In Hawkins, Indiana, everyone knows who Eddie Munson is—and everyone knows to stay away from him. Y/N has spent her whole life being perfect: the principal’s daughter, the golden girl, and the last person anyone would expect to befriend the town’s biggest outcast. But when a chance encounter sparks an unexpected connection, stolen conversations turn into dangerous feelings neither of them can ignore. As Hawkins falls into chaos and Eddie becomes the target of a town-wide manhunt, Y/N must decide who to believe: the people she’s trusted her entire life, or the boy she’s falling for. Loving Eddie Munson was never supposed to happen. Now it might cost them everything.
Dracadia University is full of secrets. Y/N just didn’t expect to become one of them. When a bright, carefree student arrives on the isolated island, she quickly befriends Lilia Vespertine—and finds herself drawn into a mystery involving a deadly parasite, a devastating family history, and the university’s most feared professor. Devryck Bramwell is brilliant, secretive, and determined to find a cure for the illness slowly destroying him. He can’t feel the touch of another person. Until her. Between forbidden attraction, complicated loyalties, and secrets buried beneath Dracadia’s ancient halls, Y/N is about to discover that some things are better left unfelt. Because at Dracadia, the dead aren’t always dead. And the truth always has a price. (Fanfic of Nocticadia by Keri Lake)
I ran away from home because I thought I needed to escape my life. I never expected to wake up with a tail. Now I’m hiding a secret that could get me killed—and something out there knows exactly what I am. I can’t go home. Not after everything I’ve seen. Not when I know whatever is hunting me could follow me straight to my family. So I run. But the farther I go, the stranger things become. Some sinks aren’t safe. Some bathrooms aren’t safe. And whatever you do, don’t sleep in the wrong bed. Everyone thinks I’m losing my mind. Everyone except Josh. He’s a merman. He knows what I am. He knows what’s hunting me. And whenever I’m in danger, I somehow find myself calling his name. He always comes. I don’t understand why I feel so drawn to him. I don’t want to. I have a husband, a family, and a life I’m desperate to get back to. But Josh understands things no human ever could. The connection between us feels less like a choice and more like something I can’t explain—something written into the very nature of what we are. And the harder I try to distance myself from him, the stronger it becomes. Then my best friend sacrifices herself to protect my secret, the creatures hunting me start getting closer, and I discover the truth: I wasn’t turned into a mermaid by accident. I’m the reason the barrier between the human world and the sea is breaking. And the things coming through aren’t looking for just any mermaid. They’re looking for me. Because the ocean knows my name. And it’s coming to take me home.
