ONC2025 Round 2 winner and Ambassador Pick! Entry based on Prompt 110. 20 days of freedom and Prompt 77. In a world where art and entertainment are forbidden, you're born to challenge the system and change the world.

In the wake of her estranged mother's death, Maricel Ferrer returns to her childhood home to confront the dark secrets she left behind. * Maricel has spent years trying to forget the house she grew up in - the house where her mother's mental health slowly unraveled. But after receiving unexpected news, she has no choice but to return. The old fears should be gone, just like her childhood "imaginary friend" who only appeared in her reflection. At first, it's easy to dismiss the strange occurrences: a flicker in the glass, a movement that doesn't quite match hers. But then the reflection smiles when she doesn't. Moves when she's still. Whispers things she doesn't want to hear. By the time Maricel realizes the truth - that the thing in the mirror has been waiting for her return - it's too late. Because now, it wants out. And it wants to take her place. ONC 2025 | Exclusively on Wattpad Prompt 55: What if the person you see in the mirror isn't really you, but something that's been watching you this whole time? Prompt 105: Your childhood imaginary friend, who disappeared years ago, suddenly returns - only this time, they're real. © 2025 Darly Jamison. All Rights Reserved. This work is protected under international copyright laws.

When Rosie McGee's new husband ignores her, she begs the harlot next-door for lessons on seduction (1980s suburban dystopia with a spicy lesbian romance) *** It's 1982, and newlywed Rosie McGee has just moved into an idealistic suburban cul-de-sac called Windsor Lane. As a good Christian girl, this is Rosie's dream come true... or at least, it should be. However, next-door-neighbor Scarlett Everly doesn't fit in with the rest of the good Christian wives in their neighborhood (she drinks, she sleeps around, and she doesn't even attend church!). Worse, Rosie's new husband suddenly seems utterly uninterested in her. Has he already been seduced by Scarlett? Or is Rosie simply too boring? After a honeymoon more closely resembling a funeral, Rosie gathers her courage and marches right up to Scarlett's door with a plea: teach me your ways. Scarlett agrees, with one condition: Rosie must model for her next painting. When the agreement leads to unexpected attraction, Rosie begins to question her own priorities. The warmth she once felt when holding Thomas's hand is nothing compared to what she feels when Scarlett is painting her. But a good Christian girl should not think of such things. Especially not in Windsor Lane. ONC 2025 prompt 53: On your honeymoon, you discover the most shocking truth about your spouse--one that could change everything. Also prompt 118: You're feeling trapped in your current relationship and can't shake the urge to break free.

Haunted by the past, Rhiannon Carmichael returns to her hometown for her father's funeral, only to uncover a web of secrets and a possible murder, forcing her to confront the family she left behind. *** Victor Carmichael, the titan of local construction industry, is dead. Officially, it was his failing liver that finally did him in. Off the record? He's been murdered, and the only one who suspects it is his prodigal daughter. Gaffney, South Carolina, holds the ghosts of Rhiannon's past - the past she desperately tried to escape. Forced to sift through fractured memories and lies, she must expose a killer possibly lurking in the heart of her family. Every smile hides a secret, and every hug is a potential weapon. Whodunnit? Her mother, Lorraine, who seems to hold back more than tears? Her resentful brother, Tom? Then there are Beverly, the enigmatic interior designer with a past as murky as the swamps surrounding Gaffney, and Aubrey, the glamorous influencer whose connection to Victor runs deeper than anyone knows... Each clue, each whispered secret, pulls Rhiannon deeper into a dangerous game. As the idyllic charm of her quiet hometown crumbles, the lines between friend and foe start to blur. The more time passes, the more she realises: her returnal to Gaffney is not a blissful family reunion. It's a deadly reckoning. © 2025 EvelynHail Exclusively on Wattpad Based on prompt 61: "The silence in room is deafening, as though it has a life of its own. It's time to rewrite the fairytale, but this time, the ending will be yours, and it won't be happy."

After six years in a progressive French boarding school, eighteen-year-old Lady Alice returns to her family's estate in Surrey, dreading the fate that awaits her-- debutante balls, an arranged marriage, and a life she does not want. She would have preferred to stay in France, teaching and writing love tales rather than living one dictated by others. Once cast aside by her own father and a stepmother, Alice finds their sudden desire for reconciliation hollow. Only her childhood best friend, Michael, Marquess Lovelace, seems like a true comfort. But as she settles back into her former home, something strange begins to happen. A black rabbit, eerily familiar, appears in the shadows-- just like the one that belonged to Edmond, her long-forgotten imaginary friend. And then she meets Count D'Arcy, the enigmatic and elusive neighbour whose presence unsettles her. His eyes, his voice, his very being remind her of Edmond. Could it be him? Or is her mind playing tricks on her? As the social season unfolds, Alice finds herself tangled in a web of mystery, romance, and the supernatural. The past and present blur, forcing her to question what is real, what is illusion, and whether love can exist beyond the bounds of reason. In the haunting halls of her childhood home and under the watchful gaze of Count D'Arcy, Alice must uncover the truth before she loses herself to the unknown. ~~~ My entry for the ONC 2025 based on the prompt 105: Your childhood imaginary friend, who disappeared years ago, suddenly returns - only this time, they're real.

Despite the golden rays and flowing waterfalls, the lands of the kingdom of Tiarella hide a growing greed and lust for power. The unity and legitimacy of the ruling family, which had only become one through Sylph's marriage, stand proud to all but those who know the dark deeds it took to rise to begin with. Sylph, trapped in a marriage of another's making, spends her days betraying an oath to the celestials worshipped by those of the zodiac faith. Determined and yet conflicted in her wish to kill her secret before those of malevolent hopes, rise from the bloody shadows they have cast to find her. She waits, biding her time, day by day, until he appears after years of only mere glances, but now he threatens all. Known as the scarlet heir, he quickly becomes her adversary with an iron fist while still hiding secrets of his own that may well be as dark as hers. Only time knows if their meeting will be the beginning of fate or the betrayal of it.

A devout moon priestess strikes a deal with a powerful Daemon, but her traitorous fondness for him complicates her mission to save her dying goddess. *** After devoting ten whole years to the Moon Goddess, Flurry is given a vision and a straightforward message to run and locate a stolen artifact. Even though doing so means she'll be labeled a deserter among her people, Flurry takes a leap of faith to save her Goddess from a horrible fate. All she has to do is reclaim the sanctified object inside one of the most guarded palaces in the world. But before her mission can even begin Flurry gets captured by Humans and is forced to work with her people's number one enemy in order to escape. Daemons. Uck. Sy, the Daemon, vows to serve & protect Flurry in order to escape the Human fortress with her. And escape is exactly what they'll do. But as they venture across the continent, with everyone chasing after them, can they grow to fully trust each other? And more importantly, can they resist the urge to keep their hands to themselves? ❤️‍🔥 allies-to-lovers 🥷 secret identity 🛏️ always two beds (but he gets cold) 🙋🏾 dude in distress ☠️ touch her, DIE 👿/🌞 she's the grump, he's mr. sunshine ONC 2025, Prompt #2: To be in love with a demon was the last thing on your wishlist.

When Rosalin arrives in the imperial capital, Livia, she carries with her a burden of secrets. Her purpose is not what she says aloud. But Rosalin is not the only one shrouded in lies: there is no sign of Empress Cassyna's twin sister, Servina, and everyone speaks of her as if she is a ghost. What Rosalin hoped would be a journey to save her and her family's lives turns into a game of power and peril. A feud between two rival siblings is written in Livian history and myth, but this is no tale of goddesses in heaven. This will endanger the whole empire. [ONC 2025 - PROMPT 66]

ONC2025 Savanna Mitchell. Smart. Educated. Foodie. But her dream has always been to get a few more colligate degrees under her belt. Such as Hospitality Management and Nutrition, and she thinks she found the perfect way to do it. Far far away from the everyday grind of Ramones Italian Cuisine restaurant and New York City. Not to mention far from Papa Parisi's grandson Ramone. A hottie that seriously crushes on her but not her cup of tea. And she has found the furthest place possible to do it. Or so she thinks. She had been accepted by one of the most prestigious cruise lines in America, to take part in their exclusive program of on the job training and, it came with an official degree in her chosen field. Twenty whole days on the glitzy, five star ocean liner vessel of Harmony Voyages, Dream Chaser cruises, The Zenith. An all inclusive package trip, on the house. She couldn't wait. _________ Based on Prompts 110. *20 days of freedom (main) 45. *It's your big day - everything is falling into place but why does your hot, irresistible enemy seem to think he's won? Ⓜ️

[ Fantasy / Romance / MATURE ] The Vampyres of Gale are amid a flesh-eating pandemic, and Faerie tears are the only known cure. Livinia, a Faerie healer, joined the Human side of a Vampyre war in southern Nival to avoid scandal and the captivity of an arranged marriage. Upon "Liv's" return to her icy homeland, she gets put into real chains. She may have leverage, but it's not something that will set her free, at least not quickly. The Nightcaster Court is treacherous. They are rich, haughty, and powerful, but they haven't been hostile toward Faerie-kind since the "Vale of Tears" earned its name. It was before Liv's time, but it isn't any wonder why her people fled Crystal Hollows, a neighboring land that is theirs by right, at the first sign of crisis. Liv can try bargaining for the freedom she never had, but, as a rule, the Nightcasters are fickle, cruel, and can't be trusted. To complicate things further, there's Corbin, the ailing heir, and for every rule there's an exception. ONC2025 PROMPTS 2 ) To be in love with a demon was the last thing on your wishlist 41) It's a canon event, after all . . . she disappeared from the country . . . now she knew it was time to break free and reclaim her life. 68) In a world where a parasitic virus has taken control of the population, only a cure can end the tyranny. . .