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The Observance

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completed dystopian femaleprotagonist friendship government romance shortstory surpising thriller unjust

On the first day of every new year, women who are 18 have to report to Observance Day. On this day, their measurements, strengths, weaknesses, health, compliance, athletic ability and other qualities are uploaded into the Directory. The women then return to Echelon, the lowest rung of society, where they continue their lives. However, at any point, a man from the Nobles, the elite group of society, can select them from the Directory and have them served Desirence Papers. If served, they must immediately oblige, leave their home, and assume the new role that they were selected for. 

Ellis, a newly turned 18-year-old, was hoping to never be served papers from a Noble. Unlike most girls, she found peace and contentment in the simplicity of Echelon society and feared leaving her family even if it meant a more luxurious lifestyle. However, the one thing she was never prepared for was to be selected before she even entered the Directory. Behind the one-way glass of the measurement room were the Unobtainables, the highest-ranking members of society. With no communication beyond your immediate community, stories of the Unobtainables were told only as fairytales and imagined to be a life of great wealth and royalty. After being thrust into a group of people that were only rumored to be true, Ellis is shocked at just how very wrong these fairytales were. A life of deceit, injustice and murder is paved before her with no way out.

Please enjoy this novelette and leave any feedback. I am open to expanding into a full novel if you all enjoy!All Rights Reserved

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Flaw by cjcoomans

The Dommasc Society saw the corruption and potential war that new-age movements such as feminism, LGBTQ, and racial equality could bring to their island, and therefore decided to eradicate it. They cut themselves off from the influence of the world, and they would rule their society as they wanted. They never expected their perfectly set out plan to go wrong, but it did and so she was born. Flaw was supposed to be his, but she broke free and started to hunt the hunters. This was never supposed to happen, but she knew that flaws did not last forever, and neither would she. Blake knows her way around the island, so when a mysterious explosion went off, why did she end up being kidnapped, and better yet, why did she feel the need to stay with her kidnapper? Ensley doesn't have long to live, and she knows it. Her heart is getting weaker, but if anybody found out, she would be exiled. When her brother's murderer injects her with a toxin, she feels herself getting better, and falling in love with the one who stole her world from her. [Completed 2019.05.30]

Gentle for her. by sparkleandshinex

"No one speaks to me the way you have been lately" He warned, his eyes trained on mine. "What are you going to do, kill me?" I answered back, my gaze focused only on his kissable full lips. "Much worse." I didn't have time to comprehend anything before he gripped my hips and slammed me down onto the bed, making my breath hitch. My hair had covered my face from the impact, very quickly I pushed it out of my way when Luca hovered over my body, his hands holding him up on each side of me. "Wha-" He shut me up by placing his lips on mine, making my entire insides melt. Sparks jolted throughout my body as his soft lips molded with mine, he kissed me with so much need and urgency that a quiet moan unexpectedly escaped from me... ••• Luca Vendor, the name that shoots shivers down people's spines. He's dark and mysterious, never loved and has always been taught to show zero emotion. When he comes across Kimberly Folin, a beautiful American woman, he's intrigued by her sassy attitude and ability to turn him down. Usually, a woman would drop their pants at the site of him, but Kimberly is very different. Not planning on letting her go anytime soon, he decides on asking for her to teach him how to be gentle, just for her. But when Luca causes trouble with a Russian leader, innocent Kimberly is thrown into a world full of danger... - HIGHEST RANKS: #1 in Love story #1 in Italian #4 in Adult Romance #9 in Romance ⚠️Mature themes, violence & strong language⚠

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I've never been able to taste fear before, but I do now, it lingers in the air. Like a flame. Kindled by the president, fed by the citizens, and I'm the one who has to put it out. The extinguisher? Possibly my life. ꧁ .・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・. ꧂ In a world where expressing emotions are illegal and can lead to execution, everything seems perfect. All the countries and their citizens are efficient, orderly and obedient, and nobody seems to question the rules. But Ada Alexander struggles to keep her emotions hidden and she discovers more and more feelings that most humans have forgotten long ago, love, grief, anger, pain and fear. When the system glitches and she is able to cry for the first time ever, she feels tricked and robbed by the government, becomes inspired and develops a revolutionary plan to break the system so people can feel once again, and her family worries for her life. But will her death and discoveries be worth it? 𝙄𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣'𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙. Highest rank achieved: #3 in #dystopianfuture Warning: Suicide, violence, gore, self-harm and mature language. I will be publishing many chapters, each chapter has three parts, all published separately at different times. If you have any feedback, please feel free to share it with me, I love feedback! ♡ Cover by: @rose_anselina Tysm Lea, go check out her cover shop please! [Completed] Word count: 50146 Words Original Fictional Novel © walkeralyssayeohxoxo | 2021 © All Rights Reserved Started - 25th November 2020 Finished - 26th April 2021

My Mate's Betrayal by stanakatic1995

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Fᴏʀ Hɪꜱ Sᴀᴋᴇ | ✔ by lily97000

Emily Willows longs for passion, but only with the man of her dreams: the brilliant and dashing Edward Jones. If only her oblivious, dreaming neighbour can stop with all his gentlemanly-ness and just pin her into the nearest solid obstacle available. And then, perhaps encircle her whimpering body into the solid rippling confines of his warmth to show her the greatest pleasure of being alive and breathing, and moaning beneath his- But no, he would not. He could not-he would not even want to. As they've been best friends for, well- ever. And life as Emily knows was already over when the fates showed her the blandest stars in the already sinking cargo of her unrequited love life- by producing the gorgeous product of her gender, as opposed to her own mediocre Tomboy self, the one who'd bring shame to even the finest cream of their species. Lara Williams. It was hard to pretend not to predict what happened after she crossed paths with Edward and yet even harder to pretend that the man of hot blood, desires and virility such as him would not succumb to her charms, and even go as far as to fall in love with her. While it was no secret Emily would rather run away than to stay by Edward's side as a supportive friend as he sees her to be, or rather expects her to be, it becomes extremely challenging for her when he provides her to bear the responsibility of their friendship by asking her the biggest favour he could ever ask. The one favour she was sure no friend would ever ask their own. The one she was sure to lose herself to. The one she knew she shouldn't say yes to. But it would indeed be the one to make her crazy all the way. Oh, dammit, all to hell. __ [ 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 ] ➵𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 "𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞" 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲'𝐬 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗, 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐇

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Secrets Can Kill by newadvantures

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