"Jake, you are my stepbrother, nothing could ever happen between us." I say with my voice cracking from holding back the tears. I start to walk away when I feel a hand grab my wrist and pull me into them. "You and I both know "nothing" is something neither of us want, Shakespeare." Jake says in his husky tone before pinning me against the wall and smashing his lips against mine. ~~~~~~ River Conner was a 17 year old girl living a somewhat normal teenage life with her friends and school work, but she has a sad and dark past that only her family knows about. But one day, her mom tells her out of the blue that she has to leave her current friends and life behind to go live with her mom's current husband in California. But what happens when she finally meets the one and only Jake Hales, the son of her mom's husband, that her mom always brags about and they instantly have this tension between them. Sexual tension. ____________________ Will her dark past and the fact that he's her stepbrother get in the way? Or will they push the facts aside for a possibility and chance of being together? __________ Written by: Amanda. M

Emery Aiken has always lived in a mysterious and eerie village. Growing up with folktales about a fictitious creature being whispered around the campfire. Never once believing a word said. Thinking it was all just a hoax while the other girls prepared for the ritual that takes place every 20 years. What is this peculiar ritual you ask? This tradition, known as The Ritual to The Beast happens every 20 years under a blood moon. Girls between the ages of 16 to 19 are chained in the forest. Chained so they wouldn't be able to run. Run from what? THE BEAST! One girl is sacrificed. And what happens after? Guess you're going to have to read to find out. ~~~ Highest Ranking: #1 in werewolf (02/06/19) #1 in humor (18/06/19) #5 in romance (27/06/19) © 2020 All Rights Reserved