The Devil I Know
- Reads 366
- Votes 49
- Parts 12
Ongoing46m
Last published Thu, Jun 19, 2025
Lottie Matthews was supposed to be a bride. Instead, she became a killer.
On her wedding night, after her preacher husband reveals just how holy he isn't, Lottie carves her way out of a life she never chose-fleeing into the desert with blood on her dress, cigarettes in her garter, and a veil like a thorned crown. She doesn't believe in salvation anymore. Only survival.
Dead Horse is the kind of town that eats the broken. It doesn't ask questions-and neither does Natalie Scatorccio, the sharp-eyed, sharp-tongued outlaw who watches Lottie roll in like a storm.
Nat doesn't do saints. Lottie doesn't do trust.
But when their pasts catch up to them in blood, bullets, and secrets, the two girls find themselves bound by something more dangerous than revenge: a desire neither of them can outrun.
All Rights Reserved
#278
lanadelrey
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
The Weight Of Wild Things
Haley Sheldon was raised on the ranch her grandpa left her, and the whole town knows her name. She's strong, stubborn, and fiercely loyal to the land she loves. Running a ranch isn't easy, but with a tight-knit crew and a community behind her, she's making it work. Blake Norwood rides into town with nothing but a duffel bag and ghosts he can't outrun. After losing his brother and walking away from his motorcycle gang, all he wants is a clean slate. When he sees a "Help Wanted" flyer , he figures a quiet ranch job might be his shot at redemption. But neither of them expected the pull. And neither of them are ready for the secrets that follow. A slow-burn romance full of heat,heartbreak, and the kind of love that digs deep.Complete
Hold Onto Me | Ride Beside Me - Book 2 | Kayce Dutton
They say a Dutton never forgets what's his. The trouble is-sometimes the world forgets to care. Aspen Hayes was supposed to be safe. A new horse. A quiet life. A love that could finally outlast the storms. But on Yellowstone land, peace is just the breath before the gunshot. When she vanishes without a trace, Kayce Dutton feels the world go cold. He's seen death before-carried it, buried it-but this time, it's personal. He'll rip apart every back road and backroom in Montana to find her. Because some promises aren't spoken. They're kept.Complete
Her or the Hunger
lottie matthews x female reader x natalie scatorccio Y/N always kept to the sidelines. As the co-equipment manager for the Yellowjackets, she was the quiet one, the helper, the one who made sure everyone had what they needed-on and off the field. Including her feelings for two girls she never thought would notice her: Lottie Matthews, the dreamy, rich girl with a god-complex in the making, and Natalie Scatorccio, all edge, eyeliner, and bruised knuckles. She had been crushing on both of them since forever. Then the crash happened. Now they're stuck in the wilderness for nineteen months. Starving, unraveling, doing whatever it takes to survive. Lottie becomes a leader of something that's starting to feel like a cult. Natalie's falling apart. And Y/N? She's stuck in the middle. Of their madness. Of their rivalry. Of her feelings. And the worst part? She might still be in love with both of them. Love was complicated enough before they started eating people. Warning(s): you know how Yellowjacket goes, don't be surprised if shit gets crazy 7.14.25 - ranked #1 in "lottiematthews" 8.05.25 ranked #12 in "nataliescatorccio" 9.18.25 - ranked #2 in "yellowjacketsfanfic"
𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑// 𝐋𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰𝐬
Eat me until there is no more of me for you to love, eat me down to my marrow, to my core, and as you do- repeat to me how much i mean to you "Why do you insist on not giving up on me, Lottie!" Jennifer screamed, her nails scraping against her head. "The Wilderness doesn't want me!" "I want you!" Lottie screamed back tugging their fingers and bodies together. Their breaths mingled in the cold air as lips inched towards each other. "I want you." yellowjackets/ jennifer's body slight au season 1-? lottie matthews x fem (oc)
Blame it on the Snowfall | YELLOWJACKETS
natalie scatorccio (thinks she) loathes two things above all else: christmas and lottie matthews. But when an unexpected twist of fate forces her to confront both, she begins to uncover a holiday magic she never believed in-hidden within the person she despises most. NO CRASH AU lottie x nat enemies to lovers / slow burnComplete
Where Hearts Go To Hide ✔️
Four brothers. One small town. And a past that just won't let her go. • • • Benny Lane didn't come to Cedar Creek to make friends. She came to disappear. After years trapped in the shadow of an abusive marriage, all she wants is quiet, safety, and a chance to remember who she is without someone telling her who to be. But small towns don't let strangers slip by unnoticed. Especially not when four protective brothers seem to be everywhere she turns. Beckett, with his quiet watchfulness. Sawyer and Dawson, with their easy banter that chips away at her walls. And Wells, the sheriff, whose steady stare makes her pulse race for all the wrong reasons. They see more than she wants them to. They see her fear. Her secrets. And maybe-just maybe-the woman she's fighting to be again. Benny came to Cedar Creek to hide. But what if she's found something worth healing for? ••• **completed** a small town slow burn why choose cowboy romance ••• #1 in #WhyChoose #2 in #smalltown #3 in #cowboy/s #3 in #reverseharemComplete
Yellowstone: Worn Leather & Wild Hearts
Dakota doesn't need saving-she needs space to burn and a place to bleed. At sixteen, she's already lived more than most grown men: running from foster homes, sleeping in truck beds, learning how to fight to survive. Her grandfather sends her to the one place that might still have a chance at saving her-the Dutton Ranch. No second chances. No handouts. Just grit, sweat, and silence. There, Dakota meets Jesse-a younger ranch hand who refuses to back down from her walls. She pushes, he stays. She bites, he bleeds. Slowly, against her instincts, she starts to trust. Starts to belong. But the bunkhouse doesn't forget where you came from. And neither does your past. Through scars, fire, branding irons, barn kisses, and loyalty carved in dust and blood-Dakota learns the hardest truth: Healing doesn't mean weakness. Love doesn't mean losing yourself. And family doesn't always share your blood. A slow-burn Yellowstone romance full of fight, fury, and finding home in the last place you'd expect.Complete
Ride Beside Me | Kayce Dutton x OC
She doesn't chase love. She runs with it. Aspen Hayes never needed a man to steady her hand or soften her world. Raised on dust, hard lessons, and the back of a blue-roan mare, she built a life where grit beats luck and loyalty means everything. She isn't here to be admired. She isn't here to be chosen. She's here to win - and stay free doing it. But winning in this world means more than clean runs and fast turns. It means land. Legacy. Bloodlines and boundaries. And when a quiet-jawed cowboy with eyes full of trouble steps into her arena, Aspen feels the earth shift under her boots harder than any horse ever has. He rides like he's outrunning ghosts. He looks at her like he's finally found home. And he stands between her and the one thing she's sworn to protect - control. To love him, she'd have to ride beside him. Never behind. Never second. And Aspen Hayes has never followed anyone. Some cowgirls were born to lead. Some hearts were built to run. And some love stories ride in at a full gallop - daring you to hold on. _______ #1 in Yellowstone 11.07.2025 #1 in KayceDutton 11.07.2025 #1 in BethDutton 11.07.2025Complete
When Two Worlds Collide
UNEDITED. WORK IN PROGRESS. Sometimes the darkest times can bring us to the brightest of places. Have you ever asked yourself why bad things happen to good people? The truth is, you think you know someone, you might think they're on your side but deep down inside they're not. Actions speak louder than words and words are just another way to cover up the truth with lies. Except, somehow, the truth always finds a way to reveal itself. Bethany Watson struggles with depression, anxiety and addiction. She is convinced that everyone around her sees her as an object, everyone except her boyfriend, of course. What happens when she finds out the truth about him? Will she be forced to go home to her ignorant mother and her creepy stepfather? Life isn't easy for Beth. In fact, her life is falling apart before her very eyes. Wrenley Laurent is a sweet Native girl from Big River Indian Reservation. She hates coffee, loves to bake (especially Cinnamon rolls), and loves her family more than anything in the world. She's like a ray of sunshine. Life is easy for her, or so it seems. When an unfortunate event brings the two girls together, their worlds collide in ways they never expected. After all, a soulmate isn't always a lover. A soulmate can be your parent, pet, or in this case, your new best friend.Complete
Fluent in Survival | ᴸᵒᵗᵗⁱᵉ ᴹᵃᵗᵗʰᵉʷˢ
In 1996, seventeen-year-old genius and cheerleader Betty Taylor was flying with her sister Jackie's soccer team on their way to Nationals when their plane crashed deep in the unforgiving wilderness. Armed with her prodigious mind, five languages, and a crippling fear of blood, Betty must confront not only the merciless elements but the creeping madness that consumes her friends. As the cold sets in and hunger gnaws, the woods whisper secrets darker than any of them could imagine. Twenty-five years later, Betty-now Agent Betty Matthews, a wife and mother of five, pregnant with her sixth child-still fights to keep her family safe from the shadows that followed them home. The past is never far behind, and the horrors of the crash have only just begun to unravel. (Lottie Matthews x Female OC)
Haley Sheldon was raised on the ranch her grandpa left her, and the whole town knows her name. She's strong, stubborn, and fiercely loyal to the land she loves. Running a ranch isn't easy, but with a tight-knit crew and a community behind her, she's making it work. Blake Norwood rides into town with nothing but a duffel bag and ghosts he can't outrun. After losing his brother and walking away from his motorcycle gang, all he wants is a clean slate. When he sees a "Help Wanted" flyer , he figures a quiet ranch job might be his shot at redemption. But neither of them expected the pull. And neither of them are ready for the secrets that follow. A slow-burn romance full of heat,heartbreak, and the kind of love that digs deep.
More detailsContent Guidelines