During a massive drought, a Water Witcher goes trekking across several states to visit a friend but finds himself in danger when a group called The Hounds begins hunting him down. 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 1 ~ 🅦🅐🅣🅔🅡 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 Corbin has been witching water since he was a young boy. It's a skill his grandfather taught him to survive living in a time of thirst. He also taught him never to venture farther than their property because the world had become too dangerous with people fighting over water. As an adult, however, he finds himself alone. The home he once shared with his grandfather feels more like an empty shell with echoes of memories. Deciding to head for the road to visit a friend, he sets out to wander what's practically become a wasteland. Except, he soon discovers that since his last adventure north, Water Witchers are being captured and sold to high bidders by a group called The Hounds. With his friend Coyote living up north, a few states away, he'll have to figure out how to get there safely, but it won't be easy with danger at every turn. * * 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧: ~Editor's Pick - Oct 7, 2022~ @Wattpad - Adrenaline Rush @WattpadExplorer - Adrenaline Rush @WattpadDarkFantasy @Adventure - Featured Stories @Fantasy - Featured Fantasy @Mystery Featured Mystery @Adultfiction - Featured Adult Fiction @Action - Featured Action Stories

A simple word of verse or rhyme To carve away the breadth of time And in its place a thing, the forgotten long forgot But to its credit and its reach To each their own of life and speech May we recall that they are but, the shadows of a thought

What do you do when you're the daughter of the Demon Master? Run away, of course! Hidden within the largest city of the world, Vulean City, Meya Country. Tucked away from the main roads and in a small dead end street is a hidden pearl of a restaurant that only seats ten people at a time. With it's ridiculous pricing for the dishes, it only brings in the rich, the famous, and the known. With it's qi infused decor and dishes, of course those partons would have to bow down to it's owner and chef! Baozhai Restaurant is run by a petite beauty. A beauty that everyone calls a calamitous star. A beauty that can ruin a man and collapse a city. But here, she's known as the fierce Chef Sya who'll ruin your face if you get on her nerves. "You feed this Duke with food that has now reach this Duke's heart!" Ju Long announced. "You must take responsibility for this Duke!" "Tsk. Then I suggest you starve!" Sya retorted back to him. "Wife~~~~~." Ju Long whined. "Who here is your wife?" Sya said looking around the empty restaurant. "She must be a ghost. I'll set out an extra bowl at dinner so she won't be a starving ghost."

***Please note that this book has been taken down because it's been published, and you can see only the sample chapters of the published version. You can find the links to both ebook and paperback in my profile bio. ------------- I have always been bullied and trapped in darkness. I hoped life would get better when I moved to my mother's hometown, but it only got worse because it was there that I met my unrequited crush, Hayden Black. He despised me from day one, and even more when I became best friends with his twin, Kayden. Kayden gave light to my life, but my happiness with him lasted only until one night two years ago. That night Kayden died because of me. Half of me died with him. The other half was left to bleed, suffering Hayden's and his friends' constant bullying. Now I must endure one more year before I can finally escape them and go to college. This year has to be different. Either I will become stronger, or they will finally break me into nothing. ----------- Highest rank in Romance: #1 on 10/28/2017 Bullied won the Best Romance and the Best Diverse Book award and the Bullied series won the Best Trilogy/Series award in The Fiction Awards 2018. --------- I wrote this novel for #NaNoWriMo2016 #NaNoWinner2016