Drawn to Light
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  • Parts 14
  • Time 2h 27m
Complete, First published Feb 17, 2020
Mature
✍️ 2020 Open Novella Contest
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Jaiyana, Jay-for-short, Brown had abandoned her life long ago after a bitter divorce left her reputation as a Domme in tatters. But when a girl literally falls out of a portal and into her arms in the dingiest alley of the hell-hole that is her neighbourhood, she has no choice but to take her home where a tale beyond her belief unfolds.

As a woman with magick in a land where magick is forbidden, Tilly has no rights. Sold by her father for five coppers to the witch hunters, she is doomed to a life as an enslaved dirty secret, used and experimented on. So when the opportunity comes on New Year's Eve, she makes a run for it, armed with nothing but a box of matches and a legend.

As the witch hunters close in, Jay must figure out how to keep Tilly safe and out of their clutches in a world she cannot reach. Because Tilly awakens something long dead in Jay's heart and to risk losing her is to lose the last of her hope.

The Midnight Retellings Collection consists of re-imaginings of fairy tales and other stories as modern adult romances with D/s and power dynamics flavours. 

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This story contains explicit sexual content and is intended for mature 18+ audience only

Trigger warning: This story contains implications of sexual and physical abuse.

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Seven years ago, Tristan Knight walked away from the love of his life, Serenity Harris, without a word or a backwards glance. No goodbye. No Dear John letter. No words of apologies or excuses. She'd woken up one morning to an empty bed, her body sore; her hair wild and unkempt from their tempestuous love-making the night before. That night had been the first time Tristan told her he loved her. Their courtship had started fast. It took four hours for him to get her into bed and take her virginity and one night for her to fall head over heels in love with him. The year leading up to their final night together had been full of twists and turns, ups and downs. But she'd thought they had finally gotten to a place where they full understood and valued one another. So what happened? Why did he leave? And why had he come back today of all days? Her wedding day. To his former best friend and band mate, Nyle Wentworth. Nyle has been there for Serenity ever since Tristan left her heart in irrepairable pieces. Nyle loved her back to life and in spite of her love for Tristan, she found herself drawn to him. Now they're about to get married. Nyle won Serenity fair and square and he doesn't feel bad about actively pursuing her, falling in love with her, marrying her, or spending the rest of his life with her. He and Tristan were friends but that's all in the past. And that's where he intends to keep it. All Serenity wants to do is to marry Nyle, be happy, and go on with her life but the reappearance of the love of her life is making that more than difficult. Tristan is back, he wants what's his, and he doesn't care who he has to destroy or kill to have it. Now that Tristan's back, Serenity finds herself torn between what her heart wants and who her head knows is the better choice. **For mature audiences only (18+)