Between (ONC 2024)
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  • Reads 3,213
  • Votes 520
  • Parts 18
  • Time 2h 22m
Complete, First published Feb 01, 2024
Mature
Anchor Morningstar owns and operates the Resting Point, a hole-in-the-wall tavern sitting right on the border between life and the afterlife where travelers catch a brief respite before passing through a portal for judgment day. For years, Anchor has lend a kind ear to those desperate souls and has offered words of encouragement as he polishes glasses and serves drinks. 

All this changes the second Cass stumbles into the bar. Carrying with her a tremendous amount of guilt and remorse, she begs Anchor to let her stay, so he offers her a warm bed and some tender loving care for the night. The outcome is not as expected.

In hell, they say that soulmates are real and dangerous. They hold the power to bring someone back from the brink of death or tear their soul in half. Only the devil has no heart, and he has already claimed Cass as his soulmate.

Warnings:
🌶️ High Heat Level
🤬 Swearing
☠️ Touch Her & Die
🦸🏽‍♂️ Anti-Hero
💓 Dangerous Love 
💋 Two domineering, broody love interests who are hot and larger than life (but might deserve love)
😈 Dark Humor

Read with caution!
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This is my entry for ONC 2024 based on the following prompts:
Prompt #7: You are the barkeeper, the owner and operator of the resting point between life and the afterlife, being a kind ear to those who have passed on.
Prompt #25: Soulmates are real and dangerous. They hold the power to bring you back from the brink of death or tear your soul in half. And a devil with no heart is the soulmate that awaits you.
Prompt #32: A drunk dare and the biggest mistake of your life. A sin you can't wash off your hands. After all, blood leaves its traces and so does the taking of a soul.

| Round Two AMBASSADORS' PICK |
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