i should have

known

that meeting you

would end like this:

me loving you

you loving him

him stealing you

you growing away

from me

is it selfish

to wish you

were mine,

when you are happy

with him?

is it selfish

to cry when

i remember him

kissing you

at the lockers?

is it selfish

to think

that this would always

happen?

that you would

fall for them

and i would fall

for you

why

is it selfish

wh...

‘ I should have known that meeting you would lead you to escape ‘

You were bizarre since the first glance i gave you .

My mother told me you were a mistake that time had done on me , i let her words go with the wind .

I was so new to the taste of you , you seemed exotic now just toxic .

Should I cry or celebrate? You tell me

Have you ever thought of the damage you would cause me ? Not. A. Ch...

As Lucian descended into the grand hall of the vampire conclave, the murmurs of the councilors ceased, and all eyes turned to the young prince. His mother, the Queen, sat upon her throne, her expression a mixture of regal elegance and sharp concern. The conclave began to discuss Lucian's punishment for crossing the border, their voices weaving a tapestry of reprimand and censure.

Lucian's defense...

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TW: Blood!! 🤮 You have been warned… 🤡

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“You should have known that meeting him would lead to this.” He laughed as Rio dropped to the ground lifeless, blood oozing from his forehead.

Sarah attempted to pull her arm free, instead slipping in the blood, her left heel flinging off.

The ringing in her ears beat louder than her heart.

Zion came up behind Sarah, full...

(Shoutout to Hollow Oaks! This is draft #12. Sequel to Deadly Assignment and Deadly Meeting.)

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“We need to write down as many details as possible from our stories,” Brielle commands, taking charge because someone has to. And none of them are stepping up.

“Why?” Anette asks, looking at her black painted nails, unimpressed.

Brielle takes a breath. She needs to stay calm and be confident. “I...

‼️ TW ‼️ ‼️SELF HARM‼️

I watched the flame of ember melt my skin as the blood from my knife tripled down my body.

1… 2… 3… 4…

I pulled the lighter away and stare at mark it left. I ignite the flames again and put it back to my skin.

1… 2… 3… 4…

I turn off the lighter and hide it under my mattress.

“Honey are you in there?” He says, his voice echoing in my head.

“I’m coming, one second.”

I stare...

My grandfather was a superstitious man. Any body ache meant rain was coming, and every new year he always included black-eyed peas and greens on his plate for good luck. As a child, he’d chastise me for playing while he swept the floor, saying if I don’t move, I’m gonna gain bad luck. On his deathbed, he asked to speak to me alone, claiming he needed to tell me something that he had dreamt the nig...

‘I should have known that meeting them would lead to something like this,’ Daniel thinks.

He was sitting across from his ex-boyfriend, Jerry, and they had decided to catch up that evening. Their relationship ended on good terms, it was a mutual decision to break up and Daniel didn’t regret it.

The evening started off well enough, with good food at a new restaurant they found and funny stories t...

They’ll never accept me.

Though, I suppose I don’t even accept myself.

Not yet at least.

“You have to stop doing that.” Rowan remarks shaking his head.

“Doing what?”

Rowan huffs,

“Thinking you’re not enough. You just need some training. Come.”

I reluctantly get off the rock I’m sitting on and follow Rowan through the thick foliage.

My sword lays heavy on my side, but it’s no use to me. I do...

Jane pushed against the current of people heading to work, holding two cups of coffee and her leather work bag. At this hour she would have been asleep, waiting for the seven o’clock alarm to ring. Instead, she headed towards the city library.

She had anticipated this day for weeks, and thought of it for all of the two years she corresponded with Archer V. Becket. The boy behind the papers th...