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𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒂 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒈𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚.    

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘞𝘢𝘴 is a story of a sixteen-year-old girl who discovers how life can ruin us the most. 

After witnessing her father's death and a series of sexual assault, Serena Accetta must figure out how to navigate the rest of her story on her own. 

With a grieving single mother who loves her dearly, and an older brother who used to be her best friend, she learns to put on a facade and hide how she truly feels. 

That is, until she encounters a mysterious boy and finds a potential best friend.

When these two enter Serena's life she must find a way to keep herself together, but how long will she last until she finally 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴?All Rights Reserved

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Letting go of pain by Gracejenniferanne

Being thrown away in the garbage in a dark alleyway in London when she was only a baby, she should have died that day... But she didn't.. instead, a man saved her. He brought her in and saved her, fed her, bathed her, raised her and more importantly he loved her. He loved Breanna to pieces, she was his bumblebee. His daughter, his light in the dark gloomy world. When Breanna was five the man who raised her and the man she called father died. Leaving her in the dreadful hands of her 'mother' and her new boyfriend Mike. Breanna is now 15 and has gone through a living nightmare and has learnt lessons what no person should ever have to go learnt. Breanna is a smart, brave, extremely Whitty and an overly sarcastic young girl. She never lets anyone in she likes to keep her distance from people. Breanna had to grow up to fast and quickly learn to fend for herself. Her drug addict abusive caregivers one day get caught in a drug scandal. Putting Breanna in an odd scheme of events. she finds out she has a family and that she has to live with them. the family that threw her away... the family that tried to get rid of her when she was only a day old. How will she cope? Secrets unravel and truth forms... Love emerges and heartbreak continues... Hope is already lost and memories spiral... love and bonds grow and a strong powerful family has arisen...

For The Next Thirty Seconds ✓ by lanaisadumbass

**editing ((: "How many sets of thirty seconds are in a day?" "My rough estimate?" "Sure." "About three thousand." "Oh." "Yeah." • 19 year-old Jack's life has been one traumatic event after the next. So, being diagnosed with small cell lung cancer was just icing on the cake. With a survival rate of 14 percent and a life expectancy of 4 months, Jack does all he knows how to do: he runs. 18 year-old Lane's life has just been turned upside down. After finding out her sister's engaged to her childhood best friend, she doesn't think it could get any worse... until she finds out her happily-married parents of 24 years are getting a divorce. She can't stand even being in the same room as one of her family members, so she does something she's never done before: she runs. The Big Apple has never seemed so small. At least, not to Jack and Lane, not when they were next to each other. Nothing seemed too big. Side by side, they could conquer the world. They could fly. But, if the world decides to fight back, whose to say they won't fall, instead? 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴.

𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐬 by aidelinnsbookss

❀𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲❀ | 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 "𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 the reason you feel so lost be that you have long stopped being yourself?" -------------------------- 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐘𝐯𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚, a thirteen year old girl who now has to grieve the death of her other half. She loses many parts of herself to the point you wouldn't even recognize her anymore but that's apart of grief right? Not just her but her friends and family also lose themselves, things being very chaotic and different then what it used to be. Emmeline doesn't know what to do at one point and decides to end it all but doesn't succeed. The people who care for her try and help her find herself again but it can only be done if she wants it to happen.

𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐮𝐦 𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐨- [𝙱𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎] by Mystic_Wrts

𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙆𝙤𝙞 𝘼𝙞𝙨𝙖 𝙂𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙂𝙖𝙪𝙣 𝙆𝙞 𝘼𝙖𝙧𝙯𝙤 𝙅𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙤𝙤𝙣.. 𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙧 𝙏𝙪𝙢 𝙆𝙖𝙝𝙤 ♡ ────୨ৎ──── 𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴."𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶?" 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘈 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, "𝘏𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘢𝘱 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢" (𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵) 𝘈 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳. "𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘺 𝘏𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘺𝘢'𝘴 𝘏𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺" 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. "𝘈𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯?" 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦?) "𝘈𝘢𝘱 𝘦𝘴 𝘏𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘪 𝘥𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘪" (𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵) ────୨ৎ──── 𝑯𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒚𝒂 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒊 ࿐ A joyful, carefree soul, is the sunshine of her family, her radiant smile and infectious laughter lighting up any room, her faith is unshakeable, a pillar of strength guiding her through life. 𝑲𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒗 𝑫𝒊𝒙𝒊𝒕 ᯓᡣ𐭩 A boy of focus and ambition. Grounded in reality, he believe love is something only meant for family and those he loves no stranger could stir his heart.

Like Halo by JustNinnaa

✩I always felt that she was like my angel and I was her halo, but I feel that my heart is weakening for for someone else...for him...for...☆ Young girl Nora lives a not so perfect life but finds peace in the presence of her girlfriend Angelina. Nora is a girl who has a hard time showing her feelings but she showed her true feelings to Angelina. The action takes place in New York and Nora's life becomes more difficult and she finds herself a problem that she tries to solve, but while she solve that problem she creates an even bigger one. She gets involved in something bigger and darker and she is not so aware of it. Through the book, we can see Nora's bad condition from her younger years. Also, through the book, there are new characters that she meets. She meets someone who is quite different from Angelina, but she also finds some peace in that person, even if perhaps she shouldn't. That person is a boy a little older than her, more involved in a darker and criminal life. If you want to know what will happen to Nora and who the mysterious guy is, start reading this book.

Confessions of an Orchid Flower by MAHunter_

A custody battle of a little girl sets things in motion. Dark secrets of the past start emerging, mysterious phone calls threaten to destroy one's future, and a mysterious woman is out for revenge. Love and friendship are prevalent themes in this book, but an unexpected betrayal from an ally puts everything in perspective. Sacrifices have to be made in order to reach the end goal. And just like an Orchid Flower, which is delicate in nature, youth and innocence can easily be corrupted if one strays from the right path. Warning: The story contains some strong language, so if you're not comfortable with that, please refrain from reading it. Thanks!

Find me - 1# story by ValVassa

In the shadow of her wealthy father's empire and under the protective wings of her three devoted older brothers, a young girl's life takes a dark turn when she's kidnapped by a ruthless criminal. For ten long years hidden in plain sight, transformed into a star, her true identity obscured by fame, she begins to remember pieces of a life stolen from her. Determined to uncover the truth, she embarks on a secret investigation to find her real family, navigating the path laid by her manipulative captor. Now, she must summon all her courage to reclaim her family-and the life stolen from her. ------------------------- It's my first story, so I'm sorry if maybe it's not perfect or grammatically correct 🥲 I'm not mother language English... thank you for reading it if you chose this story! Have a good day.

Songbird by KMElle

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Defective by miznova

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Some Thorns, Some Roses by joeywrites3

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Being thrown away in the garbage in a dark alleyway in London when she was only a baby, she should have died that day... But she didn't.. instead, a man saved her. He brought her in and saved her, fed her, bathed her, raised her and more importantly he loved her. He loved Breanna to pieces, she was his bumblebee. His daughter, his light in the dark gloomy world. When Breanna was five the man who raised her and the man she called father died. Leaving her in the dreadful hands of her 'mother' and her new boyfriend Mike. Breanna is now 15 and has gone through a living nightmare and has learnt lessons what no person should ever have to go learnt. Breanna is a smart, brave, extremely Whitty and an overly sarcastic young girl. She never lets anyone in she likes to keep her distance from people. Breanna had to grow up to fast and quickly learn to fend for herself. Her drug addict abusive caregivers one day get caught in a drug scandal. Putting Breanna in an odd scheme of events. she finds out she has a family and that she has to live with them. the family that threw her away... the family that tried to get rid of her when she was only a day old. How will she cope? Secrets unravel and truth forms... Love emerges and heartbreak continues... Hope is already lost and memories spiral... love and bonds grow and a strong powerful family has arisen...