Keeping Quiet

My husband had just ducked into the bathroom when his phone started ringing. I glanced at the screen and saw it was his brother calling. A frown creased my brow, but I answered anyway. "George, why haven't you sent the $10,000 to Mom and Dad this month?" Ross Serrano said. "Mom just asked me about it." I hung up without a word, but a rush of fury surged through me. My husband stood at the bathroom door, his hands still dripping wet. I forced a bitter smile. "You make $8,000 a month, right? $3,000 goes to the mortgage, $2,000 to me, and you pocket $1,000 for yourself. You told me you sent $2,000 to your parents, so how did that magically turn into $10,000?" His lips quivered, his face draining of color. My heart sank, and my hands trembled uncontrollably. We'd been married for five years, and I'd never once laid eyes on his bank card. What other secrets was he keeping from me?

Kat is weeks away from her eighteenth birthday, but unlike other werewolves her age, her wolf has yet to awaken — leaving her feeling weak, outcast, and broken. When her mother abruptly tear her away from their pack, Kat is left with more questions than answers. Their desperate escape is cut short by a brutal attack, forcing Kat to flee into the depths of the forest, alone. She stumbles upon the River Moon Pack and its enigmatic Alpha Liam — a man whose piercing gaze unsettles her, even as he offers her sanctuary. What Kat doesn’t know is that Liam is keeping a secret: they are fated mates. Just as Kat begins to hope for a fresh start, sinister messages appear, warning her to leave the pack—or face deadly consequences. Determined not to be a victim, Kat joins the pack’s warrior training, unaware that something far more dangerous than her enemies is stirring within her. A hidden power. A deadly prophecy. And a bond that could either save her—or shatter her completely.

One night. One mistake. One life-changing secret. Maya Thompson never planned for this. One reckless night with a stranger, and she thought she’d never see him again. Until she walks into work… and finds out he’s her new boss. Xander Blackwood is powerful, intimidating, and completely off-limits. Avoiding him should be easy. Except she’s pregnant. With his baby. Now, Xander is offering a deal—a marriage of convenience, security for their child, and a life Maya never imagined. She knows she should say no. But when he looks at her like that… saying no isn’t so simple. But just when she starts to believe they could make this work, Katrine Blackwood. Cold and calculating is dead set on keeping Maya out of her son’s life. With a powerful family against her, a baby on the way, and a man she can’t quite figure out, Maya is caught in a world she never asked to be part of. How far will she go to protect her baby—and her heart?

After her parents divorce, Kaya Reneé Joston moves to the small town of Torent. Spending her final year at Rodney high, all she wants to do is cruise through the year unknown, whilst keeping a large distance away from her father and his new step family. She believes she may survive this year as she already has a friend, but of course that takes a turn for the worst when she meets Azian, a boy with changing eye colors who seems way too beautiful to be human and keeps running into a clear eyed phone thief who calls her his Esteraiï.All she wants to do is survive this awful year away from her mother but how can she when gorgeous blue eyed Azian haunts her very realistic dreams, with his alluring golden eyes, a step sister who has everything she's ever dreamed of and an annoying thief who keeps finding a way into her closed heart.One things for sure, there is something mysterious happening in Torent. A mystery only she can uncover.

As panic sweeps through the city and everyday streets collapse into chaos, Ciprian is driven by one unshakable instinct: protect Adam at all costs. When an unexplained catastrophe turns the urban landscape into a pressure cooker of fear and survival, nothing matters more than keeping his best friend alive. In this fast-paced short story, a sudden crisis forces two friends to confront more than danger. As tension rises and the city descends into disorder, buried emotions, unspoken attraction, and complicated feelings come to the surface. What begins as survival quickly becomes something deeper, binding their fates together in ways neither of them expected. Set against a backdrop of urban collapse, panic, and uncertainty, this emotional short fiction explores friendship, loyalty, and love under pressure. Perfect for readers who enjoy character-driven stories, disaster scenarios, slow-burn emotion, LGBTQ+ themes, and intimate moments set during world-altering events. A gripping short story about connection, courage, and the fragile line between friendship and something more—meant to be read in one sitting, but felt long after.

My wife, Jana Webster, uses her work at the company as an excuse to skip out on Leah Haynes, our daughter's field day. She even tells us not to participate in the activity. Having noticed how disappointed Leah looks, I decide to take her to the field day myself. As soon as we walk into the school, I spot Jana sitting on the couch located on the stage with her first love, Barton Ritter, as well as his son, Trenton Ritter. They look so close, as though they were an actual family of three. With a microphone in her hand, Jana goes on and on about how she's capable of keeping her family happy while maintaining a successful career. As she speaks, she smiles at Barton from time to time. The audience beneath the stage applauds heartily, giving Jana an ego boost. Even Trenton wears a haughty look. Soon, it's time for the Q&A session. I quickly snatch the microphone over. "Ms. Webster, since when do you have a son? Does your husband know about it?"

After the death of her father and destroying the Elite hunter's organization of the earth realm, Emi is forced into hiding in the Barbarian Pack, A hybrid Pack that has an alliance with her adoptive father Alpha Ian. Little does she know her life is about to change when the Alpha, Alexander, stumbles into her workplace late at night with blood pouring out from a wound. Emi, being the innocent human she is readily assists the Man without knowing who or what he is. They bond over a shared cup of coffee which leads to Alex's accidentally imprinting on her. Alex a man who believes that he is all beast lets her leave when its time for her to return to Denmark but he is never too far away keeping her out of danger but at a distance. Until they reunite after years of growing into who they are meant to be... Sparks fly as soon as they touch and it's not long till everything is set ablaze... but can old flames and mates come between the bond created between A Beast's Angel and Her monster???

Welcome to the 21st century; Where the existence of werewolves, vampires and others alike have been turned into folklores and myths. They say people are afraid of what they don't understand, but it becomes less scary when it's just a story with little possibility of being real. But the reality is that these creatures exist, they live amongst us like average humans, hiding their true nature from their human neighbors and keeping their secret within themselves. Meet Alpha Logan Smith; Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack. Logan is a young, successful business man in the human world with his true identity hidden from non-creatures. He believes he has everything he needs in his life, until he encounters his mate. She turns out to be a crazy Nymphomaniac, a werewolf obsessed with sexual desires. But he is determined to have her in his life. How will he handle this sex freak who wants no commitment to any man? How can he get her to stay loyal to him? A lady who's only desire in men is a good hump. Find out in this romantic adventure!!

Zara Queen lives her life in bold colors. She dances for a living—literally—as one of the top performers at Club Mirage. Fierce, flirty, and unapologetically herself, she’s used to being wanted… but never truly seen. When her apartment floods, she ends up crashing with Liam Carter, a grumpy, emotionally closed-off single dad who thinks Zara is the human equivalent of chaos. He wants silence. She lives out loud. "You don’t belong in my world, Zara." “Then why do you keep looking at me like I’m the only thing keeping you alive?" Their roommate agreement had one rule: no touching. But rules were made to be broken, especially when sparks start flying and hearts start healing. "You strip for strangers, but the way you look at me... it’s like I’m the only one who’s ever seen you." As the lines blur between comfort and desire, Liam and Zara must ask themselves: can love grow in the space between damage and desire?

Ari expected another quiet summer at her family’s beach house—long days of swimming, lazy nights by the fire, and harmless chaos with her brother. But when the boy's next door returns—steady and guarded, wild and unpredictable—everything shifts. A story of reckless nights, hidden glances, and a love that refuses to stay buried—Where the Summer Wind Blows will sweep you into a summer you won’t forget.