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Vise Versa

The Space Between Childhood and Sky In a quiet, tree-lined neighborhood humming with lawnmowers, porch swings, and the endless echo of summer cicadas, three lives are set on a course that will forever intertwine. Skie, a Black girl with stars in her eyes and a voice too big for the walls around her, has always shared her world with Conner—her charming, loyal next-door neighbor and childhood best friend. They've grown up side by side, tethered by backyard games, scraped knees, and the kind of bond that doesn't need words. But everything begins to shift the summer a quiet moving truck pulls up to the house across the street. From it steps Dylan, an eight-year-old Korean boy with thick glasses, too many books in his arms, and a nervous smile. New to the country and to the language, Dylan finds himself an outsider—until Skie and Conner take him in, and the trio becomes inseparable. Over the span of ten years, their friendship weathers the seasons of growing up: awkward middle school crushes, high school heartbreak, cultural gaps, academic pressures, and unspoken feelings that hover like clouds between them. Now on the brink of adulthood, as they step into the uncharted territory of college life and personal independence, Skie, Conner, and Dylan must face the truths they’ve long buried. Who are they without each other? And can friendship survive the gravity of growing up? Told across *60 emotionally charged and heartfelt chapters**, with **four side stories** offering deeper insight into pivotal moments and characters, *Vise Verse or The Space Between Childhood and Sky * is a powerful coming-of-age tale that explores race, identity, love, and the fragile, beautiful ties that hold us together—even when the world tries to pull us apart.
Kel_Young_Wrld · 380 Views

Princess Yetunde: Life, Death, and Rebirth

Eighteen years old, this is the age most princess, my sister's, were sold off, ohh sorry, I meant married off. For parents that keep Omoaanre (A kept child) or (pure girl), it's an age the parents look forward to but not for me it's a day I dread the most. A day I'll be thrown into a different world, and expected to marry a man I never knew, nor seen. Expected to make my own family and be a perfect wife. Not that I know a different way. I've been tutured and trained for this only. Omoaanre are girls that have never seen the sun, never walked on the ground, virgins and never seen a guy apart from your nuclear family. For a princess it's goes without saying that we're one. Not everyone can keep Omoaanre, and girls that are out of their rooms before marriage are considered unpure, their family are looked down upon and can only marry a poor man. Born under a rare eclipse in the ancient kingdom of Oyo-Moba, Princess Yetunde was never destined for an ordinary life—even if everyone tried to make her believe otherwise. Sheltered, revered, and raised as an Omoaanre—a "kept girl" untouched by sunlight, soil, or the eyes of men—Yetunde is trained to be the perfect wife, not the powerful woman she is meant to become. At eighteen, she's chosen as the political bride of a foreign nobleman: Lord Marcus Valerian, a pale, brooding duke from the empire of Saint Liora. Cold, cursed, and carrying secrets of his own, Marcus sees their marriage as nothing more than a contract. Yetunde? She sees it as exile. But the night she steps into his world, her first life ends. And something ancient within her wakes. Now reborn with fragmented memories, strange powers, and a spine she didn’t know she had, Yetunde must navigate a world of foreign customs, mystical bloodlines, and inconvenient feelings for the man she was forced to marry. Their cultures clash hilariously. Their desires simmer dangerously. And the deeper she digs into her past lives, the more she realizes: She wasn’t just born to be someone’s wife. She was born to rewrite fate. Romantic. Witty. Magical. The Life, Death, and Rebirth of Princess Yetunde is a spicy, slow-burn, interracial fantasy romance that blends Yoruba royal culture with ancient curses, sweet love after marriage, and a heroine who learns that being "pure" has nothing to do with staying quiet. Welcome to Princess Morenikeji's Life, her Death and Rebirth.
atma_ · 2.4k Views

The Black Lotus "(riding on tandem)"

Isabelle Hale, a young girl who grew up facing several tragedy. she is bent on taking revenge on the one person that made her life miserable. --- Little Izzy eyes wide open, she was dazzled by the bright lamplight close to the bed. Her vision tardily became clear and visible. Isabelle found herself in an unusual environment, her eyes scan the whole room. Isabelle was stunned. She haven't seen anything as beautiful as this before. She once lived in the slum with her adopted parents, now where is she? Is this heaven? Did she made it to heaven? All of a sudden, the door slammed open. A tall, huge man walk in with a tray of food on his hands. Isabelle shrieked in fear, she drew backward and hold on to the bedstand. The man draw closer toward her. His huge muscles drew fear out of Isabelle, she seize herself from drawing close until he drop the tray on the bed. His huge alluring voice was heard, "It's a good thing you're awake. I personally made breakfast for you, I'm sure you must be hungry." Isabelle was frozed. She look at him with several questions popping through mind but only three words came out of her mouth, "Who are you?" The young man smirked, he took a deep breath and answered, "I am your.. Uncle Ivan." Isabelle was stunned. "My uncle?!" "Yes, I'm your father's brother," Ivan replied excitedly when he saw how eager she was to know more. "You know my father?" Isabelle heart ponder when she heard the word father. She whispered in her heart, "I have a father." Without giving him a chance to answer, she throw him another question as she was so anxious to know, "Where is my father, I want to see him, I want to see my father! I want to know why he abandon me, why he gave me away!" Isabelle started crying bitterly. "He is in jail! This is all because of your mother's lover.! He did this to you, he stole your mother away from you and he is the reason you face many life challenges while growing up." Ivan facial look change, he became clinch with anger and hatred. Isabelle was startled, she was short of words. Ivan continue, he was bent on bringing out the worst in Isabelle, "If I'm not mistaken it's Isabelle right?" Isabelle nods her continually. Ivan sighed, "There are several things you don't know, Isabelle. I know that you've gone through a lot and nothing I say can change that. Isabelle, we can make things right, we can make things right by destroying those people that cause you all this pain. Because of them, your dad is in jail. Because of them, you were deprive of a happy family," he added. Isabelle was lost, she furrowed her brow, "I don't understand, isn't revenge bad?" Ivan got feed up of her childish mindset, he became straightforward. His eyes turn red as he clinch his hands tight into balls, "Don't you want them to pay for their crime?! They destroy your life Isabelle! Do you want them to go free? Do you want to let them live a happy life while you suffer in pain?!" Isabelle was startled. Tears rolled down to her cheek as Ivan keep remembering her of her bad memories. Ivan saw that it was working. He grab her arms and push further, "Do you want your father to rot in jail for a crime he didn't commit?! You want to keep drowning in pain everyday of your life or will you fight back and make them feel times two of what you feel deep down?! Huh?!!" Little Isabelle had hold on for too long, she spark out as she replied with full pressure, "No!!! I want to see them suffer! I want them to feel the pain that I feel now.! I will make them pay for everything they did to me and my family.!!" Isabelle screamed as she cried contiually. She hitting her hands on the bed, "I'll make them pay!!! I'll make them pay!!! I will make them pay!!! They will pay for everything! That I promise!" At that point, Isabelle wipe away the tears from her eyes, her heart became stiffen like a strong solid rock. Ivan became satisfy after hearing that. He held her hand and say in a calm tone, "You can't make them pay like this."
NikkiReyes43 · 6.5k Views