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  • The Girl Charlie Kept Hidden by mysteriousmissy26
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    For years, Charlie Weasley has kept his fiancée, Megan Dawn, a secret-even from his own family. Whenever the Weasleys visit, Megan must disappear, taking every trace of herself with her. Then Bill finds a forgotten bra. A week later, Molly and Arthur discover a brutally injured Megan stumbling away from Charlie's home, and the truth about their son comes crashing down. Now pregnant, terrified, and convinced she deserved what happened to her, Megan must decide whether to trust the family of the man who hurt her-or return to Kanto and the safety of her father, Champion Lance. Charlie wanted Megan hidden. He never expected his family to find her.
  • BITTER GILT | by _RelleLebby_
    _RelleLebby_
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    Reign Caldwell did not come to Miami to dance. She came to disappear. Chicago had taken enough from her. She left with a single bag, a bruised past, and a promise to herself that she would never give another person the power to decide who she became. Miami was supposed to be temporary. Velvet Gilt was supposed to be a paycheck. Neither stayed simple for long. Behind the velvet curtains and flashing lights, the club operated by rules that were never written down but never broken. Money moved fast. Secrets moved faster. Every woman inside learned how to survive, and Reign had always been good at that. Trusting people was harder. Then there was Reid Harmon. Steady where everyone else seemed hungry. Patient in ways that made her suspicious. He appeared week after week without asking for anything she knew how to give. The more she learned about him, the more dangerous he felt to the walls she had spent years building. But Reid was not the only complication. The women of Velvet Gilt became something she never expected to find. Friendship. Loyalty. Understanding. In a world that demanded pieces of them every night, they somehow found ways to keep each other standing. And just when Miami began to feel less like an escape and more like a life, old shadows started creeping into the edges of the picture. Because some pasts stayed buried. And some never stopped looking for you. Bitter Gilt is a dark romance about survival, desire, chosen family, and the cost of reclaiming yourself after everything that tried to define you. Set against the glittering nightlife of Miami, it explored what happened when a woman stopped running and started choosing her own future. Nobody leaves clean. Not everyone leaves. ©️ Relle H.
  • How Lack of Sex Education Saved Me From Being Raped by Love1502
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    If you guys don't want to read something uncomfortable, don't. This is a deeply personal story about childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault, trauma, consent, and the consequences of a lack of sex education. I was only seven or eight when something happened to me that I didn't understand at the time. I knew I was scared. I knew something was wrong. But I didn't have the words to understand or explain it. Years later, I finally realized what had happened. This is not an easy story, but it's one I feel needs to be told. It's about what children don't know, what they should be taught, and how no child should ever have to depend on ignorance, fear, or luck to escape sexual violence. ⚠️ Content warning: childhood sexual abuse and trauma.
  • Lilly Of The Valley by CrimsonxMorozov
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    [BOOK ONE OF THE TECHLEN CHRONICLES] He was the storm. She was the silence. But even storms bow to the flower that refuses to break. Lilly doesn't speak-not because she can't, but because silence is safer than trust. After surviving years of pain, betrayal, and a mother who chose cruelty over comfort, she's learned to hide in the shadows of her own mind. But when a stranger pulls her out of the darkness and into a world more dangerous than she imagined, Lilly finds herself face-to-face with Jayden Anderson. He's cold, commanding, and feared by everyone. The heir to the Anderson mafia empire-someone who's supposed to destroy people like her. But Jayden sees her. Not just the scars she carries or the quiet strength she wears like armor-but the girl buried underneath it all. When secrets from the past resurface, and betrayal cuts deeper than any blade, Lilly is forced to question everything-including the man she thought would never hurt her. Because in a world of blood and lies, even flowers can be used as weapons.
  • Dawn of the Fallen by thedailynarrative
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    In a world unraveling overnight, survival is no longer a matter of skill-it's a matter of will. When a mysterious infection sweeps through the city, turning ordinary people into bloodthirsty horrors, society crumbles in a matter of days. Streets once filled with life become silent battlegrounds. Sur Soc, a combat engineer with a haunted past and a mind built for machines, finds himself alone in a world gone mad. Armed with nothing but a makeshift weapon and years of tactical training, he must navigate the ruins of civilization while unraveling the dark truth behind the outbreak. But this enemy isn't just viral. It's intelligent. And it's evolving. As night falls and the infected hunt, Sur Soc realizes the war he's fighting isn't for survival-it's for the soul of humanity.
  • VOICE UNHEARD  by thirsty_vampire
    thirsty_vampire
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    "They sold her like she was nothing - first by the one she loved, then by the world that bought her body and silenced her soul. This isn't about escape or healing. This is about surviving when every part of you already died"
  • Dream way 171 by Pushpa_naik
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    This is a true and sad story. An airplane with 252 people on it took off from the airport. But just 32 seconds after calling for help, it crashed. What really happened? Families lost people they loved. One whole family died in the terrible crash. What made it even worse was that the plane hit a building where medical students lived. These future doctors were eating lunch and also died in the accident. But something amazing happened that made everyone think. Whose fault was it? Who should be blamed? what is the amazing thing happened? let's explore the journey of dream way 171.
  • THE BEAUTY IN THE BROKENNESS  by SonAtlas
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    "The Girl with Seven Scars" is a hauntingly beautiful story of survival, strength, and rebirth. It follows a young girl who grows up trapped in abuse, watching her sister be loved while she is left behind. Every wound, every scar becomes a silent story of endurance. Years later, she stands tall a veteran of pain, her body and soul marked but unbroken. When a little girl discovers the scars she hides, the woman shares the truth behind each one scars from knives, bullets, heartbreak, and near death. Yet through it all, she found her wings again. From blood and silence, she rose to become a symbol of courage and hope, her name written into South Africa's story, her voice no longer hidden. This is not just a story of scars it's a story of survival, kindness, and the unstoppable power of a heart that refused to die.
  • The New Mother by BhaumikK
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    Inspired by the events of my mother's life, this short story is a journal entry of the horrific events in her life. The parts that you would think are fiction are real. The parts you would think are real are fiction.
  • THE STORY THAT KEEPS WRITING ITSELF  by AureaAvosuahiP
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    My mother's side: hunger, hustle, and a Milo tin full of dreams. My father's side: silence. This is how two half-told lives crashed together and accidentally made me.
  • A Bright Nightmare by MaxerLye
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    A short story where a girl recalls the moment when she lost everything in a savage, post-apocalyptic world.
  • "What I Survived Before Five" by NicoleEllison722
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    Based on a true story - Before Alesha turned five, she had already survived things most adults couldn't imagine. Abandoned outside a trap house, nearly killed in traffic, raised on sugar water, and pulled from a bathtub by an aunt who saved her life-this is the haunting and powerful true story of a little girl born into chaos, and the woman who chose to fight for her. Told through the eyes of a child with memories too heavy for her age, What I Survived Before Five is a raw, emotional journey through neglect, trauma, and the kind of love that doesn't give up. It's a reminder that even in broken beginnings, healing can rise. Stay tuned for more chapters ❤️
  • Till Lies Do Us Part by sweetmax1283
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    "Sometimes, freedom doesn't begin with walking away-it begins with daring to imagine a life beyond survival." Esther never imagined the vows she spoke in joy would one day feel like chains. To the world, Peter was charming, successful, a man with all the right appearances. Behind closed doors, however, his love was sharp, his words cutting, his hands heavy. For years, Esther endured in silence, believing sacrifice was the cost of marriage and motherhood. Until the silence grew too loud, and the bruises-both seen and unseen-too deep. This is not just Esther's story. It is the story of countless women who wrestle between loyalty and survival, love and self-worth, fear and freedom. It is the story of a woman who learns that strength is not in staying broken, but in rising whole. In these pages, you will journey with Esther from the ashes of pain to the rebirth of her freedom song. You will witness betrayal, resilience, the bonds of family, and the kind of love that does not bind but builds. Above all, you will discover what happens when a woman finally dares to say: Enough.
  • The Garden by ProudMommy0321
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    She only wanted to be loved. When sixteen-year-old Ruthie Bell disappears from her small Arkansas town, all she leaves behind is a single daisy in a mason jar and a haunting message: "They promised me peace." As Detective Lena Ward begins to investigate, she uncovers whispers of an isolated group hidden deep in the Ozark forest. They call themselves The Garden-a place of purity, rebirth, and blind obedience. What begins as a missing person's case spirals into a harrowing descent into spiritual manipulation, ritual control, and the devastating power of one man's twisted faith. Camille Hart escaped The Garden. Ruthie didn't. Now, Lena must piece together the truth before more lives are claimed-and confront the chilling reality that some roots don't die quietly. A gripping and emotional novel about belief, survival, and the scars cults leave behind, The Garden asks: What happens when faith becomes fear-and who will speak for the lost?
  • Weak Hero: Burned From Ashes - Geum Seongje by ficyrina
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    "To destroy the monster, I became one." Jeon Chaerin never asked to be part of this world. After the death of her step-brother Na Baekjin, she's left with nothing but bruises, secrets, and a burning need for revenge. With her past buried in shadows and her future tied to the corrupt gang known as Union, she dives headfirst into the fight that took everything from her. But vengeance comes at a cost. To take down the Union from the inside, Chaerin must pass their brutal tests, gain their trust-and get close to Geum Seongje, their cold, calculating leader. He's everything she hates: powerful, merciless, and impossible to read. But behind the fights and blood lies something more dangerous than betrayal: a connection she didn't see coming. As alliances shift and war brews on the streets, Chaerin must choose: burn with the fire of revenge, or rise from the ashes and rewrite her fate. Enemies. Lovers. Survivors. In this city, only the strongest make it out alive. And she's not planning to die.
  • BLESS THE BROKEN ROADS by kyalimpaJollyBirungi
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    A boy born into poverty, often mocked as "the meaning of misery." His father is a violent alcoholic who abuses the family and often sleeps in the streets drunk. Despite this, Mariachi vows to change his story to protect his mother, raise his siblings, and build a life far from the shadows he was born into.
  • I didn't run away to live... but to stay alive  by WriterMariem
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    I didn't run away to live... but to stay alive. This is the story I never dared to tell. A childhood stolen by violence, silence, and fear. I speak now, not for sympathy, but so others may survive before they break.
  • An Enemy in High School   by Karina_morfin14
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    She thought the nightmare ended when middle school did. But when Maya-one of her old bullies-pretends to be her "friend" in high school, she doesn't see the trap until it's too late. Four years of manipulation, stolen lunches, fake loyalty, and crushing self-doubt follow. The girl who once dreamed of fitting in finds herself battling an eating disorder, a secret crush, and a spiral of hurt she can't explain to anyone-not even herself. But high school doesn't last forever. Through track & field, unexpected friendships, and finally standing up to Maya, she learns that walking away is only the beginning. This is a story about toxic friendships, the courage it takes to break free, and the slow, messy, beautiful process of healing.
  • Perfect Until It Hurts by Graizyy
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    "He was perfect. Until he wasn't." When Alina Carter falls for Evan Knightley-the boy who seems too good to be true-she's swept into a world of love, obsession, and secrets darker than she ever imagined. What begins as a fairy tale turns into a waking nightmare when Evan's charm twists into control, jealousy, and manipulation. With the help of her fiercely loyal best friend, Jade, and the haunting voice of a girl from Evan's past, Alina must confront the truth before it's too late. But walking away from a man like Evan comes with a cost... and not everyone survives. Perfect Until It Hurts is a psychological romance thriller that will leave your heart racing and your trust shattered.
  • Unchained by aarovuux
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    In Unchained, a gripping tale of survival and resilience, we meet Rhea, a woman haunted by the shadows of her past. At twenty-six, she struggles to navigate the complexities of adulthood while confronting the memories of a childhood marked by fear and abuse. As she fights to reclaim her voice and find her strength, she grapples with the weight of unhealed wounds that threaten to consume her. As Rhea learns to confront her trauma and embrace her journey toward healing, she discovers that true strength lies in vulnerability, and the power to redefine her story is in her hands. Unchained is a poignant exploration of the struggle to break free from the darkness, an inspiring testament to the resilience of the human spirit.