the-reticent-seer

Badriya As-Sahra is sick of piling up camel dung and picking people's pockets for a living. Her world discriminates against women and orphans, and it is only her damned luck that she happens to be both. She yearns for more but can't do anything else unless she wants to rot in the streets. Ayaz Shahrayar balances two lives: one of defiance, where he aids his people suffering from the Sultan's rule, and one of obedience, where he plays the role of a naive prince and heir in public. But his thirst for vengeance drives him more reckless by the day, and he knows that he might do something that could threaten his inheritance and his life. When the Sultan of Zecaj, desperate for more wealth to start a war, declares a country-wide hunt for a powerful artifact lost in legends called the Jewel of Opulence, Badriya jumps at the chance for the promise of reward. When the Sultan threatens Ayaz of losing the very thing he is meant to have, he has no choice but to join the hunt. As Badriya and Ayaz cross paths on their quest, they must learn to work together to find the Jewel and uncover the truth of its power. Only that it proves to be more difficult when the threat of betrayal and the spark of attraction try to distract them from their opposing goals.| 90,000 - 100,000 words. Second, rough draft. |Featured by WattpadAsianFantasy, retold, WattpadDarkFantasy, WattpadFantasyPH!…

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[ONC '24 SHORTLISTER] When a group of assassins is onto her irritating escort, a happy-go-lucky bodyguard must ensure they survive their trip before his escort's past demons catch up to them. * * *No one expected easygoing Aspen Mendoza to be accepted into Interpol as a field agent, but she couldn't be any more excited to finally land her dream job. Her first assignment? Escort Lucas Tan, a public figure with an enigmatic past and an attitude to match, to Davao City aboard a new train system connecting every major island in the Philippines.When their five-day journey is disrupted by the poisoning of one of its passengers, it's up to Aspen and Lucas to catch the culprit before anyone else gets hurt. But little does Aspen know, Lucas is keeping a secret that threatens the lives of every passenger on the train, and she must figure it out before his past demons catch up to them. * * *| 20,000 - 25,000 words. First, rough draft. |Based on ONC 2024 prompts 28 and 60. Cover by @sardonictabby.…

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[UNDER HEAVY REVISION] After receiving an unexpected package from an unexpected sender, seventeen-year-old Amelia Kingston is thrown into the prestigious Olympian High. For someone whose life revolved around constant transferring to schools due to her foster father's odd paranoia, she already knows the rule of thumb: fit in, act natural and most importantly, don't attract unnecessary attention.Unsurprisingly, she breaks all three and ends up staggering to the school's electrical room, only to be shot down by a distracted student with pure lightning, knocking her unconscious.As soon as she wakes up, she is thrown into a world of godly incarnates, backstabbing enemies and lost myths coming back to life.Previously featured in: WattpadFantasyPH, lowfantasy, WattpadESL, WattGreek, SpeculativeFiction, magic, YAFantasy, generalfiction, Paranormal, Fantasy, WattpadUrbanFantasy, mythandlegend, StoriesUndiscovered, TheWarriorGoddessCover by @DaneAndKnight…

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What would've been a quiet summer turns into a globe-trotting adventure when an incident in Olympian High's campus garden gets the attention of resident Chosens Amelia Kingston and Zeus Olympian. To their surprise, the culprit is none other than the Chosen of Demeter, who triggers a new clue on the Greek papyrus that tosses them to the cradle of the old Ottoman Empire.But their newest mission is not as easy as it seems, for the Chosens cross paths with another enemy Rhea had warned them about. However, the sinister syndicate has plans other than collecting all the Olympian Artifacts to revive Gaia.They want to seek revenge on Hera's Chosen, and they will stop at nothing until she suffers a fate far worse than death itself. ---Book 2 of The New Olympians Saga. Sequel to Rise of the New Olympians, a 15-time Wattpad-featured book.Cover and banner by @DaneAndKnight.…

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The Artifacts are gone. Olympian High is in a state of abandon. The Chosens are back to square one, and the stakes have never been higher. Cover by @DaneAndKnight.…

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[TJZ'S EXPANDED VERSION IS NOW AVAILABLE IN MY PROFILE!] Believed to be created by the founder of Zecaj, the Jewel of Opulence is said to curse whoever possesses it with endless riches beyond their wildest dreams. Desperate to get his hands on more fortune to aid a brewing war, Sultan Shahrayar, the kingdom's cunning ruler, calls his people far and wide with a declaration: the one who presents him with the mythical artifact shall be rewarded with a tower of gold.* * *In the lowly province of Klalasha, Badriya bint As-Sahra is sick of piling up camel dung and picking people's pockets for a living. But she can't do anything else unless she wants to rot in the streets and die. When she hears the sultan's decree, she jumps at the chance to become rich in the easiest way possible. And perhaps get a title for herself to prove that women are more than just slaves and child-bearers. But, as Badriya would learn the hard way, searching for an object that may not exist is proving harder than it should be. With other, more resourceful competition and a handsome stranger distracting her, she will have to use her wits and skills to achieve her goal or risk losing something even greater than herself.--Featured in @retold, @WattpadFantasyPH, @StoriesUndiscovered, @Fantasy, @antiheroesgalore, @dangerouslove, @classicauthors, @WattpadExplorer, @WattpadAsianFantasy, @WattpadESL, @Alt-U and @mythandlegendBook graphics by the amazing @Dayisdemigod and @Lueur_laVespine!| 30,000 - 35,000 words. First, rough draft. |…

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Everything was normal in Diana Regina Morgan's life until an extraterrestrial being with the power of mind manipulation controls her. Her life turns upside down when she is forced to make her friends and the entire world controlled too for the creature's desire for world domination.Imprisoned in her own mind, Diana tries to break free from the creature's clutches. But with every second she is slowly losing herself into the control. Meanwhile, her friends are unaware of their best friend's internal dilemma when they assume she is still the same person they know and love.Will she be able to resist the control before it's too late?Will she be able to get rid of the constraint holding her mind back?***Unedited draft. Word count: 20,000 - 25,000 words. To be rewritten.Cover by @DaneAndKnight.…