"I wouldn't do that if I were you," a deep voice speaks up, rougher than usual with sleep. My fingers wrap around the handle of the kitchen knife as I spin around, holding the blade out before me. A man with dark hair and striking blue eyes, eyes that are startlingly familiar, sits at the kitchen table. He lounges in his chair, legs stretched out before him and hair mussed in a way that is irritatingly attractive. His eyes are hard, cup of what must be coffee forgotten on the table. "You might hurt yourself." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Raven Spell lived a normal, boring life, and after years of bouncing around in the system, normal and boring is just fine with her. Things finally seem to have turned around when one fateful night, she ventures into the woods and her entire world is turned upside down. Raven never believed in fairy tales, but as she's sucked into a world full of the supernatural where enemies hide behind every turn, she realizes that nothing is as it seems.

"They say, deep in the forest, there is a secret road that can only be found by those who know where it is. And beyond that road, is a hidden lab... where rats become the size of dogs, and men become as vicious as wolves." She is the newly arrived local sweetheart of Blackpine, running from a dark past. The abused wallflower. He is a monster with no memories beyond captivity. The perfect soldier. That is until he escapes. x-x-x A different tale for those who love Werewolves, but prefer the more "realistic" stories, and less overdone "wolfishness" to their romance. Warning: Sexual, and Violent Content! Read at your own risk. Temporary Summary!

A billion-dollar clone, bought and raised as an extremely dangerous weapon, strikes out against those who manufacture and harvest clones for spare parts. ***** Duplicates are used for one thing: spare parts. Kept in Emulation Facilities, brain-dead and hooked to machines, duplicates never open their eyes. As a transplant nurse, Evette Ashford knows this better than anyone -- until a living, breathing duplicate shatters her life. Merely knowing he exists drags Evette into a deep, dark world of manipulation, danger, and control. Evette knows he just wants to find himself, but the corporation that created him are furious he's broken their control. So Evette must decide who to trust: the monster who forced her into this chaos or the monster who created him. [[IC Universe People's Choice]] [[1st Place, Writers' Olympics Dystopian Award]] [[1st Place, Oscar Sci-fi Award]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story is rated PG-13 for violence, language, and sexual content. This story will become free on January 31st!