Twisted Sugar Sparks Novels & Stories

“You’re glowing. Like someone finally stopped surviving and started living.” Emerie looked at her reflection—healthier than she remembered, cheeks touched with warmth, eyes less haunted. “I’m not healed,” she said. “You’re healing,” Mira corrected. “That’s the part most people forget is allowed to look beautiful.” --- The Spark Festival marked the midpoint between summer’s bloom and autumn’s return. Thunder Paw filled with color—drapes of purple, silver lanterns, and tables lined with honeyed pears, roasted roots, and moonberry tarts.

etched on her finger. I took her hand, pulled her up and around the table, settling her onto my lap. I stole a taste of her crème brûlée and couldn't resist. "Hard to believe it's sugar-free." "What's it made of?" she asked, eyes wide with curiosity, locking onto mine. "The sugar's swapped for pure stevia and erythritol powder. The garnish is edible gold leaf." I pointed it out. She grabbed my finger and slipped it into her mouth, sucking hard enough to make my cock throb against my zipper. Damn, I still had the rest of the night's surprise waiting.

She finds a new bottle of syrup in the pantry and cheers. They work together and soon have two large smoothies and a plate full of pancakes. River sits down at the table again and tastes the smoothy. “This is good” she says slurping up some more. She then folds a pancake and pours syrup into it as though it were a funnel. Then opens her mouth and takes it all in. “Sweetheart, can all that sugar be good for you?” McKenzie asks feeling his own teeth protest at the amount of sugar, she is eating. “Good point, it does need something spicy” she answers getting up from the table and looking through the spice rack.

“Then I guess you’re stuck with me.” She scoffed and looked away while she crossed her arms, “I’m going to fall asleep soon.” I reached for the bag of Twizzlers and read it out loud, “3 pieces have 16 grams of sugar. Eat the bag, it’ll keep you awake,” I presented the bag to her and she looked at me incredulously. Nevertheless, she took the bag from me and took out another Twizzler, and pointed it at me, saying, “You’re a bad influence.”

She says simply and I laugh at his face, getting outed by a 7-year-old. “What flavor did you get?” I ask her. “Cherry currant and toffee surprise, I got two scoops!” She giggles as she runs the length of the apartment. “And this is why she doesn’t get sugar, Marshall.” I say gesturing to her as we watch Maddie dealing with her sugar high. “I guess it’s a good thing whatever Tyson is taking us to is full of walking.”

*Harper* The bar wasn’t loud, but the music still managed to settle somewhere in the back of my head, it was steady, pulsing, and just faintly annoying. I kept my hands wrapped around the stem of the glass Sophia ordered for me. It was something sugary, bright pink and topped with a sparkler that had already fizzled out. “I told them to make it sweet,” Sophia grinned beside me, watching me too closely. “Didn’t think you liked strong drinks.”

He was giving it to him using the strange magic in this place. He cracked open the piece in his hand, expecting to find the red crystallized treat inside. But it was nothing but vanilla cream. Frowning, Spitfire tried to force his mind to focus. Guru was giving him candy. Not his candy, but Spitfire had never really explained what it was. He had only ever said 'my candy.'