Grittyya Stories

Camille never planned to return to the school where her brother died. But Avard High isn't like other schools. Everyone wears a chain. Everyone plays a game. And when secrets rise, someone always pays in blood. They said it was suicide. Camille knows it was something else. One death. Many secrets. Welcome to Avard High.

Son of the Shadows Born rotten. Raised harder. On the Isle of the Lost, survival comes before soul. Marcel Facilier is the loudmouth, fast-talking son of a shadow man who plays nice with demons and calls it business. Marcel? He plays the game, but his rules are different. He's got a sister to protect, a father to prove himself to, and a past that won't let him breathe. Magic runs in his blood-but on the Isle, that's just one more thing that can get you killed or controlled. When Prince Ben opens the barrier and offers freedom to a chosen few, Marcel finds himself dragged into Auradon alongside Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos. But Marcel's not trying to play hero. He's watching his back, biting his tongue, and keeping his secrets close-especially the ones about the shadows . Because nobody's clean in a place built on lies. But shadows don't stay buried. And Marcel's about to find out what happens when the past follows you across the barrier.

They weren't supposed to survive her. But they did. In a crumbling South Side apartment, eight Whitman siblings hold each other together while everything else falls apart. Their mother, Sylvia, is a storm of neglect, rage, and addiction. Their father is a ghost. And their home? It's less a house and more a battleground. Adeline Whitman, twenty and barely holding it together, becomes mother by default - protector, provider, and punching bag. But when Sylvia spirals out of control and the system threatens to break the family apart, Adeline makes a choice: she's done surviving. Now she's fighting. As each sibling battles their own demons - Rory's temper, Lily's growing addiction, Sophie's quiet grief, Leah's walls, Tessa's fear, Alyssa's innocence - they cling to each other and to the few people who actually give a damn, including the chaotic, loyal Gallagher family down the street. This isn't a story about perfect kids overcoming adversity. This is about kids who were never given a chance - choosing to stay anyway. To love each other anyway. To fight like hell anyway.