Carmine Lycus was bitten by a rogue alpha when he was seven years old. His parents threw him out and he's been living on his own ever since. He hops from place to place trying to avoid trouble with local packs. After he was almost found out at his last location he moves to the small town, Redwood. His hopes being that there won't be many werewolves in such a small community. To his dismay, however, he finds out most of the town's population are werewolves! Regan Faust is Redwoods next beta, his eighteenth birthday is coming up which means he'll soon find his mate. However, there are a couple complications that make it hard for him to be excited. He's gay and doesn't like any of the guys in town in that way since he's grown up with them as brothers. Then, for the first time in many years, a new student transfers into school without warning. The Redwood pack wasn't notified about this new addition to their town, and to their surprise, they can't find much information on him.

[AMBYS WINNER 2024] Mutilated, dejected and stained by the blood of his loved ones, Lucius Cromwell, a precocious and naïve child of high society, strikes a deal with an unhallowed Scourge of 'The Waste' in order to get his life back, blissfully ignorant that he'll consequently find his humanity on the line. *** A disturbing voice has been tormenting Lucius' mind for the longest time. Disregarding its sinister way of suggesting revenge on people who hurt him as mere thoughts he goes about his day, doing his best to live up to his superficial parents' standards and following the ideals of his Archon of worship. Life is lacklustre, but hardly worth causing a scene over. When a life altering event renders Lucius struggling not to die on the streets however things turn grim very fast, and in an act of desperation Lucius casts his beliefs aside, promising his soul to be devoured by The Waste at the time of his death with the promise of power in return. It doesn't take long for Lucius to realize that even the smallest of favors promised to him come with a catch, and being forced to do the Scourge of The Waste's wicked bidding while watching loved one after loved one disappear from his life Lucius has to wonder if a lifetime of power was really worth an eternity of suffering. This is the first installment of the "The Meaning Of Eternity" series. [Word count: 108 000]

Will hears things -- the fears and phobias of those around him. And when he's sent away to a foreign boarding school after an incident he caused with the new and dangerous side to this ability, he begins to realise there may be more to the school than he'd originally thought. ||| Windsor's Boarding School collects struggling kids from all over the globe -- and William Moore wants nothing to do with it. But when he finds a dangerous secret society living on the school grounds, one that uses nightmares as a way of magic, he realises they might be connected to his freakish ability. A stolen dream. An exiled student. A brewing war. Making a risky deal with one of the members, Will finds himself drawn to the danger of his power and uncovers exactly what the society would do to him if they found it out. [UNDER EDITING]