A magic-addicted spy trapped in the queen's service must track a princess-turned-assassin in order to earn her freedom, but things get complicated when she falls for the princess she's supposed to capture. ***** Weak. Cursed. That's how seventeen-year-old Kayden Branimir, the realm's deadliest assassin, views herself. Some believe she could save the world with her rare healing magic, but she gave up on her powers long ago after failing to save her best friend. Her life changes when she receives a letter from her supposedly dead twin brother, Alaric, begging to be rescued from rival territory Leodia. For the first time since her friend's accident, Kayden is determined to be the hero, but she must learn to embrace her magic--and herself--along the way. Strange. Unnatural. Those are the words whispered about eighteen-year-old Zara Tait, a Leodian spy addicted to soul-stealing magic. Forced into the queen's service, Zara wants to escape and return home, but she has nothing to offer the queen in exchange for her freedom. When Kayden arrives in Leodia, Zara sees the quiet girl with unique magic as the bargaining chip she needs. But the more she learns of Kayden, the more her feelings grow. Now, Zara must choose between her freedom and the dangerous assassin she hadn't meant to fall for. [2020 Watty Award Winner] Content warning: This story contains mature themes of violence, addiction, abuse, self-harm, and mental illness. Cover by Faera Lane

A collection of one-shots about Essek and his found family. The Life in the Party: One-shot about Essek and his colorful friends that he's grown to love who are determined to pull him out of the shadows... at least in a literal way because they're tired of him sulking off to the side. What is a Friend worth: One-shot where Essek's treachery is discovered and he has a bit of time in prison to think about the people in his life and atone for at least some of his mistakes. Meanwhile, the Mighty Nein are ticking off the Cerberus Assembly to save their friend. Mark of Adventure: A platonic soul mate AU where a group of adventurers destined for each other share a mark. Essek struggles with himself as he comes to terms with what the mark his mother erased for him may have been. A Touching Reunion: The Mighty Nein have found their ex-dead friend Mollymauk and Essek finds himself in the midst of celebrations and reunions which strangely only make him feel both distant and close to these chaotic people Eternal Friends: A consecutive AU where the Mighty Nein and Essek have forced to become forever reincarnated heroes to defeat the foes they couldn't in their first lives. Warning: Canon-typical themes, language, and all that stuff. Warning: It's fluff and angst and found-family all packed into a bunch of long one-shots Also. Art is NOT mine, at all, those belong to the wicked talented artists. Characters are not mine, no those belong to the amazing talents of the Critical Role crew. This is just a self-indulgence bunch of one-shots created by yours truly. Not all of them are canon-compliant but all of them include SPOILERS!! Be warned.

So I'm not super far in the series so Im still using they're early designs. SPOILERS!!!! Im also probably still gonna use Mollymauk cause I love him but that doesn't mean I won't also use Cad 💜

After Princess Alana finds out the man of her dreams is really an undercover bodyguard her parents hired, she vows never to trust him again. But when a royal insider threatens her family, Alana has no choice but to let him back into her life. Although special ops officer Gage McAllister wants to keep as much distance between him and the Princess as possible - in the hopes of salvaging what little of his heart is left from their last encounter - he knows that the only way to save Alana is to get close to her and gain back her trust. Trying their best to ignore the palpable chemistry between them, Gage and Alana must find a deadly bioweapon before its too late. With time running out, can they put aside their past and find the answers they need to save the country and their hearts from destruction? *Contains love scenes that may be inappropriate for some audiences.

When guarded Archer Harrison is thrown head first into an unlikely situation to help protect her unlikely friend. She has no idea what she's getting herself into when she agrees. Loading... Formerly known as Behind The Glasses. My shoulder is bumped and unfamiliar fingers wrap themselves around my forearm. "I don't like being touched." I say prying fingers from my arm. "Thank you." Unfamiliar fingers boy just grunts his disapproval of my words, leaving me with a few choice words of his own in anger. Sorry, not sorry. Humans. Worse, it's teenage humans, filled with so many hormones that could fully stock a pharmaceutical company. I'm not excluded in this statistic but still... As Mark Twain said, "Man - a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired." The accuracy in his statement is astounding. Who can create something overly amazing when the weekend is hours away. Definitely not me. By Thursday night, I'll be pre-gaming for the weekend. Friday is just a formality. Achievements: Winner of The Little Brother Award 2018 #19 in support #26 in adult #39 in young #77 in sweet #92 in humour #70 in twists and turns #50 in slow ©️Copyright @2016 by SJ All rights reserved

this gets pretty SEXUAL so please be aware! COVER CREDITS TO KAYURKA ON TUMBLR! FOLLOW HER AND SHOW HER YOUR LOVE! hello fellow trash cans, welcome to the Reylo dumpster. Where we can all thrive off of everything Kylo Ren and Rey. I'm over here writing this fanfic simply because I need to let out my feelings for this ship. We have until 2017 before we know if they're related or not. Please don't be rude :/ HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOY THE TRASH THAT I WROTE!

One thing, just one little thing Julie had to do to have a... Let's say decent... First day at her new school... Don't. Draw. Attention. First impressions mean everything. Just one little screw up and she knew that she would have to wish her junior year goodbye. So she decided to stick to this one grand rule that would ultimately determine her social life, reputation, and mentality. Survive through highschool. How hard can it be right? ... WRONG!!!! She was reading in her room when she just decided to take one... Little... HARMLESS glance outside of her new bedroom window. But all of a sudden... BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There stood a half naked, greek god bad boy right before her very own eyes!! So you may ask, what do you do in a situation like this? SIMPLE. You squat down in the middle of your bedroom floor... Because that's obviously not embarrassing... And start doing ninja rolls from one side of the room to the window curtains going COMPLETELY UNNOTICED. Well... That is until you bang your head against the wall after doing a total of SIX slightly slanted ninja rolls right in front of your friendly... Still without clothes... Abs are present... Somewhat very sexy... Abs are still present... Okay really good looking... ABS I REPEAT ABS ON SHOW... Hot, sexy, and did I mention ab-delicious Neighbor Or to be more specific... Ashton Rider. Say goodbye to an unnoticed school year, and hello to the bad boy's world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Book one in the T.B.B.B. (The Bad Boy Boxer) Series WARNING: Lots of typing mistakes!!! Read at your own risk!! Editing will be taken place when I find motivation!!! (Heh... about that....)

He knows my naughty little secret. I'm a good girl by day. I work as a cashier at the local supermarket. But by night" I'm a Striper. No one close to me knows what I do for money. And he just caught me in the act. So he strikes up a Deal with me. If I'll give him one night in bed with me. He'll keep my dirty little secret. What to do! What to do! It doesn't help that he's Hot! But he's also my soon to be Stepfather too. His 32 my mother is 40. And I'm 19. You do the math.. But like he said. There not married yet!...

"just tell him how you feel." "i can't." "why not?" "because. he's my 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝."

What does it mean to walk the path of the Grey? Is there a place between the light and the dark where two wounded souls can find peace and balance? Can Rey save Kylo Ren from the darkness? Together they must face their own demons while fighting to defeat the First Order. Kylo/Rey Reylo! Full cast and full romance/action/adventure plot. **COMPLETE** WARNING: Mature, contains lemon and scenes of violence. Cover by @itsyacerealmaker