Charines, an introverted gamer, meets Luis, a hacker with a big heart, who helps her challenge a gaming company claiming to help the world. *** Charines agreed to beta test a new game geared toward helping people battle their social anxieties and brought her cousin, Manny, along for the ride. She didn't expect to meet Luis, a player she hated initially. She also didn't expect the dislike to turn into a crush. But Chari only has Luis to turn to when the game seems to do more harm than good and hits too close to home. * ** [This story will become free on July 5, 2023] Content Warning: This story contains depictions of social anxieties and depression. * ❀❀ WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST ❀❀ ❀ Featured - Wattpad's Fresh Reads ❀ 2nd Place "General Fiction" -- 2021 Punk Rock Awards © Copyright Vee Lozada Exclusive to W A T T P A D

***Wattpad HQ's Editor's Pick - Feb 2023, Nov 2023*** She rules the seas. The infamous Sea Siren, a tormented pirate with a desperate vendetta and a past slewed with betrayal, scandal, a price on her head from a King who would see her dead. She and her crew seek revenge for a living, spanning the oceans in search of justice while the King's guard follows closely behind, intent on capturing the Siren at last. ••• He commands the seas. A commander. A bastard and prince. His King has given him his purpose. Find the Sea Siren. Find the vengeful woman and drag her back in irons. He'll scour oceans for this fire-haired pirate, determined to bring her to heel. Until he sees her. Until she sees him. Enemies in duty, but underneath that, something else. Something neither of them can explain. But one thing is for certain... it is ruinous.

"The Hacker and the Mob Boss" ❦ Reyna Fields seems to be an ordinary girl with her thick-framed glasses, baggy clothes, hair always up in a ponytail, and her head tucked away behind a computer screen. However, no one knows she's armed with a genius IQ and a heart of gold. She hacks her way into virtual systems on a search for her mother. Unfortunately for her, she has hacked into the wrong database. She hacked into the database of the notorious mob boss, Santino "Saint" Venturi. Saint is the opposite of his name. He's known for his ruthlessness. As a mob boss to a mafia, he learned to eat or be eaten. When Reyna stumbles upon his database, a plan dispersed into his mind. He's going to take her. ❦ "I don't share, angel." "He's a friend," she found herself saying. Dante was too busy staring at her to notice the fiery glare in Saint's eyes. She was mentally praying that Dante would just look away. His fingers trailed up her leg before his hand latched onto her sex. He held her there while a small gasp left her lips. "I will fuck you on this table if he doesn't stop looking at what belongs to me." ❦ HIGHEST RANKING: #5 romance - 6/26/22 Dark Romance Cover by @-simplyhan

{DISCLAIMER: This story was written 7 years ago and is HIGHLY unedited} I was dared to lay on the hood of his car for five minutes in my bikini. It's not like he would walk out of the house and catch me laying there...No, never...So to take the dare or not too?... They never truly knew what they were getting into when 4 innocent girls decided to play a risky game of Truth or Dare. Soon, they will find themselves in a game of: love, lies, and betrayal that will last till the end of the story ... or as they see it their lives. A/N: I take no credit for the book cover- fans make me covers

Aerith always believed she was an ordinary mortal-clumsy, geeky, and completely out of place in the world. But on the eve of her 18th birthday, she discovers a shocking truth: she's no ordinary girl, but the long-lost daughter of the Fates, destined to rule the Underworld as Hades' queen. Thrown into the realm of gods and monsters, Aerith must learn to navigate her new life among immortal beings, where loyalty and power shift like the winds. Tutored by gods, pursued by ancient rivalries, and bound to Hades-a brooding, powerful god who's been waiting for her for centuries-Aerith faces the daunting challenge of learning how to rule an entire realm while still figuring out how to be herself. Can she rise to the challenge of ruling alongside the enigmatic Hades, or will the forces that oppose her destiny tear their fated union apart? With humor, heart, and a touch of magic, Aerith must learn the ropes of royalty and love in a world where even the gods themselves play by their own rules. How to be a Queen is a fun and fresh take on Greek mythology, blending romance, adventure, and self-discovery into an unforgettable journey through the immortal world.

"Someone didn't get a kiss from his mommy today, huh?" I mock Jace with a smirk, my fists ready to punch. "You really have a death wish, don't you?" He asks me amused. "Yea, help me out a little?" I challenge him, he already thinks that i'm joking until he notices my dead serious face. His eyes twist into surprise, confusion and something i can't decipher. Let the fight begin. ___ My name is Bellatrix Williams. I'll make my life description as short as possible. I'm probably a mixture from psychopath and a sociopath, i haven't been to the rapist recently, sorry to the Therapist recently so i don't exactly know. I'm also a part from a streetfighting community but in school i'm a nerd so my past wouldn't find me or i'm a dead woman, literally. I have a lot of secrets, too many. My secrets are safe until i mess up, the alternative is my death, again. It's a game for my life. Will i survive? *contains inappropriate language

Diamonds Illium moves to a new city due to her mom's marriage. She had always maintained her composure and reserved herself to her responsibilities. But it was this new city that assisted in the discovery of her true purpose. She unveils the demons that haunted her blood and unleashes hell on those that bring her down. Kai Finnels is the notorious 'Bad Boy' of Wilson High and lives a life full of guns and crime. Being a gang leader isn't easy but what happens when Kai meets Diamonds and ends up seeking for her help? What happens when they're forced to spend more time with each other just to destroy a mysterious man? Join them in the journey of lies, secrets, and dangerous love that hurts both equally because of the decision of one. Silent but Deadly will give you the rush of mischief and anticipation, are you ready? _________________________________________ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED SEXUAL CONTENT WITH WARNINGS** Highest Rank: #1- ganglife (07•11•2019)

Violet Jackson can barely take a breath of senior year before Flynn Davis walks down the hall of her high school. It takes one look at him to have her world come crashing down. She thought that Flynn Davis is no more than Sebastian Reynolds, who died in an accident Violet was a part of. No one knows who Flynn is in relation to Sebastian, questions arise if the two are secret twin brothers no one ever heard of. Violet thought she could never look into Flynn's hazel eyes after the blame being on her of Sebastian's death, but instead she finds herself drowning in them. Every part of Flynn Davis draws her in closer, and him becoming addicted to her. It was dangerous for her, and she knows it. The untold truth of the twin brothers eventually has to come out, and the truth of the accident. Violet's fear of him turning against her when he learns she was there stops her for wanting to tell him. She is blamed for Sebastian's death. Even she knows it was all her fault. It took Violet Jackson one night to lose everything. Her friends, her popularity, and the hardest; her mind. But it took Flynn Davis for her life to begin to mend. __________________________________________ COMPLETED UNEDITED WILL BE EDITED IN 2022 STARTED : 15th Of July, 2019 COMPLETED : 13th Of January 2021 highest ranking in 'ACCIDENT' : #1 highest ranking in 'TRAUMA'. : #50 highest ranking in 'PTSD' : #46 highest ranking in 'TRAGIC' : #68

When former beauty pageant queen, Ellie Wilde, hears of her grandmother's sickness, she's the first to offer to drive her to her chemotherapy. What she didn't know she was agreeing to was an obnoxiously cheerful blond boy somehow nudging his way into her life. ©iwearheelys, all rights reserved.

You dont know me." Akeredolu Yewande Deraline is admitted into one of the elite schools in nigeria. Bring friends with a rumored depressed freak, a girl dealing with her familys break up, an attention seeker, a girl trying to bring her sister back into the light and one who's trying to prove she belongs. Dera knows that everyone has skeletons in their closets, But what happens when a tragic accident happens and the friendship starts breaking?? She embarks on a series of drama in Frost Academy... Will she be able to cope through the whole of first term , or will she transfer again? © TreKonsi