Loss Stories

WATTPAD ORIGINAL EDITION Seven letters, seven confessions, seven clues. Elliot Parker has what he needs to find out who killed his best friend... But is he hunting down the killer? Or is the killer hunting him? ***** When Colton Crest returns, unharmed, to his small town after mysteriously disappearing for two months, his best friend Elliot Parker breathes a sigh of relief. But days later, on the night before graduation, Elliot finds Colton in the lake. Dead. And on the day of his funeral, Elliot finds a letter in his jacket pocket with four words that send him spiralling: I killed Colton Crest. There are six more letters to find, six more confessions about Colton, six more clues to uncover why he was murdered. Elliot has no choice but to play this sick scavenger hunt, and with each new revelation, he begins to question whether he really knew Colton - or anyone else in that little town of dark secrets. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

Leaving behind everything she's ever known, Emilee enters a world of high glamour and even higher stakes. The new freedom that comes with being a part of the Famoux is intoxicating, but behind the perfect image lies an ugly truth - being popular is a matter of life or death. ***** Out of the wreckage of environmental collapse, the country of Delicatum emerged. Its most popular celebrities are the Famoux, uniquely beautiful stars of a reality TV show called the Fishbowl. In a world still recovering from catastrophe, they provide a 24/7 distraction. Sixteen-year-old Emilee Laurence is obsessed with the Famoux - they provide a refuge from her troubled home life and the bullies at school. When she receives an unimaginable offer to become a member herself, she takes it. But soon she realizes that fame can be deadly... Content and trigger warning: This story depicts mental health issues and contains scenes of violence. [[word count: 350,000-400,000 words]]

An anthology of stories about the invisible strings that tie us down... and what happens when they break. When you're born, a thread ties you to home. Move away, and it thins. Go too far, and it snaps. Each story follows someone new. A boy who can't remember his mother's laugh. A girl who drives 14 hours to feel nothing in her childhood kitchen. A man who cut his own thread and never told his son why. Some threads stretch. Some fray. Some are gone before you notice. How far would you go before you couldn't find your way back?

At Station 118, Aurora Russo and Evan Buckley have been inseparable for years - partners in chaos, confidants in quiet moments, and the kind of best friends who speak fluent sarcasm and shared glances. From the outside, it's all jokes and banter. But inside, something deeper has been growing. Aurora, who once only has her father Francesco Russo to call family, never imagined she'd find a second home in a firehouse. But with Bobby, Hen, Chimney, Eddie - and Buck - she finally understands what it means to belong. To be seen. To be understood. And Love? That's not a word she trusts. Not after watching her mother walk out at sixteen. Not after years of building walls to protect herself and her dad. But Buck? He's relentless in the softest way. He shows up. He listens. He stays. And no matter how hard Aurora tries to convince herself it's nothing, her heart keeps proving her wrong. He's not just trying to win her over. He's trying to show her that maybe - just maybe - love isn't a fairytale. It's real. And it's standing right in front of her.

Arnav Singh Rajput had stopped believing in love the day his marriage shattered his world. Now, his life revolves around two things-his empire and his little son, Ayush. Emotions are a luxury he no longer allows himself. Paridhi Singhania had loved once-and lost everything. A widow holding onto her husband's last wish, she smiles through her pain, refusing to let her past break her. Love, for her, is a chapter that ended long ago. Two broken souls. Two different pasts. One unexpected bond. When destiny brings Arnav and Paridhi together, it isn't love that connects them, it's responsibility and a child who unknowingly becomes the thread tying their lives together. But somewhere between silent care, shared pain, and unspoken emotions, hearts begin to change. And when love comes knocking again. Will they answer it? Or will the past hold them back forever?

Book One - Regina Series Stolen at four. Forged in blood. Liliana De Rosa barely remembers a life before pain. Torn from her family at a young age, she grew up in chains-manipulated, tortured, and forced to believe the people who loved her most had abandoned her. Twelve years later, she is unrecognizable. Passed between rival mafia families, some who taught her to survive, and others who molded her into a weapon, Liliana has become both lost and lethal. Behind the mask of an innocent schoolgirl hides a girl with blood on her hands-a girl who has forgotten how to simply exist without violence. But when her abusive guardians are killed in a mysterious car crash, her world shatters again. Liliana discovers the truth: She was never abandoned. She is the daughter of the most feared mafia boss alive. She has seven older brothers who have been searching for her since the day she was taken. Now, reunited with the infamous De Rosa family, Liliana must face a terrifying reality: she is loved, wanted... but no longer the little girl they remember. She is broken. Dangerous. And feared even within the underworld. What happens when her family learns the truth-that their sweet sorella is one of the most ruthless assassins alive, her name whispered in terror across continents? Liliana is not just a De Rosa. She is The Regina Assassin. A killer. A survivor. And a girl who must learn if love can heal what violence has created. Follow her story through pain and love. Liliana Donatella De Rosa. Started 08/25 Finished ??? Rankings #badass - 1🥇 #badbitch - 1 🥇 #mexico - 1🥇 #colombiamafia - 1🥇 #loss - 1🥇 #spain - 2 🥈 #albanian - 2 🥈 #assassin - 2 🥈 #mafiaprincess - 2 🥈 #Italian - 2 🥈 #russianmafia - 2 🥈 #loyalty - 2 🥈

A sacred bond of togetherness, compassion and love. Completed with the symbols of their love. Likin kaha jata hain na bura waqt rehta hain... Na achha waqt . . . Shivaay and Anika had 2 kids, were married 8 years... and divorced for 7. What caused the two Ishqbaaz whose love was exemplified to separate? How were they living their own lives that are still intertwined? How were they parenting and what was the lives of their kids like? Where did their love get lost? More importantly, can Shivaay and Anika become ShivIka once again? Dive in to find the answers Note: This story is set in the real universe (not redux)

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What happens to two people when a sudden child death happens? Do they manage to cope or not? Meet Dixie West. A perfectionist, top lawyer, and blunt person who'd be willing to call out your imperfections but slow to your emotions. Meet Cameron West (AKA Cam) a kind soul, and head of the fire department. While putting out fires might be easy, he can't put out the ones with his wife. Do they stay together, or get a divorce? Read to find out!

Freya and Malachi used to be inseparable. They were best friends for over nine years, growing up side by side through primary school and everything after. But somewhere along the way, things fell apart badly, and now, in Year 11, they act like strangers. Malachi became popular without even trying. Girls are always around him, but he is not the player everyone assumes he is losing her hit him harder than anyone thinks too. Freya, on the other hand, changed completely after losing him. She became quiet, anxious, and withdrawn, carrying more pain than anyone realised. Her dad, her only living parent, died. And Malachi had no idea.

Elani Covington always understood sacrifice. Raised by parents whose love survived long before power ever touched their family name, she grew up believing loyalty meant protecting the people you love - even when it costs you everything. With only two months left before graduating university, Elani thought she still had time to decide who she wanted to become outside of her family's legacy. Then grief changed everything. Now, with her family's future hanging by a thread, Elani is forced into a marriage that could either save them all or destroy what remains. She knows the rules of their world. The silence. The bloodshed. The deals made behind closed doors. But knowing the game and wanting to be part of it were always two different things. Alessio Moretti learned that lesson young. Sent from Italy to oversee the western branch of the Sicilian mafia, Alessio was raised between the softness of his mother's love and the ruthless expectations of his father. Quiet, calculating, and impossible to read, he became the kind of man people underestimated until it was too late. A charming face hiding a deadly hand. With his father dying and war brewing beneath the surface of the city, Alessio is left with a choice that could cost him everything his family built. And somewhere between grief, loyalty, and a marriage neither of them truly chose, two lives become tied together in ways neither of them could've prepared for. Because in their world, love was never the dangerous part. Survival was.

Aarohi Malhotra survived the accident that shattered her world - but surviving was never the same as living. Behind her cold silence and carefully built walls hides a girl haunted by forgotten memories, trauma, fear, and emotions she no longer knows how to face. To the world, she appears strong, intelligent, and untouchable. But beneath that control lives a loneliness she quietly carries every day. Then Arjun Sharma enters her life. What begins with misunderstandings and hatred slowly turns into something far deeper - a love built on patience, understanding, and staying beside someone even when they are falling apart. Because sometimes healing does not come from fixing a person. Sometimes, it comes from simply having someone who refuses to leave. But the past Aarohi buried long ago refuses to stay hidden. As forgotten memories slowly begin to surface, her life turns into a dangerous psychological maze filled with secrets, manipulation, obsession, betrayal, emotional conflicts, and truths powerful enough to destroy everything around her. Yet this story is not only about Aarohi. Every character carries their own fears, wounds, insecurities, coping mechanisms, and silent battles. Through different relationships and perspectives, the story explores trauma, healing, attachment, emotional struggles, and the complicated reality of human emotions - because people are rarely simply "right" or "wrong." Sometimes, they are just trying to survive life in the only way they know how to.

Zumar has known her whole life there was no freedom for her. Her fate was already decided... against her will. She was to be caged like a bird forever. Until one day, she decides it's enough. Imad Hashim has been waiting his whole life for this moment. He has practiced, honed his ability and learnt to manipulate. All that's left...is one final trick and he'll have it all. Betrayal, Revenge and a Love born out of twist of fate. Zumar and Imad must navigate through the endless challenges....either together or alone. Started: 8-12-2025 Ended: COPYRIGHT: DO NOT COPY MY WORK IN ANY FORM OR STYLE.

To be disillusioned is to feel disappointed, let down, or disenchanted after discovering that a person, ideal, or situation is not as good, true, or flawless as you once believed. Cortessa Diaz and Legend Noir experience disillusionment firsthand as their first loves show their true colors. Now, they've built walls they allow no one to break through, until they meet each other. Will they learn how to love again? Or will that feeling of being disillusioned haunt them forever? Also based on the song "Disillusioned" by Daniel Caesar.

♡♡♥♡♡ 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙨? 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨𝙠--𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣--𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣? 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙪𝙗𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙣. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚. 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜--𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙪𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚. ♡♡♥♡♡

Have you ever wondered the origins of the wise, powerful, and occasionally lighthearted cosmic couple? The guardians of the universe. The adoptive parents of the Lumas. Here's their origins story. A story of friendship, family, happiness, expectations, and class divides. Which eventually spirals into crisis and dependence. Loss, pain, and depression. Even the threat of human extinction. But we all know how the story ultimately ends. Everyone's familiar with Mario, Luigi, and Peach. The Mushroom Kingdom lives on today, bustling with Toads. Though, there aren't many humans... I wonder why? (Rosalina, The Mushroom Kingdom, and all other Mario references are owned by Nintendo. I have no rights or ownership of any characters, locations, and power-ups except for my own.)

When the lights go out and there are no stars in the sky to show you the way, a great many things can go wrong. Cassie learns this firsthand. Haunted by the demons of her past, she decides to leave behind everything that once mattered to her. Though her heart still aches for what is gone for good, Cassie sets out to find meaning in her life again. Along the way she's helped by unexpected friendships, and by feelings blossoming for a boy she shares one thing with: they both want to reach the stars.

She comes home believing it's the same night she left-bruised, shaken, asking about butter and planning a shower-only to find a house that feels older, quieter, wrong. Her family looks at her like she might vanish if they breathe too hard. Slowly, unbearably, the truth emerges: she has been dead for five years. No one knows how she returned. There is no miracle to explain, no science to cling to-only the wreckage of a life mourned, a family reshaped by loss, and a town that learned how to move on without her. As she tries to understand a world that grieved her and closed the door, her return begins to disturb something deeper beneath the surface-an unseen thread connecting past and present, memory and meaning, drawing in forces that have been watching far longer than anyone realises. The Night Skye Came Home is a quiet, devastating mystery about love that never lets go, grief that changes shape, and what happens when the dead refuse to stay where the world put them. This story was developed with the assistance of AI as a creative tool for refinement and support. The narrative, themes, and characters remain my own.

4 stories about loving, timing, loss and second chances. A gripping anthology

In the year 3017, Teruki Kosuka wakes up in a hospital bed with not a single memory of his past. Stranger still, he seems to have been in a coma for 1,096 days, 3 years exactly. Then there's the day, April 15th, a mysterious day which seems to be the date he became comatose, the day he woke up, and the day of his birthday all at once. Even more horrifying is that his mind blots out anything about what happened to him. Memories are obscured by pixelated censors, and sounds are replaced by awful screeching that makes his head feel like it's splitting open. Feeling hollow and empty inside, he wanders the streets, coming into contact with an old friend that he can't remember. He joins this friend, and the 7th Department of SCIB, a government-funded sect dedicated to bringing down the most dangerous criminals, who use their supernatural powers called 'Links,' to perpetrate crime all around New Kyoto's Northern District. He joins in hopes of recovering the truth about himself, and whatever dark secrets his past may be hiding. With time, he encounters the most destroyed individuals, first is a girl who believes she is unwanted by the world, then there's a nighttime stalking back-alley assassin?! There's even a psychotic little boy raised by the country's most infamous serial killer! With each encounter, he gets closer to the truth, but as he does so, is slowly threatened by a darkness that wants to eat him alive from within his own mind. From underground illegal fight clubs to stopping plots involving government conspiracy, this boy just cannot catch a break. Meanwhile, a boy who looks just like him, and similarly has no memories of his past, is taken in by a man named Joushirou Iyaragi, and given the name Zero. During his days in the Topaz Battalion of dark side syndicate, J.O.I., Zero and his friends may uncover secrets darker than he ever could have expected. What will happen when the boy turns on his master, and refuses to follow him any longer?!