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Parts 13
Time 5h 22m

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Go inside before dark and live another day...
Sophie has spent her entire life in her remote, mountain village-picking strawberries, caring for her family, and getting home before sunset. All she wants is to keep her family safe, well-fed, and alive, and she doesn't trust anyone to do it except herself. Work hard, waste no time, and everything will be okay. 
However, the nightsnatchers that visit each night want full bellies, too. Fast, strong, and hungry, they'll eat any living thing. No one knows where they come from, where they go, or how to kill them. All villagers are trapped, fated to live out their days under the nightsnatchers' reign. After disaster strikes, Sophie's family dissolves into husks of their former selves, and she yearns for a life free of nightsnatchers. Filled with grief and regret, Sophie leaves her village for the first time, determined to destroy every last one. 
Nightsnatchers aren't the only creatures lurking in the forest, however. Spirits, monsters, and fae all call these wild places home. Exposed and vulnerable, she must learn which are friends and which are foes, all while battling the terrors within her mind. To find the nightsnatchers' secret and survive the ordeal, Sophie will have to turn to others, leaning on their strength to forge her own.All Rights Reserved

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Valley of Shadows and Roses | ONC 2024 by TatiaSamaelPetrova

*ONC 2024 Longlist* There was a princess Living carefree She wanted the world she wanted everything Diamonds and pearls Emeralds and gold She bathed in the riches only she could know Then the Shadow King came And asked for her hand But she said no and sent him away The Shadow King vowed to himself One day she'll be his He curses her until she pleads for mercy And so the princess has to die When the midnight strikes And comes back to life with the first rays of the sun Turn the pages Read so you know how it will end The story of the Shadow Lord and the cursed princess __________________________________________________________________________________ A classic story retold in a new, dark way. This is where the lines between hero and villain blur. Once upon a time, in a distant kingdom in the Rose Valley, there lived a young princess. Maybe a little proud. Maybe she was the sweetest princess. And maybe not. She had many suitors, but she did not accept a single proposal for her hand in marriage. She didn't want to become a king's wife, she wanted to be a queen and rule her country. But one day darkness crept into the happy kingdom. A thick fog crept through the forest. Shadows walked under the treetops. The Shadow Lord came to propose to Princess Luna. She rejected him like everyone else, despite the fact that he was the only one who managed to impress her. However, the Shadow Lord isn't about to give up so quickly. He presents a gift to the princess. For the rest of eternity, at the stroke of midnight, she will die and come back to life with the first rays of day. Again and again. Every night. An endless cycle. Because as the Shadow Lord said, "I will wait for you, even if it takes forever." Old wounds are being opened. The boundaries between worlds are blurring. Will a prince on a white horse arrive and bravely rescue a cursed princess or...?

Oblivion, A Timeless Void by Aster_Rae27

❅| "Even a vastness can no longer shelter you... or engulf your dream." ⊱⋅ ──────────── ⋅⊰ [UNDER EDITING/REDRAFTING - latest chapter: 7] To a world seemingly shrouded in a cloak of safety and eternal peace, death is an unimaginable concept. Yet for those whose rule of life was mere survival, perhaps that's a different situation. For those who stood in the face of adversity, for those who refused to give in to the castigation of their lives, life has no sweetness to it. Merely the bitter tang of a blood-chilling revenge. To avenge a loved one or perhaps even their own pain, the murderous intent behind their deceitful eyes is unmistakable. For to them, lamenting about the past is a life lost to the cruel hands of fate. What happens when a woman as brilliant as the morning sun provides a haven in one's dreams? What happens when she, despite the agonies life carried, says to abandon everything right here and now and leave? Alcestis did not need to be told twice. Seizing the chance to escape the horrible clutches of her grandparents, she sets out on a journey to find the Elementals - a band of heroes protecting the human realm from those that lied beyond, headed by her parents. She knew of the darkness that festered within her; she knew of the hatred that danced in her heart. More than anything, she knew the extents of how fragmented her soul was. What, perhaps, would unfold when she sets out on her journey, leaving behind the world she knew; leaving behind what hopefulness remained in her battered heart? None would heed her an answer, indeed. None save for the rage that tainted her being.

Venomous Cure • Lydia Martin [complete] by mysteriousdirector

"When it's dark out, I search for love and don't find it." - Having his heart broken made him the person he is today. Having himself be turned by the one who broke his heart made it even worse. Thaddeus 'Tate' Quentin has loved once and wants to love again, but every black and white flower he's come across was nothing compared to the beautiful red rose he was looking for. He's moved from city to city every decade searching for her. Soon he does. He finds her. The strawberry blonde. But as his heart is slowly being pieced back together it may soon fall apart once again after he runs into the beast who shattered it from the start. Will this strawberry blonde be the key to fixing his heart? Or will she sit back and let it fall apart the moment he falls too hard for her? -cover by: MysteriousDirector -picture source: pinterest -story written by: mysteriousdirector -story complete -#projectcharacter

The Dark Dark Woods by LadyInTower

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Running From The Wolves ✅COMPLETED ✅ by thedevilsdaughter300

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Behind My Shadow - Book Three by AutumnFrost22

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