Star-Crossed
- Reads 296
- Votes 15
- Parts 7
In an oppressive society where the government is ageist against the young, Alice and Tom live in the Skyscraper, as breeders: selected to provide children to keep the race going. The rest of the population are 50 or over, due to an injection given at birth. Alice and Tom are deeply in love, but as is protocol, the officials at the Skyscraper have chosen Alice's husband, Louis - someone Alice has no feelings for whatsoever. But when Alice and Tom get closer, Alice must make a decision. A decision that will either change her life, or end it. But then, the course of true love never did run smooth...
All Rights Reserved
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
Reader
Beatrix doesn't live in a normal world. Not any more. Seventy-five years ago, the lights all over the world went out. And when they came back on, people with mind powers came forward to rule the former United States. Other countries figured out how to work with these people. But, in the new country of Avalon, those with powers were in power. Beatrix belongs to a group of rebels who want to over-throw the government. But, as Beatrix's responsibilities grow, it becomes apparent that one group just wants to take over for the other. She is unsure how she fits in. And how the new husband that was forced on her fits in to everything else.Complete
Ziphozethu
Abandoned at a young age Zethu is left to fend for herself and her brother. Her ultimate goal is to trap a rich man and provide a good life for her little brother, Sicelo. A battered and bruised billionaire falls in her lap and she succeeds in making him fall head over hills for her but obstacles arise. Obstacles like a wife with a family who is determined to destroy her cheating husband. Zethu's past and heritage comes back to haunt her just as she is about to secure her man but she is determined to live the way she wants no matter how painful her past, present, or future may be. Just as her dream of a comfortable life is slipping away from her, she is presented with a solution. Polygamy. Will she accept? And if she does what lies in store for her? All of a sudden her picture perfect fantasy is destroyed but she has to persevere to make sure her brother becomes something in life. As the old people like to say, "The woman carries the knife by its blade." How deep will Zethu allow the blade to cut?Complete
Tumhari Preyasi
The story is set in late 1980s. A woman who has full faith in her husband and loves him to core and a man who'll do anything to protect his family but finds it hard to express his emotions. Will there story be like every other couple in that era or does fate has something else stored for them? ☆ Warning: This story contains mature themes. Some things (like religion, mention of texts) are written for fictional purposes only. It is completely fictional and based upon my imagination. So I am just giving you guys a heads up if anybody feels offended. Readers discretion is advised.Complete
Unraveling our Scars
She's falling apart, and he's falling in love. At seventeen, she carries more burdens than most. Some days, she drowns in alcohol; other days, in depression. But mostly, she's just a girl trying to hold everything together. She leaves Italy behind and moves to Amsterdam to live with her grandmother, hoping to save her mother from drowning in debt. She spends her days on the balcony, lost in thought, searching for a way back home. Until Francis, her stepcousin, finds her at her lowest. He sees past her scars, past the truths she tries to hide. And in the midst of her unraveling, he offers her something she never expected. Love, he calls it.
Maid For Marriage
Thandi always knew she wasn't destined for greatness. She'd never be anything but someone's wife. Nothing would come of her life, so she submitted. She submitted to her father's wrath. Her aunt, however, wanted more for her niece. She knew that if her niece ever wanted to escape her brother, the chief, they needed to play him at his own game. Thandi's aunt knew if she ever wanted her niece to be free from her brother, she needed to keep him away from her for as long as she could. She knew her niece didn't have much of a choice in her future. The only way for Thandi to get some kind of control over her own life is getting married to the man of her choice before her father married her off to the highest bidder. Thandi and her aunt escaped their village to live in the city. They did everything in their power to keep the chief calm and distracted. The only way to do so was for her aunt to promise to teach her how to be a good traditional wife and, most importantly, stay a virgin. That was his biggest rule. Stay a virgin. One drunken mistake causes Thandi to lose her virginity, and her aunt knows the race is on. Either Thandi finds a man that she loves and is willing to submit to, or she marries one of her father's perverted friends. Will Thandi find her knight in shining armor, and if she does, will he be worth it?Complete
Kidnapped into becoming a Ndlovu wife
Hey guys this is my first time writing so I hope you guys enjoy this ❤️ Please leave your thoughts and follow me here❤️ This story is about Nokukhanya , a 17-year-old girl , who gets kidnapped and forced into a marriage with Nkosi Ndlovu , a 25-year-old man from a wealthy and influential family in KZN .As she navigates her new life, she faces challenges and abuse, but eventually begins to fall in love with Nkosi.
Mr. Mendes
Where a normal 17 year old fell in love with her teacher. No one knows how the story will end. Will they let it die or let it grow?Complete
√ KYAA DIL NE KAHAA? {COMPLETED}
This story is about Arnav and Khushi who were forced to marry each other because of Khushi's father. But as she marry him, she discovers that this family is not a normal one, there is a lot of mystery and fake people here who are behind Arnav's property. Will she save him? Or let things go the way they are? Will both fall in love with each other in this process?Complete
Beatrix doesn't live in a normal world. Not any more. Seventy-five years ago, the lights all over the world went out. And when they came back on, people with mind powers came forward to rule the former United States. Other countries figured out how to work with these people. But, in the new country of Avalon, those with powers were in power. Beatrix belongs to a group of rebels who want to over-throw the government. But, as Beatrix's responsibilities grow, it becomes apparent that one group just wants to take over for the other. She is unsure how she fits in. And how the new husband that was forced on her fits in to everything else.
More detailsContent Guidelines