(Locus x F!OC, I will address Locus primarily as Sam unless its a situation)
Finally, after freeing himself from the toxic partnership with Felix, Samuel "Locus" Ortez has been going about the galaxy in search of himself, of redemption, and a new purpose. Now attempting to give up killing, he moves and secretly lives at a colony world near Reach.
Marina Yvonovich is a simple woman who recently moved to a settlement on Reach's moon, Challenger. She returns in an attempt to revive her old life on Reach, to help finish rebuilding, and to achieve her dream of opening a school for gifted children.
Both are running from their pasts until an old adversary returns to settle the score, starting with this woman whom Locus has befriended. While Locus has sworn to never kill, how long until his resolve breaks to save the life of the only one who truly understands him and helps him?
Highest Rankings (I've caught):
#4 nosex
#8 locus
#20 innerdemons
#37 fallinginlove
#65 burn
#72 rvb
#78 redvsblue
#113 scars
#133 clean
#149 recovery
#160 slow
#179 PTSD
#397 abusive-relationship
Meet 16 year old Harper-Ariana Reed. Her father had been abusing her for years after her mother was shot. The once happily family Harper remembered was just a faint memory of what it could have been like. Instead, she has to live day after day being slapped,kicked punched and thrown around like a rag doll. He blames her for her mother's death even though he was the one who pulled the trigger. Years after the incident her father forced her away from everything by moving to the other side of the country. The few friends she had to stop her from crumbling were ripped away from her in a matter of seconds and she was lost. Only days after moving she starts school and meets her very dominant alpha mate Heyden. Sparks when they touch and an uncontrollable lovestruck look every time they look at each other. They silently fall for each other in a day. Then something happens that would draw them even closer than they would have thought. But, even, after all, they go through together she refuses to let him in. She keeps her dark memories safely behind her fake padlocked smile. Away from anyone's grasp. That way she doesn't have to relive the horrors of her past...