Gritty Stories

Kayla gets a mysterious job offer to be a caretaker of a daughter of a wealthy family in a countryside mansion. Who is this girl she's hired to take care of? **Viewer discretion: This story explores themes of trauma, twisted love, blurred emotional bonds, and intense intimacy that could easily be misconstrued as unsettling sensuality. If you choose to read, take care of yourself-some parts may comfort you, others might make you uncomfortable.

❝𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞.. 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.❞ 𝐀 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐫𝐲.. 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 "𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲.. 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬, 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧." 𝐈 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤. 𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦. . . . Z'airee was a caretaker at a old people's home and he took care of many patients. The only thing was that it happened to be one of the few nursing in homes in NYC. So many patients wounded up from the hood where many of the patients were from different gangs. Z'airee wasn't supposed to have favorites but he always had this particular one.. Mr. Sinaloa. Heaven was a drug dealer who visited his grandpa, Tyreek Sinaloa everyday. His grandpa was everything that his parents wasn't to him. The trenches of New York was where he came from. All his mom cared about was drugs and his dad walked out on him. He grew up running the streets because his mom was too high one everything to care, with men coming in and out they house. He never had that support system so he was wit older kids for as long as he could remember. So as soon as his grandpa got custody he was good but he always knew he wanted to move out as soon as possible..Or so he thought. EXT

Hailey Norwood had a plan: choose a groom, have him arrested, escape marriage. It worked. Until her father replaced him with Noah Kingston, the man who rejected her when she was Sarah Jones. Now she's married to her first heartbreak. He wants her love. She can't stand him.

On Princess Serah Valeris's eighteenth birthday, the man she loves murders her father and seizes the throne. Hunted across Veloria, Serah escapes with Raven Ashbourne, her fiercely loyal childhood bodyguard, who would bleed before letting her fall. But surviving the coup is only the beginning. Beyond the palace walls, Serah discovers a kingdom she was never allowed to see. Villages are starving. Children are bound by cruel contracts. The Council rules through fear, while old crimes remain buried beneath the crown she once believed represented peace. To uncover the truth behind Kaito's rebellion, Serah must gather four legendary Dragon Warriors connected to an ancient power and confront what her father, her mother, and the man who broke her heart were hiding from her. Because Kaito may have betrayed the crown. But the crown betrayed Veloria first. Now Serah must decide what justice means when everyone she has ever loved is guilty of something. 👑 THE CROWN SERIES: BOOK ONE Royal fantasy • Adventure • Slow-burn romance • Princess × bodyguard • First love turned enemy • Found family • Elemental warriors • Political intrigue

Robert's caravan rides north, but the real danger isn't the winter-it's the company. Sent to Winterfell with a Tyrell retinue and twelve scouts, the heir of Kevan Lannister steps directly into a den of wolves. Before the War of the Five Kings begins, a fuse is lit in the North. Two lives entwine amid a web of old blood, and bitter secrets. GRITTY. SLOWBURN. MULTI POV. 2 OC'S. NO SI.

Tatum Philips just wanted to blow off some steam after a big fight with his friends. He wasn't looking for an early ticket to his grave. But when he steps past the torn gate after dark, he witnesses a ruthless death. And worse-he makes eye contact with the bastard who did it. Now, Hunter Creek isn't just a silent small town anymore. It's a game of cat and mouse. Poisoned gifts on his doorstep. Stares in the dark. Invitations pulling him back to the trees. The only person who might have answers is Macy Winston, but she's a piece of work and keeping her own secrets. Will Tatum figure out who's pulling the strings, or is he already walking straight into his own execution?

To save tomorrow, they must survive yesterday. In the rain-slicked, neon-drowned Chicago of 2049, twenty-four-year-old Kilroy Price is a living relic. While the rest of humanity surrenders their minds and bodies to cybernetic augments, Kilroy remains stubbornly, proudly "analog". He keeps himself in peak physical condition, works a low-level tech job, and clings to the past-epitomized by his great-great-grandfather's WWII-era 9mm pistol. But Kilroy's quiet, retro lifestyle is shattered when a violent tear in reality opens in his apartment, depositing a wounded, desperate teenager named Max. Max brings a warning of an encroaching multiversal apocalypse. A ruthless corporate entity led by a madman known as The Architect has drilled too deep into reality, unleashing The Affliction-an insane, parasitic AI hive-mind bent on copy-pasting its undead consciousness across every parallel Earth. To save his home timeline, Kilroy must strap on a painful, DNA-locked quantum device and plunge headfirst into a chaotic web of alternate worlds. Alongside Max, he is captured by The Tomorrow Project, a desperate, battle-hardened military coalition fighting a losing war against the virus. But when Kilroy witnesses the horrific, world-sacrificing lengths the Project will go to for victory, he is forced to break away and chart his own path through the multiverse. Armed only with his ancestral 9mm and his unyielding moral compass, Kilroy begins a cross-dimensional manhunt for the Architect. On every dead, dying, or corrupted Earth he visits, he leaves behind a defiant, handwritten stamp of human survival: KILROY WAS HERE But as the Affliction closes in, Kilroy must confront the chilling reality of his journey: Max is hiding a dark connection to the very man who started this apocalypse, and the key to stopping the virus lies in a secret that could tear the multiverse--and Kilroy's sanity--apart.

In an alternate Star City where justice and bloodlines collide, Captain Olivia Benson has spent decades balancing her badge in the Special Victims Unit with a secret life as the city's first metahuman vigilante, the Black Canary. When a newly returned Oliver Queen takes up the hood as the Green Arrow, their paths cross in a lethal war against a corporate syndicate burying Robert Queen's darkest secrets. Uncovering a shared history that shatters the elite dynasty, mother and son must forge an unbreakable alliance to dismantle the corruption at the city's core, proving that the truest legacy is one fought for in the light.

In the year 2082, all paths lead to Kitra IV - a desert planet rumored to be hiding an underground city of life-changing wealth. Four strangers will be forced to set their differences aside and cooperate, stranded amidst the greatest treasure hunt in the galaxy. OST: https://soundcloud.com/marbs-alt/sets/drone-world-official-soundtrack Chapter artworks by https://www.instagram.com/tompi2oo7/ Some things to keep in mind: - This is my first attempt at a full novel. Some chapters may be slightly rewritten to better fit the storyline at some point in the future. Uploads will be infrequent. The cover art, as well as the in-chapter art, will be added/polished further later on. - English isn't my native language. I apologize for any poorly constructed sentences you might find. - SFW but features swearing, alcohol, and mature topics. - This novel is human-made. Absolutely no generative AI or LLM was used in the writing, music or cover arts. Enjoying the story? Leave a comment! Would love to hear your thoughts.

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At 3:00 AM, the newsroom belongs to the predators. Investigative producer Elena Vance lives on cold coffee, adrenaline, and an obsession with the stories others are too afraid to touch. Her current fixation: a string of bloodless deaths among Manhattan's tech elite that the government is aggressively burying. When the network appoints Julian Vance as the new Chief Legal Counsel, Elena expects a corporate suit sent to kill her story. Instead, she gets an enigma. Devastatingly sharp, chillingly poised, and radiating a dangerous, magnetic authority, Julian commands every room he enters. He also possesses a deathly cold touch, a missing pulse, and a strange habit of only appearing after dark. The chemistry between them is immediate, volatile, and toxic. But as their secret, late-night affair deepens, the investigation turns into a living nightmare. The whistleblowers Elena tracks aren't being murdered by a serial killer. They are being harvested. Vampirism isn't a gothic myth it's the ultimate form of venture capitalism, and an ancient cabal has quietly bought up the world's media and infrastructure. Worst of all? Julian isn't trying to stop Elena from uncovering the truth. He's using her to eliminate his corporate rivals. Locked in a glass newsroom at midnight, Elena realizes the terrifying reality: she isn't just sleeping with the enemy. She's completely at the mercy of the apex predator.

Betrayed by his kingdom,[Main Character's Name]is exiled to "The Distant Land"---a cursed, barren wasteland where survial is deemed impossible. But they underestimated him. Guided by an ancient secret---the Golden Guidepost ---he uses forbidden knowledge to tame the monsters, gather a faction of outcasts, and turn the dead soil into endless fields of golden wheat. As a powerful new empire rises from the ashes, the kingdom that abandoned him will realize too late: they didn't just banish a traitor---they gave birth to a King.

|VAST. DARK. The Subconscious Consumes| Jasper has spent his life surviving by weaponizing his own numbness. Known on the streets as Jay and in the system as Zurich, he learned early that connection is weakness, rage is armor, and violence is the only way to stay alive. But when his release lands him face-to-face with Aurea-the girl he loved and lost in the fourth grade-the impenetrable wall he built begins to crack. Then the world cracks with it. While the rest of the world walks blind, Jasper and Aurea are forced to see the impossible: a consuming black ooze, human eyes hollowed into swirling voids, and malevolent entities operating just beneath the surface of everyday life. These forces haven't just been watching. They have been waiting. Waiting for the Beacons to reveal themselves. Waiting to sever humanity's evolution before it can even begin. Forced to confront the horrors of their past, Jasper and Aurea discover their trauma was never random, their reunion was never accidental, and the world they thought they knew is only one layer of a much larger, shifting prison. Now, hunted by a hidden power that has manipulated generations, they must survive a harrowing spiritual evolution to unlock their true abilities before humanity is trapped forever beneath the darkness controlling it.

Riddlewood City is a masterpiece of industrial biology, but its glow is fading. A psychic epidemic known as "The Static" is driving citizens to madness, while the infrastructure itself is turning predatory. Sheridan Cavendish, the city's most gifted yet unstable Resonator, lives in self-imposed isolation to drown out the city's screams. When a series of "biotic murders"-where victims are fused into the city's machinery-occurs, Sheridan is forced out of the shadows. Accompanied by Dr. Alistair Finch, a man who views the city as a machine rather than a miracle, Sheridan discovers a terrifying truth: The Obsidian Hand isn't just sabotaging the city; they are trying to "wake" the Vitaeon. As Sheridan descends into the glowing, visceral depths of the Undercity, he realizes the "Static" isn't a disease-it's a scream for help. He must choose between silencing the city to save the people, or listening to the horror that his own family helped create.

When a legendary assassin known as the "Ballerina" becomes the target of a five-million-dollar bounty, she disappears into the last place the High Table would ever search-a small California border town. There, she finds unexpected protection in the arms of Mayans M.C. prospect EZ Reyes, but their connection could draw the danger straight to him. Eden Macarro was never meant to live a normal life. Raised in the brutal assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma under the watchful eye of the Director, Eden and her twin sister Eve became legendary in the underworld-two ballerinas whose elegance hid unmatched lethality. Together they were ghosts on the battlefield, weapons wrapped in silk and discipline. But legends attract enemies. When a mysterious contract places a five-million-dollar bounty on Eden's head, the sisters are forced to separate for the first time in their lives. Eve disappears into the shadows, while Eden flees to the one place the High Table's influence rarely reaches-Santo Padre, California-knowing the hunt will follow her there. There, among the rumble of motorcycles and the dust of cartel wars, Eden crosses paths with Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes, a Mayans M.C. prospect trying to climb his way into the brotherhood while burying a past full of betrayal, prison, and blood. EZ recognizes something in Eden immediately: the look of someone who has killed to survive. Their connection is dangerous from the start. As bounty hunters, assassins, and old enemies begin closing in on Santo Padre, Eden realizes her presence could bring the wrath of the High Table down on the Mayans Motorcycle Club. Staying might save no one, but walking away would leave her with nowhere safe to go. And the only man who sees her not as a weapon... But as a woman worth saving. Now Eden must make the hardest decision of her life: Run and remain a ghost forever... or stay-and risk starting a war that could destroy everyone she's begun to care about.

When a crimson-black rift tears through the skies of Remnant, Team RWBY is ripped from the chaos of Beacon and thrust into the heart of a dying world: Sera. Awakening in the brutal, subterranean confines of the Slab, Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang are thrust into the middle of E-Day-the Locust Horde's apocalyptic invasion of humanity. Mistaken for young COG conscripts, the girls are forced into a desperate alliance with Delta Squad. To survive the meat-grinder of Sera's brutal military conflict, they must trade their high-flying Dust tactics for the cold reality of Lancer rifles and chainsaw bayonets. As they fight alongside Marcus Fenix and his team, the line between Huntress and soldier blurs. They will learn that the war against the Locust is a fight where optimism dies fast, but bonds forged in mud and blood are meant to last forever. Faced with the nightmare of the Hollow and the weight of a war that has raged for years, Team RWBY must evolve or be consumed. But when the path back to Remnant finally opens, they are forced to choose: return to the home they once knew, or fight for the future of a world that is already broken. The Huntresses have returned home-but they are no longer just students. They are the Crimson Gears.

Everything changed the night they took her. Ripped from her mundane life, Madison is thrust into the violent world of trafficking, where her only choices are adapt or die. Jase, one of her captors, is as cruel and relentless as the men who pay him. Cold, calculating, and fiercely loyal to the underworld he serves, he likes to be in control. But Madison was never going to be anyone's average victim. Beautifully cunning, she ignites something lethal within Jase. As the lines between predator and prey blur, Madison is drawn deeper into Jase's dark orbit, as he finds himself captivated in ways he can't afford to admit. In a world where trust is a death sentence and love is a punchline, there are no heroes, only the willing and the unwilling and Madison needs to decide just how willing she is before her time runs out. *

Y/N Morgan, a 22-year-old former juvenile delinquent with a knack for climbing and lockpicking, joins the Endurance expedition to the Dragon's Triangle. He's only there because Lara Croft-his rival-turned-close-friend from London-convinced her mentor, Conrad Roth, that Y/N's "unorthodox field skills" would be an asset. Dr. Whitman goes along with it, secretly viewing Y/N as a disposable scapegoat if things go sideways.

His body was broken by a war he shouldn't have fought. But when they discharged him, they forgot to lock the door to his mind. Six months ago, Captain Marcus Vance was a lethal asset for the Republic's elite, black-budget military division: Project Out of Body. Using experimental neuro-chemicals, Marcus could untether his consciousness from his flesh, slipping through enemy lines as an invisible, untouchable phantom. But a psychic shockwave on his final mission shattered his mind, leaving him medically discharged with severe PTSD, terrifying brain fog, and a tremor that won't quit. Now, he's back home in the crumbling capital city of Oakhaven. But Marcus isn't just suffering from flashbacks. When his anxiety spikes, he slips involuntarily-waking up with a bone-dry mouth, a blinding headache, and his soul floating completely out of his body. During a terrifying midnight slip, Marcus drifts into a high-security government boardroom and witnesses the unthinkable: his own commanders and politicians are systematically looting the national treasury, starving the public, and plotting a staged domestic attack to trigger permanent martial law. They think they're completely alone. They think their data is encrypted. They don't know a ghost is standing right next to them, taking notes. Armed with absolute intelligence but a broken physical body, Marcus must build a shadow resistance from the city's criminal underworld to steal his country back. But the regime is about to activate their remaining Astro-Sentries... and they're hunting for him on the ethereal plane. The revolution will not be televised. It will be haunted.

In the unforgiving streets of Chicago, Sergeant Hank Voight's Intelligence Unit operates in the gray, enforcing a brutal brand of justice that has long kept the city's underworld in check. But when a botched raid leaves a protected informant dead, Voight unwittingly crosses the line into a war he cannot contain. Taina "Caveira" Pereira, a lethal BOPE-trained operator for the elite Rainbow Six counter-terrorism unit, goes rogue, descending upon Chicago with a singular, terrifying focus: revenge. As Caveira stalks the city, turning from hunter to judge, the Intelligence Unit finds itself fractured and systematically dismantled by a phantom who knows their tactics, their secrets, and their weaknesses. Forced into an agonizing game of psychological warfare, Voight must face the ghosts of his past as the thin line between cop and criminal collapses. In this dark tactical thriller, justice comes with a blood debt, and the cost of the abyss is far higher than anyone imagined.