Patterson West is a college student who is obsessed with stars and astronomy. But everything changed when he met the oblivious and mystical nameless girl who fell from the sky! Now Patterson must be responsible in taking her in and teach her the ways of the world. He then vows to help her survive until she slowly regains her memories and goes back to the place she belongs to. However, as things started to get complicated, Patterson doesn't want her to leave. With his feelings getting in the way, will he be able to fulfill his vow to help her? Or will he let loose and let his heart prevail?

Out there in the universe exists millions of stars,
Billions of undiscovered planets,
Trillions of galaxies
Yet among the ever so wide cosmos…
There you are…
And you found me...

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Peter Westborn has always been fascinated by astronomy, especially by stars. His fascination with stars took a different turn when he met a nameless, mysterious, amnesiac being from space. Taking her in under the name Felicity, Peter took her in response to his emphatic feelings. But with the involvement of his family, the extraterrestrial beings, and the universe, one can say that Peter is much more connected to Felicity than he thinks.

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James, su vida da un giro muy rápido, dejando al descubierto una realidad que estaba muy dentro de él, pero no lo descubre hasta un instante, pero, en ese momento, tras ese importante momento, la persona que menos pensó que volvería a su vida, está de regreso.

" Living without a friend is not living at all"

Blake and James are best friends since their childhood. They both have a simple and normal life, but all of that changes when they met Charlie.

James Jackson woke up after a bad hangover only to discover he had got himself a coaching system. Follow James Jackson as he becomes the world best coach and tramples on enemies.

"Yes. Don't be so judgmental. Just because I have wonderful muscles on display and enough background knowledge to kill a man at least five different ways before they even notice doesn't mean I don't like to read."

Hudson stands, walking to where his bag of clothes sits in my closet. I'm pretty sure he's underestimating the ways to kill a man number.

"It's more than wanting to read it. You have to be able to sit quietly and do it when someone else is in the room," I yell after him. It's a process. One I couldn't do if my brother Alex were still here, but thankfully he headed on his way south again the next morning. Hudson, however, hasn't made it back to sleeping on the couch. I don't plan to complain.

When he ducks out of the bedroom, there's a smile written across his face as he holds up a thick James Patterson novel. Of course it's a James Patterson.

"I didn't take you for Patterson man." I lean back on the couch readjusting myself and opening my Kindle again. This could work. A girl must always keep hope.

Hudson shrugs, sitting back in the chair. He tosses his feet up on my coffee table and gets comfy. "Some of his plot points aren't so far-fetched. Now shhhh," he shooshes me with one finger across his lips. "I got into a good part on the plane."

Psft. Like he thinks I'm going to be the one to interrupt our reading time. The only sound between us for the next twenty to thirty minutes is the noise every time he flips the page on his old-school paperback. He doesn't even laugh at a funny part. Are there funny parts in a Patterson book?

I've never read a Patterson book. I'm not sure if it has any funny parts, but it's still the same. He doesn't make any facial expressions. Who reads a book and doesn't make any facial expressions?

I spend the next five minutes staring at Hudson while he reads, wondering what's going on in his big head. His nice to look at big head.

Too nice.

So nice I could imagine us doing this every weekend. Like a couple.

But we aren't a couple.

I half close the lid of my cover and set it on my lap.

That draws Hudson's attention. For a man who watches my every move normally, give him a book and hasn't looked my way once.

"Why are you looking at me with that expression?" he questions, not closing his book even a smidge.

I shake my head but I have no idea what he's talking about. "I wasn't."

"Yes, you were. You've watched me for the last few minutes without reading."

"Have not." I'm so busted. How does he do that? "You've been reading. How do you know if I haven't been?"

This time Hudson closes his book, making sure to put the cheap paper bookmark on the page to keep his spot. Who uses bookmarks? You're supposed to find the nearest scrap of paper to keep your page.

"Amanda," his head shakes back and forth in disbelief. "I'm always watching you."

"Yeah, because it's your job, right?"

"No, because I can't take my eyes off you."

"Me?"

Hudson chuckles in a quiet fashion like he can't believe I'm so behind on what's going on.

It's not far from the truth. I am pretty far behind. "What do you think of me?" I finally get the nerves to ask.

"Woman, I told you this already. I think you're amazing and beautiful and nice and kind. You put up with those friends of yours, so you obviously have patience," he says the last with a smile and it makes me laugh.

Hudson drops his book on my coffee table and pushes my feet to the side, taking up a spot on the other end of my sofa.

Like we are two magnets, drawn to one another on the couch — and yes, I get how ridiculous it sounds, but I can't stop my heart from experiencing it. I position my body closer to his. "You really think that?"

Hudson breathes deeply, shaking his head twice and leaning closer. He lightly kisses me on the lips. "Absolutely. New Year's Eve was one of the best nights of my life, but the next morning when you went back to acting as if everything was normal, I figured I should run with it. While it was my greatest memory ever, it was also not something normally allowed in my position. I don't want to believe I used my authority over you to influence how you feel."

I smile. "Your authority over me?" Now who's the delusional one?

"Regardless of whether you think you're in danger," he says rolling his eyes, "I don't want to abuse what we have between us."

I sneak my arm around his neck and press my lips against his.

Hudson pulls back a fraction. "I don't want to do anything to hurt you, Amanda."

"I trust you won't," I say before kissing him again.

Our bodies line up and I tumble backward taking Hudson with me. The weight of his body threatens to be too much, but he holds himself up with an arm braced on the back of the couch. There's an excitement that mingles between us as our kisses grow in ferocity. At this moment I want more. More of Hudson, more of this, more of what is sure to come.

I stopped things between us New Year's Eve before they went too far, but it's not something I plan to do today.

Hudson nibbles on my neck and the space behind my ear and I arch my body closer. So much closer. Anything to make sure every piece of us is touching.

Neither of us speaks until I grab at his shirt, doing my best to twist and pull it above his head.

"Are you sure?" he asks between short sweet kisses against my collarbone.

"Absolutely," I answer as easily as he did earlier in our conversation. There's nothing in the world I want more. Him. Me. Us.

He takes off his shirt, allowing it to fall to the floor beside the couch, and I suck in a breath. I've seen his naked chest before, but in the dark of the room on New Year's Eve, I missed the long scar that runs perpendicular to his left shoulder. I trace a finger against the raised skin, but quickly forget what I've been attempting to do when he undoes the top button of my jeans.

"You have a condom?" I ask because I don't. There haven't been many men in my apartment and even less naked ones.

He sucks in a breath, finishing with my zipper. "I'll get one, but not yet," he says as his hand works its way into the space between my jeans and skin. His fingers contact my pubic bone and my entire body jolts in pleasure.



A contemporary romance series full of hot nerds from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Megan Matthews. 
San Francisco is heating up this summer.

With grad school under my belt I’m ready to start the next chapter of my life. San Francisco is a brand-new city. I have an amazing apartment, a new job, family, and friends to keep me occupied. Life in the city will be easy. Or at least it would if I could figure out why my heart skips a beat every time I see my hot neighbor.

Handsome, funny, and always around right when I need him, Finnegan McRyan is my own personal knight in shining armor. The tousled hair and sexy glasses don’t hurt his appeal either. Finn acts like the perfect man, but there’s something about him that has me questioning if it’s too good to be true.
Can I count on him when it really matters or is Finn using his good guy image to hide the truth?
#explicit content
#Age 18+
The Boys of RDA is created by Megan Matthews, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author


P.O.V: Jake Fallburg 

 Today is a day like any other atleast it was supposed to be. My class and I was returning from our annual grade celebration when Puff! We were summon inside a empty and enormous mansion. 
 " We need to stick together splitting apart in a unknown area is suicide!" The one who is speaking like that is our class president Andre Patterson he as the fourth highest grade in the entire nation while still being a active member in all sorts of sports. " That might be true but we have more than enough people to cover each other ." The next person is Frank Zoey our Class vice president and is a so called prodigy winning many chess and and go tournament both internationally and regionally tournament making her the best u18 in the world. " I agree with Zoey here splitting up would be best we can go in groups of five anything that can kill all of us with that number wouldn't make any difference even if were together." The one who is speaking now is Leroy Johnson he's from a very notorious line of people he's grandfather was know as the crazy clown while his older brother is responsible for the redtown that almost killed five people before he was gun down by local residents despite his outward appearance coming off as brutish he's a very kind and gentle person but he's still very reclusive." No strength in numbers is key to survival Andre is right we can't just arbitrary cut our strength in quarters like that." I say recieving the stare and attention of everyone present. As for who I am well I am Jake Fallburg a future mechanical engineer. 
 We proceeded to argue for hours until for hours until a vote was decided and me Andre lost 11-9 to nine so now we are split into group of five . Group one : 
Myself
Felicia Walter
Victoria Williams 
James Bond
Tashakay Anderson 
The second group:
Leroy Johnson 
Andrew Bacchus 
Tyler Archer 
Maxwell Lamar 
Tanisha Parkinson 
The third group: 
Andre Patterson 
Joshua Davidson
Miley Citrus 
Alicia Fae 
Nova Sinclair 
Final group:
Annabeth Wing 
Luke Strong 
Frank Zoey 
Natasha Pinkvella 
Marcus Lucid 
 My worst fears as been realized everyone forming personalized with the exception of the fourth group everyone is a friend or acquaintance.  " Why the long face Jay." She still optimistic as every the one who is speaking Victoria Williams a very old friend she is blonde one of only two in the group along with Andre they even share the same blue eyes people leaving people thinking that they are related but I know that's not the case. The only other person that doesn't have the standard brown eyes is Alicia Fae who as sea green eyes due to her family being of foriegn descent. " I'm worried that the group will permanently split apart at this rate it seen inevitable. " Soon as finished speaking I hear a cold and Arrogant laugh behind me . " Only someone as simple as yourself would consider such things as important, as a true genius and a mad scientist I deem such things unneccessary." Of course he would say that for some reason he consider himself my eternal rival despite everyone including myself seeing as edgy." Ignore his creepy side we should always extend a helping hand to allow does around us." Victoria says with her constant smiling face." He's right only a second place loser would consider such things important let's go Felicia." Screw you Tasha only you would keep remember a event from so long and don't let her bully me Felicia. 
 " What the hell is this ?" I agree with James as well this room is filled with so many different things like almost five feet wide monitor or the the giant green and black table surrounded by twenty chairs or the ten symbol on the wall or the most eye catching thing is the 3 feet tall podium in the center. " it's like a command room a ugly one but a command room none the less ." I might agree this place is a little shabby but that's not important right now." Archer class choosen by God of hunting does who walk this class gain incredible skills with the bow ." We all turn to Felicia who stares at us while we all smile. " I guess we have been isekaied."
 Now that we have all made it tell us of your finding starting with group two." Despite Andre saying so no one speaks for a while until Leroy sighs. " We found a room filled with ... intresting things like a table over flowing with blood, a black carving knife and a black never ending flame." Everyone stare at him for a while if four other person didn't go aswell everyone would see him as insane. " So what about those things ." Andre ask with a serious but calm face while Frank stares at him with a doubtful but serious face." We deemed it neccessary to retreat so we didn't find out anything." He looks down with a sorry expression while Andre simply rubs his chin then says." It's okay I would have done the same atleast you found something all I found was a room filled with beds,bandages and alchohol." He says while rubbing his head shyly." Atleast you found something all I found was a bunch of chest which we couldn't open at all." So apart from us no one found anything of noteworthy. " it leaves us with group one." Breathe in Breathe out now get him tiger." Apart from all that's here the most interesting part are the symbols on the wall." 
 " So your saying we can gain abilities and classes like in those stupid isekai's and mmorpg's how sure are you?" Frank says while staring at me skeptically I would be honestly but I won't stand down." I'm ninety percent sure I'm even willing to be a test subject if neccessary." I say with all the confidence I have inside me Andre looks at Frank then at Leroy and smiles." Okay then." 
 I walk up to the wall and begin to read everything from left to right:
A HAMMER- blacksmith:
Choosen by the God of fire and ore does who pick this class are master forgers.
A SWORD- warrior: 
Choosen by the God of war does who pick this class are masters with the sword and many weapons. 
A SICKLE- farmer 
Choosen by the god of agriculture does who pick this class are know to be blessed by nature.
A EYEBALL- mage 
Choosen by the God of nature does who choose this class wield unimaginable power.
A POTION BOTTLE- alchemist 
Choosen by the God of magic does who choose this class will overturn the world.
A CHAINS- TAMER 
Choosen by the God of wild beast does who choose this class this class will have power over other creatures. 
A FIST- MONK
Choosen by the God of spirituality and physicality they gain a powerful and unstoppable body.
A X- Enchanter
Choosen by the God of strength and blessing does who choose this path are granted powers with unlimited potential. 
A BOW- archer 
Choosen by the God of hunters does who walk this class gain incredible skill with the bow.
A CROSS- priest 
Choosen by the God of life and death does who walk this class will gain a small key to life.
 Only ten I wonder if I choose on if it will disappear doesn't matter now without hesitation blacksmith after all it's the closest to my goal.I stretch my hand out and and touch the hammer and suddenly I feel a sudden boast in energy enter my body then suddenly a message appears before me.

WELCOME BLACKSMITH JAKE FALLBURG!

Despite my bewilderment a giant wooden chest appear causing everyone to back of In fear." If memory serves me right important things are hidden within." Saying so I turn to everyone to gain their approval which thankfully they agree with a nod." Yolo!" I open the chest without hesitation.
 " Haha you look like marshmallow in that suit." Come on Felicia don't laugh at tasha dumb joke also I see you giggling Victoria.The big fluffy suit along the gloves, hammer and goggles are apart of the chest along with the two scrolls on the table. " I see that must be your blacksmith Equipment." Andre says with a smile the turn towards the symbols and say." Now let's decide how we will choose our classes." Frank smiles then says " We have twenty of us isn't that obvious." Andre sighs then say " I agree we need to cover as much ground as possible we aren't sure of all the class possibilities." So like that our group was formed.
Andrew Bacchus farmer
Tyler Archer farmer
Leroy Johnson Archer 
Miley Citrus Archer 
Maxwell Lamar priest 
Frank Zoey priest 
Tanisha Parkinson Tamer 
Nova Sinclair tamer 
Jake Fallburg blacksmith 
Victoria Williams blacksmith 
James bond Alchemist 
Tashakay Wilson Alchemist 
Joshua Davidson warrior 
Andre Patterson warrior 
Alicia Fae mage 
Marcus Lucid mage
Felicia Walter Enchanter 
Annabeth Wing Enchanter 
Natasha Pinkvella monk
Luke Strong monk 

 With that we begin our life in this new world.


A group of twenty students are transported to another world. What will they do ? will they return can they return?

"Alright!" the whole lecture was just about a few minutes shy from a whole hour, when it finally finished, Carl walked back to the podium with two other students by his side and asked the audience: "Any questions you wanna ask? We will try our best to provide you with satisfying answers."

Someone from the audience behind Jason raised his hand. When Jason looked back at this audience member, he found that this was the chubby and food-loving Chinese man he and Caroline saw once in the canteen, who seemed really familiar to Jason and Caroline at the time and still did now to Jason.

"What's Mr. Patterson's advice on preventing over-filtering when it comes to close-binding target material and impurities?" this chubby Chinese man asked: "He mentioned it briefly during the lecture, but did not elaborate very much."

"Yes, good question. Actually I believe Mr. Patterson touched more on this in the following lecture - he explained that if you know and understand the binding force enough, and you have the ability to create an array that resonates with neither the target material nor the impurities but only the binding force itself, you can neutralize the binding force thus forcefully separate them. This is in theory achievable, but we have the ability to create arrays that resonate with less than five kinds of binding forces." the student on Carl's left side explained: "I believe Mr. Patterson himself is still trying to develop a more general solution but I think he is still in the initial phase of that research."

"Thank you! That's… very inspired." the chubby Chinese man thought for a short while then said.

"How to best stabilize the array when the purification is in its most volatile phase?" another student asked: "When I try to purify Oceanian Crystals from the rough stones, I always seem to encounter a phase where the half-purified material breaks apart into very small grains and even droplets, which causes the whole process to become extra unpredictable and prone to failure. I have tried many techniques but all ended up me using more energy stones to forcefully contain the volatility. Mr. Patterson also briefly mentioned the general principles of dealing with this phase during the lecture, but I was wondering how to operate based on them."

"Yes, that is definitely quite common, especially when we're dealing with high volatility material like Oceanian Crystals and Brimstone Amber." Carl answered with a smile: "From my experience working with Mr. Patterson and reading his research notes, the easiest method would be to first understand the source of volatility and locate them, meaning different kinds of impurities and how they may interact with the array; then, we could pre-prep the composite with some de-volatilize agents; and finally when crafting the purification array, we can try to make sure the array interact with the de-volatilize agents to maximize the effect. As for what kind of de-volatilize agents to use, it would be on a case by case basis. All in all, you need to take time to understand the material you're dealing with, and find the most effective ways to deal with all the components. And everyone, please bear in mind - we may call them impurities and target material, but when it comes to the process of purification, they are just components that need to be separated. "

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In his office, Professor Atkinson was pacing near his own table, and Dolores was sitting in front of hers.

"It's been days, Mr. Yu still hadn't come up with his device. I think we may need to halt our research. Our remaining energy stones will last at most one day if we use them very carefully. It's kinda surprising that we lasted this long with our rough purification methods."

"Even if he was able to bring us the purification device - we won't be able to fully complete our research - we could first try to decipher the message inside the energy signature. And maybe wait until the academy is open again." Professor Atkinson sighed and said.

"It would take quite a while. We just had three faculty members and about five students showing symptoms of exposure." Dolores sighed: "And I heard from sources close to uncle Tamil, some investigative agents from the government had come into the academy to investigate the matter, while the administration is still trying to cover everything up. I don't think those energy stones will be here soon."

"So… I think either we halt our research and try to scrap for resources while we can, or we find another way." Professor Atkinson stopped at his desk, reached into one of the drawers and took out a dark and translucent scythe.

"You're thinking about accepting it." Dolores stood up from her chair.

"Yes. Even if we're not in the current position, I would still be very tempted to accept it." Professor Atkinson said: "This is not just any contract anyone powerful was able to offer. And you know, as a scholar, I spent all my life trying to understand Godfalls and gain as much knowledge as I can about the old gods. This contract, with its terms so favorable to us, presents a chance to us almost too good to be true."

"And hence it worries me." Dolores sighed and said: "Professor, I know you trust Mr. Yu, I trust him as well. But this contract is only offered to us, he merely negotiated the terms for us. They are both on a level that we could barely understand, I'm afraid..."

"You're afraid that the terms might have some hidden meanings that we are not yet familiar with or we do not understand, and they could affect us in a negative way?" Professor Atkinson asked, then after thinking about it for a short while, he raised the scythe and let it float around in midair: "Let's check the terms out again."

When Professor Atkinson infused his magical power into the scythe, the hologram a huge blob of grey cloud appeared in the room. And from inside of the grey cloud, a vague humanoid shape started to speak, slowly and clearly: "I, the first ascender from the void, the origin fire of the void-born and decreer of all realms of living aspects, hereby offer this binding contract to mortals James B. Atkinson and Dolores J. Brooke. It will be by my will and decree, that the common knowledge, access to temples and rituals afforded to my followers and children of the old days be fully imparted upon the contracted mortals without holdback, in exchange for their aid in locating the inheritor of my knowledge, power and throne. This agreement shall be bound by the purest and straightest of my will, and shall be violated or disrespected by none."

He left his home, unwillingly, to a realm of cultivation, Xianshu, mythical manuals and Dao. And now he’s here due to a failed attempt at going home, a place bears a lot of resemblance but not the same.

“At least it’s close enough here. I’ll get there on my next jump.” Jianmen Yu said to himself, “But while I’m prepping, let me do my old job here for a bit.”

And there we have it, “Xianshi Inn”, run by a cultivator, who’s not of this world. Don’t mess with it or its employees, the owner will kick your ass, no matter who you are, no matter WHAT you are.

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Christmas day; the most magical time of year, celebrated differently accordingly to each culture. It is a period filled with cheer and joy, where you commonly are embraced by love and joy, as well as, surrounded by the most wonderful people around.
It's only at this time of year that people usually decorate a fresh pine tree with lights and colorful ornaments of their choice, surround themselves by the fireplace, letting its warmth feeling enwrap them like a huge fluffy blanket, and receive presents from their family members that come to visit them on this holiday. It's prudent not to spoil it to the children, as they still believe in Santa Claus.
And, there are a lot of various, fun customs like; whoever stands under the mistletoe, is bound to kiss the person next to them or the 'obligation' to leave a plate with cookies and a glass of fresh milk as a house welcoming to 'Santa', the North Pole guy who descends the chimneys of each house with a bag of gifts to put under the tree, or the custom to leave shocks hanging by the fireplace for the small presents.
It is such a fun holiday! However, that's not all that matters, the religious reason behind it is equally important.
If the holidays can be filled with lots of joy but also full of drama, now imagine that while involving demons.
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The five Incubi boys, who had come into Sarah's life at the beginning of the school year, managed to stay with her throughout a whole year, following her ups and downs in high school. Despite her constant changes of humor and mental breakdowns, they remained supportive and surprisingly eager to stick around.
Unfortunately, they were still freshly known to her family and friends, thus she had to make some very painful sacrifices, so to speak. Sarah's family had insisted on her returning to their home for the holidays. Adding to that them collectively wanting to spend the holidays together, at the time, it seemed a good idea to bring the incubi along since she already considered them as part of her family, however, it would not be suited very well. After all, her parents still believed that they were the house servants. Bringing even one of them home for the holidays would have been... an interesting story.
With that in mind, she decided she would stay home with the boys on the 24th and invite Suzu and Naomi over, and visit my parents on the 25th. Sarah's feelings were quite divided; a major side of her felt remarkably excited since it was the first she'd spend Christmas Eve away from her parents' protective wing, and yet the other party felt a bit anxious and like slapping herself because she was actually forcing a part of her family to be alone on this once-in-the-year holiday. Still, she was feeling thrilled, it was a much-needed time for her parents.
In all honesty, it was rather hilarious to see the Incubi prepare Christmas Eve dinner. Her gaze landed on the dining room, which looked much like that of a fancy restaurant.
"For crying out loud-- Sam! Get out of the Kitchen!" Mathew yelled, beyond frustrated. It was the fifth time that Sam would sneak in and steal another treat; and all of that just before the supper.
"Shaddap ya, little runt! I'm hungry!" Said Sam with his mouth full and his stomach growling still.
"You have to wait for dinner then! It's almost done! Go sit at the table!" Mathew shouted a response, impossibly to raise his voice any further.
"Don't yell! I'm right next to ya!" Sam whined, covering his ears at the close proximity to which they stand to one another.
"SAM--! Didn't you hear your brother?!" Apparently, James was grabbing Sam by the ear as he was grunting continuously due to the pain enforced by his brother's fingers vigorously twisting his earlobe, "You are in the way! Out, now!"
"Gahh!" Sam finally found the strength to push James, "Fine, fine! Sheesh..." He rubbed his ear in an attempt to ward off the aching. "Now it's hot and bright red. Thank's a lot, James..."
"What was that?" James voiced dangerously, making sure that Sam knew that he would bring hell on earth if he didn't stop complaining.
"N-Nothing--!" And, he rushed through the double door and quickly sat down at the table.
"We told you not to go in there again," Erik gave him a 'told him so' look.
"That's what you get for stealing food ahead of time, Sam." Damien enhanced the idea.
"I swear to God I'll hurt both of you," Sam growled between clenched teeth.
"That's not really the way of treating your brothers, or is it? Do you want to end up in Santa's mischievous boys' list'?" Erik teased, trying to lighten the mood.
Sam's eyebrow twitched in irritation as he stood up and started to roll up the sleeves of his green woolly blouse.
Suzu shouted thrilled, nearly jumping like a little fan-girl at her first concert. "These boys are so much fun to watch! I already like the brute one~" And, promptly rushed to Sam's side to support and encourage the brotherly fight.
Sarah sighed in exasperation and raked a hand through her hair. Suzu and Sam were already so troublesome alone, if they were to end up getting together it would turn out to be an explosive mixture. She was naive if she thought she could prevent the evening to end in a fight; realizing she hadn't exactly thought that through, she crossed her fingers and hoped that it would not come to much.
Naomi bent over with a concerned expression at the scene displayed and whispered in her ear. "Err, Sarah? They are not going to fight, right?"
She shook her head in response. "Everything is under control, don't worry Naomi." and promptly dismissed her justified concern and went to take her seat at the table instead; Naomi was not far behind.
"Princess," Erik called tenderly, walking over to her seat. Sarah jolted from her spot in a startle; she stood very still and waited. He reached out for her hand and gently took it to his lips, planting a soft kiss over her knuckles while not breaking eye contact with her. "Merry Christmas, love," said Erik with a merry sparkle in his eyes.
Once again, an intense blush spread across her cheeks at the gesture, as usual. "Err... ah... I-I... T-Thank you, Erik! T-To you t-too!" I babbled unnerved.
"Eww--! Bo-ooh!" Both Suzu and Sam snapped seeing us being so lovey-dovey.
"I could almost throw up!" Said Suzu, mimicking the gesture with her finger to the side.
"Me too!" Accompanied Sam, doing the same.
"You guys are so lame!" Suzu uttered loudly and Sam quickly agreed. "Now, where's the food? What's the delay?! I want to eat!" Both of them, like two little mischievous kids, started slamming their hands on the table and repeating over and over, 'I want to eat'.
The others giggled at the situation. They were right to feel impatient. James and Mathew had assigned themselves to make the Christmas Eve dinner and had pulled out every recipe book in the library just to make sure they had the perfect menu. The aromas that wafted from the kitchen were intoxicating and almost heavenly. Sarah felt her mouth water just from the scent. It didn't help that the kitchen had pretty much become a locked-down territory. Unless you wanted an earful from James and Mathew combined, then it was the best that you stayed out of their work-space.
Erik pulled the chair back and gently guided Sarah by the hand around it, pushing it back at the end, like a perfect gentleman. "T-Thank you, Erik." she expressed her appreciation at the thought.
Erik kissed her cheek in acknowledgment of her 'thanks'. Then, he did the same with Naomi. "Miss Patterson."
"Thank you, Erik. So nice of you." Naomi smiled and also thanked him for the hospitality.
"There's a proper way of treating a lady," Erik said, keeping a kind smile plastered over his lips. "We man should treat your woman at every opportunity," then explained in a soft tone of voice, taking a brief glance at his princess all across the room.
She felt a blush working its way up her neck again, understanding completely what he meant. More teasing. Great. The boys were so mellow to this type of thing that they totally missed the point of only opening the presents at midnight. So, Erik had already given her his Christmas present earlier in the afternoon.
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"E-Erik...!" Sarah was taken completely by surprise when he showed up at her room with a gift box wrapped in golden paper and fixed together with red lacing. A colossal bow stood perfectly at the center of it. "You do know that the presents are to be given and open at midnight, right?"
Erik shrugged a shoulder and scratched the back of his neck, "Well-- of course I do."
"Liar! Now, there's no turning back," She smirked, already undoing the lace and ripping the paper off. "I'm curious! What is it?!"
"To be honest, this isn't the kind of present you should be opening near the Christmas tree..." His expression confessed that such gift didn't quite scream 'appropriate' to pry eyes.
Those words concerned her but, she decided to just ignore them and proceeded with caution. Still, she wary of what that box might hold. "Victoria's secret..." Her fingers pressed gently onto the red carton cover and felt her mouth gap open at what she read. "N-No way!" She quickly pushed the lid aside to look at its content.
"Do you like it?" Erik asked, biting his lower lip in anticipation.
"I-I..." She was left speechless; inside was a cute christmas outfit with its own sexy lingerie to go with. The outfit was from a very simplistic design, consisting of a heart-shaped short dress with red half-thigh socks. As for the lingerie that came with the setting, a strapless corset having garters attached to it and loin-cloth lace panties, commonly know as 'Merrywidows'.
Erik moved forward and whispered into Sarah's ear. "For tonight... It's a Small, hope you fit in~"
She tried to suppress her own embarrassment as much as she could but, the extreme blush searing through her cheeks made her into a cat trying to hide but forgot his tale out.
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~ End of the flashback ~
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Her own private thoughts made her blush so, she averted her gaze down and started fidgeting with her fingers. Her heart caught in her chest; it was wildly racing at the thought of using that anytime soon.
Damien, a bit flustered himself, cleared his throat and tried to change the subject. "They're almost done, so we won't be waiting long."
"Hm~! Whatever it is they're cooking, it smells amazing." Naomi sang as she realized she would feast in a real banquet tonight.
"That's good. They've been working all day on the food." Erik praised.
"Man, they need to hurry the hell up!" Sam's stomach grumbled loudly again.
"Quit being impatient Sam!" Scolded James from the kitchen entrance.
Sam opened his mouth to fight back but instantly shut it, most likely thinking the better of it, and growled under his breath as he turned to sit again.
"You've gone soft..." Said Suzu with a disappointed tone.
"Shut up and sit too!" Sam placed a hand on her shoulder and pushed her down so she would sit too, who groaned as her bum met the seat.
Soon enough, James and Mathew began to carry larges plates to the dining room, setting them methodically around the table so everyone had the chance to get what they wanted regardless of where they sat.
Sarah was stunned once more by the sheer amount of food prepared, topped only by the intense aroma that melted almost perfectly in the air. It was like they were trying to take the record of how much food can be placed on the table from when they had arrived. Finally, the table was set, and are all seated, ready to dig in.
"I gotta admit, you and James did good, Matthew." Sam gave the food and the work diligently poured into it a sincere compliment.
"Heh, thank's Sam." Matthew's expression looked so proud of it.
"Sam and Mathew not fighting? It's a Christmas miracle!" Erik snickered at the unintentional pun and Sam frowned, his gaze an unspoken surprise.
"H-Hey! I'm not a complete asshole to him!" he shouted, stomping a fist onto his chest.
"Only sometimes!" Matthew's laugh was cute.
"Heh, well it is Christmas eve so it's a good way to get the habit of being nice started." Stated James.
"Very true." Erik nodded, agreeing.
Damien chuckled and, Sarah willed herself not to laugh at their exchange of words, but it was hard enough already. Both girls accompanied them in laughter.
They all ate dinner and talked about several topics, trying to include Suzu and Naomi at maximum. The dinner took at least an hour, but an enjoyable hour. James and Matthew started to lift the table. Despite James kindly refusing Naomi's help, he wasn't able to change her mind. So, the girl got up from her seat and went to help them in the kitchen. Erik as well disappeared from the dining room with the excuse of go lit the fireplace. At the end, who remained at the table were Sarah, Suzu, Sam, and Damien.
"Hey! Since those four will be occupied for the next hour, I have an idea to pass time!" shouted Suzu, rather enthusiastically.
Sam, with a hand supporting his chiseled chin, gazed at Suzu; he wore an intrigued expression on his face. "Say it already, Italian girl! What's the big idea?"
Suzu slammed her hand on the table. "So, here's the idea. Let's play that game called 'Never Have I Ever'." and thus, suggested a drinking game.
Damien and Sam stared back at Suzu, obviously not knowing in which the game consisted.
"Ugh--! Don't tell me you don't know the game!" Suzu sighed in exasperation. "Then let me enlighten you, innocent souls. The 'Never Have I Ever' game is a simple game that can provide entertainment for large groups. Each one of us as to come up with something ridiculous, or not, and say 'I Never Have I Ever...' and next add that thing."
Damien raised his hand questioningly.
"Yes...? Is he a little kid?" She whispered at last to Sam, who shrugged his shoulders dismissively.
"Can you give us an example?" inquired Damien.
"Hm... Ah! For example, one person says 'I never have I ever been in handcuffs' and the rest of us has to answer affirmatively or not depending on if it happened or not." Suzu briefly explained.
"Sounds fun!" cheered Damien, up to dive into the game blindly.
"Lameeee~!" Sam immediately boo-ohed Suzu's festive plan to keep them occupied.
"Wait on a minute! You still haven't heard the fun part!" Suzu rubbed her hands against each other mischievously. "The person who says 'I have' has to go... bottoms-up!"
"Now, we're speaking the same language!" Instantly Sam's playful mood was back.
A devilish glint sparkled suddenly in Suzu's eyes, "Let's begin then."
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~ In the kitchen ~
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While those four were still in the dining room jerking off, James and Naomi remained in the kitchen washing up the dishes.
"Looks like they are having fun," Naomi mentioned out loud.
"Looks like it, miss Patterson," James chuckled a response and glanced back at the others through the open window, "Very good observation."
Glancing up in the same direction as James, Naomi smiled, feeling a sudden need for levity. "I'm glad. Hope those two won't be too hard on that cinnamon roll~"
"Cinnamon roll... miss Patterson?" For a moment James looked confused in his speech, and then, he turned his gaze towards the blond girl beside him, inquiringly.
Naomi just giggled softly, "The ginger-haired guy... Damien, I think? He seems to be the quiet type, always in his bubble of solitude." and resumed her focus. "I'm sure Suzu will behave herself and won't be such a bad influence."
"Oh? So, you were talking about him... yes, I do hope the same." James wished, hoping that trouble wouldn't come to follow afterward.

Sarah Anderson, a young heir to the Anderson's Toy Company, has to face an entire world full of demons in order to surpass a Succubus who's trying to steal away the man she has fallen in love with.

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Disclaimer: This is based on the otome game "Seduce Me & Seduce Me 2." Hope you enjoy the story! It happens a bit before the events with Diana in "Seduce me Otome" and before "Seduce Me 2 The Demon War"
Some facts narrated in the game may be altered as for some character's purpose in it.
All rights go to Michaela Laws, creator of the game.

Brian was pleased with the results and guided me to Patterson; he was going to test my agility and fielding. The first test was 60 yard dash, I wasn't too worried about speed as it was one of my best qualities. Patterson also tested my arm strength, accuracy and reaction speed. After patterson had gotten results, he handed a sheet to the head coach. After looking at the sheet, coach looked straight at me and chuckled to himself. "Everyone gather round!" Coach belowed. "We are going to play a match."
He started telling us who was in the team that was batting second, 

1. Alijah Hawkins 1B 

2. Anthony Williams RF 

3. David Johnson SS

4. Isaac Walker CF

5. Mike Hall P

6. Kane Bennnett C

7. Samuel Cook LF

8. Luke Anderson 2B

9.Thomas Griffen 3B

Coach then announced the team batting first,

1. James Carter LF

2. Ryan Fletcher 3B

3. Zachary Watson C

4. George Turner RF 

5. Josiah Martin 2B
 
6. Alex Henderson P 

7. Tristan Parker SS

8. Hayden Rodgers CF

9. Cooper Lee 1B

"Tyler and Hudson will not be participating in the match, I don't want it to be too one-sided" Coach announced to the the team, I presume Hudson is the captain. "Coach you should let us play, this match will be interesting." Tyler exclaimed. Coach looked confused about why it would be interesting but he just ignored Tyler. 
Mike was on the mound ready to pitch, I was at the center field but could still hear murmurs about how weak I looked. The top-half of the inning went smoothly, there were no hits. It was our turn to bat now, Alijah got a hit on his third attempt  he advanced to first base. Anthony kept fouling Alex until he got a walk, he advanced to first base and Alijah went on to second base. David got struck out, there were two runners on base and it was my turn to bat. Alex looked nervous, he knew that I hit most of his pitches last time. Hopefully he didn't figure out in bad at breaking balls. Alex got into a windup postion and the ball was a fastball right down the center. "Crack!" the ball flew right over the fence, we successfuly got a three-run homer. All the players that were talking about me had their mouth wide open, "Told you coach." Tyler laughed at how even coach was suprised, I guess Brian didn't tell coach about my batting. Mike and Kane got struck out straight away so the inning was over. The top-half of the next inning was the same as the first inning, no hits. Our bottom of the line-up was batting, all three of them got struck out straight away. The game carried on the same as before, I got three homers so we just needed one more hit at the bottom-half of the fifth inning to mercy rule. Mike's pitching got better throughout the game and the other team got more nervous due to my homers, so having no hits was quite easy for Mike. A senior with blonde hair was up first to bat, I think his name was Anthony. He was a good batter and it was the top of our line-up so it was pretty much confirmed we would mercy rule the other team. Alex was nervous as hell up on the mound, you could see his legs shaking. He threw the ball right down the center at a slow speed, such an easy hit especially for someone like Anthony. "Crack!" The ball flew way over the Alex's head and Anthony ran to second base. David bought Anthony home with a clean hit to right field. We mercy ruled them 10-0, our team was ecstatic however the other team members lost confindence in their skill especially Alex who let up three homers. "Should I have gone easy on them? I feel like I've just broken a toy." I asked Tyler. "It just toughens them up." Coach replied in Tyler's stead, "I think it's fair to say you can join the varsity team." He smirked at me before leaving. 
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By the time Chris, Tyler and I got home from practise it was already quite late (Chris is in the JV, he wanted to join varsity this year but his coaches said he wasn't good enough yet) As we sat down for dinner, Robert started to make an announcement, "We are going to be taking in another foster child on Thursday." The whole table went silent, "She's a senior just like you Aubrey, hopefully you can get along." (Aubrey is Tyler's older sister) Aubrey nodded, she seems to be a silent person. "Tyler, since you have the biggest room would you mind Isaac sleeping in the same room as you? We will put her in the room Isaac is staying in." Mary continued the conversation. "Sure!" Tyler immediately confirmed. "Alright after dinner you can help Isaac start moving his stuff, you already have a bunk bed in your room so he can sleep their tonight." Mary didn't wait for reply, she just ushered us upstairs. Chris was being more quite than usual, he's probably acting nice so he dosen't get grounded longer
"Do you really not mind me staying here?" I Inquired, my lips curled downwards. "Of course not, it's nice to finally have someone to talk to; Chris is a moron and Aubrey just keeps to herself."  Tyler explained excitedly, "You're also better at baseball in some aspects, you can teach me some tricks." We moved some of my belongings into his room before having a shower, after that we finished our homework. I slept on the top bunk whilst Tyler carried on doing his school work; as he was in higher classes he had more work to do .

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