Various short stories that may or may not be AUs~ 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 ➳ Cain Smith is a professor at the country's only magical university, and he's never cared about anything besides growing his own knowledge and power. People are nothing more than entertainment, and when senior student Casper Black shows delight in the lure of obscene power, Cain is captivated by the chance at a new game. Except Casper has teeth of needles and before things are done, he will hold Cain by his throat. Sometimes the search for power can eat you alive. 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 ➳ The day Casper gives into bigshot CEO Cain Smith's incessant flirting is the day he actually puts a latte heart on one of these rich f**kers coffees. He thought it was never going to happen, but Cain's smile as he calls Casper his good luck charm is really starting to get to him. 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 ➳ [A Little Red Riding Hood retelling] In a district made from its own ruins where there's no law but the bionic wolves prowling the street below, Jack's got nowhere to go but down. At least not until he meets Red and spies a way up. Grandma rules the roost, and you don't screw with his play things. But Jack's never learnt how to play nice, and with Red as his new obsession, he's gonna get what he wants and kill doing it. So who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? 🥈 2nd Place for Short Story in the Fairy Awards 🧚

A stubborn prince joins forces with the beautiful son of his enemy to save his kingdom and his life. --- Prince Toom has never questioned the safety and power of his family - until he meets Niako, the cunning, arrogant, and unnervingly beautiful son of the enemy Rakim chief. In Rakim, Toom discovers heinous traditions beyond his imagination, such as Claiming enemies as personal slaves. When Toom returns to Rakim ten years later, Niako proves more enigmatic than ever, and Toom grapples with conflicting feelings and an unsettling attraction. With the throne and his own family's lives at stake, Toom attempts to seduce Niako to unveil Rakim's plots. Niako reveals little but offers foreboding advice: flee Rakim and never return. As political machinations and cruel appetites overtake the land, Toom must work together with Niako to save the nation. To protect those he loves. And to survive. Set forty-four years after "The Claimed: Rashika's Resistance" (also works as a stand-alone novel) |2022 Wattys Shortlist| Trigger warning: This story contains descriptions of abuse and references to sexual assault

𝘼 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜... Zara Crones, a strong and ambitious Omega with a troubled past, suddenly finds that her own backyard is piling up with bodies. And to make matters worse, those six bodies have only belonged to females, mutilated in a horrifying way. With panic beginning to grow from the general public, answers are needed and the killer caught. Fast. 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧... When Nate Sanders, a highly decorative Alpha and one the Prime Minister personally recommends gets called in on the case, many expect for everything to be resolved. There has never been a case he could not solve... until this one. Mysterious things begin to happen when he's partnered with Zara, and willing to not lose the one partner he finally feels comfortable with, he's prepared to shield her from it all. 𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡. Yet the killer sets his eyes on another victim and this one is hitting too close to home. It's up to the powerful duo to stop him before things take an even bloodier turn. One that can't be brought back to life. - ☾ - Featured in ⇲ » The Warrior Goddess "|Women Of Mystique|" » The Reading Room "|Home of the Supernatural | Paranormal/Vampire/Werewolf|" » Romance "|Romantic Suspense|" » Adventure "|18 Romance Stories We're Obsessed With|" [WARNING: contains sexual, graphic, gore and violent content] All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2020 by Elena Rose