In a society now fully recovered from World War Three, Marinette Princeton is one of the few chosen to become part of the royal family.
When the war broke out, so did a deadly virus, Wysteria, causing the X chromosomes in a body to dwindle, causing sterilisation and death in women. Now, with the over population of men, the Wysteria gene being carried by the males of our species, women who are fertile are sold to the upper class and royal families to produce heirs from as many noble men as possible.
Mari, after being one of the women not born with or sterilised by Wysteria, has been selected by Lady Beatrice VaughnGreyer, to marry her three noble sons.
From poverty to future Duchess, Marinette and her husbands are silenced, abused, and drugged into becoming the perfect married foursome. But when her husbands react the way she does, they are disposable.
Follow a plot of mysteries, love, and royalty through 'Venom'
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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