LOGINThe rogues cornered you, their scent tempted you. The first of them shifted back to his human form, with a ripped, muscled body. You follow his lead and shifted back into your human form, offering them your beautiful body on a silver platter, ready to be devoured, no longer having the will to fight the heat.He walked over to you and hungrily pulled your body against his. His erection pressed against your skin. The rest of the rogues shifted into their human form, one looking better than the other. You wanted them all. Their hands and mouths were all over your naked body, licking, touching, grabbing. With one of their faces between your legs, you caught a delicious scent. 'My fated mate is among them,' you thought and opened your eyes.Your eyes met a rogue who was still in his wolf form. He must have just joined. 'MATE,' you felt it rip through your soul as your eyes met his wolf's eyes. He growled and the one light in the dark alley flickered before it popped. The men who were devouring your body let you go as if your skin were burning them. They shifted back to their wolf forms, their heads low, before running away, leaving you alone with the rogue that had just scared them off, your fated mate.‘I am fated to a rogue?’ you asked, unable to speak. Your body needed him to take you as if the other men prepared you just for him.He changed into his human form, but you couldn't really see his face because it was too dark. The moment his body touched yours, you knew no matter what, there would be no parting from him.“Mine,” his husky voice said in your ear...
View MoreRomantic Thriller / Magical Realism / Inspirational
Tagline: She had to die to learn how to live. He had to lose her to learn how to find her.
AUTHOR: Simon Patience Unaji
MAIN CHARACTERS:
1. EMILY CARTER (26) - A lonely painter. Beautiful, sad art. Father left at age 8. Thinks people will always leave her.
2. DANIEL HAYES (28) - A kind teacher. Loves Emily truly but makes a stupid mistake - kisses his ex.
3. JESSICA (27) - Daniel's ex-girlfriend. Says she has cancer to get Daniel back. Tries to kill Emily.
4. MRS. CARTER (50) - Emily's mother. Strong woman, worked 2 jobs. Loves Emily deeply.
5. SARAH (26) - Emily's best friend. Honest, Shows Emily the cheating photo.
6. DAVID CARTER (55) - Emily's father. Left 18 years ago because of depression.
7. MR. THOMPSON (60) - Owner of forest lodge. Father figure.
8. THE OLD WOMAN OF LIGHT - Magical character in the waiting place between life and death.
Chapter 1: ACTION START - THE CRASH
Emily runs from her own wedding party after seeing a photo of Daniel kissing Jessica. She drives fast into Blackwood Forest in her white dress. Car flips 3 times. She falls out, broken leg, bleeding on grass. Golden fireflies appear. She sees her own ghost standing over her body.
Chapter 2: THE PERFECT DAY THAT WASN'T
Flashback to 12 hours before. Daniel proposes in the forest. Happy. Back at lodge, Sarah shows Emily the photo. Fight with Daniel. Emily learns Daniel's excuse. She runs.
Chapter 3: THE WAITING PLACE
Emily dies. Her spirit leaves body. She goes to a meadow full of golden lights. Meets Old Woman of Light. Old Woman says: "You are Not Yet dead. You have 1 hour to choose - go back to painful life, or go forward to peaceful death."
Chapter 4: THE MOVIE OF HER LIFE
Old Woman shows Emily her life from above. She sees her mother proud, her teacher Mr. Johnson supporting her art, Sarah crying because she ruined the day, and Daniel crying in his car after she ran. Emily realizes she WAS loved, she just didn't see it.
Chapter 5: THE TWO VOICES
Emily decides she wants to live. Old Woman tells her to listen for the voice calling her. She hears Daniel shouting "EMILY! NOT YET!" in the forest, carrying her body. She also hears second evil voice: Jessica on phone saying "She should have died." Emily chooses to go back. Old Woman touches her forehead: "Go. She had to die to learn how to live."
Chapter 6: HE FINDS HER
Daniel finds Emily's crashed car and body. He carries her in rain. No phone signal. He promises "Not yet, don't leave me yet."
Chapter 7: THE BLACK SUV
Jessica and her brother Mark follow Daniel. Jessica orders Mark to hit them with black SUV. "If I can't have him, no one can."
Chapter 8: THE WHITE PICKUP TRUCK
At last second, Mr. Thompson's white pickup truck slams into black SUV, saving Daniel and Emily. Jessica and Mark escape. Mr. Thompson calls 911. Drives Emily and Daniel to hospital.
Chapter 9: HOSPITAL TRUTHS
Emily wakes up, leg in cast. Daniel confesses truth about Jessica lying about cancer. Sarah apologizes. Emily forgives Sarah, but tells Daniel she needs time. Jessica and Mark arrested.
Chapter 10: NOT YET MEANS HOPE
Emily goes home. Starts painting series called NOT YET about her death. Art show becomes famous. Daniel waits patiently. David Carter watches from black car outside art show, too scared to come in.
Chapter 11: THE MAN IN THE BLACK CAR
Reveal who is in black car - David Carter, Emily's father. Flashback: Why he left 18 years ago - depression, shame, thought family better without him. Kept her first paintbox for 18 years. Calls Mr. Thompson: "Tell her I'm here, but not yet."
Chapter 12: THE PROPOSAL (AGAIN)
6 months later, Emily healed. Daniel proposes 3rd time in same forest meadow. Emily says "Not yet... means yes, but give me time." Later says YES. Small wedding planned in forest.
Chapter 13: THE EMPTY CHAIR
Wedding day in forest. 30 guests. One empty chair for father. David appears from behind tree with old paintbox gift. Emotional reunion with Mrs. Carter and Emily after 18 years. Forgiveness.
Chapter 14: THE VOWS
Emily and Daniel marry. Vows about "finding" and "not yet". Mr. Thompson says forest is magic. Happy ending for main plot.
Chapter 15: THE LAST PAINTING
One year Emily paints final happy painting, not sad, but full family, forest, golden lights, alive. Hangs above bed. Daniel hugs her from behind.
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Elle’s steps faltered as she turned toward the hallway, her mind set on finding a way out, a way to fight back. But before she could take another step, a firm grip seized her arm, pulling her back with a force that nearly sent her crashing to the ground.Her breath caught in her throat as she spun around to face Jude’s father, his face twisted with a mixture of regret and resolve. “You can’t leave, Elle,” he said, his voice low and controlled, but there was an underlying urgency to his words.“What the hell are you doing?” Elle snarled, struggling against his hold. Her pulse raced, her mind spinning as her fury grew. “Let me go. I’m not staying here. I’m not waiting for the Higher Council to come and take me!”Jude’s father’s grip tightened. “You don’t understand. If you leave now, they’ll find you. They’ll use you against us. We can’t let that happen. I’m doing this to protect you... and us.”Elle’s heart skipped a beat as he pulled her toward the back of the house, away from the fron
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