"You're hurting me..." I whispered. But his grip only got tighter as the pain got even more crucial. "It's what you get for stopping the party yesterday," Liam said. "I needed to," I murmured under my breath in the hopes that he would hear the weakness in my voice and let me go. But at last, it was only hoped that made me think that way. He didn't let go; he wouldn't let go until he taught a firm lesson. No matter how many times I ask and plead for forgiveness, he is never going to go until he is satisfied. "Were you jealous that you weren't invited? Is that why you had to sabotage the whole thing, uh?" he bit his teeth, his voice getting angrier and his hold on me crushing. "Ow.. please...," I said tears rolling down my eyes. He didn't say anything this time just watched me cry, and I could basically see the smirk forming on his lips in slow motion. This is what he wanted for me as if it was never enough for him to see me like this. I waited for him to say something anything, but instead, he let me go aggressively and pushing past me hard, causing me to lose balance and fall to the marble floor. I looked up to see everyone watching me struggle to get up. No one came to help, and I didn't expect them to they watched and laughed and even filmed, but no one came to my rescue. - The fake smiles, laughter, friends I am getting sick of it all. I always felt like I didn't belong anywhere with him gone. It was even worse. It was pathetic that I thought it's okay I will get through this, but I am slipping away falling slowly. The only reason I am still holding on is for my family. But he hurts me, bullies me, breaks me in ways I can't even describe. He has become the worst nightmare, and I can't wake up from it. There is no helping me from his sick and twisted games. After all, he believes I was the reason for the death of his best friend. But I have to hold on only one more year till I don't have to see him anymore. I need to survive as an outcast...

A marriage neither wanted. A hatred neither understands. Two strangers tied by a past that stains everything between them. He never wanted a wife. Especially not her. Cold, distant, and poisoned by assumptions, Amaan enters the forced marriage with one intention- to keep his distance and keep his resentment alive. Asmaira enters with something far heavier- guilt. Not to protect him. Not to save him. But because she knows the truth of what happened... and she cannot bear to confess it. They have never met. But the moment they do, the air turns sharp- full of tension, unspoken accusations, and the kind of hate that feels too much like longing. He despises her for a sin she never committed. She punishes herself for a sin she never confessed. And marriage turns into a battleground where silence is a weapon... and closeness is a threat. In this house, love is impossible. Trust is deadly. But hatred? Hatred is the only thing keeping them alive.

Hazel Miller is a senior at Blue Ridge high school, she is a stuck-up rich kid that has everything anyone could ever want. Shes the caption of the cheer team and all the guys want to be with her and all the girls want to be her. Alexander(Alex) Young is also a senior at Blue Ridge High School but other than that her and Hazel are almost the complete opposite. She comes from a poor family but she makes the most out of it. Everyone loves Alex because she is friendly to almost everyone and on top of that she is the basketball captain and has carried the team to state 3 years in a row. Hazel hates Alex and can't stand to be around her and she makes it very clear anytime Alex is around. Alex, on the other hand, gets a kick out of this hatred, she constantly does things to make Hazel mad which makes Hazel hate her more. All they want to do is leave this town and never see each other again but they still have their senior year and a lot can happen in one year.

"I know that we will never be a real couple, but we can at least be nice to each other Aneel" I told him. I've had enough. Tears were starting to prick my eyes, but I didn't let them fall. He looked over at me in a weird expression. Like if I died in front of him, he wouldn't care. "You don't get it, do you?! I. will. never. love. you! I will never care for you. You wait, every day, for me to come home and have dinner with you like normal couples do- you are pathetic. You are nothing! Absolutely nothing to me. You are not even worth my words. You are a loser who has nobody- your parents? They are just like me. They knew that you were worthless and wanted to get rid of you" he said angrily. I was not angry at him. He was telling the truth. I'm nothing. Never was, never will. I nodded. He was right. He was so damn right. Sahra Ali is eighteen years old when she gets married. It was not a marriage out of love, no, she was forced into it. Shre grew up being abused. Her parents sold her for money. No parent would do that, so are her so called parents her real parents? She is trying to survive this marriage, because she believes in Allah and knows that He had a good reason that He gave her all these pain. Aneel Osman is a badboy who wants nothing to do with Islam. He was a muslim when he was younger, but when something bad happened, he blamed Allah for it. Deep inside he knows that it is wrong, but shoves that thought away. He began doing the things Allah prohibited. There was no one to hold onto or to pull him out. He kept falling and falling. And when he has to deal with that girl his parents wants him to marry, he is losing himself more and more. Read the description in the book for the fully version! This is a short draft! ~ Salaam guys, this story is edited! Almost everything has CHANGED and it is now a mature story. I like how it turned out. Thank you for all your support! It still contains small grammar mistakes. You have been warned:)

𝘛𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥

Twenty-two year old Nyla Johnson thought she was in love with the perfect guy. Until things started getting bad. Pushes turned into slaps and slaps turn into punches. Soon bruises stain her body and she almost in the hospital monthly. Everything was great at first but you know the saying nothing good ever lasts. Now she just wishes someone save her. Even though she scared she loves him but wants him to change. Will she get saved or will she make it out? Or will she stay and get hurt?

Each day she wakes up in a different body, not knowing who she is, and each night that body dies. She is the Reaper Syndrome, and she's desperate to know why. ***** She doesn't know what's happening. Each day she wakes up in a new body, not knowing who she is. She has to pretend to be the person, and at the end of the day her new body dies. The media have a name for these deaths: the Reaper Syndrome. No one believes it's a person jumping from body to body, until Joe. He's a conspiracy theorist, but she can make him listen. He trusts her, and he can also see the mysterious man, Samael, that's following her. Why is this happening to her? Who can she trust? Every day it takes her to end the Reaper Syndrome, another person dies. She doesn't want the last victim to be her. *2021 Wattys Shortlisted*

Abused by her adoptive parents and bullied at school. All isabelle wanted to do was escape but that had proved a great difficulty in the past. She was scared of everything and everyone. Despite this her heart was still filled with kindness and love. She would willingly help anyone if given the chance. Alex jumped from different foster homes as a kid but eventually he found a home, then a gang. He was merciless at what he did. No mercy, No weaknesses that was until he met her. He lowered his guard and she lowered hers. Will they both be able to break down all the walls they both had or will their pasts come back to haunt them.

Two 'average' Community College girls have their lives changed overnight when they accidentally cross over into a different dimension. Suddenly, Chim's biggest problem is no longer coming out to her parents, while this dimension might be the solution to Max's biggest problem. ***** Chim Nedi is your typical upstanding college student with above-average grades living a seemingly normal life. Max Campbell is the opposite with below-average grades, a traumatic car accident experience from a couple of years ago, and a slight marijuana problem. But what happens when they find themselves in a different dimension, a parallel universe of sorts with no one that understands but themselves? What happens as they explore this new world while exploring themselves and their relationship with each other? Can this fantasy world lead to romance? (Book One of The INTERDIMENSIONAL series.) Content and/or Trigger Warning: Drug use, grief, addiction, torture