebond tightens and tensions rise across pack borders, Mike must protect not only his pack and his daughter, but the man who's become his future. And Aiden? He'll have to face what he really is - and decide if love is worth the risk of setting the wolf inside him free.

Running from his dark legacy, the werewolf hunter River must align with his enemy to protect himself from a vengeful pack and his own family; a low fantasy enemies to lovers story. River is a werewolf hunter, born into the esteemed, silver-lined legacy of the Ferreus Clan. It's not a life he wants and not a life he chooses for himself, and on the eve of his twenty-fifth birthday - on the cusp of an initiation ritual that will seal him into the coffin of his family's legacy forever - he runs. River stumbles upon the quiet town of Crescent Valley, a largely mundane, quaint place of old bookstores and pleasant cafés and peaceful nature walks. He also, through no fault of his own, stumbles onto a gruesome murder scene. Body torn apart, blood still warm, an odd symbol carved into the man's bare, scratched chest. He recognises the signs. Crescent Valley has a wild dog problem. Thinking of his hard-won freedom and desperate for peace, River vows to himself- one last job. So he sets out on a mission to find the killer and put an end to them, if only so he can sleep without feeling the cool handle of a silver knife in his paranoid grip. River soon becomes entangled in a feud between rival werewolf packs clawing for territory, and the alpha of the Crescent Moon pack, Rowan, is getting a little too close for comfort. In Crescent Valley, where monsters roam the streets, it is kill or be killed. Quite literally. ───── • ⋆⋅➶⋅⋆ • ───── Status: Complete Story length: 95,000+ words The cover image has been generated for this story using BingAI.

After seventeen years of living in the darkness, Elijah Harris was finally free and intent on discovering and seeing the world in his own eyes. On the other hand, Devon Slane wanted none other than to cage his jaded heart and trap himself in the darkness after being betrayed by his loved one. One seeks freedom, while the other wants to shut himself from the world. Two people as opposite as the magnetic poles crossed their paths and sparks flew. Will Elijah be the one to save Devon from the shackles the latter willingly put on himself, or will Elijah be thrown again into the darkness as his past began to chase him? MistressElle, 2021 Tags: #15 in bl

Camilo Carter is The Doctor of East Hadena, one of the deadliest serial killers the city has ever seen. He's excellent at what he does, with no signs of getting caught any time soon. He thinks he has it all figured out, sees himself as almost bulletproof. He's never slipped up, never come remotely close. Camilo is untouchable. That is, until the really hot lead investigator of his case moves in across the hall. ~ "Perfect," he tells me, tone low. My heart practically stops beating in my chest. "I meant you're perfect." Decari doesn't know. He has no idea how untrue that is, how far off. He doesn't know, and he can't know. He can't ever fucking find out! He just can't, and I'm terrified that if I let this continue any longer... I'll get too comfortable. Too secure. I can never allow myself to doubt his loyalty to the law. If I'm to give in, I need to promise myself that. I take a step forward, and we're so close like this that I can feel the heat of his body. I finally move my gaze up to his eyes, which look a lot darker like this. He is entirely focused on me, and I don't think he even realizes he does it, but his hand drops from my face and finds its way to my hip a moment later. The world seems to disappear as I look into his eyes, deciding to warn him one last time. "You'll change your mind." ~ [WARNINNGS: definitely blood and gore etc since the book is about a serial killer, there will also be heavy topics like abuse and sexual assault, not graphic. also smut of course]

Harlan has a unique power, one that makes him see things others cant, and therefore got him thrown in an asylum when he was only a child. Now he's a reluctant hero, thrust into the profession since he lacked any other option. He's amazing at his job, and six years into his work, is the sidekick to one of the most notable heroes of his generation: Lavina. Unfortunately, he also hates being a hero, but there's one thing that makes it worth it. The numbered. A series of villains who appeared out of nowhere and have an exceptional skill at avoiding the law, heroes, and just generally winning or evading consequences. Consequences, which are the only part of Harlan's job he enjoys. Harlan wants to find the root of it all more than anything, and he's beginning to get close. He intends to find out at any cost. He intends to win at any cost. That, he's sure of. His drive is unmatched. Until something entirely foreign to him gets involved: Feelings. [WARNINGS: smut, gore, swearing, some heavy topics, morally grey characters (the usual)]

Jaesung didn't expect his end to come at the hands of the one he trusted the most. To help his grandparents' make ends meet, Jeasung dropped out of high school and joined the mafia. Little did he know he would be signing his life away to their cold-hearted heir, Luca. In reality, his troubles were just beginning. As a Korean-Italian in an American mafia group, Jaesung was already considered the lowest of the low. Now with the young heir having put all his attention on him, his simple life was anything but. Add in a new drug on the scene that is slowly killing their members, and life for Jaesung just got a lot harder. A story about the dark underbelly of the city, with betrayal, murder, romance, and deceit at every corner. Will Jaesung fall prey to the devil himself?

Jeff wakes up with half his eyes, memories, career, and in front of the magenta-eyed nurse, Omar, who seems way much more than he looks. Omar, as a failed experiment himself, is indifferent, wants nothing to do with the broken sergeant, and thinks Jeff personifies his bitter past. However, this is the military, amidst friends and foes, within the breath of death. This blood-red rose will bloom only on one condition. Guts.

Jasper Hughes is dead. Or his body is, anyway. Now he's stuck sharing one with Oliver Adams, a telepath with a big heart and an even bigger knack for getting himself into trouble. Jasper and Oliver are going to need to learn to work together fast if they're to have any hope of surviving what's to come. (Shoutout to @BlueBlackInk for the cover!)

Charlie was used to running. He ran from his past, then his family and now, after dumping his criminal boyfriend, he was running from the mafia. With nowhere to go and no one left to save him, he found himself arrested for a petty crime and facing jail once again. Thankfully, the victim of his failed crime turns out to be the manager of a small-time D-Ball team in the Deep South. Recognising Charlie, the man's daughter offers him a second chance at glory in the vicious game. He accepts and travels to Louisiana with the pair, hoping to lose his ex along the way. Joining the Tremaine Wildes was no easy task. His coach was abrasive, his teammates downright dangerous, and the insects of the swamp bigger than he expected. But he was determined to make it work and start a new life -one free from who he once was. If only one of his teammates, the insufferable 5ft French-Cajun August Mane, was not determined to see him go mad before the state championship... TW: Abuse, violence, sex and death.