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𝐄𝐥𝐲•𝐬𝐢•𝐮𝐦 | \ i-ˈli-zhē-əm | (𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏.) 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. ☁︎☁︎☁︎ Elmara Zaoui is one of the NHB's youngest and most successful heroes. Yet, she battles with demons unseen to the unobservant eye. Alex Drozdov is back in town with one thing on his mind. Revenge. Falling for Elmara was not part of the plan, but when these two start a journey of self-discovery, they each teach the other something important. Elmara teaches Alex that it is okay to love, and Alex teaches Elmara that it is okay to love herself.

They say Money makes the world go round, Is that true? They say no man is an island Prove it? They say happiness can be found in one's family, Are you sure? Ifunanya Dora James is in search of happiness and.....MONEY! She starts by going to a new city, establish a new business and survive in a new world. Life throws crazy challenges at her. For instance, she has to survive as a twenty-one year old lady among young jambites. That's not all, it turns out the youngsters have plans to frustrate the life out of her. How is she going to manage this when she has little to no self-esteem. She is a girl that has been emotionally and physically abused by her relative. Ifunanya feels alone in this world and she finds herself leaning on people she lest expects. "Mom and dad have left me all alone," I say to her. "You have me," she pouts. I wave my hand at her in dismal. My thought runs wild as I imagine facing the world and it's habitants on my own. "It's Me vs You," I mumble and rise to my feet in determination. Don't miss out on this story. A young lady who is a newbie to the struggles of life. It's an intriguing story that will force emotions out of you. ;) "Don't let your past define you....."

Is it an invasion if they're already here? Six months have passed and Iris and Jonas have reached a conclusion about their future, one that will leave many unhappy. Left alone in the Society by Jonas, Iris finds herself "blackmailed" by Colton when she stumbles in on him. Dying inside, Colton is fed up with being melodramatic. His cousins have had enough. He's the Beta, and it's kind of difficult to intimidate peasants when he's bemoaning his fate in life. When an accidental photo of Vienna with the Prince and Princess of France appears in a newspaper, Colton is determined to have Vienna back, traitor or not. His family's not in charge of him. The Society isn't either. And if they are, he really doesn't care anymore. When Iris (and Bently) discover Colton's plan, Colton forces them to come with him to France so they don't divulge his future whereabouts before he can depart. Once there, Iris finds Erik in a worse state than when she last saw him, while Colton and Vienna. . . well who knows if they'll ever actually get back together. They've got about as many problems as Iris and Erik. Every moment Iris is in France she grows more anxious that Jonas will find out where she is, but when dead bodies start showing up with Expiration Dates tattooed on them, the monarchy forces the Beta to take action, sweeping Iris into a dangerous invasion for Earth amidst the glittering, bewitching lifestyle of the French court. Highest ranking: #6 in Scifi

Final year Industrial Engineering student Pẹlumi Wemida is one inch from being buried under the stress of exams and his strenuous project. The perfect chance to blow off some steam is at a club his friend, Kacey, works at. Surely, nothing could go wrong, or so he thought. Tipsy and euphoric, Pẹlumi accepts a dare to play a simple game with a stranger who called himself The Devil. In a shocking twist of events, the stakes of the game are raised. Pẹlumi is faced with a gamble where one wrong step could not only make him lose everything, but could also cost the lives of innocent people. There are consequences for listening to the words of the devil on your shoulder. The wages of sin is death, and Pẹlumi is about to pay it in full.

📌ON HOLD This is Jiji's story. The story of a very reserved young teenager who is tormented by her many dark secrets. Too much for her to be handling on her own but she does anyway. She isn't very close to her two older siblings but then, they don't reach out to her either. •• TJ and Efe are much too close themselves to care about their 'quiet little sister who doesn't have time for anybody'. •• Her dad doesn't speak to her for reasons she knows very well but the fact that she knows the reason doesn't stop it from hurting as much. The reasons why her dad is withdrawn from her? I'm sorry, I can't tell. It's one of Jiji's secrets. •• Her mom? Jiji's mom knows there is something wrong with her daughter. Jiji wasn't always so quiet. Jiji used to be a very loud and playful child. Always laughing as she ran around the house, playing. So what happened? What happened to her poor baby? Well, let's find out! **** DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the art I post except I add the signature; 'Tena' to it.

~Spinoff to The Artist's Wife~ Love is blind, hope is dark. They call forbidden love the sweetest type of love, but what they didn't mention was that it was the most dangerous. After long and seemingly endless years of fighting out of despair and engulfing darkness due to the futile search of the runaway, black bride, Karina. JT is ready for a fresh start. Shocking the art world by his seemingly foolish decision, he decides to take up a teaching offer at a university in West Virginia. Burdened with the weight of never revealing the secret of Karina's supposed pregnancy so as not to disappoint his already fading best friend, he resolves to just move on with his normal life and pass his infinite amount of knowledge onto promising students. Love wasn't for everyone now, was it? Until the school's resident, infamous, half Korean student takes an unlikely interest in her mysterious, blind art teacher. Private lessons, secrets, lies and denials escalate very quickly and past mistakes come clashing with present ones. Maybe third time's the chance at love? Highly unlikely, but love is a game, isn't it? Only this time they're playing it blindly.

Ayomiposi Faleye's middle name could be dubbed Insecurity and it would suit her perfectly. Battered by her mother's verbal abuses and her father's abandonment, she longs for something or someone that can fill that void and replace the uncertainty she feels. Olatayo Adekiitan Sijuade is drowning in the aftermath of his wife's death. He is wealthy and has the love of his family and the God of His wife to run to. But he feels too far gone to have that sweet communion of his new birth experience. While both are still coming to terms with their newly-found bliss, they receive a shock that threatens everything they have ever known. Will they both crumble under the weight of insecurities and miss what God has predestined for them? Or continue to long for the One Who knows all things? • [Word Count: 80,000-90,000 words]

Aspiring author, Aega Olaide has gotten a much venerated admission into the illustrious L.I.T. Academy-a literary paradise where pristine talents are groomed, before being launched into the world on premiere platforms. Despite her affinity for crafting stories set in magical worlds and featuring mystical creatures, Aega's pretty much a grounded person-who has very realistic expectations of her looming adventure and anticipates nothing of a paranormal occurence. An album and a world tour are the major events left for Asher Fox-global popstar & heartthrob-to brace, before his contract with Pacific Records' expires and he's free to pursue his repressed non-mainstream musical desires. However, he is more than aware of the fact that he must exhibit great caution in ensuring he doesn't bungle the intricate facade, painted by his team and that of Breanne Miller's-the elegant supermodel he's embroiled in a ruse with. Fate on the other hand, has plans of its own and doesn't comply with their wishes. At some point, their parallel worlds stray off course and collide-threatening to rupture their realities and deprive them of lofty dreams, that hinges on the succesful completion of their respective missions. With an old foe of Asher's, resurfacing to orchestrate a hideous agenda-they must decide whether or not their chemistry is worth all the hassle of their lives going up in flames.