❝under their armor is a shining beacon of hope❞ A realm still suffering the aftermath of the original demon invasion. A world splintered from the core. A people frightened of the monsters that would one day rule their lands. A life ostracized from society. A gift that may save the world. A prodigy killer, a black market dealer, a ruthless thief, an imprisoned criminal, and a traumatized civilian all have a vengeance against the soulless demons that stormed their world years ago. The five magic-wielders still feel the consequences of the fight against survival and oppression, a fight that left them all with a determination to kill the beasts. Disgraced, disowned, and abandoned, they have no one but themselves to care for against the returning threat of another demon invasion, but this time, the Demon Queen leads the fight and aims to destroy the entire Iaecaean government and the realm of Myiraz. While the government is violently trying to cover up the signs of the monsters crossing through the worlds, the misfits travel between the three Sister Cities and try to staunch the growing threat. But their bravery aside, they are still criminals at heart. And yet there is no one else to trust. And when you have no one to trust, you turn to the most unlikely of people. But people don't look to murderers and thieves to save them.

❛one doesn't simply break a pinky swear in order to get in someone's pants on time❜ -- here lies a collection of thirty very queer one-shots (for the pride writing challenge by @DauntlessShadowIce1)

Felix smiles when Ares asks, "Do you like it?" Felix glances at him and Ares looks so excited to hear what he has to say, so happy, that Felix almost tells him right there and then. I like boys. Felix feels the words in his mouth. I like you. But writing about two girl dinosaurs falling in love and wanting to be friends with a boy who's gay are two different things, Felix guesses, so he chooses to leave it at, "I loved it. It's one of my favorites." And Ares smiles so brightly that Felix's heart starts to ache. *** Felix Vuong meets Ares Sanchez when they're both eight years old. At age thirty-one, they're still in it together. They love each other for twenty-three years.

'I want you to want me,' the text read, and he smiled as he shot off his reply. 'You have no idea how much I already do.' Wesley Chao doesn't believe in love and Wyatt Carter wishes he wasn't always in it, until they both meet at an art exhibition and fall like toy soldiers. - [ Cover © by Harvey Elliot ] [ Copyright © 2020 by Harvey Elliot ]

The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.