Orphan

My mom and dad died heroically in a fire rescue, trying to protect an orphan. Afterward, my brother brought the orphan, Audrey, home. To make her smile, he'd throw away photos of me and our parents. He even kicked me out in front of everyone. For Audrey's coming-of-age celebration, he took her to Cranburn—the place I'd always dreamed of going. In his eyes, I had nowhere else to go. He believed that once I realized I was wrong, I'd come back on my own. But what he didn't know was—I had joined an overseas rescue team. This might be the last time we ever see each other.

This is the story of Millicent Walker, a mysterious orphan who arrives in the small coastal town of Crimson, mute, nameless, and with no memory of her life before. Hired out by the orphanage to pay for her room and board, her strange appearance and mannerisms lead her to be seen as a freak. To many, she was seen as having less value than the rags she used to clean the floors. When a blight comes to Crimson, the dragon demands a virgin "of marriageable age" as a sacrifice in exchange for his assistance. Seen as strange, even cursed, Millicent was an easy choice for the sacrifice. Loved and wanted by no one, there was nobody to fight for her when they chained her to the cart and left her at the base of the hill to be defiled or devoured. Little did they know, her sacrifice would be their biggest mistake.

My mother was once adored and protected by three men. As such, I had three fathers. After her death, I was raised by one of the greatest doctors, the richest man in Theala, and an award-winning actor. For 13 years, I was showered with overwhelming adoration. That was until three years ago—the day they adopted Erin, an orphan girl. From then on, they began to dote on her. When she accused me of stealing her necklace, they tore my room apart in their search, smashing my most cherished music box in the process. They only felt remorse when they saw me sobbing over the shards. As compensation, they bought me every music box they could find. When she claimed I mocked her for being an orphan, they forced me to write a hundred apology letters as punishment. They only massaged my hands in remorse upon seeing them trembling so badly that I could no longer feed myself. When Erin accused me of shredding her gown, they locked me in the dark basement, starving me for three whole days. When I was let out, they were filled with remorse upon realizing how much weight I had lost. Their bloodshot eyes watched over the grand feast they prepared as an apology. All of that lasted until Erin poisoned my cup of water. I kept coughing up blood as my body grew weaker by the day. Daniel only diagnosed me with malnutrition and made me take prescribed supplements. Unbeknownst to him, those supplements only hastened the poison's effects. After I collapsed at school, I went to the hospital for treatment. "You only have three days left to live," the doctor said. Why then… Why did my fathers drown themselves in sorrow and kill Erin after my death?

When I was three years old, my twin brothers, Silas and Julian, nearly died in an explosion while trying to save me. The Vampire King happened to pass by and turned them into high-ranking vampires. He had wanted to turn me too, so our family could stay together forever, but they refused. The King's power was too overwhelming, they said-the transformation would be agonizing. So they promised to turn me themselves when I turned eighteen. They spent every last penny they had on an impossibly rare serum-a blood-calming agent that would ensure I survived the transformation safely. But six months ago, they brought home a fifteen-year-old human orphan named Elena. Silas snatched my serum and handed it to Elena, his voice cold as ice. "You're strong enough to endure the transformation on your own. Elena is far more fragile than you-she needs this more." Julian's face twisted with undisguised contempt. He pointed at the door and snarled, "Get out! Don't come back until you learn to share!" I didn't say a word. I picked up the suitcase I'd already packed and disappeared into the rainy night. They assumed I was just throwing a tantrum. They figured I'd come crawling back in a few days. To celebrate ridding themselves of their "burden," they took the orphan on a vacation to the Caribbean coast-the trip I'd been dreaming about for years. But when they returned to the castle two weeks later, they were stunned to discover that I had undergone the Vampire King's transformation personally. Not only that-I had voluntarily signed a hundred-year agreement to join a classified isolation research project studying resistance to holy silver and crucifixes. A century of solitary confinement. I was never coming back. That day, they completely fell apart.

Rejected by her mate, wolfless and an orphan, Leila is a very unfortunate girl. When her mate who rejected her comes to her with the proposition of a secret affair, Leila immediately refuses but he doesn't listen. Pressured and saddened, Leila gets drunk and has a one night stand with a stranger, a few weeks later she realizes that she is pregnant. Leila is thrown out of her pack but the lycan king swoops in and saves her, claiming her as his mate and taking her to his kingdom. Showered with love from the lycan king, Leila finally begins to feel safe. But is she really safe? Is she any safer in the kingdom of the man who might have murdered her parents? Is she and her babies safe in this kingdom that held dark secrets and forces that hid in the shadows?

Bullied and Neglected all her life... Valerie is a teenage orphan who finds out that she is different from everyone around her. She has the power to heal herself, and she has a beast within her that heightens her senses and gives her supernatural abilities. She lives among humans and she knew she needed to hide her gifts from everyone. So when her stepsister threatened to expose her, she fled the city to a distant land where she came across the proud and arrogant Alpha Maverick. They don't want each other, but they have to stay together as their bond will save the entire race from curse from the moon goddess. What could happen when two enemies fall for each other? Love is a game, difficult but real...

Three months into the silent treatment from my Alpha mate, Samson Holt, he holds a grand ceremony befitting of a Luna for the return of his beloved Leia Harton. Because of this, I—the real Luna—am now the laughing stock of the entire pack. "Sharon's just an orphan wolf with no real lineage. How could someone like her be our Luna?" "Exactly! Leia's the one who truly deserves to stand beside the Alpha." Ignoring them, I take up a silver blade and slash it hard across my throat. They never knew that I wasn't truly one of them. I wasn't a wolf at all, but a human from another world. And the Moon Goddess just told me that if I die in this world, I can finally go home and reunite with my family.

Harper, an eighteen-year-old orphan fresh out of high school, yearns to claim her independence and make it into the cruel world on her own. Leaving the security of the only genuine family she's ever known, besides her father who passed away four years ago, she says goodbye to her foster parents who have sheltered her since she was fourteen. With her old SUV as her only sanctuary, she embarks on a journey across the United States in search of a college, a job, and a place she can call home. Finding romance was the last thing on Harper's mind, fueled by her father's last words to stay clear of men. But, what is she to do; when one fateful night an act of God thrusts her into the arms of a stranger who would change her life forever.

Valerie is a very miserable orphan girl. One day she experiences a terrible incident when a group of people want to rape her. That was when she met Daren, who was the Alpha of the Black Moon pack. Daren saves Valerie in the form of a wolf. The incident made the town crazy because people saw wolves wandering the streets. Daren takes Valerie to be treated in her village, which is mostly inhabited by wolves. Valerie also saw another world she had never seen before. When they both become mates, Valerie's hidden powers appear because she is a girl with mixed werewolf DNA. They go through a battle with a vampire, a newcomer who tries to eradicate the existence of wolves in the city so that they can hunt humans without worrying about the presence of the wolves, their biggest enemy. What will happen to Valerie?

Anna is an outcast, omega the least of the least and does not know who her parents are. She grew up without both parents and was taken under the care of Leo, a stranger who took her in when she was an orphan baby. She is rejected by her own kind, ridiculed and forced into servitude by the ruthless alpha of her pack, Oliver. Leo was later on wrongly accused of a crime he did not do and was tagged a traitor worsening Anna situation. Leo later reveals to Anna that she is the last bloodline and is no ordinary wolf. She begins to have mysterious dreams and encounters with dark spirits. Lucas, a warrior and beta from a neighboring pack, enters Anna’s life with a secret mission to hunt down a rumored threat to his own pack. On a fateful night, Lucas discovers two things- Anna is the threat and she is his fated mate.