Her friends think she is overreacting but she has been here before.

[Complete. Wattys 2023 Winner] The Redding takes you if it knows your name. That's the rule that's kept Meg alive --- or awake, rather --- since the night the world went to hell. Nobody knows where the red stuff came from, but it acts like water, it's in the water, and it falls as rain every night. The people it captures drop like puppets with their strings cut. They're asleep, not dead, and you can wake them if you say their name again. But then they just try to kill you. Meg and the other survivors she's befriended think they've found a stable equilibrium, six weeks after the catastrophe began. Nicknames become real names, and Meg knows she's getting better at identifying safe houses. Her crush discovers that Morse code, like writing, is a safe way to say a Sleeper's name. It's the night after learning it that Meg wakes up just as the nightly rain is starting. Raindrops, as it turns out, can make dots and dashes, too. The Redding can talk. And it's telling her to run. ❖❖❖ Complete. Wattys 2023 Winner. Featured on: @Wattpad - Embrace the Fear: Horror Stories @WattpadExplorer - Embrace the Fear: Scary Stories @Creators - Scary Stories to Read in the Dark @Wattpad Explorer - From Our Creators @dystopianapocalypse - Featured D&A Stories @Wattpad Explorer - Why Not Buy Some Flowers @Fright - Featured Stories Comments and critiques are both welcome and appreciated. I write characters from many different backgrounds, with many different experiences. If you share those traits and find that I have misrepresented anything, please let me know! I am feedback-friendly and here to learn :)

For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...

"You're right, I am a blasphemous pirate. Which means I am not above bending you over my knee for refusing me." "You-you wouldn't." "Oh I think you know I would, lass. And I think you know I would thoroughly enjoy it. What say you? Want to try my patience today?" *** Please read trigger/mature content warnings*** Gwendalyn Porter is the wife of the town's harbor master. A cruel drunk, Damon Porter never gave much love or affection. Living her life in constant fear, Gwen would do anything to get away. She didn't realize 'anything' would mean a pirate kidnapping. This pirate is mysterious, sarcastic, and not at all what 'he' seems to be. As Gwen adapts to life on the ship she must face the question: was she truly stolen? Or has she finally been saved? TRIGGER WARNING: For instances of domestic abuse, toxic romance MATURE CONTENT WARNING (Suggested for 21+ yrs): For heavy sexual content*, some violence, drug usage, and strong language This is a work of FANTASY/fiction created for entertainment purposes ONLY *Although there are BDSM themes (kidnapping, pet play, bondage, pain, CNC, etc), this is NOT an accurate representation of a healthy BDSM relationship and should not be imitated. This is made purely for fantasy purposes. Remember to always use SAFE and CONSENSUAL practices!