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Bill and the Whistling Death

|10X FEATURED · AMBYS 2026 R1 QUALIFIER · WATTPAD CREATORS PROGRAM · PERFECT FOR FANS OF A MAN CALLED OVE AND REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES!| A troubled veteran attempts to forget the past by volunteering at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, but it proves difficult when he's close to the plane that changed his life forever--the Corsair. *** Retired Navy pilot William Beckington never planned to move on after The Incident and has lived with the guilt for seventy years. After failed attempts with PTSD counselors, his daughter recommends that he begin volunteering on the aircraft carrier CV-10 in Charleston, South Carolina. Reluctantly, Bill agrees, but his decision proves difficult when he stumbles back into the world of Corsairs, the plane he'd rather forget. Seeing that The Incident still haunts him, Bill's new friends attempt to help him remember his long-lost joy; he attends Bulldog Tours, learns the stories of other veterans, and strangely finds himself near the Corsair more than he would like. While nothing will free his mind from the traumatizing Incident, Bill must find a way to push past his grief and guilt to live the life he is meant to live--and rekindle his best friend's legacy before he succumbs. *** *#SupportHistoricalLGBTQVoices* Trigger Warnings (this book is a drama and touches on heavy topics, inspired by my father and grandpa's service in the Navy and my father's reaction to my older brother's death in 2021. However, it's a clean story.): - War trauma (including PTSD) - Survivor's guilt - Lots of angst - Accidental murder, and Bill's struggle to accept his friend's confession of being queer at first.
CroodsGirl · 116.9k Views

Sold To The Cruel Prince

He claims she belongs to another man… but he looks at her like she’s already his. Aveline Willowgrave was born to wealth, dignity… and a future she would never live to claim. At ten years old, she watched her parents die. The years that followed were worse. Her uncle stole her inheritance, her home, and her freedom. And at last… he sold her. She was masked, chained, and priced like livestock before a room of hungry men. Just as the crowd surges forward to strip her bare, a single voice cuts through the auction… A bid so high it silences the entire hall. A knight from Greenvale. He does not save her. He buys her. And when he removes his helmet, Aveline’s breath catches. Theron. The quiet orphan boy she once mocked when her world was still soft and golden. Now, he stands before her, powerful, controlled… and impossible to read. He tells her she was never meant for him. She was purchased as a gift, for Prince Vaelor of Greenvale, the Crown Prince whispered to be as cruel as he is untouchable. Cornered between slavery and a fate worse than death, Aveline makes the only choice left to her. “Don’t give me to the prince,” she whispers. “Take me as your mistress instead.” But Theron did not return to her life by accident. He has his own reasons. His own secrets. And as Aveline is drawn into Greenvale’s glittering court, she begins to wonder... Why did he choose her? Why did he disappear days before her parents died? And why, when he looks at her now, does it feel less like hatred… and more like something far more dangerous?
Golda · 267.6k Views

The Regressed Villainess Refuses to Die this Time

"How pathetic..." So this is how I die? "After everything I sacrificed for him... after bearing the weight of an entire household's hatred, this is how my story ends?" I could barely breathe. My blood stained the marble floor beneath me, and my vision slowly began to blur. Yet, through the haze, I could still see him. "Ah... there you are." My husband. "Those beautiful golden locks... those piercing blue eyes. The very eyes I once thought would look at me with affection." He stood before me, visibly shaken. His usually composed expression had crumbled, his eyes wide with something I couldn't quite understand. "What's wrong, Your Grace? Are you frightened?" I let out a bitter laugh, though it sounded more like a broken gasp. "Don't worry. I won't be an inconvenience to you anymore." He took a step towards me, his lips parting as though he wanted to say something. But I was too tired to listen. "Are you thinking about how to dispose of my body? Or perhaps how to explain my unfortunate death to your precious younger brother and his beloved fiancée?" Of course. It had always been her. "Lady Seraphina. The sweet, innocent fiancée. The woman whose virtues you never stopped praising. The woman against whom I was constantly measured." "And me? Your inconvenient wife. Your family's supposed villainess. The wicked woman who could never do anything right in your eyes." I had spent years trying to earn his affection. I had swallowed insults, endured humiliation, and played the part of a dutiful duchess, all because I foolishly believed that one day he might look at me the way he looked at her. "How amusing... I wasted my entire life loving a man who couldn't even stand the sight of me." My fingers trembled as I reached towards him, but my hand fell before it could touch his clothes. "If only..." My consciousness began to fade. "If only I could live again..." My lips curved into the faintest smile. "No more obedience. No more sacrifices. No more begging for scraps of affection." "If fate ever grants me another life, I swear..." "I will not be the woman who desperately seeks her husband's love." "I will not be the woman who tolerates humiliation for the sake of a marriage." "And I certainly will not play the villainess merely because everyone has already decided that I am one." "No..." My final breath escaped me. "I will become a real villainess." "I will take everything I desire. I will destroy anyone who dares stand in my way. I will live for myself, laugh for myself, and love only when I choose to." "And you, my dearest husband..." I will make you regret the day you ever looked down upon me.
Rosa_Scarlet · 1.2k Views