First story ever writen. For your entire life you have been bullied. your parents devorced when you were only a baby so you don't really remember them. Mother in America and your father missing. You live with your uncle and aunty. Because of bullying you were homeschooled for 5 years. In that time you trained hard to become stronger so that you can protect the week and yourself. Then you decide to go back to school. You are tired of running away. What will happen next?

Evil spirits. A cursed prince. Death itself in disarray. Iris just wants to go home, but fate has other plans for this young priestess and her odd companions. /// The land of Erinlin is dying, its ancient traditions choked out by the Kaerent church and its true priestesses, the Candlemaidens, increasingly regarded with fear and suspicion. All Iris wants is to tend her candles, win her shade battles, and chat with the spirits of her realm. But when she is torn away from her home by the Kaerent king, she learns that her country needs her to be far more than a typical Candlemaiden-- she must be as the legendary priestesses of old and walk through Death itself. *** Cover help from the awesome @ArdenBrooks. Special thanks to @rainersalt, @giveitameaning, and @piperjones033 !

Volume 1: Pickpocketing Living in secret and stealing to eat is a hard life , but it's all Kuro has ever known. Fear and necessity honed him from a young age into the finest young thief in in the wizard kingdoms. Nobody can hide forever, though, and a run of poor luck lands Kuro in a place where his quick hands and quiet feet count for nothing: Avalon Academy, school of magic. Out of his depth and unable to escape, can Kuro find a place among the other misfits at the school, or will his past return to ruin the one chance he has to leave his life in the shadows?

I was destined for heartbreak. I came to the realization, that my previous feelings for him, were not only still alive, but the intensity between us, would make or break our friendship. My emotions wrapped me into a stupid cliche romance when I was with him. Childhood best friends, Hayes and Cara, were inseparable. Until stupid hormones kick in, making them fall for each other.Its not so easy having a celebrity be your best friend- let alone boyfriend.