Reluctantallies Stories

At Atria Biotech Lab, results are everything. Minji has built her place inside a system that doesn't tolerate mistakes-where pressure is constant, and questioning the rules isn't part of the job. But when an external audit is announced, everything shifts. The arrival of a young inspector disrupts the fragile balance Minji has fought to maintain, her presence lingering like a quiet threat-watching, questioning, getting too close. As tensions rise and collaboration becomes unavoidable, Minji is forced to confront something she's spent years avoiding: What if the problem isn't failure... -but something buried inside the system she refuses to question? _______________ All rights reserved © This story was NOT written with AI, but translated with its help. Everything else comes from my overly imaginative-and emotionally intense-brain. ⚠️

Emiris is the city's deadliest assassin-feared, controlled, and owned by a master whose power runs deeper than blood. She survives by following orders, asking no questions, and never letting anyone get close. Adrian is a legendary gun-for-hire. He answers to no one, trusts even less, and never misses his mark. Freedom is the only thing he refuses to surrender. When a forbidden curse binds their lives together, they become unwilling allies. Every injury one suffers, the other feels. Every heartbeat pulls them closer. And the only way to break the curse? A kiss. But Emiris and Adrian are enemies-trained to destroy, not trust. As ancient magic awakens inside the Sorcerer's tower and deadly secrets unravel, they must decide what's more dangerous: giving in to the curse... or fighting it. Because in a city ruled by power and blood, love isn't soft. It's lethal.

❝He tried to kill you...but I'm the monster?❞ ❝You're not going to win...if you keep standing there.❞ ❝For time twists all stories with age.❞ 🗡️💖FINISHED BOOK 1 💖🗡️ SUMMARY TEASER One would think a princess has it easy, or extremely hard. Vaylene, on the rarer hand, has nothing at all. In her world, staying inside of the walls is key to protection. Regular citizens rarely, hardly leave and travel into the dark woods. Vaylene realizes with a fright that she never knew she was so afraid of the night until she looked at those same forests with the moon held high. Because...what lies beyond the meadow was nothing to be excited about. So she's told. And yet, when she's offered a piece to savor with an nasty, monstrous aftertaste, why does she feel the blood rushing through her veins? Why does she feel the need to run and never look back but stays still all the same? In the movies and in the stories, it all ends up well. She gets the happy ending. But what if she realizes too late life wasn't a book? What if things get more complicated than that, and even the villain isn't clear? What happens when she ventures outside of the walls that have been created to protect her, sister in tow, in search of a reason? Pulled into a world of monsters schemes, adventures, Chain-Toppers and war working under the only thing remotely close to a demon, she has no hope other than to save her sister. How much can she get away with? And how much will she lose? When the evil is unclear and nothing is simple like it should be in a fairy tale, is the past really so simple and plain as it's been told? If not, how will everyone move forward from the haunting past of MoonCaster looming over every shoulder? Could anyone really forget the damage done by merciless teeth? The action in this story progresses as the plot does! So please me patient 🥺🥺 Thank you for discovering and taking the time to explore my

The Kingdom of Solis is dying. A plague of dark magic spreads through its people, turning flesh cold and hope colder. Desperate, the kingdom places its faith in their radiant king, Aurelian-the most powerful mage alive. But salvation doesn't come from the throne. It arrives in the form of a stranger. Orion Moon is eccentric, infuriating, and far more powerful than he should be. He claims ownership of Midnight Manor and the legacy of the Nights-a bloodline of powerful witches & warlocks believed extinct for generations. No one believes him. No one trusts him. Except Queen Ramona, who makes a dangerous bargain: cure Solis, and Midnight Manor is his. Bound to the mission is Prince Dorian, the queen's loyal brother and Orion's reluctant partner. Tasked with watching him, judging him, and stopping him if necessary. But as the plague deepens and the truth unravels, Dorian begins to realize something far more terrifying: Orion isn't just hiding secrets. He's hiding power. Power that bends reality. Power that terrifies kings. Power that even Orion himself fears. Because the plague was never the true threat. It was only the beginning. And whatever is coming next... has been waiting for the Nightblood Heir.

June Hartley has a plan: survive senior year, win the Windward Scholarship, and finally escape her too-small coastal town. Her life is a careful balancing act - juggling dockside volunteer shifts, lifeguard duty, and a résumé built to win. She didn't account for Bennett Brooks. The new guy. Her next-door neighbor. Her biggest competition - and now her partner for the most important project of the year. When June learns her once-guaranteed scholarship, the scholarship she needs to get to college, is at risk, she's ready to fight for it. But her focus shifts when she and Bennett witness something suspicious at the docks - a secret that no one is supposed to know about. Suddenly, they're caught in something much bigger than school, and way more important than a scholarship - a mystery they can't ignore, a town June might not be ready to leave, and a rivalry that's starting to feel a lot like something more.

Ranzel Hugo Aradia had always believed that everything ends. Nothing in the world is permanent, even the world itself. And so, he believed that there would be a day in which the world does end. He just didn't thought that he'd still be alive to witness it, let alone cause it.

Six teenagers wake up in a house they don't remember entering. No warning. No explanation. Just locked doors, rigid schedules, training on things they don't know about. They're told they're special. They're told they need training. They're told it's for their own good. Friendships form under pressure. Enemies are forced into proximity. Kindness becomes a liability. Power comes with consequences no one warned them about. And the most dangerous thing isn't what they can do It's what this place wants them to become.

In a tale of secrets, betrayal, and reluctant alliances, The Wedding That Changed Everything follows Hailey, a young woman thrust into a life-altering situation when her older sister disappears on the morning of her wedding. To save her family's reputation and avoid devastating consequences, Hailey is forced to take her sister's place at the altar, marrying Levi Escart, a powerful billionaire with his own hidden motives. What starts as a marriage of convenience quickly spirals into a complicated web of emotions, deception, and unresolved pasts. Levi is cold, distant, and carrying secrets of his own, while Hailey struggles to adapt to a life she never wanted, leaving behind her dreams and the man she truly loved. Both find themselves bound by a fragile alliance, navigating the thin line between duty and desire as they confront the consequences of their choices. But the past refuses to stay buried. When Hailey's sister reappears, her betrayal and Levi's unresolved connection to her threaten to shatter their fragile union. As they face external pressures, family scandals, and their growing but conflicting emotions, Hailey and Levi must decide if a marriage born from lies can ever become something real-or if they are doomed to remain trapped in a game neither of them signed up for. Filled with intense drama, raw emotions, and an evolving relationship built on reluctant trust, this story explores themes of resilience, sacrifice, and the complexities of love in the most unexpected circumstances.

When rose petals fall from the sky, they don't choose gently. Marked by magic and bound against her will, a sharp-tongued human is claimed by the Rose Court as its next keeper ten years of service inside a fae realm that ruins mortals and devours secrets. The court is rotting. The roots are dying. And something ancient beyond the walls is calling her by name. Forced into a dangerous journey with Lord Caelen of the Thorn Guard a battle-worn fae who trusts nothing human she must step into lands even fae fear, where petals bleed, promises twist, and the truth of why she was chosen could either save the court... or finish destroying it.

In the small town of Bridle Creek, two teenage boys, Malik Mitchell and Theodore Kent, navigate the chaos of being newly in high school, small-town drama, and their own begrudging friendship. Constantly at odds but undeniably bonded, their antics lead to absurd situations that escalate into complete madness. Along the way, their relationship gets complicated, toeing the line between frenemies and something deeper.

Queen of the Night - an urban fantasy vampire romance! ~~~ Fledglings are a vampire court's most precious asset. They're young, vulnerable, and fiercely protected by ancient law. To harm one is to invite ruin. So when fledglings from every Blood Court begin to vanish, suspicion spreads like wildfire. Desperate to root out the traitor, the Courts form an uneasy alliance - just as Prince Aedanus of the Court of Staves awakens from his three-hundred-year slumber to choose a consort. Aurora never asked to be part of his selection. Waking to find herself newly turned - and bound by blood to a court she doesn't trust - her fury burns almost as bright as her new hunger. But as rivalries erupt and old grudges resurface, she and Aedanus may have no choice but to rely on each other to survive. Can two unlikely allies build trust strong enough to withstand centuries of vengeance? The fate of every Blood Court may depend on it.

Charlotte Morrison is the daughter of the legendary hero who was the leader of the original Marvelous Superhero League. As a young child, she dreamed of leading her own team, and after fixing a disaster and impressing her mom, she's given a chance. There's one catch: her team is made up of teens who have never been trained before and are orphans, the test subjects of a new project. They don't follow orders and create absolute chaos everywhere they go. She only has three months to get them to the next rank. Will she succeed in creating the perfect team, or succumb to the pressure? © 2025 Jocelyn Smith. All rights reserved. The Marvelous Superhero League is my original work-please don't copy, repost, or translate it without permission. Fanfiction is totally welcome! Just credit the story and characters, and tag me if you share-I'd love to read what you come up with.

In a world where the sun never rises, survival hinges on fragile alliances and unyielding resilience. When a devastating storm scatters Kael Thornvale's caravan across the perilous twilight belt, he must lead a group of battered survivors through a landscape of fractured trust and relentless danger. As rival factions clash and the elements threaten to tear them apart, Kael finds unexpected allies in the enigmatic Saryna Elunari and the unbreakable Mara Zelos. But unity comes at a price, and sacrifices must be made if they are to escape the storm's shadow. In this gripping tale of courage and survival, Tempest's Edge weaves together themes of loss, hope, and the unyielding strength found in shared struggle. Will Kael's caravan find their way through the endless twilight, or will the storm within prove their undoing?

Jax Cross is a walking prison cell. For ten years, he's worked for the Order of Ash as a "Vessel"-a human cage for the Pale King, an ancient shadow mage who couldn't be killed, only contained. Standard protocol demands the entity be transferred to a new host every three years to prevent corruption, but Jax has been holding the line for a decade. He thinks he's doing the right thing. But when he wakes up with three hours of missing memory and a dead body killed with raw shadow magic, the target on his back is clear. Jax is the only known source of shadow magic left in the world. The Order isn't protecting him anymore. They're framing him. Now he's on the run in New York City, bleeding black sludge and hunted by his own team. His only ally is a street hustler who hates his guts, and the voice in his head is getting louder by the hour. If the Order catches him, he's dead. If he loses control of the King, everyone else is dead. He's just trying to make it through the week.

All it took was one spiked glass for Zanele to find out worse things can happen to her than death. No-it wasn't her fault. Her only crime was trusting her friends. Friends who despised her enough to sell her like an animal on the black market. Now she belongs to Antonio Velastro-a man who breaks women as effortlessly as he puts bullets through his family's enemies. With time, Antonio breaks and shatters Zanele in every way possible until she's had enough. Then she learns to smile with a blade at her throat and not blink when a gun barrel presses against a man's skull. But now she has to choose: is her freedom worth her life or is she better off on a Velastro's side?

// What separates a hero from a villain is motivation. // One wanted to save the world, another to destroy it. And she? She just wanted a slightly better life than the one she was meant to have. Taking over the identity of her dead twin brother has kept her family safe. But when she is forced to become the assistant of the cruelest man in the City, the Inquisitor, the same lie might kill them all. But he's hiding something too-something powerful enough to shatter their world as they know it. And Wren? She's about to find herself caught in the eye of the storm. The Inquisitor's Assistant is a dark (but not overly gloomy) story with secrets, ambition, and one (very reluctant) assistant who's trying not to die. Come for the power games, stay for the emotional damage. If you enjoy books like Snowglobe, the Legend, the Hunger Games, there is a good chance you will like this one too.

"He touched my horns... and bound us for eternity." Sev, princess of the Void, never planned to survive the Radiant Realm. Elyon, the golden prince, never planned to bind himself to a creature he was raised to fear. But one forbidden touch and their souls are fuse their powers intertwine their fates sealed Now they're forced to travel through collapsing realms, hunted by gods, betrayed by family, and tormented by a bond that feels dangerously like desire. He's light. She's void. He's order. She's chaos. He wants to break the bond. She wants to break his neck. And the universe wants to break them both. Enemies. Partners. Something more. What could possibly go wrong?

In a kingdom on the brink of war, survival is earned-not given. Elena was only a child when her village was burned to ashes. Now, as a fierce elemental warrior, she's vowed to protect those who cannot defend themselves. But when a new threat from the Phamor Kingdom looms over a vulnerable riverside village, Elena volunteers to lead a daring evacuation mission-one that could cost her everything. By her side is Ivy Firesteel, a loyal companion with secrets of her own. As danger draws near, old wounds reopen and the line between enemy and ally blurs. Together, they must outsmart a cunning enemy and confront the ghosts of their pasts before darkness consumes the realm. Magic, loyalty, and resilience collide in a gripping tale of courage, found family, and the fight for freedom

A containment breach exposed you to a never-before-seen viral prototype. You should have been dead but instead, it stabilized. Now you are the first known carrier of a virus in 'clinical remission'. You aren't infectious. You're not even symptomatic. But you are not human. And the DSO doesn't trust you. You are alive. You are changed. - cross posted on ao3 under TwoVampiresInATrenchCoat.