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Sickly Sweet

Genre: Romance, Erotica

Chapter 22: The Strange Man (First Draft)

~Kay

Once lunch ended, everyone including the orchestra retired to their rooms. Remus and Hosea showed the guests to their rooms in the west wing.

I took Ruella on a walk from the south entrance of the mansion. It was cold outside and Ruella had wrapped her black faux fur coat around her shoulders. Her heart beat started to quicken eyeing the unfamiliar scenery. I had decided that if Ruella had to become a vampire, I would bring her here. She would have to face her true nature one way or the other.

The fog wasn't thick enough at this part of our land. The tall conifer trees stood still watching us as we ventured down their entrance to a differently new world. Here all secrets were holier than though. No one was allowed to discuss anything outside the boundaries of the forest. The trees see all and hear all. Our secrets are theirs to keep. It was a way to maintain the balance by some unknown legend. The sounds of crickets and grasshoppers chirping was getting louder as we neared the entrance of the forest.

"What are we doing here?" Ruella frowned. I watched her head crane her head up to stare at the tall conifer trees.

"Are you hungry?" I watched her reaction closely.

"We just ate lunch fifteen minutes ago." She replied with a shrug.

I laughed. "I meant– Are you hungry?" I bared my fangs at her in a non-threatening way. Ruella gasped.

"Oh!" Her eyes gleamed understaning my reference and looked nervously at the forest. "What's in there?" She stood rooted to her spot, all colour draining from her face.

"Your true self." I arched a brow at her, folding my hands across my chest, watching her.

"Are we going to kill animals?" Her heart sank in her chest, sadness etched on her enthereal face.

I sighed. It was understandable that she was feeling this way. I know why she called our kind monsters. Hurting animals and humans made her hate our kind.

"Come." I said. "I'll teach you how to hunt."

I walked over the dried boundary salt expecting Ruella to follow me. When she didn't, I turned around and said. "One day or the other you'll have to face your true self, love. This is what we are."

Ruella was rigid. She was too scared to move. She eyed the boundary salt with disdain. "I don't want to. You can't force me." Her hands were balled into fists as she sneered. A defiance in her eyes.

Oh boy, this was going to take a lot of convincing. I closed my eyes, sighing deeply.

Then an idea occured to me. "If you disobey me, I will punish you." I smirked.

She tilted her head to the side. Her eyes did a once over of me, unsure. "What will be my punishment?"

"You know what I mean." I grinned mischiviously.

"N-" Then it dawned on her. In a few seconds her demeanor went from suspicion to playful. She bared her fangs at me in a challenge. My eyebrows rose as she turned around running towards the south entrance of the castle. I ran behind her, a newfound challenge set in my veins. How was she going to get away from me? I was older, faster and strongest.

As she was halfway towards the south gate, she twisted her foot on a rock and fell with a yelp. Cursing under her breath she glanced behind to see how far away I was. When she found that no one was chasing her, all breath escaped from her lungs. She stood slowly, her breath body shaking. "Kay?"

"Gotchu!" I said from behind her and she screamed. I pinned her to the ground, savouring her mouth with hot kisses. Ruella tried pushing me away in fear but when her frightened eyes saw it was me, she kissed me back.

I deepened the kiss. I ran my hand up and down her arm, the fur coat splayed on the grass. She shuddered, her eyes closing in pleasure. At one point, I struggled to dominate the kiss as she pulled herself flush against my body, her hands moving quickly across the contours of my chest. I moaned against her mouth. She lightly bit my lower lip and gasped. Her tongue moved into my mouth and I let her. Her hands went to my belt as she kept kissing me and I grabbed them.

She looked at me questionably. "What? There is no one watching!" She shrugged. She went back to kiss me but I held up my hand.

"I–" She watched me with hooded eyes, lust clouding her vision. She was eyeing my lips and her finger ran over my lower lip as if she was in a trance.

"I like you." She said, smugly. "You excite me..."

Seeing that she wasn't going stop, I let her wrap her feet around my waist. I stood up and whizzed towards the trees. I pressed my back against the back of the tree and let her resume her assault on my body. We didn't waste any time in discarding our clothes. I watched the scars on her breasts had disappeared. It appeared like they weren't there in the first place. I smiled devilishly. We stood completely naked against a tree as Ruella kissed my jaw, my neck, my chest. Then she slowly, seductively trailed her hands down to length and started stroking it.

"Fuck...." I breathed, watching her bite her lip in pleasure as I watched her become my undoing. I closed my eyes feeling her hand touching, tugging, stroking my length in her hands. "Ruella, you're a Goddess." I murmured, gasping.

She then kissed the planes of my chest, while stroking my length. "Cum for me, please."

I shook violently and my legs gave out but Ruella caught me, setting me on my feet again. "Ooh. Careful." She said, placing a chaste kiss on my lips. I smiled at her. She then sucked and bit softly at my nipples, looking at my surprised reaction with a lopsided grin. "Hmm... I guess its payback."

I moaned as she tugged and toyed with a taut bud, her tongue running along her fangs, contemplating what to do next. She then lightly scraped her fangs against my skin and when she reached at my neck, she hesistated meeting my eyes. I eyed her with a lustful shudder. "What is it?" I panted, sweat gleaming at my skin.

Her eyes met mine. "Can I feed from your veins?" She eyed the throbbing vein in my neck. My heart was racing as I eyed the woman I loved with a newfound surprise and adoration. "I don't have the heart to tear my fangs into an innocent animal's skin." She gulped nervously at the thought.

I thought about what she asked. If she fed off me she won't be able to feed on her own in my absence. I can't allow her to feed off any other vampire as I've sired her. Wine wouldn't be enough to sate her hunger so I would need her to trust me in this new endeavour.

I nodded.

She then bared her fangs and sunk her teeth in the crook of my neck, her bare chest rubbing rhythmically against mine. Her taut nipples grazed the side of my body and I cupped her breasts in my hands. I stroked her nipples and she moaned, sucking more blood from me. She then gently removed her fangs out of my skin, watching my face for any discomfort.

"You okay?" Concerned etched on her face. "I hope I didn't bite too deeply."

I laughed but then winced at the bite on my neck. "You... you did bite me too deeply, Ruella."

Her hands covered her mouth and she eyed the wound which wasn't starting to heal. Worry etched on her face as she wracked her brain on how to stop the bleeding. My eyes became blurry and I began to loose consciousness. I slumped to the ground. "Kay! Oh my God.... I'm so sorry." Her voice panicked.

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Sickly Sweet

Genre: Romance, Erotica

Chapter 1: The Strange Man (First Draft)

After sitting cross-legged on the bed, I took off my woolen sweater, discarding it on the floor.

My torso was exposed leaving a sheen of sweat trickling down my breasts.

The stranger’s eyes traced the action with wanton lust, licking his lips as he did so.

My heart thundered wildly in chest, anticipating what he would do next as I leaned back slightly, watching his reaction with bated breath.

Is this what having lust felt like? It was a foreign feeling to me. I haven’t dated anyone. I wasn’t having any intentions of dating the hot boys who went to school or college with me. I also didn’t have friends, only classmates or college batchmates who I waved hello or contacted them when I wanted their notes if missed a class.

It’s not that I was aloof or unfriendly per se. I found friendships were a distraction. I liked talking to people, asking how their day/night was and observing how they spoke to others... and me as well.

The stranger in front of me takes off his shirt and his pants, keeping his lustful eyes on me. Once discarded, my gaze fell on his full cock, making my breath hitch.

I haven’t seen a naked man before. This man... whoever he was, had slick lean body. He had jet black hair like me. His hair strands were rough and unkept.. I think because he was running his hands in them too much. His eyes were grey and had flecks of white in it so much so that I swear they were glowing. His skin was pale and had no tattoos of any sort. He was a bit taller than me, his muscles were smooth and refined but not sculpted like those men you would see lifting weights in the gym.

I honestly didn’t care how he looked. I was just here for an experience. He ushered me to stand and removed my jeans and underwear.

“Mmm...” He trailed watching me. “I think, we are gonna enjoy each other’s company for a while. He cocked a brow at me. When he said that, my pelvis started throbbing in anticipation. “Shall we?” He asked me.

I nodded at him.

He gently placed me on the bed and climbed on it. He kissed me first softly, gauging my reaction. His lips were warm in contrast to his supposed nature. Then when he proceeded with slow precision that made my heart run a marathon.

His kisses then became passionate as he softly bit my lower lip, earning a low moan from me. He chuckled against my lips and my body hummed in rhythm with his body.

His kisses then trailed across my jaw, to my neck and then my collar-bone. I closed my eyes having a euphoric sensation take over me. I was elated that I was feeling an emotion so foreign to me. I wished I had met him before that I could go through this feeling again.

“Woman... you are divine...” he said astonished, as he trailed his kisses down to my chest. His breathing was laboured and it ignited a spark of excitement in me. “Can you open your eyes?” he asked softly though a haze of lust.

I did as he asked and I was surprised to meet his grey..... no, glowing grey irises. He saw the surprise on my face and held his palms up saying, “I swear, I’ll explain everything to you later, love.”

He was watching my reaction, a slightly worried expression painted across his face. I, on the other hand was confused. I felt the lust filled haze that had built around us, crumble like a decaplicated building.

As if reading my emotions, his hands were softly placed on hips, not alarming me. He leaned towards me, drinking me in. I shifted my body backwards, a bit confused of his actions.

“What kind of a man I would be if I didn’t keep the woman I was supposed to lay with safe and secure?” he replied, watching my expression. “You’ll have to trust me on this.... woman.” he shook his head at the last bit and I cocked my head to the side wondering why does he care about a girl like me who was going to give her virginity away.

“Are we good? Can we proceed? Because I am damn sure, you will be screaming the Lord’s name with what I’m going to do to you after this?” he grinned at me.

I gaped at him and blushed looking away. Who is this man? Why is he having an effect on me like this? No man dared to talk to me the way he did.

He climbed on to the bed and shook his head at me, chuckling. I relaxed on to the soft mattress and watched him as he kissed the nipple of my breast. My breath hitched and he smirked at me. He then toyed with my right nipple with his smooth fingers, making it stand erect. “Mine.” he murmured against my skin as his tongue played with the bud.

He then moved to the left nipple, keeping his eyes on me. However, this time, he did something different. He took the deflated bud within his fingers and softly grazed his teeth around the bud making me gulp with pleasure.

After he was done, he looked up at me saying, “There is so much I want to do to your body, woman. There is so much to give you, yet the time between us is fleeting.” He held each word, each syllable with conviction as he said it. “The way you react to my touch... it makes me want to do the naughtiest things your virgin body has never experienced.”

How did he know....?

As if reading my thoughts he said, “I’ll tell you everything you want to know about me.” he said, softly holding my chin. “This I promise you.” He searches my face for my reaction and then asked me. “Do you trust me?”

I blinked. Trust? Do you trust a stranger enough who is engaging in sex with you? I had no clue what to say, so I merely nodded in reply.

He hummed and continued to bestow on me with soft kisses on my stomach and proceeded to move down south near my pelvis. My excitement was getting the better off me as I felt my core blooming. My entire body was becoming light and warm and I wanted this feeling to never end.

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She was my own personal brand of opium. I was addicted to her.

Sickly Sweet by Merlyn_Fereira (@hashtag-amf)

Genre: Romance / Erotica

Synopsis: Ruella arrives at a hotel to experience hot sex with a man of her choice. She doesn't expect him to be a gentleman as she perceived sex with strangers as rough and controlling. That's what sex hotels were for, right? However this gentleman has a secret of his own and he wants Ruella to trust him enough to reveal it at the correct time. Will Ruella be able to handle his secret or run for the hills, never looking back?

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Oh, to be worshipped by Kay Davos

Sickly Sweet by Merlyn_Fereira (@hashtag-amf)

Genre: Romance / Erotica

Synopsis: Ruella arrives at a hotel to experience hot sex with a man of her choice. She doesn't expect him to be a gentleman as she perceived sex with strangers as rough and controlling. That's what sex hotels were for, right? However this gentleman has a secret of his own and he wants Ruella to trust him enough to reveal it at the correct time. Will Ruella be able to handle his secret or run for the hills, never looking back?

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She was my own personal brand of opium. I was addicted to her.

Sickly Sweet

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Sickly Sweet

Chapter 16 | Lucifer & Satan (First Draft) Genre: Romance / Erotica

It was around midnight. Kay lay asleep next to me. The car was now passing through the highway, the desert in the middle of it.

I stared out of the window, glad for the silence that befell us. I had made a plan that once I was cured of my treatment, I would leave Kay's mansion and live on my own. I don't want to live in the house of murderers. Kay and his family wouldn't hesitate in killing me if they wanted to.

Around six in the morning, I was woken up by Kay's soft voice. I blinked, my eyes adjusting to the early morning light filling the once dark interiors of the car. I stretched in my seat but realised that there was dark coat laid atop of me. I stiffened, staring at me.

"You were cold." Kay explained softly, seating to the corner of the car seat.

I glanced at him, seeing that his eyes, nose and cheeks were tainted red. He sniffled and crossed his arms lazily over his chest as he stiffled a yawn. I quickly away quickly, my heart unable to bear the pain on his face. My heart was screaming at me to close the distance between us and kiss away his pain. My body yearned for his warmth, for his touch. I balled my hands into fists, setting my lips into a thin line.

Kay informed me that we would reach the hospital within fifteen minutes. I handed back his coat.

"I want to make myself clear." I said, staring straight ahead. Kay's attention was now on me. "After I'm done with my treatment, I will part ways with you. I will cease all communication with you. I wish you do the same with me, respect my wishes."

"You want to break our deal?" Kay asked me raising a brow at me.

I nodded. "Your deal didn't include 'lying to the other party if necessary.'" I pointed out. "I want no part of a deal if the other party is a monster, a killer."

Kay wanted to say something to me but I folded my hands across my chest, signalling the end of the discussion.

He sighed. "If you say so."

Dr. Alcott was delighted to see me after so many days. "I thought you weren't going to start the treatement at all, Ruella. I and Dr. Fraser were begining to worry." He smiled softly at me.

"Here I am." I merely shrugged.

He smiled bigger at me. "Okay then..." he sighed looking around the hospital room where I was booked to stay in. "Uh, this will be your residential room. The surgery will be done upstairs. Then after a few days, we will commence with your cancer treatment. Hmm?"

I nodded. My hands feeling clammy. Kay was seating beside me on the bed, his warmth was the best support I needed during my anxiety.

The moment Dr. Alcott left, Kay gently turned my face towards his and captured my lips in a passionate kiss. I was caught off guard and as his warm lips caressed my own. I sighed as I pulled him flush to my chest, his minty breath intermingling with my foggy thoughts. My hands curled in his hair as his tongue entered my mouth desperately, exploring my mouth.

His hands ran up and down my sides and it created a soft hum in my heart, making me deepen my kiss with him. His lips were now kissing my jaw, my neck before he stopped and held the side of my face to look into my eyes.

"What was this for?" I asked, my breath laboured.

"I want you to reconsider your new deal." He said, touching his forehead to mine. I stared at our interlinked fingers in his lap. "I don't want you to go back." He pleaded, staring at them. "I know you won't have anywhere to live and it will be too late to take up residency in the university again." He continued. Then he added, meeting my eyes. "I want you to live with me... live in my home."

"You are all vampires." I said, scowling. I hated that word. Pathetic, evil creatures.

"We are not evil. Not all of us." He rushed. "My family isn't evil. They know about your condition. I told them everything about you." He said earnestly.

Shock graced my features. "When? W-why? Why would you do that?" I asked my voice rising an octave.

"Shh-shh." Kay said looking at the door worriedlly. His hands were on my shoulders, looking intently in my eyes. "Because I wanted to. They did have some questions about you, so I thought since you were going to start your treatment, why not let them meet you." He shrugged. "In that way, you would meet my parents, know about what I am and what I do." He said, excitedly.

"And what about your ex-girlfriends?" I asked awkwardly. "Won't they be throwing themselves at you?" I had seen the way the girls at the hotel were behaving around him. The way they smiled and talked to him was very sultry. Some of them were whispering in his ear, telling him something. I wasn't jealous of him having sexual partners because that was the place for it but if that continued now, it would be a huge problem.

A foreign emotion passed in his eyes before he masked it perfectly. He opened his mouth to tell me something else, but I stopped him.

"I know you're keeping something from me." I stated. "If you want us to work, I will need to know about your exes. EVERYTHING! I won't judge you for what you did in your past but if you don't want me to leave, I need honesty from your end."

"Fair enough. Understandable." He replied. "I had sexual intercourse with around three hundred women in total. None of them were serious relationships. All casual flings. I would bring them home and we would fuck all night. They even stayed the night and left the next morning after having breakfast."

I paled at his body count. With a man as handsome and charming as him, any woman would like to get her knickers in a twist. "Were some of them vampires as well?"

"Yeah. My parents's business partners' daughters." He replied, feeling ashamed. "When I look back at it now, I feel horrible."

"Did anyone at the hotel, your friends, or your business partners know about you and your family being vampires?"

"Some of them did, yes. My whole bloodline does business with only vampires." He said. "Thats because we work mostly during the night and rest during the day."

That piqued my interest. "Do you sleep in coffins?"

"Have you seen coffins at the mansion?" He asked me with his brows raised.

"Have you given me a tour of your mansion?" I matched him.

He laughed. "I haven't given you a tour of my mansion. I'm sorry about that. But no, we don't sleep in coffins. Atleast not our clan's bloodline."

"What do you mean by 'your clan's bloodline?" He had mentioned that before in the car ride to the hospital.

"When God created the Adam and Eve, Satan and Lucifer had made a plan where they would create beings in their own likeness. That's how the first vampires were created."

"That isn't written in the Bible-"

"It isn't, but there were several books that didn't make it in the Bible. Weren't there?"

I looked at him confused.

"There were fourteen books which were removed from the Bible." He informed me. "One of them is called The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan."

I raised my eyebrows. "Really?"

"Mhm Hmm. In that its mentioned how Lucifer and Satan devised a plan to poison The Garden of Eden with a more sinister kind of species- something human-like but way worse. Millions of vampire bats descended upon the unsuspecting humans who were asleep in the night."

I gasped, horrified at this new knowledge. Why was this kept a secret from the faithful?

"Because the Holy Catholic Church doesn't want you to know about this. There is a conspiracy theory claiming that below the Vatican's library are some of the first vampires who are caged. They are being fed blood to this very day. They keep them there for experiments."

What?! The faithful have been fed a lie all along. Then another thought crossed my mind, something I should have asked him earlier. "And how did you know what I was thinking?"

He gave me his most handsome smile. "Because when you kiss vampire, the vampire makes a temporary connection between minds. It's like a mind link. Your deepest, darkest secrets are now mine to share." He quirked a teasing brow. "When I made love to you, I knew your sweet spots and I was able to pleasure you like you've never done before."

My cheeks were hot. I looked away, unable to handle Kay's teasing.

"Do you... um, do the same love-making what you did with me to the others?" I asked my gaze pinned to the hospital bed, drawing lines with my nail.

"Ruella Carron is jealous?" He said playfully nudging my side, making me cower in pain. Kay was quick to hold my hand, asking me if I was okay. I nodded quickly, biting my tongue to stop myself from wincing. "Well," He began, "Most of my partners were only there for the wild sex and booze. Some of them were even in for a threesome and I was okay with it." I paled at the word 'threesome.' "Very few were there because their boyfriends or girlfriends cheated on them and they were looking for a distraction. But you," He said, "You are an enigma, Ruella."

I stopped fidgetting and looked at him, lost for words.

"When you asked me that day if I would be comfortable to sleep with you, I found you out of place." He chuckled, making me smile along with him. "But then your innocent nature and the thought of you wanting to be naughty intrigued me. None of the people who visit here have the guts to do that. You are very brave... unique. I like that about you." He then took my hand in his hand and planted a soft kiss. "Just know that I won't be the womanizer I used to be before. I am truly, deeply, captivated by you. And it's not of how you look underneath your clothes. It's your spirit... It's how you treat people lower than you. I know you were kind to Remus, Ruella." With that he captured my lips with his for a few seconds before pulling away to say. "None of my previous partners did that."

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I vote that your writing continues to be:

self indulgent

cringe

weird

bizarre

long

short

sappy

only for your eyes

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You're allowed to have your own voice. You're allowed to write something only you want to read. Seize the freedom you were never given in your 8th grade English class!

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Since the nun wore a religious vestment, I kept religion as a central plot of the story. It was a matter of life and death, good versus evil. Simple James Wan logic. So, I did something unexpected. I wrote a part of the story, where Treena sees the shadow on the wall. Ideas kept flowing through my head, guiding me like an invisible force. I kept typing. I stopped writing till the part where the apparition threatened her if she wasn't quiet. After I finished writing the draft in the IG comment section, I wrote it down in my book and deleted it.

The story is inspired by Uber Facts IG post. It featured Vera Farmiga standing in a room that had the portrait of the demonic nun behind her. Lorraine was looking down at something. I immediately got an idea of writing another horror story keeping the demonic nun in mind.

Then began the process of writing the plotlines before Treena saw the shadow on the wall. If you've read the story description, you will know Treena's father sent his daughter to a convent school. The other reason I used religion as a plot point was that I had never written any Wattpad story about religion. Then I added Jennifer as her dorm mate and gave her a backstory with her own set of problems. I described the architecture of the convent school, making it look spooky. Then I added the suspicious-looking nun and the innocent Principal.

The part where Treena is attacked by a snake was very difficult to write as I was having writer's block. The demon tried to kill her several times. But someone or rather something was acting as a protective force for Treena. Then I wrote the past of the school. If you've read the story, you'll know how the story goes back to the 1800s, where a family of five. I have never written a story that had eighteen-century lingo in it, so I asked a friend for help. I should ask my editor if she knew how to write such a story. To my luck, she told me she was familiar with the lingo.

I named the book 'Come, Dark' was because there was another Wattpad book with the same name. I had not read the book, so I don't know what the story is about. The only difference in the title is a comma. I chose to insert a comma in the title as if someone invited the darkness to live amongst the family. If you've read the story, you'll know how the youngest daughter confided in one of her sisters about Agatha. About the chapter titles, I thought of doing something different. I named each chapter after the shades of dark. If you go through the Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus, you will find that the word 'dark' has many synonyms. I used those synonyms as the title of each chapter.

Well, that was all I had to talk about my writing journey on Wattpad. I hope you liked reading it. Let me know in the comments below.

I don’t know when I will be back with a new book. I have already written the plot lines of a horror novel. It involves LGBTQIA references. I have already named two of the the characters for now. I hope I can get back to writing one day.

Till then, goodbye for now!

XOXO,

Alizey.

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It took around 2 or 3 months to write and edit this book. I remember that before writing the book, Jared Leto’s ‘Morbius' trailer had dropped online. I watched the trailer, and it was mind-blowing. Jared is freaking good. A few days later, I watched the trailer on YouTube, and the comments were of a different level.

I have very high expectations of this movie whenever it releases. I hope Leto does a good job in his role as Morbius.

Let’s move on to writing the book. I had inclined to write a love story where Morbius had already turned into a vampire. He had fallen in love with one of the scientists who was working with him in the lab. I had not made the plan of segregating the story into chapters yet, but it was a vague idea that had occurred to me. Then I discarded it. I didn't know what to write later and also because most vampire books on Wattpad have vampire romance as the plot.

So, I wondered what new should I write, which was not cliché. I wanted it to match my previous writing style. An idea came to mind. Some years back, there was a Disney show called 'Camp Rock', which was quite a rage amongst the teenagers. I felt that I could make a story from the title itself. I wrote a horror story based on a school camping trip. I got ideas about a blood bath and students running on a quiet road. I pictured them running downslope with red light falling on their face. For a moment, I wondered why my brain was telling me to think like this, but then I didn't want to stop my thought process. Thick, dense trees were rustling in the wind. There was a white sleeper bus that had bloody handprints everywhere. The windscreen was destroyed, and there was broken glass everywhere.

I merged Morbius' 'probable comic depiction story' with my thought process. I took care not to worry about what the outcome would be. The reason I wrote 'probable comic depiction story' was that I have not read the comics. I wrote down the story in a plot format. I gave each chapter a name, something which I haven't done before.

Now about the ending. The original ending was to be different. But I wanted the protagonist to die, something which some readers will hate. I wasn't getting a good cover on Pinterest. So I decided to include something which was a part of Dani's dreams—the blood moon. Which is why the cover features a blood moon shining through a scary forest. The best part of writing Camp Terror is that it is not more than twenty chapters. It was super easy to write, and my editor did a fantastic job of editing. It didn't take long to write. I completed it around two or three months.

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Oh, wow, this book was a joy ride. I had watched 'The Amazing Spiderman 2' on the television somewhere through the middle. Harry Osborne (Dane DeHaan) and Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) in the spacious Oscorp office. Harry sat in a gigantic regal leather chair while Peter stood a few meters away, facing him. Harry tells Peter about his deteriorating health and says that he is in urgent need of a cure. He then shows him a video on his television screen about the animal trails that Oscorp was working on. Peter looks confused. Harry explains that he had considered using one of the trails on himself, but it wasn't ready for a human trial.

Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborne from ‘The Amazing Spiderman 2’

Harry knew that Peter knew Spiderman and requested him to get his blood sample. Peter conflicts as he wants to help him but cannot. He doesn't want to tell Harry about him being Spiderman. Harry misunderstands him, thinking that Peter doesn't want to help him. They argue. Peter is afraid that Harry might press him for more information, leaves his office. Outside, he meets Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). Peter informs her that Harry's health is deteriorating and he is searching for a cure. He tells her that he told Harry that he isn't sure if Spiderman's blood will cure him of his ailment.

Later, Harry visits Ravencroft Institute, where he meets Maxwell Dillon. He helps him break out of his cell, and allows Max to take control of the power grid at Oscorp since it was his design. Electro causes a citywide blackout challenging Spiderman to fight him. After a long battle, Spiderman defeats Electro with the help of Gwen Stacy.

But that was not all. The real villain was yet to arrive. Harry Osborne's health was deteriorating at a fast pace. Unable to control the pain, he gets hold of one of the scientists working in the lab and orders him to open one of the vials. He orders him to inject the serum in his veins, which the scientist opposes at first. Harry transfers into something monstrous. The serum had opposite effects. His fingers grow into talons, his body spasm and convulse into a hunching pale green monster. His eyes lost their boyish charm. They were menacing green. His hair stuck out at odd angles. His teeth were like shards of glass.

Harry escaped from Oscorp using the glider. He reached the power grid and seeing Gwen with Spiderman, and realized that Peter is Spiderman. He realized that his childhood friend was lying to him all along. Enraged, he swoops upon Gwen and throws her down the clock tower. Peter saves her. The friends battle each other upon which Gwen falls to her death.

To build Harry's story, I researched Harry Osborne from Wikipedia. I wanted to know if Harry Osborne had any problems with his family. Well, I was right. I found some Fandom articles that Harry and Norman were not on good terms with each other. It started with an incident that haunts Norman. Harry's mother died during childbirth. His father, devastated by her death, vented all his anger on his son. Norman neglected his son. He buried himself in his work and built his company Oscorp. As a result, Harry became lonely, and they would fight often.

When I was writing the story, I never that I would write about an antagonist. I had planned to make her protagonist, but then I felt that most stories feature a protagonist. So why not create an antagonist in the garb of a protagonist. Immediately the ideas followed. Her moves were smart and fluid. Her motto—revenge. Valery was not perfect. She was taking on the world's most-loved heroes, and one slip would reveal all. She trained hard. But sometimes, her mind would play cruel tricks on her. Her nightmares became more and more real until they robbed her of her sleep.

Sokovia was a fictional country featured in AOU and Agents of SHEILD. To understand Sokovia’s past, I jumped to Wikipedia only to find that there was a lot of information about it. There were references that Ultron had destroyed Sokovia like how it was in AOU. I used Sokovia as the birthplace of my antagonist. I gave her a sorrowful backstory and included the plot of revenge. Her only confidant was her brother, who sympathized with her and understood her.

Once Valery murders Timothy in his dorm, her suspicions on who was spying on her grows. Her mentor leaves the rest of the mission in her hands as SHIELD was looking out for a suspicious person. Valery makes a new plan to kill Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) using Venom (Eddie Brock)'s help. She attends Harry Osborne's party, where she mixes a drop of poison in his drink and escapes. The reason I included Venom in this book was that he would act as a lookout for her. Venom has a dislike for Spiderman in the comics, so I needed to get them together. Valery convinces him that they both can finish off Spiderman together.

Valery gets a shocker when she gets back to Sokovia. When you read the book on Wattpad, you’ll learn that Sokovia is not a democratic country. She forms a secret organization. They buy arms and ammunition to overthrow the government. After a lot of resistance from the royal soldiers, they manage to overthrow the fake monarch. But nothing lasts forever. Valery dies on the day of her coronation by the monarch's faithful duo.

Now coming to the name of the book. The reason I named the book ‘The Devil Amongst Us’ is quite simple. The answer lies in the title itself. Valery was 'the devil amongst the American citizens.' So 'us' refers to the people of America. An outsider, living like an American citizen. I had planned to name it 'The Devil May Cry' based on the Japanese slasher video game of the same name. I have never played the video game, but I had read about it in a local newspaper. It had two or three parts after the first was a hit.

Once the English version of TDAU was out, I made a Bosnian version of it. I translated it using Google Translate. And boy, the damn website would only translate one page and a time. I have no idea how accurate the translation is. I crossed my fingers and relied on Google to do it.

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Now let’s move on to part two. Sorry for keeping you waiting. I had other work to look into.

In September 2018, I watched 'Howl' (2015). It a British-indie horror flick by Paul Hyett on the television. I had to watch it three times to memorize the dialogues. The film lacked in its dialogue but was an average watch. The best part about the film was the werewolves' costume design. The background score was also very good.

I felt that Howl wasn't worth writing a fanfic about. The characters in the movie kept shouting when the train derailed in the middle of the forest. I loved the male protagonist, Joe Griffins (played by Edward Speelers). He saved the film from being a complete flop. He sacrificed himself by protecting Ellen (Holly Weston) at the end of the movie. I was so moved by it. I convinced myself that I had to write a fanfic.

I wrote a fanfic for 'Howl' because the film didn't receive that much exposure it needed. When I thought about it, I felt that I had to give some justice to elevate its status. The film's depiction of strangers trapped in a claustrophobic train was the best part I had ever seen. The way Joe dealt with the problem was something that I liked about the film.

The old cover for the book (if you see in the media above), had the font of the digital railway clock. I was searching for a Pinterest image that had a moving train shot as a blur. There were one or two good quality images that fit the exact requirements. After the editing, I thought that why not make changes to the original trailer. I had no idea how to edit the trailer, so I downloaded the trailer for safekeeping. Then in May 2017, I visited my cousin from another village, and he had this Adobe Premiere Pro. I told him I was making a trailer for my Wattpad book, and he uploaded the trailer on the software. I told him to add the captions between the scenes. I removed some scenes from the original trailer and added Wattpad's logo at the end.

I intended to post the video on YouTube, but it got flagged down due to copyright rules. I decided to post it on IG highlights, but the end part got chopped out somehow…I don't know. One year later, I changed the cover, and I don't plan on altering it. See it below:

The reason I named the book 'The Contagion' was because, in the book, one of the train passengers gets bitten by a werewolf. The woman is later transformed into a werewolf establishing the fact that the bite is 'contagious in nature'.

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Welcome to my Tumblr blog. Here I will give my honest opinions and pour out my thoughts about the ideas behind my Wattpad books. You can take inspiration from this blog when you are planning to write a novel. I wanted to write a separate Wattpad book where I could talk about this. But I then decided that I wanted to reach a wider audience, and Tumblr was better suited for this purpose.

Please note: This will be posted in parts every Friday!

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I started my Wattpad journey in May 2016. I was staying at my cousin’s house, and she asked me whether I knew about the app called Wattpad. I had never heard the name before. It was such an odd name for an app, I thought to myself. I was not interested in downloading the app because reading didn't appeal to so much. A few hours later, I downloaded Wattpad. Yay.

Then came the shocker. I got my first follower. A thin guy with spectacles. I was nervous because I had never been on a social media platform before. I didn't know what to do. I was staring at his profile pic, wondering if he was a psychopath or just crazy enough to follow me on Wattpad. I am anxious like that. I wondered how on earth did he find my account within six hours as I had not posted any stories on Wattpad yet.

The first book I read on Wattpad was fanfic about 'The Fault in Our Stars.' At that time, I had no idea what fanfic was. I picked that book to read because I had watched TFIOS twice now. Unfortunately, I didn't like the fanfic, so I uninstalled the app the same night.

Then came December of 2016. It was the Christmas holidays, and I was very tired of studying. I owned that crappy Nokia XL neon green phone. Urgh, that stock Android phone was a nightmare. I downloaded Wattpad and looked for some good books to read. At that time, Midika Crane’s books were a huge hit. Her books had those dark black and white covers were guys with eight pack abs stared out of the cover at the reader. At first, I hated the cover because I thought she hadn't done a great job of selecting a good cover for the book. I remember clicking on 'Alpha Kaden', a currently published novel. I had spent half an hour on one page trying to decipher what was written. Halfway through the Prologue and I couldn't read more. Her professional level of writing was not understandable by me.

When I was halfway done with Midika’s book, I added ‘She’s With Me’ by Ava Violet to my Wattpad reading list. It was such an amazing book. I loved reading it. It was about Amelia who was running away from her past. She had enrolled herself in the school. I don’t remember the name because I read it a long time back) and she meets the heartthrob of the school and his friends. The story was like a cliché romance novel but what stood out was Amelia’s back story.

After reading more than 90 books on Wattpad I decided to make a writing debut on Wattpad. I spent more time reading Wattpad books than studying. I would read Wattpad books in the canteen, the student's study room, at home when my mom wasn't watching. It was addicting. In 2017, the first book I wrote was a fanfic of Hellboy, the 2004 film. I never imagined myself writing fanfiction about a movie I was so scared to watch. As a child, I was so terrified of that movie that the moment I saw Hellboy on the screen, I would look away in fear. All that I remember as a kid was the scene from the second installment of the movie 'The Golden Army'. He was holding twin infants wrapped in a white blanket. There was some sort of fantasy creatures running around the street. Hellboy was spot on with his aim, that she shot them with his gun.

Then in May 2014, I got a chance to watch Hellboy on the television again. As a teenager, I wasn't scared of him anymore, but I was more intrigued by it. I loved that movie so much that I had a crush on John Myers (Rupert Evans). He was 'the dude that didn't get the girl', you know. I empathized with him as he took so much trouble by fighting alongside Hellboy. He deserved more.

Later in the movie, the professor tells John that he is dying, and Hellboy needs someone in his absence. In the movie, Hellboy treated Myers like trash. He is more of a nanny and less of an FBI Agent. And because of this, Myers tells the professor that he cannot stay at the BRDP any longer. The professor tells him that he chose him for a reason as he saw potential in Myers. He adds that in many medieval stories there is a white night and Myers was that. He tells him to take care of Hellboy after he passes away.

Another reason why I felt like writing fanfic was that Myers and Liz's chemistry was so adorable. He tried his best to flirt with Liz (Selma Blair). I hoped that he and Liz ended up as a couple. But Hollywood movies are unkind to side actors. So, when Hellboy got the girl, my heart dropped. My heart couldn't handle it. I was screaming at this heartbreaking injustice. I was like, this man needs a girl. I had to make a way to help him get the girl so that I didn't have this heaviness building inside me.

Above: Rupert Evans as John Myers in Hellboy (2004)

And thanks to being a Wattpad writer, I came up with my own story. I named it Hellboy 3. The reason for keeping this title was because of Hellboy: The Golden Army released in 2008. I didn’t want to confuse readers about which Hellboy movie the fanfic was about. I researched Wikipedia thinking that Rupert Evans had reprised his role as John Myers in it, but I was wrong. As per Wikipedia reports, Evans was filming ‘The Kiss of a Spiderwoman’ so he couldn’t be a part of the movie.

Writing the fanfic was challenging. I was stumbling through the dialogues and the scenes. I thought that this will not get more than 20 chapters, but if I am not wrong, it surpassed 20 chapters. The story got some likes, some encouraging comments, but then I was not happy with my writing. I deleted it.

In 2017-ish, I wrote another story about vampires. I wrote down the story on one of the leftover books I had in my drawer. I had a good time writing it as it was one of my original stories. I made my original characters, a mythical place cursed by time. I named it ‘The Kingsmen’. Then after I had filled half of the pages by writing, I decided it was time to edit. I posted it on Wattpad. I published the chapters with no updating schedule. After surpassing fifteen chapters, I deleted the book because the grammar was awful. I felt I was adding unnecessary commas after the dialogues. I didn't have someone to edit the story, and I also had this nagging suspicion that my mom knew I wasn't studying. I hated college because I would get tired, and the studies bored me to the core. I studied for the heck of it. Everything was fine when one fine day, I forgot the password to my Wattpad account.

It was hell on earth. Panic rose within me. It was like the end of the world was near. I tried to calm myself down. I had to remember the password. I felt that I was such a miserable person for forgetting a simple thing as a password. I tried password recovery. I scourged my Gmail account for the recovery link, but Wattpad wasn't sending the link. At that time, Wattpad was super slow when it came to sending recovery links for passwords. I remember Wattpad sent me recovery passwords five hours later. Wattpaders know that logging via recovery link is time-sensitive. When I clicked the link, Wattpad said that the link wasn't valid. I did this three times till my patience wore me out.

I was devastated. I had put so much of my heart and soul while writing that book. It was my baby, and now the account was gone….I didn't cry. Thank God I didn't cry. I was sad. It felt like someone took a piece of my heart away from me and didn't return it.

This is how it looked:

In January 2018, I made a new account on Wattpad. Now I have written down all the passwords in a notebook, not going to repeat the mistake.

Okay! This was the end of part one. Tell me how you liked it!!

By the way, I got the chance to watch Hellboy (2004) on the television today. John Myers is such a cutie!! Please check my latest IG highlights for the video. I cannot embedded the video on Tumblr :( 

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Chapter Eleven of ‘Come, Dark’ is now on Wattpad.

This is the final chapter of the story. Thank you everyone for reading this book. Also, a I will be posting a blog here which will talk about my writing on Wattpad. Stay tuned for more information. BYE!!!

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Chapter 9 of ‘Come, Dark’ now on #wattpad!!