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Spindrift

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Reads 128
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Parts 16
Time 1h 47m

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Ariel went away for a murder she didn't commit and spent five years in the worst prison on the planet. Once released, it was another five years before she was able to return to the surface of Nereid and to her father, bringing her son with her.

She has since rebuilt her life. Gotten married. Established with her husband Lee with a transportation firm in the city.

When Marisol returns, she's faced with a choice of revenge, but stands to lose everything. 

When Marisol is found murdered, because of their history, Ariel quickly becomes suspect number one. Has she lost everything after all?

Inspired by Open Novella Contest 2023 prompt #42 (incidentally,  I just realized that 42 is the answer to life, meaning and literally everything according to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)All Rights Reserved

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Fire and Water ThorinxMermaid!OC by homely-jess

**FULLY EDITED** 🏅#2 in LOTR out of 6,000 stories 4/3/2024 🏅#1in Thorin 5/08/23 and again on 6/14/23 🏅#1 in thehobbit on 7/2/23 #1 in Thorinoakenshield 12/15/22 #18 in mermaid on 1/22/23 ------- Thorin Oakenshield x OC!Mermaid because there needs to be more of it in this world. Will contain MATURE CONTENT. 18+ only. Themes of blood, gore, sexual content, and strong language. **CHAPTERS WILL NOT LABELED WITH TRIGGER WARNINGS** this is your warning. ------- In an ancient, dwindling lake where Loreth's mysterious origins lie shrouded in mist, a chance encounter with strange travelers sets her on a path she never dared to dream. Drawn into a world beyond imagination, she finds herself thrust into the heart of an epic quest alongside the legendary Thorin Oakenshield. As Loreth navigates the perilous expanse of the outside world, she must unravel the secrets of her past while grappling with the enigmatic concept of love amidst the chaos of adventure. In a realm where soulmates are more than mere myth, her journey unveils a destiny entwined with the fate of kingdoms. But as alliances are tested and destinies collide, has Loreth found her soulmate amidst the tumult of the unknown, or is the true meaning of love a quest yet to be fulfilled? Why has Thorin grown particularly fond of the mermaid? Is there a reason Thorin is behaving this way? Is she his one? So many questions and so little time in the quest to reclaim the dwarves' homeland of Erebor.

COLD by Queensladyxxx

Loosing her mum in an accident and being drugged and pushed into a room in a club by her two stepsisters wasn't the only thing Stella Brooks suffered. She was chased out of her home after losing the first thing she thought she would give to her husband. Her father didn't want her neither did her stepsisters, stepmom and grandmother. Stella had to fend for herself before she eventually got pregnant with a girl child, her baby's father, unknown. Unfortunately, she didn't remember the man she slept with her that night so she took all the responsibility upon herself. Reagan Brighton, the big business lord that was feared by everyone had a calm and gentle mood whenever he was around children. He's a lover of children and he can do anything to protect them and keep them safe. He could have married different wealthy ladies and make lots of children but he didn't because he was in search of the girl he slept with one night. Meanwhile, Stella started working in one of his companies and they both became attracted to each other. Stella lived her life with hatred for the man who got her pregnant and never came back. While falling in love with her boss, they both discovered a secret, finding out that they had met each other in a club and they finally reunite after going through a series of misunderstanding, betrayal and hatred. Join Stella as she scales through the journey of love, hate and betrayal before finding herself in the embrace of a billionaire who could kill to have her to himself alone.

Bound Beneath the Moon [ONC 2021] ✔ by _Vitecro_

Azalea was supposed to fall in love years ago. But with a competition created to find her future "husband", she meets the girl she never knew she wanted. *** Azalea Sezo thought being born into a royal family was a huge honor. She was going to be the greatest queen her planet had ever seen... Until she learned she had to wed on her 18th birthday. She hasn't found a love like everyone she knows has: no partner, no crush, not even someone she's remotely interested in. As a last resort, her parents set up a competition to decide on her future spouse, not having a clue of Azalea's love for women. She's surrounded by men and attention grabbers. But during a dance at the first ball, she meets someone she never thought would be there. A lady who just so happens to be single and interested in women. Azalea can't help but fall in love immediately. But can she find a way to make it work with them, or is it just a hopeless affair? || Prompt 71 and 87 for the ONC 2021 Contest || (Credits to faestock on deviantart for the stock model!)

Forgotten by crystalbooks24

//He had my hands pinned tightly above my head as I squirmed beneath him. The blade twisting between his fingers. He held it up to my throat. I was afraid but refused to show it. "Hurt me." I said between gritted teeth. He just gave me a sorrowful glance before driving the dagger into my flesh.// This is no story of love and happiness. This is a story of death and destruction. One of a man and woman who met one night and not only changed the lives of themselves, but the lives of a whole world of people. One was fire and one was water. They were perfectly balanced. Until one night when the sun fell just below the tip of the tallest castle, the balance faltered, and all hell broke loose. Fire on fire. This is no memorable story that was told on for generations after. No. This is a story of the forgotten. ------------------------------------------- The prince and princess are forced to marry out of their fathers hatred for one another. Yet, there's a falter to the plan and murder gets involved. Will the two be able to put aside years of pent up hatred, or will love conquer all? Socials: @0fficialcrystalwebb on tiktok

Queen of the Beasts✅ by b00klover09

👑1 in Queen Series👑 (Warning: Dark themes & sexual assault) I will have you...all of you, Esmerleda," he said as his eyes raked over my body. I tried to get away. His other arm wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer. "No you wont!" I spat angrily at him, my body gradually welcoming in his warmth. I hate him. "I will," he claimed, his smile making the scar on his face look even more fierce. "I will have your body, heart, soul. Everything," he growled, as I watched his eyes zero in on my lips. "Don't you dare!" I panicked. I shoved with all my might at his chest. He let me go quickly, making me almost fall into the table. "Don't you ever touch me again!" He chuckled as he grabbed my glass of wine. "Till our wedding night." ******* Esmerelda is devastated when the Lycan kingdom demolishes her own. Seeing almost everyone she knows and love killed right before her eyes, she expects the same fate. But when a man interrupts the massacre to announce that she will be the one spared, she is forced to go to the kingdom of monsters. She is forced to become their Queen, their beast of a King's wife, and forced to live among them. Will she survive the brutal world that they live in, or will it be to much for her mundane mind to handle? *Cover: @17Serenity **Completed & Unedited

Dark Waters by little_mix1346

Imagine knowing your whole life that you were different, unlike everyone that surrounded you. Knowing that when you came of age, you would transform into something that most people believed to be a myth. Having to push away those who matter the most to you, to keep the secret. Avalon Tailor doesn't have a "normal" life, not even close. It's nearly impossible for her to when you take the fact that her family are merfolk -- that live on land, no less -- into consideration. But just as she was beginning to accept her differences and once again enjoy life as she used to, all hell broke loose. She's kidnapped by her estranged grandmother on behalf of the Queen. She finds herself with no choice but to fight the leader of an unfamiliar type or mer. Her increased powers pose a threat to her life. A species lost in time returns, destroying everything in its path. A war is coming, and she is the cause. Join Avalon, as she ventures into Dark Waters. ~ *Cover by @books_amy* Highest Rankings: #309 in Mermaids - June 2018 #18 in Ancestors - September 2018 #678 in Ocean - September 2018 #91 in Telepathy - September 2018 #17 in Enchantments - September 2018 #85 in Atlantis - September 2018 #344 in Deception - August 2018 #92 in Merfolk - August 2018 ©️ 2015 little_mix1346 [GOING BACK AND EDITING, BOOK IS FINISHED BUT CHAPTERS ARE DRAFTED UNTIL I EDIT THEM. WILL BE REPOSTED AS EDITED]

𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐍 | 𝟏𝟖+ by ivyandisles

[COMPLETED] "Love can be cruel," he mutters. "I thought it would be the reason I would propose, but it's not. Love never wins, does it?" Cruel. Devious. Twisted love. Love can play games, and we just happen to be the pawns. We play our moves strategically like a game of chess, until it comes to this moment. We can let the world separate us, stop us, pull us apart. We can let this old love between us fray at the edges. If love is a game, then Cato and I are destined to lose. "You're right," I whisper. "But love still exists. Even for a moment." His knuckles brush against my waist, before he decides to pull me flush against his chest. We're close, and burning, and his breath feels like electricity on my skin. In his green eyes, I see remnants of the heavens, the northern auroras flashing illuminating inside of them. He holds a new world inside of him, and I long to be the first to discover it. Cato's nose brushes up against mine, the space between our mouths fading like stardust. "Even for a moment," he murmurs my words against me. At once, our tensions release. ─── ·𖥸· ─── One half of her heart belongs to the man from the stars. The other belongs to the man of smoke and ash. Maureen Harradan lives at the bottom tiers of society. Scorned by anyone above her, she finds her fate entwining with Cato Leveque, a wealthy astronaut returning to Earth with new discoveries and secrets. When rumours spread of Cato's uncertain scientific plans, Maureen finds herself working alongside Thomas Smyth, who runs one of the most powerful criminal operations in the city. She must choose which man to believe, and put her entire reputation on the line while running from an unwanted past. Will Maureen's heart choose to follow the man of the stars? Or will she find peace from the criminal of the streets? ─── ·𖥸· ─── Started February 22, 2022 Completed July 9, 2022. 90,000+ words

How I Survived by xoxogossipgirlqwer

BEING REWRITTEN THIS IS THE OLD VERSION You haven't learnt anything until you learn monsters have nightmares too. Paint me as a villain and call me a monster but I am the architect of my own destruction and that will forever remain engraved inside me. -------------------------- "We need to get you home" he says attempting to keep me standing. "No" I groan, "you just don't understand" He rolls his eyes asking "understand what darling?" "I am home" I giggle before hiccuping "you are my home" -------------------------- This story consists of a badass main character but not in the cringey way, just give this story a go. It has a mixture of drama, love, forgery, murder, assassins, mafias, betrayal, lies and secrets.

Timeless Hearts: A love Story Across the Ages by StevieWes

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Down Under by AmyMarieZ

|WATTYS 2022 WINNER - HORROR| Shawn, a convicted criminal, never thought she'd see the sun again, let alone call another star system her home. When she's offered an out from her prison sentence, she embarks on a dangerous interstellar expedition along with 18 of Earth's most intelligent criminals. Their task is to set up a base on a supposedly habitable planet and prepare it for colonization. Although the planet has liquid water and a breathable atmosphere, it is believed to host only microbial life. However, upon arriving, Shawn and the rest of the colonists learn that assumption was grossly incorrect. In a brutal attack from rampaging wildlife, everyone but Shawn and four other colonists are killed. The five survivors retreat to the cavernous network beneath the ground seeking safety, but they soon come to a terrible discovery. These caves aren't ordinary caves, and they are no safer down under than they were on the surface. [][][] This was originally my entry for the 2021 Open Novella Contest, and it received an honorable mention! It has now been expanded into a full length novel. I used prompt number 53: "When wildlife starts rampaging, all the humans are forced underground. However, they come to a terrible discovery that being underground is no safer than being on the surface."

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Fire and Water ThorinxMermaid!OC cover

Bound Beneath the Moon [ONC 2021] ✔ cover

Forgotten cover

Queen of the Beasts✅ cover

Dark Waters cover

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How I Survived cover

Timeless Hearts: A love Story Across the Ages cover

Down Under cover

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FULLY EDITED 🏅#2 in LOTR out of 6,000 stories 4/3/2024 🏅#1in Thorin 5/08/23 and again on 6/14/23 🏅#1 in thehobbit on 7/2/23 #1 in Thorinoakenshield 12/15/22 #18 in mermaid on 1/22/23 ------- Thorin Oakenshield x OC!Mermaid because there needs to be more of it in this world. Will contain MATURE CONTENT. 18+ only. Themes of blood, gore, sexual content, and strong language. CHAPTERS WILL NOT LABELED WITH TRIGGER WARNINGS this is your warning. ------- In an ancient, dwindling lake where Loreth's mysterious origins lie shrouded in mist, a chance encounter with strange travelers sets her on a path she never dared to dream. Drawn into a world beyond imagination, she finds herself thrust into the heart of an epic quest alongside the legendary Thorin Oakenshield. As Loreth navigates the perilous expanse of the outside world, she must unravel the secrets of her past while grappling with the enigmatic concept of love amidst the chaos of adventure. In a realm where soulmates are more than mere myth, her journey unveils a destiny entwined with the fate of kingdoms. But as alliances are tested and destinies collide, has Loreth found her soulmate amidst the tumult of the unknown, or is the true meaning of love a quest yet to be fulfilled? Why has Thorin grown particularly fond of the mermaid? Is there a reason Thorin is behaving this way? Is she his one? So many questions and so little time in the quest to reclaim the dwarves' homeland of Erebor.