Lucinda Swueet, is a smart, witty and loving girl, who runs into a friend after years apart. but, she couldn't even imagine how different he is now, much less the thoughts that go through his mind about her. Etienne Cecile Addams is beyond wealth. He is calm, smooth and collected, as a hunter should be. After recently acquiring the family business and realizes that, even he needs help. But, he can't just have anyone... When he and Lucinda run across each other after a few years, a plan roots itself deep in his mind. He does need a mate and who better to trust than a best friend. Will an old Friendship be the just the match he was looking for all along? Or will it push an old pal to the depths of insanity? **This story contains graphic content, and triggering sexual assault content. Please do not read if the material offends, or affects you or others in any way. Thank you! Artelun <3 Cover photo found: Bad girls bible.com

Every city has its ghost stories. A fairytale strung together with threads that have no end. For The City of Nocturne, it was no less true. An esteemed surgeon, gone mad scientist. The City whispers of a so called 'Franken-Girl' hidden within the Beleview Estate. Follow Edwin Maynard, a man whose life of misfortune and crippling loyalty has brought him to this very heart of Nocturne's greatest mystery. Will he survive his sentence, or die trying? Perhaps even finding himself utterly devoted to a creature he never believed in.