Introduction
'What? I love you Kristen for goodness sake. I was just here because I needed to make things clear"
'When? Where? How?"
'What do you mean?"
'Where is this love you're saying? I can't feel it anymore. When do you love me? When it's convenient for you? How do you even know you love me, I don't even know what love is?" I almost whisper everything I said but I made sure he heard me
He stood there just like he always does. Stands there and just stare at me while I am at my weakest point.
I smiled 'Just....nevermind I said that."
I turn away and he runs his fingers through his hair then I look back. I parted my lips wanting say something but I stop myself afraid that I might regret it later and that I might hurt myself even more.
I shake my head, close my eyes and took a deep breath. When I open my eyes, our eyes met. I gave him a faint smile and turned away.
Chapter 1
I woke up with the sound of shouting outside, I couldn't hear clearly but I recognized their voices.
I went out to see my parents fighting about something I couldn't understand.
'No! I don't want to!" My dad shouts at my mom
'Please Richard." My mom begs
He sighed and finally, he went into their room and went out holding two bags.
'Daddy!" I shout and ran towards him
'Please" My mom begs him
'I'm sorry" My dad says and he left with the rain pouring.
I ran out to catch him as I get soaked in the rain crying and begging him to come back but he went off just like that. The rain pouring, it felt like I was drowning.
My knees went weak and I kneeled on the road, I saw my mom running towards me and hugged me right there in the middle of the road, while we were both crying.
'Kristen!" Kyle shouts at me
'Huh? What?" I ask, blinking my eyes
'You were spacing out again" he says
'I'm sorry. What were you saying?"
He sighed 'I was just wondering and hoping if you say yes, about me asking you out"
'You know my answer to that" I say
'Well, I tried. Trying, actually. I've been what, asking you for 5 years?"
I laughed 'You deserve someone better. Someone, more stable and surer and of course someone who loves you" I say
'I know, I know. You always say that when you reject me" he says and I shake my head
Then silence fell between us.
'Were you thinking about the incident with you when you were 5?" he asks and I nod
'Whenever it rains, memories of that come in series of flashbacks. Plus, of course, the guy I dated who cheated on me with my best friend. I wasn't even mad, but the fact that it was raining again that time" I sighed 'Rain makes me feel different"
'It's just a coincidence. It's raining today and not one bad luck came to you" he says
'The day isn't over Kyle. Well, anyway, I need to go home" I say and closed my locker
He raised his eyebrows.
'Why? We have one more class?" He says
I can't tell him. I took a deep breath, close my eyes and open them.
'I'll skip. Tell Ms. Montgomery that I felt sick and needed to go home" I tell him
'Fine. If only I don't love you" he says and I chuckled
I went home. I lock myself in my room and started pacing around trying to calm myself.
I rub, play with my bracelet on my wrist causing it to bruise again.
'Stop panicking, Kristen. You're always alone, you can do this. You have to help yourself. Stop it" I tell myself
But I couldn't bring myself to stop. Until I found a scissor on my table, I was about to take it but then I was disturbed by a sudden knock on my door.
My hands shaking withdrew with the attempt to take the scissors. I went to the door and found Ian standing there soaking, with a large bag on his hand.
I pursed my lips. 'What are you doing here?" I asked in a cold voice
He stepped inside and walked past me going to the other room. 'I don't like where I was, so I decided to crash here, with my dear step sister"
I rolled my eyes 'I know when you lie."
'I'm not lying. I'm tired of your dad and my mom always fighting about something, and I don't even know what is it all about, they won't tell me" he says and running his fingers through his hair frustratingly
I sighed. I don't really hate him. It's just my dad for leaving me and marrying his mother. While he left us, after my mom died, I hated him to the core.
The good thing was, I started being comfortable with him ever since he started showing up before I could do something to myself. I couldn't thank him straight to his face but I am really thankful.
'So, what do you want to eat?" I ask
'I ordered pizza; it's already paid for" he says as he unpacks
I nod even though he can't see me. I started to walk back to my room when he talks
'You should stop hurting yourself" he says and my eyes widen, I stopped.
'I---I'm not." I say as I try to convince him and myself that I wasn't
'The first time I went here, I brushed it off. But every time I do. I notice it. And I only see it whenever it rains. So, what happened in the rain, did something happen?" He asks turning to me
'Nothing" I say in verge of crying
He sighed and hugged me.
'I'm sorry" he whispers
'Thank you" I say
He let's go of me. 'You are my little sister and I should always be there for you. Even though we are not related at all, my mother still married your dad. Meaning We are still responsible for you'
I nod.
After that confrontation. We went to the kitchen as the pizza arrived.
'I know you are here to look out for me" I say
'It's really because they were fighting" he says and I narrowed my eyes at him
'Fine. The first invasion…" he stopped and chuckled at the term he used 'It was about them fighting but now, ever since I noticed. I wanted to make sure you're okay" he admitted and smiled
'So, where do you plan to go after college?" I ask changing the subject, as I took a bite on my pizza
'I have no plans yet. Mom and Dad doesn't pressure me at all"
I pursed my lips 'Why are you comfortable with calling my dad, dad? No offense but I was just curious"
'He became my father since my father left me when I was a kid. He was always there for me, supported me on my game nights. He was more of like my relative than my mom. Mom was always busy with her designing stuff" he says
'Dad is also busy. I'm glad he made time for you" I say feeling sad and envy.
'I'm sorry. I didn't…" 'It's fine. I made it all on my own you know. The first time I met you, I admit I was mad but then, you always save me, even though it's not intentional. I need to thank you for that"
'Well, in that case, it wouldn't be a problem if I accept the job offered at your school then. It's not a major job since I am not a graduate yet but it'll do" he says and I shake my head
'Hell no, I don't want you constantly running around to look out for me" I say and handed him a can of soda
'I'm not going to follow you. What? Stalker much? I'm just going to be the student body assistant to the adviser" He says, my mouth parted in shock
'I'm the president of the student body! I can't believe this" I threw my hands up in the air
'Oh, what a coincidence. I'll see you often then" he smirks evily
'I hate you now again" I say
'Oh come on. It's not that bad." He says
'Easy for you to say. No one knows about you being my step brother and if you keep on acting like that, everyone would think you're my boyfriend. I don't want any trouble Ian" I say
'Then I will tell them that you are my sister. I see no problem with that?"
I took a deep breath as I don't know what to say. I guess I don't have choice.
'When will you start?" I ask
'Tomorrow. The Adviser will be out of town and I'll be taking over. A new student transferred by the way what was his name again?" he asked himself and thought about it for a while, I rolled my eyes.
'Sebastian Harris, son of the mayor. Who got transferred because he didn't like his old school anymore? I'm fully aware" I say
'Ahh yeah, that guy. I heard he doesn't talk much and when he does, nothing comes out good from his mouth" Ian says
I sighed 'As long as he doesn't stir up trouble then nothing to worry about. I'll get Abby to show him around"
Ian nods. After that we cleaned up and decided to go to bed. But before that Ian went in my room and took all sharp things he could find.
'I'm not going to do it you know" I say
'Better to be safe than sorry" he says and he leaves my room taking everything.
I sighed. When he got out, I laid down.
I stared at my bruised wrist.
'I should take my bracelet off" I tell myself. But I couldn't take it off. It was my mom's.
It's the only thing that I could hang onto. Well, maybe this house and everything in it but it makes me feel that she's always with me everywhere I go.
I sighed. I should be asleep. I need to prepare myself physically, emotionally and mentally for tomorrow, as I feel its going to be a long day.
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He didn't respond but moved his eyes around the room, scanning the place.
"Wha...what are you doing here?"
His icy blue eyes returned to me, sending shivers down my spine. Then further dropped to my dress and then back to my eyes.
"The shit going on downstairs, what does it mean?" he asked, making my legs as weak as they are eager to flee.
"It's....it my wedding,"
He scoffed darkly. "Excuse me?"
I swallowed. "I am......getting married,"
He let out a humorless laugh, looking away and giving me lesser comfort. He looked at me with a demonic frown.
Terror washed me.
"Every single motherfucker/human being here, be it adult or child, including you, will burn before that happens,"
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Tempted By The Enemy
She escapes to Preston Island to attend the wedding without informing him only to collide with Lucas’s hot, fiery and arrogant brother, the twenty-three-year-old, Nicholas Donnelly. Sparks immediately fly between them but Alyssa refuses to acknowledge them fearing her brother's wrath.
The wedding is over and Alyssa tries hard to forget the mysterious Nicholas Donnelly but can he forget her? Can he ignore the attraction he feels for her, feelings that have resurfaced after ten years?
What will Allyssa do when she is stalked by the man who has been invading her dreams since the day she met him? What will she do when she is whisked away to a deserted island by the unpredictable Nicholas Donnelly? Can she tame her heart or surrender to sinful temptations? Read to find out!
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Then, under a full moon, I touched a bleeding stranger—and my wolf returned with a violence that made me whole. Who was he? Why could he wake what I'd thought dead?
One thing I know: now is the time.
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Alpha Under Love Spell
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“No! No! I am not lying!”
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“What should I have done? Let you kill my daughter!” snapped Maeve.
“What? Kill? What the hell are you talking about?” shouted Thorin.
After a passionate night with the Alpha Heir Thorin Blackridge, Maeve Arrendale, a human, found herself pregnant. She knew she had left her contact details for Thorin to find her, but he never came. Desperately, she went to tell him everything and ask him to take responsibility. But what came at her was humiliation and the devilish serial killer, Ozul.
She had no idea how she escaped her certain but she thanked every god and ran far away from Thorin and his world. She raised her child on her own. She herself had a difficult life and didn’t want her daughter to suffer. So she did everything in her power to give Valeska a good life.
Her life was turned upside down when Thorin came to her office as her boss. His fated mate, Vespera clinging to his arms. Now, Thorin hated her for vanishing from his life, and Maeve hated him for sending a serial killer to kill her.
Will Thorin accept his daughter? Will Maeve forgive him for attempting to kill her? If not Thorin, then who sent a serial killer to kill Maeve? An ancient magic, a prophecy, a powerful child is going to change everything in everyone’s life. Is everyone ready?
Pawn of the Starless God
Instead, a god found me.
One moment, I was bleeding beneath the neon glow of the city, my life slipping through my fingers. The next, a glowing blue screen appeared before my eyes, offering me a choice that was never really a choice at all.
Accept the Summoner’s Mark. Or die.
Now I belong to the Death Game — a brutal cosmic system where ordinary people are turned into Players, thrown into impossible missions, and forced to survive horrors designed for the amusement of gods.
Every trial has rules.
Every monster has a weakness.
Every victory comes with a reward.
And every reward makes me less human.
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But surviving the Game means trusting the one man everyone warns me to fear.
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Yet when death comes for me, Veyren is the one standing between us.
In a world where gods gamble with mortal lives, monsters hunt from the shadows, and desire may be the deadliest weakness of all, I have only one goal:
Survive long enough to cross the board.
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Jolene's journey is a battle for survival, not just against her shifting body and dangerous Alpha, but against a destiny written by a Lycan King who loves her too much to ever claim her.
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Tali is forced to face the father she believed abandoned her and a powerful council determined to use her for their own ends. Stranger still are the abilities awakening within her—powers no one understands, yet everyone seems desperate to control.
As she learns to trust, she chooses the mates destined to stand beside her. In their arms she finds love, devotion, and a family worth fighting for. But not everyone wants their bond to survive.
When the council betrays the Protectors and attempts to steal her newborn son, it ignites a war that will shake every realm.
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That’s what Astrid saw with her own eyes.
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Watching.
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Enemies rise from places they never thought to look.
Allies become something else entirely.
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Even if it costs her everything.
Even if it costs them.
Because this time, they aren’t just being hunted.
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"How long do we think it'll take before she comes crawling back?" Another voice joins the conversation.
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‘I need you tonight’
Omega Bound
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The Family Books 1-3 (A Mafia romance)
The saint to my sinner. with her innocent eyes and devilish curves.
A Madonna that was meant to be admired but never touched.
Until someone took that innocence from her.
She left.
The darkness in my heart was finally complete.
I avenged her, I killed for her, but she never came back.
Until I saw her again. An angel dancing around a pole for money.
She didn’t know I owned that club. She didn’t know I was watching.
This time I won’t let her escape.
I will make her back into the girl I knew.
Whether she likes it or not.
2/ Judge and Jury- I can’t stop watching her.
I’m not even sure I want to.
Taylor Lawson, blonde, beautiful, and totally oblivious to how much dangers she’s in.
She’s also the one juror in my upcoming murder trial that hasn’t been bought.
The one who can put me behind bars for a very long time.
I know I should execute her.
After all that’s what I do.
I am the Judge.
I eliminate threats to The Family.
And Taylor is a threat.
But I don’t want to kill her.
Possessing her, making her love me seems like a much better plan for this particular Juror.
3/ Rags and Ritches-













