"And your eyes will immediately recognise her and your heart will chase her from this lifetime to the next." He enforces the rules. She lives within their confines. The man is a powerful bureaucrat in South Africa's Apartheid government determined to uphold the system. But when he begins to feel a pull towards the girl, everything he thought he believed is thrown into question. As desire battles with duty, the man must confront the cost of feeling something he was never meant to. 🔞 Edit [05 June 2025]: I will be adding summarized historical notes where necessary for those readers interested in history. Although this book, the story and it's characters are fictional, it is still set in real historical context of South African history during one of its darkest periods. The edits will be a chapter at a time so do not be surprised if a chapter goes offline for a few minutes. Please note that this book contains 1. Violence; 2. Discrimination where derogatory terminology is used; 3. Explicit Sexual Content: And is therefore not suitable for anyone under the age of 18 years old or anyone who will be offended by the language used.

"I know there's nothing wrong, but what if everybody thinks it is? Then we'll be alone..." He whispered, resting his head in his hands. "I don't mind being alone, as long as it's with you." - Hogwarts has reopened after the war, and Professor McGonagall has given Draco Malfoy another chance to attend the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She may be forgiving, but will the others? Will they accept him or repel him? And more importantly, will the former Death Eater accept himself?

"𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐧." ▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎ Alaska Hades had six older brothers, a loving father and an abusive mother. She was hiding away in the shadows, fearing that her mother would hurt anyone else as well if she didn't keep her mouth shut. But after a horrific accident, Alaska was blamed for something she had never done and was sent to a boarding school for delinquents. Away from her family, away from her home, away from everyone she had once loved. After five years of dealing with the betrayal and pain on her own, Alaska was forced to return to her old home. With a dysfunctional family, new family additions, her mother's death, familiar faces of old friends and a certain bad boy in school, that everyone warns to stay away from, Alaska is in for a time like no other. Will her family ever find out the truth? And if they do, will it be too late? Or will she become their Little Sunshine again? - 𝙉𝙊 𝙎𝙀𝙓𝙐𝘼𝙇 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙏! 𝙏𝙍𝙄𝙂𝙂𝙀𝙍𝙒𝘼𝙍𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂: 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵; 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩; 𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘩𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦; 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨; 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.

Nicole Evers' parents unexpectedly leave for a "business trip" leaving Nicole all alone, but her parents decide its best for Nicole to stay at the Vance's house while they leave for an unknown amount of time. Without saying goodbye they leave her at their front door only to come face to face with the schools Bad Boy and her worst nightmare, Jake Vance. With Nicole being a shy and quiet girl, who is unable to stand up for herself due to her past, Jake walks all over her. What happens when their paths cross? Will Nicole make it out alive? What will Jake do? Will he start to understand her? Will Jake develop feelings for Nicole? Will Nicole fall for Jake, the bad boy? Find out in Operation: Stay Alive.

{ Watty 2015 Winner + Featured Story } Meet Sawyer Jameson. On the outside, she's a normal seventeen year old girl with amazing friends, a charitable job and a loving family. She's beautiful, funny and easy to get along with and just by looking at her, you'd think that she's the perfect girl, living in the perfect world. On the inside though, just waking up and living her day-to-day life is a struggle for Sawyer. Well, aware of this fact, Sawyer's mother forces to see a psychiatrist after school on a daily basis in order to cope with the tragic events Sawyer encountered a year prior. Now meet Graham Cambridge. Those who don't know him could easily stereotype him as being a blunt, selfish, egotistical golden boy, just because he likes to party and play football. Those who actually know him though know that he's actually quite the opposite of all of those things. When Graham transfers from his elite prep school to Sawyer's high school and quickly takes an interest in her, things go from bad to worse. At least, that's what Sawyer's convinced herself of. What people don't realize though is that maybe they were wrong about Graham Cambridge and that his life is about as far from perfect as they come and that he and Sawyer are alike in more ways than one. Two completely different teenagers that maybe aren't all that different after all are about to embark on a wild ride that neither of them could have ever expected. Can they help each other get past their demented previous tragedies? Or are their bygones too great to ever escape them? And can Sawyer ever truly be saved? Full of romance, heartbreak and just a little bit of fate, the next couple of months will challenge both Sawyer and Graham in ways they never thought possible. And maybe, just maybe, something beautiful will come out of it. © Copyright 2013 Millie Morgan. All Rights Reserved.

**Highest Ranking : #1 in Chicklit** [ A WATTPAD FEATURED STORY ] Mabel Carter traveled half way across the country to attend college and get away from her dark past. After so many years she finally feels as though she's the one in control of her own life and she's on the way to mending her fragile heart. Until she meets Alexander Woods that is. A friendship sparks between the two of them, and he begins to make her feel things she never thought were possible. But what happens when the past comes knocking? Alex Woods doesn't do girlfriends. He's convinced that the girls he attends school with only want him based off looks, and would prefer him to be "arm candy." When he meets Mabel he's caught between wanting to be her friend and craving so much more than that. He's convinced himself that friendship is all that will ever come of their relationship, but as she shows the vulnerability beneath the sassy temper of hers, his feelings for her begin to grow in an unexpected way. ✖️✖️✖️ WATTPAD FEATURED STORY (3/1/18) Ranking | Chicklit: HR: #1 (4/21/18, 6/25/18)

21 year old River Jacobs has hit a dead end. She dropped out of college and heads back to her hometown. A town she swore she'd never return. Colton Sawyer hasn't left. He is still working on cars in his old garage and waiting for something to happen. River and Colt have history. Should history repeat itself? **unedited**

"Never, under any circumstances, tell anyone the truth." That was the number one rule. After changing their identities and starting new lives, Lydia and Jaxon hope to find safety from their dark past that is looking to come back to haunt them. However, things get complicated once Lydia meets a mysterious bad boy with secrets of his own. Will Lydia let herself fall for a boy she knows nothing about when she knows she needs to keep a low profile? Will Jaxon get too comfortable and spill all their secrets, putting them all in danger before Lydia can stop him? *** "Why do you always look away when you catch him staring at you?" "Because it takes courage to look in his eyes and not fall in love with them." ~COMPLETED~ #1 in TEENLOVE 4/25/19 #1 in RISING 1/28/19 #2 in TEEN FICTION 12/3/20 #2 in BADBOY 12/3/19 #49 in SECRETS 3/1/19 #509 in DRAMA 2/7/19

(TH#5)"And maybe in the end, in spite of all we said, all we did, all we met, we are only thoughts that evaporate into the effervescent whirlwind of time." Cole Winters is a perfect example of high school done right; star quarterback, good-looking, popular, he has the whole package. Things couldn't possibly go wrong. He lives for the present with no certainty on the future or anything it holds. Grace Loving is terminally ill. She's been cancer-free, but it can't be gone forever. She knows it. Everybody knows it. And it's only a matter of time before she bites it. But to maximize her living expectancy, her parents bring her to a well-known doctor operating a hospital just outside of Heart, North Carolina, where she finds her new home and, ultimately, Cole Winters. It's not love at first sight. It's not even love at fourth sight. But as they're thrown together in odd and unsavory circumstances, it becomes a battle between love and the desire not to hurt or be hurt, and the realization that in life you cannot have one without the other.

A home. That's all Delaney Taylor is looking for. Everyone wants a place to belong, especially someone who's been without one for so long. Delaney is a strong-willed girl with a heart of gold who's been through more than she deserves. From being passed around the foster system to being abused, she has had a very tragic past. Add in a traumatizing experience and you get a broken girl trying to put herself back together. Will she find a place to belong? Will she find the love she deserves to be surrounded by? How will she deal with the new family, new school, and new chance at a good life? ➳ Content/ Trigger warning: contains material that may be triggering. There are mistakes in this. I do NOT own any rights to these gifs or pictures