The Guard
They welcome me to a place designed to dismantle everything I believe.
A place where freedom is a fading memory and the last three years of my struggle mean nothing.
They lock me up.
This isn’t just any psychiatric clinic. It’s a prison for the rough cases. And I’m one of its thirteen inmates.
My mother calls it treatment. I call it betrayal.
I fought for my freedom and made peace with my past.
Now, I have neither—trapped in a facility that pulses with wrongness.
They say it’s just my illness playing tricks on me. Maybe they’re right.
But what if, beyond the clinic walls—deep in the woods that surround us—something is waiting?
And then there’s him. My nurse.
He says he’s here to help. But every kind word feels like manipulation. His gentleness coils around me, whispering that I’m safe—and I want to believe him.
But what if it’s all a lie?
He’s dangerous. I can feel it.
And the burning question pounds in my heart:
Is he my protector—or my warden?
Maybe he’s both.
In any case, there’s no denying one thing:
He is my guard.
Part mystery, part urban fantasy, and wholly addictive—this Upper YA/New Adult series begins in a locked psychiatric clinic and spirals into a much bigger, darker world.
Follow Seph White’s intense, sometimes heartbreaking fight for truth and agency in a place designed to strip her of both.
All the while, she grapples with a fierce attraction to a man she can’t escape and maybe shouldn’t trust—
Her mysterious guard, who holds too much power over her.
Trigger Warnings
This novel contains themes of gaslighting, mental illness, emotional abuse, murder, self-harm, suicide (discussion), graphic violence, problematic romantic relationships (including age-gap and power imbalance), institutional abuse, and negative portrayal of psychiatric care.
The Scribe
Cover to be revealed
Heads up! The blurb for Book Two contains spoilers for Book One. If you haven’t read The Guard yet, you might want to skip this section!
Continue reading…
The Other Side has us now.
They’ve dragged us into their world—a realm beyond anything I ever imagined. Strange. Daunting. Dangerously alluring.
But none of it matters. All I care about is getting out. Getting back to John. Getting back to Earth.
We’re prisoners here. Not the cold bunker we left behind, but a prison nonetheless.
Just like the clinic.
I know John and Octavia weren’t innocent—they used us, hurt us. But only Charon, the Ferryman, can lead us home. He’s the only one who can guide us out of this war. Out of the Underworld. Out of Hell itself.
I’m ready to fight for our freedom, but the others aren’t so sure. Sylvia is slipping. I see it in her eyes—the way this strange, magical place is pulling her in, pulling her away from me. The fragile bond we share is fraying, and I’m terrified of losing her.
But there’s no time for fear. I have to stay strong. For her. For all of us.
Even if it means standing against him.
The one who killed my father.
Hades himself.
Trigger Warnings
This novel contains themes of graphic violence, murder, explicit sexual content, gaslighting, emotional abuse, discussions of suicide, and problematic romantic relationships, including age gaps, power imbalances, and abuse.
The Stories We Create Part III
Title and cover to be revealed
The story continues…
The Stories We Create Part IV – Interlude
Title and cover to be revealed
The story continues…
The Stories We Create Part V
Title and cover to be revealed
The story continues…