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Veins of Smoke and Shadow ✔️ || ONC 2023

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Parts 19
Time 1h 54m

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Buried in the wreckage of a Compound meant to imprison her, Faine awakens a shell of her former self. With no memories and a growing taste for revenge, she is given the ultimate decision. 

She must save the city, or herself.


Round One 》✅️   2k 》✅️
Round Two 》 ✅️    8k 》✅️
Round Three 》✅️    20k 》✅️
Longlisted 》 ✅️


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|| Start Date 2/1/2023 || Finish Date 4/20/2023 ||
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Fallen by QuinceArchFortes

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Mirror Me by doyelbae

A girl desperately wants to remember her past but across the city another girl is as desperate as her to forget hers. Under unforseen circumstances they both meet and something unexpected happens. One of them wants to seek the truth about her true identity and the other can go to any extent to stop her. 𝙈𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮•𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧•𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚•𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚

What Did You Do. by illtri_shxri123

❝you better pray karma gets you before I do❞ my voice was loud as frustration spread through it, echoing the empty hallways of the house, he took her away from me. Our time had just began how could it have ended to quickly?... ❝That's your problem! You don't think you deserve it so you fucking ruin it!❞ ----------- In the small town of Bechtel lies a dark history, the names Moriah Reid, Lorelei Holloway, Maeve Fitz and Jordan Macauley were enough to silence a room full of raging animals. Every year a group of Teenagers are attacked randomly, out of the blue, no one knows why The groups are picked but they all somehow link together. This years picks just so happened the be four misbehaving boys and their enemies, the four girls who get on their nerves the most. Will they all survive? Will they be able to find this murder? What'll happen? Who knows. !! Slow updates (sorry) !! The story is a little shitty at the start but it will get better through out the book!

CLOVE by llaacceess

"I've been a fool, Clover. Such a damn fool. I thought I could bury my feelings for you, pretend they didn't exist, but I was wrong. So damn wrong." He takes another deep breath, feeling the lump in his throat grow larger. "I've tried to deny it, to push it down and ignore it, but it just keeps coming back. Stronger and stronger until I can't ignore it anymore. I'm in love with you, Clover. So damn in love with you." His voice is thick with emotion, tears threatening to spill down his face. "I don't know how it happened, or when it happened, but it did. And I tried to fight it, I tried to convince myself that I didn't love you, but I was lying. To myself, and to you." He looks at her unconscious form, imagining her sparkling eyes and warm smile. "I miss you so much, Clover. I miss hearing your voice, seeing your face, feeling your touch. I miss fighting with you, making up with you, just being with you... I never realized how lonely I was before you came into my life. How empty and meaningless my days were. You brought light and color into my world, and I didn't even appreciate it. I took it for granted, and I'm so damn sorry for that." *********** Clover Whitlock navigates a world of secrets, shadows, and shattered dreams. Haunted by a turbulent past, she finds peace in the quiet corners of her local library, burying herself in books to escape the chaos of her reality. But when tragedy strikes, Clover's fragile world shatters, leaving her grasping for hope amidst the rubble of her life. Brennan Hart, heir of the city's elite and bearer of his own burdens. Haunted by demons from his past, he seeks redemption in the arms of a stranger, only to find himself drawn to the raven haired girl. As their worlds collide, Clover and Brennan are forced to confront their deepest fears and darkest secrets. But as they navigate the treacherous waters of love and betrayal, they must ask themselves: can they save each other, or will they only destroy themselves in the process?

Never Green | ONC 2023 by elmaloney

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Fallen

After being put in 'time-out,' an angel finds herself thrown into a demon's purgatory. Trapped with each other, whose influence will prove strongest? ******************************************************************** Ash is an angel out of grace. Atticus is a demon with something to prove. After events go wrong in the mortal plane, both are due punishment. What they don't expect is to serve that sentence together. Armed with otherworldly powers, they battle for control in a stagnant prison built just for them. Bonds twist and grow, like a thorny vine, as black and white fade to gray in this paranormal romance full of mystery and legend. FEATURED ON: @Romance ~ Slow Burn // Para-Romantasy @WattpadAfterDark ~ Dark Romance @Ambassadors ~ Para-Romantasy AWARDS: 1st Place ~ Morsus Mortis 2024 {Dark Romance} 2nd Place (Tied) ~ EC Fiction Awards 2024 {Romance} 3rd Place ~ Romance Reads 2024 {AfterDark} Longlist ~ NanoWatt2024 {Paranormal} Wordcount 48k Content warning: depictions of graphic violence and sexual content. Recommended listening playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Mxy7QZYoJpB5MHAU4GRAk?si=31afeafde6b44258