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Time 1h 51m

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Freedom's gambit comes at a heavy price.

Brian, a once normal teenager, is now deemed a highly dangerous convict. Most of his teenage years being a blur, only remembering snippets of his past since the war started. Aside from constantly fearing for his life, he was just like any other person, or so he thought. The number of mutilated bodies and the blood dripping from his fingertips proved otherwise.

With the war over and the new government claiming total control of the population. The game of kings has found its place in history once more. Upon Brian's capture, he's shocked to learn about being given a second chance following the crimes he's accused of. Still, he capitalizes on the opportunity hoping to make things right or go out in a blaze of glory of his own making.

As Brian's life hangs in the balance, there's more at work in the city's shadows. Work that the government struggles to combat, resulting in a sea of red painting the footsteps of the mysterious resistance leader, the scarlet Queen.All Rights Reserved

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Bet on It by CalmDeniseWrites

Robin leans against the counter. "So what are we? Enemies with benefits? Is that even a thing?" "Basically, we fuck raw and argue about who fucked the best when we're done." "Oh, I see. I hate you, but your dick game is fantastic, right?" "Exactly. I despise your annoying ass but at the same time, I can't get enough of that pretty pussy of yours." ~~~ Meet Robin Davis and August Foreman. Robin is a sophisticated, organized and confident wedding planner. With too many heart breaks to count, a man is exactly what she doesn't need in her life. But August on the other hand is flirty, cocky, nonchalant, and basketball isn't exactly the only thing he's playing. With a girlfriend every two weeks and an ego bigger than his own IQ it's hard not to hate him. When their best friends begin dating, they are forced to be around each other more than they like. One drunken night things get crazy and they wake up in the same bed. After a while they cannot deny the physical attraction for each other, so they agree to a no strings attached deal. No relationship. No feelings. Just amazing sex. Will this no strings attached arrangement turn into something more with Robin and August? Read on to find out!

Assassin (discontinued) by kgoodwill

Nate is 16 and a Sweetish spy/assassin. She was taken away from her family at age 14 and saw them die. She will have to keep her memories of the camp she went through and the test to become what she is, and now has to go on a mission to the United States with her friend and partner Halo. She will go by the same name at a high school to assassinate her soon to be friend. She was trained to forget to love and learn to not be loved, but what happens when she goes into the high school world of teens. What happens? How will she finish her mission and how can she keep her secret?

Play Me - Revised by AmoraNext

Sex, drugs and pleasure is all a man knows in the world of gangs. Power is every man's end goal, but no one craves it more than Nicholas Black, the leader of The Black Knights. Born into the family of The White Dragons, Summer White is the youngest of three brothers. Kept hidden from the world for as long as her family could, she was their peace within the chaos, a light to return to after selling their souls to the devil in exchange for power and the fear of others. Summer White was the core of The White Dragons and when Nicholas Black snatches her away, the world becomes darker - the exact replication of his horrid desires becomes the reality everyone must live in and no one pays the price more than the innocent white soul of the young girl forced to become a woman at the age of fourteen. Tainted, beaten and abused, Summer's soul becomes another piece in Nicholas's collection, but unlike the others, for him, hers is special. Her body is a vessel, a trophy of the win he never wants to forget and can't let go of. Nicholas forgave no one, not even his younger brother. Kai Black also suffered through his brother's wrath becoming a version of himself even he couldn't recognize. Summer and Kai lived in two parallel worlds, facing the same monster, feeling the same losses, dying the same death, escaping the same reality yet choosing to live much different lives, making drastically different decisions. With divine timing, their worlds collide and it becomes time for the game of life that Nick had begun to finally end. But to win, one must sacrifice everything which is a price Nicholas, Kai and Summer are all willing to pay. So, the question is: who will win if every player is an exact reflection of the other? Who would you put your bets on? -- Being weak is an act, loving is a sin & losing is forbidden. One decision. One wrong move. Life is a game waiting to be played.

♕♚An Assassin's Faith♔♛ by Lucid_fantasies_

"Life is a game of chess. You are the player and everything you could make use of is in your hands. Kill, manipulate and adapt. There are blunders, mistakes as well as opportunities on the board waiting to be made." An assassin's life is pretty simple. Once you get a job, just follow the orders and end a miscreant's life. That's it. That's how Gaela lived her whole life, following orders of the higher ups and ending lives with her close group of acquaintances. She have no family, no emotions let alone will to live, always ready to die in a mission. One day, she receives an important mission that her close group of acquaintances cannot interfere with; protect David Moon, a young aspiring chess player who attends St. Peter's, a prestigious secondary school with the title as the Quintessential Chessman. How could an assassin who specialises with marksmanship protect someone who is targeted by many without realising without the help of her acquaintances? How would someone like Gaela adapt to a normal school life in order to protect David? What are the chances of Gaela meeting famous enquiry agents that can put her life in danger as well as famous serial killers and thieves in her fabricated school life? Pretty low right..? Right?? Watch as Gaela trudges through her mission to protect David Moon, doing side missions, making friends and learning what 'emotions' truly means on the way. •Prequel to 'Valerie's Interest'•

Forever Fighting | ✔️ | [previously Espionage: double-cross] by WinterWillow901

Guns, revenge and buildings to bomb, what could go wrong? ✮ He came in, gun held out in front of him in one hand while the other was resting on his hip where a sharp dagger gleamed in the light. "Come on out little girl, why not make this easier for both of us. The agency you ran away from just want to have a little talk, that's all." She scoffed internally. Yeah right. Then the footsteps ceased. She peeked to the right, then to the left. Neither direction showed any sign of the intruder. She looked up in front of her and gasped, the glint of steel and smell of death as overwhelming as it was adrenaline inducing, exciting. "Boo." ✮ Murder, accidents, assassinations. Call it what you will, it's all the same, all has the same life breaking, mind shattering consequences - be it for the victim or the bystander. It had shaped Alex in a way no one should be. Broken down and rebuilt into the perfect soldier, one who had the power to change the world, to fight battles that would either make or break the carefully constructed vision we all live in. The only small, minute, really unimportant detail - it's pretty hard to get into a government classified site when you're 15 years old and have a rag-tag team of double-crossing back-stabbers behind you. Not to mention the threat of a world war and ghost hanging above your head. Armed with sarcasm, wit, and a hell of a lot of aggressive intentions, it won't be too long till a sticky situation is all that's ahead of you. Sometimes, running head-first into a situation isn't the best idea. Instead, you gotta play a game. A deadly game where either you have all the pieces on the board, or you have nothing. [previously known as Espionage: double-cross] Thanks for reading :)

Brianna Acero and the Second One's Return by RaquelS03

One hundred years ago, war threatened the existence of humanity. One man's actions might bring it back. During WWV, battles weren't won with bombs, but with science. Specifically, with DNA. Now, a person's place in society is determined by their genetic code. If your Gift is as mundane as knowing what time it is without needing a watch, you're probably a Norm, but if it's so extraordinary that it's considered a danger to the public, congratulations, you're an Elite. Seventeen-year-old Brianna Acero doesn't fall into either category. She is the only girl in the world who has no Gift at all. When life throws her a curveball and Brianna finds herself living among the Elites, she begins to uncover layers upon layers of secrets about her own past, but there is one secret that was not meant to be unlocked. Now, there is no way of putting it back in its cage. The Second One is back, and this time he won't be so forgiving. His actions could bring about a new world war, and the end of Gifted society along with it. Only Brianna is unique enough to stop him, but will she rise to the challenge? Revenge is a dangerous game, and not everyone is ready to play it.

Undead Mute by Spirit_5758

"You killed him!" Savanna shrieks. "I had no choice!" "Yes, you did! You didn't have to pull the trigger!" Savanna shrieks again. "He's dangerous! Are you insane?" "He's not dangerous! He was my friend and you shot him!" Savanna cries. "Stop being stupid. Let's get out of here." "No! Let me go!" Savanna growls. --- An apocalypse is among us and no one is safe. Zombies eat humans to survive, and humans kill zombies to survive. It's the natural order of the zombie apocalypse, but when a human girl named Savanna meets a zombie boy that isn't like any other she befriends him. He's confused and terrified of both kinds and is frustrated when he can't speak or understand the zombie's language. Why is this particular zombie different? Will he change like the others and kill the humans, or stay the way he is?

The Ember Within by FathimaFaheen

"I'm not sure what I want, but when I do, I'll move mountains to get it. My desires aren't tethered to anyone else; they're solely about me. Sometimes, even the most delicate things can seem dangerous but these things are too fragile to be counted. I can choose him, but this fragile choice could ruin me or my cause, and I can't afford that, even if it means the end of my life. But the sight of him takes my breath away. I've met countless men in my nineteen years, but why is he different? Why is he the one whose gaze makes my heart, Calista's heart of iron, beat? " Scarlet the elusive leader of the Rebel, has dedicated her life to overthrowing King Edward's tyrannical rule over Redelvrid. For years, she has inspired her people to fight for justice and freedom, using fear and intimidation to keep the king in check. But when she unexpectedly discovers that the person she's been looking out as her only family for years is a target of her rebellion, her world is shattered. As Scarlet navigates this moral dilemma, she is confronted with new challenges and threats. Dark magic is being used against her people, and her comrades are falling victim to mysterious deaths. Now the question that arises is will she continue to pursue her goals, knowing it means eradicating the person who has always been her anchor? Or will she abandon her cause ?

The Games. by DMart_89

The Games. Another year for teenagers to be taken away from humanity and regular day life and put into a game that is very simple, defend your life and don't die. The game is played with 20 random selected teens that we have documented from all around the US, all thanks to our Games Productions. These lucky 20 won't be killing each other, oh no, that would be to easy. This is where they are hunted and will fend for themselves, hopefully, till it's just one remaining. The group of teens will be hunted by very special killers sent in by The Games truly. The teens will be brought to our Games facility in an undisclosed location, where they will be placed into an underground mystery so there is no escape. Everything in and under this facility is wired, so every move or noise they make, we will see. A national broadcast will be instructed for all the viewers to root on and bid up on the contestants. Who will survive? That's for you to find out. *Viewer Discretion Advised*

Squad 6 | COMPLETED by PanicAtTheAttack

In Phi, you don't get a choice. You fight and you kill until it kills you. After running from the only home she'd ever known, Cassie is out to get revenge. In the sunny streets of Rome, she attempts to forget her past and focus on one thing only. Kill the woman who killed her team. When Andrew's mentor refuses to show for their usual meeting, he uncovers a dangerous secret that threatens to make him one thing he never wanted to be. A liar. Her mother's death left her in a wheelchair, but it didn't take away her spirit. Diana may be physically unable to fight, but she won't stop. Not until she makes her mother's dreams come true and becomes an A-list assassin. Being stuck in North Carolina with a jail sentence hanging over your head if you return to Europe, Chloe is forced to fight. She never wanted to kill , but when the world has showed you how cruel men can be, how one mistake can ruin you, you don't get to run away. Bill's only friend in the last two years was a beer bottle and his only sibling 6ft under. If he was even given a proper funeral at all. When these five people cross paths and are put to work together to stop M. Corp. from using newly emerged weapons against them, Squad 6 is fighting for much more then they bargained for. Five trained assassins, five stories, five personalities. One battle. Survival. Hang a few secrets around the room, shove some feelings and guilt under that expensive red carpet and call it a night... More like a nightmare. ~*~ "Imagine having a team where one person is dead, one's on drugs, one is drunk, one disabled, one a double-agent and one detached from reality." "That's a set of very unfortunate circumstances." "I'd beg to differ."

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Bet on It cover

Assassin (discontinued) cover

Play Me - Revised cover

♕♚An Assassin's Faith♔♛ cover

Forever Fighting | ✔️ | [previously Espionage: double-cross] cover

Brianna Acero and the Second One's Return cover

Undead Mute cover

The Ember Within cover

The Games. cover

Squad 6 | COMPLETED cover

Bet on It

Robin leans against the counter. "So what are we? Enemies with benefits? Is that even a thing?" "Basically, we fuck raw and argue about who fucked the best when we're done." "Oh, I see. I hate you, but your dick game is fantastic, right?" "Exactly. I despise your annoying ass but at the same time, I can't get enough of that pretty pussy of yours." ~~~ Meet Robin Davis and August Foreman. Robin is a sophisticated, organized and confident wedding planner. With too many heart breaks to count, a man is exactly what she doesn't need in her life. But August on the other hand is flirty, cocky, nonchalant, and basketball isn't exactly the only thing he's playing. With a girlfriend every two weeks and an ego bigger than his own IQ it's hard not to hate him. When their best friends begin dating, they are forced to be around each other more than they like. One drunken night things get crazy and they wake up in the same bed. After a while they cannot deny the physical attraction for each other, so they agree to a no strings attached deal. No relationship. No feelings. Just amazing sex. Will this no strings attached arrangement turn into something more with Robin and August? Read on to find out!