A group of short stories that are completely random, which we wrote just because we felt like it. None of them are canon -- they're all Alternate Universe stories.

One night of pleasure can lead to a lifetime's worth of pain... ~~~ Moira was raised to become Queen, but she's more interested in riding horses and learning to bake pastries than she is in politics. An adventurous sort, Moira is quickly taken advantage of when she meets a breathtakingly handsome stranger one night by the Docks. Three days later, she's formally betrothed to the handsome, kind Crown Prince Jaron--already having betrayed him. As if that isn't enough to make Moira sick at heart, strange things begin happening, and she starts seeing monsters straight from fairytales--centaurs and snake-men and women with wings. What's worse, these creatures are hunting, and their prey is Moira herself. The only person who believes her is the sharp-eyed, sharper-tongued leader of the Izani Troupe, Inex. He has secrets of his own, though, and Moira might not be able to trust him... or anyone else.

Two spies: one a prisoner, the other a slave, each with their own agenda... When Feng got stuck in Tevora, it was a minor irritation. When he got chained up and was then unable to remove the power-canceling shackles, it was a major annoyance. In order to remove said shackles, he makes a deal with the God of Death: he'll kill Cruciatus, the God of Pain, in return for the key to his chains. But letting himself get arrested by Cruciatus' minions may lead to more complications than Feng was expecting... When Sky escaped from the Institute in which she was tortured for eleven long years, she had little reason to keep living--until her new friend Rohan told her about his plan to end Cruciatus' reign of terror. Hoping to help, she infiltrates Cruciatus' lair, only to get herself captured again... The paths of these two broken souls collide, forcing Feng and Sky to join forces in order to hunt down a set of ancient artifacts which will help them defeat the God they're both bent on killing. When forced into close contact, though, and with new enemies appearing at every turn... will either make it out alive? *Trigger warning for sexual abuse*

~It's hard to tell in the dark, if you've lost your soul or lost your heart.~ "She didn't appear to believe him--but she hadn't pulled away, her legs still around his waist, her arms still around his neck. Thorn kissed her again, long and deep, before drawing back to look into her eyes again. "I want you, little nymph," he said again. "I want to touch you and I want to kiss you and I want to taste your skin." He lowered his voice, tilting his head though he didn't break his gaze from hers. "I want to feel you--" he dipped his head closer to hers, so she'd be unable to see anything but his eyes, and his voice was a sensual caress. "I want to hear you scream, and I want to be inside you, Caelei." Her chest heaved like she was having trouble breathing, and Thorn grinned. "But, if you don't want me..." he trailed off, starting to pull away a little. Her grip tightened around him, and Thorn took that as all the agreement he needed. He fell back into her, ignoring the protests and screams of his battered body, and buried his tongue in her mouth even as his hand danced across her body, removing the barriers between them. She didn't protest, and he didn't stop--even though his body tried to kill him for it." Many things have been lost. Family, friends, emotions, humanity. Accompanying Andreas on a quest for vengeance long due, Sin is in danger of losing something she never knew she had: her heart. The only question is if she'll survive long enough to learn what that truly means...

~How deep can the darkness take you... before you lose your soul?~ "Tell me," she said, because the emptiness inside was yawning, stretching, consuming and she suddenly needed something, someone, needed to feel anything other than empty. She hated being empty. And she didn't want him to be empty either. She remembered that. It was like a film had been lifted from her eyes and as she looked down at him, she understood something. With other people, she didn't have to be human. Even with Thorn, he simply knew her. Andreas made her feel human. She didn't know how to be human, didn't know what it involved or what she should do. Humans were fragile, humans could be broken, and Sin was already broken enough. But she wasn't as broken as him. And maybe it was that fact that had her reaching for him, turning so she was laying on the bed beside him, stretching so she could wrap her arms around him and hold him close to her. Maybe it was that knowledge that made her want to protect him from the world. Because she'd thought the gods cruel only to her. She'd been wrong. So she closed her eyes and breathed him in, then breathed out, releasing everything inside her until she was simply... Sin. And she whispered into his hair, softly, five more impossible words. "I can hear you screaming." Dropped into an unknown, dangerous world and thrown together by chance, two people are now in a race for survival. One, a dark sorcerer with a haunted past and a deadly reputation, and the other, a cursed assassin with a chaotic soul. Both are powerful, domineering, and arrogant. Neither are team players. And yet, they'll have to work together if they want to get out alive... that is, if they manage not to kill each other first. (A collaboration/co-write by @Michillie and @Literacy101)

All Milira Davenport wanted was to escape from her small town and live with her uncle, Alexander. But when tragedy strikes and Alexander passes away, Milira is faced with even greater misfortune. Forced to deal with the consequences of her uncle's debt, Milira finds herself signing her life away in an attempt to repay the money her uncle owed. As Milira struggles to adjust to her new life, a life tied to Damon Carleton's, the creditor's son, Milira tries to keep her heart hardened against his robust, and arrogant charms. However, Damon refuses to make it easy for her. Will Milira be able to handle all the Betrayal, Secrets and Love coming her way? Or will she crumble under the overwhelming obstacles in her path? Credit to @midnight-disaster for helping me with this summary. *Currently being edited*

Ambrose. The name is not only feared, but shunned and reviled. He's a monster sentenced to a life of desolation and loneliness, and no one but his tormentor knows his whereabouts - at the bottom of the ocean. A creature of the sea cursed because of one simple mistake... Mari. Her life was a small happy bubble until it's popped by the finding out that her boyfriend has been cheating on her - just as the cruise ship she's on starts to sink! She's sure that death is near until she drowns upon an underwater cave...and a hulking man with swirling eyes. Seeing a chance to escape, Ambrose forces the terrified Mari to help them both, but not before ultimately changing her life...and her legs. Their worlds turning upside in the matter of minutes, Ambrose is on a mission to clear his name and Mari's on a mission to return to land. But how can she do that when she slowly starts to fall for the dangerous, damaged man who only wants to be free...and heal her own heart in the process? THIS IS A FREE SAMPLE