"Do you feel like that, sometimes? A diamond?" He actually laughed out loud that time. "A diamond? Absolutely not. I am one fat lump of coal. Charcoal. The kind that goes in the grill, right before you burn it. The kind that starts a fire that won't go out, and cooks anything that gets close enough. I am the f***ing fire." I backed up, mentally. Those were a whole bunch of loaded words. I wasn't sure if I should approach any of it. In that moment, Jake kicked his heel back into the oak desk. It made a loud thump. His face lit up in pain, and it took him a moment to control his facial expression. I held my breath. Violence was what I had been prepared for. He could do more, if he really wanted to. He kicked the desk one more time, seemingly out of frustration. "The f***ing fire," he repeated, short of breath with irritation and pain. I inched closer, praying that he wouldn't look at me. Jake grew still again, staring out the window. I stood against the wall, waiting for him to notice my presence. He didn't. "Jake," I said softly. "Jake, listen to me. It's over. Everything already happened. Come back to the present, okay? Focus on right now." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jacob Sethsday has a history that might lead you to believe that he is a bad guy. He is currently in juvie due to an unfortunate accident that he blames himself for. He is stubborn as they come & has a difficult time letting go. He knows he deserves everything that's coming to him. Crystal is a volunteer at the facility where Jake is staying. She's volunteered so long, she has her own parking spot. She's never met a boy she couldn't help, save one. The question is, will this boy allow her to help him, even if it means that he has to forgive himself?

The harsh winters and freezing blizzards of the tundra are all familiar to Anyu. Living amongst her tribe in the frozen wasteland, she has learned to survive and fend for herself. But when she is lost in a strange blizzard, Anyu finds herself in a world of creatures, spirits, and magic that she has only heard of in legends. Led by her mysterious guide Kano, Anyu searches for a way back home. But before she can leave, she will have to discover the truth about herself and the land she calls home. What has Anyu's tribe been keeping hidden? What is her connection to this strange new world? And what are the secrets hidden beneath the ice? Highest Ranking: #44 in Fantasy Cover by @KatrinHollister

CHRISTIAN WITH A DASH OF ROMANCE. Is beauty a curse? Is it a curse when all everyone sees is the beautiful outside and not the wounded soul hiding inside? The world has never failed to remind Mia Taylor that she's as pretty as they come. Her appearance has been used to the benefit of others. It's no wonder she considers her beauty a flaw, an inconvenient thing that has chained her down. She swears never to do anything to draw more attention to herself but desperate circumstances force her to enter a career in modeling. And even as she lets herself be put on a pedestal, she continues to loathe that quality. But as Mia grows closer to God and good friends, she realizes her beauty isn't a thing to be hated and that she has a right to embrace not just her inner beauty, but her outer beauty.

"Gretchen Boarding School" and under it read "The School Where We Shift Into Our True Selves." Lizzy Abner expected her seventeen birthday to be just like the others. A day filled with sadness and longing as she lived only with her drill sergeant grandma. She was not expecting to be whisked into a whole new world! One that expected her to be a beacon of hope. A girl who was once always called a freak to now someone everyone knew about. Join Liz as she navigates her new life and finds out who she truly is. _____________________________________________ "You are going to a boarding school, five hours from here, one for special talents." She blurted out. "Looking at myself in the mirror, I looked like a complete mess. My rosy red hair a greasy mess, my eyes puffy from lack of sleep, my neck exhibiting a weird red tattoo....what the heck!" "Too occupied by my annoyance of the two boys, I turned around to smack into something, someone really hard." _____________________________________________ Werewolves, Dragons, and more...a story that unlocks Lizzy's heart to a whole new world! Text copyright © NaomiWagner_ ™ '2018-' The moral right of the author has been asserted. All rights reserved. This story is published subject to the condition that it shall not be reproduced or retransmitted in whole or in part, in any manner, without the written consent of the copyright holder, and any infringement of this is violation of copyright law. A single copy of the materials available in the story may be made, solely for personal, noncommercial use. Individuals must preserve any copyright or other notices contained in or associated with them. Users may not distribute said copies to others, whether or not in electronic form or in hard copy, without prior written consent of the copyright holder of the materials. Contact information for requests for permission to reproduce or distribute materials available through this course are listed below: naomiwagnerwattpad18@gmail.co

"You just don't belong in my world, Jasey." *** Jasey Eldridge didn't expect to have a good senior year. She knew it would be rough with all the complications in her life. Living with her two brothers and dad, Jasey was used to rough. But she didn't expect it to come in bad boy form. When Jasey loses her bandana, the bad boy doesn't want to give it back. So, she decides to get it back herself. Sneaking into strangers' windows wasn't really a normal thing for her and her amateur ninja skills. Will she succeed in whisking away her special bandana or will she also whisk away a few hearts while she's at it?

Jeanette Arthur had no idea what was going to happen to her when they opened the doors. Was she going to die? Or would she wish she was dead? She began to think that this kind of thing didn't happen to people like her, but she realized how wrong she was. This became her story's end the night she picked up those drinks. When she let herself step into that building, when she accepted that job and put on those clothes. They had made her believe she was important. Special. Worth loving. She had thought all these people wanted her, but they only wanted the lie she was selling. She knew this was no longer pretend. She was no longer in control, and she was no longer the one selling herself. She wanted someone to rewrite her story. So for the first time in her life, she raised up her hands, and she started to pray.

When teenager, Erica is held at gunpoint and is moments away from the possible end of her life, she is faced with a decision. Will she choose her faith or her life? A short story Based off of real situations of the very real and present christian persecution.

One guy. One girl. Two irrevocably loud spirits. Jonah has been uprooted from the one place he was really starting to get along with - and now he finds himself stuck in the middle of San Francisco with everything except what he wants: Happiness. After hearing mysterious music coming from an abandoned building and finding an even more mysteriously happy girl with a camera around her neck taking up refuge there, he finds his world slowly spiraling out of control and into a huge, catastrophic, real, and beautiful mess. He came - or was dragged - into the city expecting to find only one moment where he finally broke free of everything. Instead, he found one girl, a new meaning, a couple friends, and a thousand moments to go with them. ----- This is the 2nd book in the Lost & Found series by Wallxflowxer! You DO NOT have to have read the first one to read this one!

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Lily is a Christian girl having fun walking with Jesus. She meets Matthew, a very rich guy who believes that God does not exist. She makes it her life mission to prove him wrong. Matthew makes a deal with her. She can either make him believe in God in three months or she has no option but to become his girlfriend. Highest ranking #14 in Spiritual