metanoia: (n.) the journey of changing one's mind, heart, self, or way of life. Khione has fought for everything she owns in life, including her loyal pack of warriors. She's built her family from the ground up after learning blood is not always thicker than water. Her past is hidden, buried in graves so deep that she herself barely remembers every detail. Her Caelum pack of women warriors have conquered more enemies than any other pack in the Southern range. Loyalty has always been earned and never given for Khione. If there's one thing she'll never understand, it's the blind trust given to the concept of 'mates' the Old World passed on to the New. She's vowed to put her pack before all else. Arden has given everything to a leader he believes to be the redemption of the world. He's a part of an elite troop of soldiers who put protecting their pack over all else, sacrificing the typical lifestyle of male wolves who mate for life after serving in the pack's warrior force for ten years. Mates are forbidden for males in the Irle. Arden's heard of the Caelum pack, and understands them to be the biggest threat to his own. He's vowed to put his pack before all else. With conflict brewing on the horizon between power-hungry forces, the Irle is sent after Khione in an attempt to smother the force her pack represents. But when fire meets fire, no one can predict the results. Khione and Arden are braced for a fight, but are they ready for the consequences of winning?

Hermione felt the pounding in her ears again. She would see him for the first time since the Great Hall, gaunt and stricken at the Slytherin table with his mother clutching his arm. She hadn't meant to look for him. Not in the corridors, not beneath the white sheets of the fallen, not on the way to the Chamber of Secrets with Ron, but she was a stupid girl.

In the Boston QZ, ten-year-old Isha Miller has only ever known two constants in her life-Joel and Tess. They raised her, protected her, and taught her how to survive in a world that had long since collapsed. But when a smuggling deal goes south and an unexpected job forces them beyond the quarantine zone, Isha finds herself thrust into the most dangerous journey of her life. Tasked with escorting a girl named Ellie across the country, Joel struggles to keep both her and Isha safe, all while old wounds and buried truths threaten to surface. What Isha doesn't know-what she was never meant to know-is that Joel isn't really her father. Her real father is Tommy, Joel's estranged brother, who left years ago without realizing he had a daughter. And now, as they fight to survive clickers, raiders, and the weight of their own pasts, Isha must learn what it truly means to be family in a world where love is as dangerous as it is rare. She thinks she knows who she is. She thinks she knows who Joel is. But some secrets don't stay buried forever. Ranked #1 in thelastofus 10/9/25

After Joel's murder, Ellie lost something far greater than just the man who raised her: a chance to make up. Tormented by that fact she leaves Dina and the baby behind to hunt down Abby and end things for good. But she isn't the only one who lost someone. And as painful as it may be, Ellie needs to learn to move on.

𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐒. 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐍𝐄𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐒𝐀𝐖 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆. _________________________________________ Alex Reyes was never meant to feel. At twenty, she's a weapon-an ex-Firefly turned WLF ghost, trained to follow orders and forget the cost. Her mission is simple: track Ellie Williams, and bring her back bruised and bloody for her cure. But in a city drowning in blood and vengeance, nothing is simple. As Alex hunts Ellie through the ruins of Seattle, fragments of who she used to be start clawing their way back-memories of loss, of rage, and of something dangerously close to connection. Ellie is chaos, grief, and fire... and Alex can't look away. [ ELLIE WILLIAMS X FEMALE OC ] [ SET DURING TLOU 2 ] [ SLOW BURN ] _________________________________________ 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒: -NO.1 #ellie -NO.1 #tlou1 -NO.1 #tlou2 -NO.1 #joelandellie -NO.1 #thelastofus -NO.1 #thelastofushbo -NO.1 #elliethelastofus -NO.1 #abbyanderson -NO.2 #elliewilliams