ikigai by hector gracia

Grace Harper siempre ha sido una forastera—criada en una manada de lobos que nunca la aceptó realmente, adoptada por un alfa con demasiados secretos. Cuando su ex-novio la deja por su pareja destinada y la verdad sobre su adopción sale a la luz, Grace sabe que tiene que irse... o morir intentándolo. Pero su camino hacia la libertad choca con el Rey Licántropo. Frío, poderoso y agobiado por los fantasmas de un pasado que se niega a compartir, Caine no quiere a Grace en su mundo. Él no cree que ella pertenezca a ningún mundo excepto el suyo propio. Y sin embargo, con el destino atando sus almas, su control comienza a agrietarse. Grace nunca pidió su protección. Tampoco pidió desearlo. Pero algo antiguo está despertando, y cuanto más se sumerge en la verdad de su pasado, más se da cuenta: tal vez nunca estuvo destinada a ser libre. Tal vez estaba destinada a cambiarlo todo. Empezando por él. ---- *Grace of a Wolf* es el romance ligeramente perturbado entre una chica humana con inconvenientes valores morales humanos y su pareja destinada levemente sociópata—que además resulta ser el Rey Licántropo y tiene la inteligencia emocional de una roca. Afortunadamente, su peligrosamente magnética conexión está (apenas) equilibrada por el caos de una familia encontrada, un montón de magia, y una conexión de pareja destinada que podría matarla si se tocan. Ups. Justo cuando piensas que estás leyendo *otra historia de hombres lobo*, la trama y la construcción del mundo te sorprenden por detrás con garras, dientes y apuestas reales. Es de combustión lenta, emocionalmente desordenado y entrelazado con el tipo de tensión que podría matarte—o besarte. --- **ADVERTENCIAS:** R18: Escenas explícitas. Además, temas oscuros, incluyendo pero no limitado a: Asesinato, intento de asesinato, una pila de cadáveres, traición, sociopatía leve, un protagonista masculino que parece bañarse en señales de alerta a pesar de que su color favorito es el verde, un odio injustificado hacia los muffins de arándano y robo de almohadas. Un romance de fantasía urbana de cambiaformas lobos **de combustión lenta** y picante con mucha trama aleatoria tratando de bloquear todo. Cuando llegue lo picante, por favor lea responsablemente. Gracias~ [Participación en el Concurso WSA 2025]

"Candles by design burn, and life by design ends. In the meantime doesn't it smell nice?" - Lola Viktor "Me personally, I never bust…” - Tyde Viktor "I have watched the heavens fall as a child. All of its splendor rained down on us and blessed us with its fertility. The demigods frequented my mothers tent, she was our village whore. I had too many siblings to count and none of us knew of our father. The village elders didn't know what to do with us so he made us follow the shepherds hunt, hoping we would die off on our own." - Dior Vain ************************************** [R18+] (For violence and profanity. I don't write lewd content unless it's for comedy)

Matapos ang pitong taong pagdurusa dulot nang pagkamatay ni Hector ay natutunan ni Clarang bumangon at muling lumigaya. Sa kanyang puso at isipan batid niyang hindi na mibabalik pa ang lahat sa dati. Nagising siya mula sa bangungot at muling nagpatuloy sa buhay. Ngunit sadyang mapagbiro ang tadhana, sa isang iglap ang nakaraan ay muling nagbalik. Hindi siya makapaniwalang nagbalik ito sa paraang unti-unting dinudurog and kanyang puso.

Living in a chaotic family means that Hector must inevitably become a small man, mature beyond his years, but even though it is difficult, he can finally grow into a powerful man and survive as a respected Mafia boss. Joy, sorrow and love are finally realized, although of course he still has to learn to survive and fight for them. From his childhood to the day he finally earns his Mafia title, what are the twists and turns in the life of Hector the Mafioso?

Rei Satou is a young ex-carter and skilled con artist who will enter the Ikigai private academy as a scholarship holder. At this academy, students are ranked based on their "merit points". A system that determines who will enjoy certain benefits during their student life, and great opportunities after graduation. Rei, being assigned to the lowest ranked group in the school, has set out to ascend in order to achieve these benefits, while planning revenge against the leader of the Saionji family, the most influential and powerful family in Japan, using the daughter who studies at the same school. With the help of different tricks and traps in gambling games and school tests, Rei will climb to the top of the power hierarchy among the students.

In ancient Japan, one’s purpose in life could be defined by a single word – Ikigai. For a human girl raised to worship magic, Ikigai meant to honor the spirits from afar; but as the divide between the realms grows larger, the word takes on a new meaning in a mystic quest to save the world from itself.

Nacido en la ciudad cibernética de Neon Reach, Shade era un joven oficinista más, atrapado en la rutina de un mundo sin alma. Un salto desde un rascacielos parecía su única salida… hasta que despertó en el cuerpo de un cadáver, en un mundo desconocido y podrido por la corrupción. Perdido en una tierra hostil, Shade descubre el último bastión de la humanidad y una verdad inquietante: ahora forma parte de los Niños Benditos, individuos marcados por poderes extraordinarios y un destino impuesto. Enfrentar a las calamidades que azotan este mundo moribundo. Con su nueva “vida” colgando de un hilo y una habilidad que desafía a la muerte, Shade se embarcará en un viaje tan hostil como revelador, e indeciso sobre su destino impuesto. A acabar con los verdaderos causantes del fin… aunque tenga que morir una y otra vez para lograrlo.

Mizuno Koharu, A high school girl who lived alone in an apartment, doesn't have any interest to have any romantic relationship with any guy, love being kind to everybody, has an IQ of 140 but still called herself an average human being. One day, she never knew what is coming for her. Everything change, completely. But sometimes life can be harsh too, not every of her daily life that she went through was easy for her.

[Irresistible MC + Farming & Entrepreneurship + Strong Female Lead + Cute Baby + Love Rivalry + Farming System + Male Competition] Deng Yuyuan wakes up to find she has transmigrated into a period novel about a "pampered group darling" — as the biological mother of the vicious female villain. The female villain has a biased grandmother, a mooching uncle and his family, a blindly filial father, and a spineless mother. She was a small-time thief as a child. As an adult, she committed every kind of evil — constantly framing the female lead — and ultimately met a miserable end. The female lead is the only daughter in another family, doted on by her older brothers. The villain targeted her out of pure jealousy. And now, Deng Yuyuan has become that villain's cowardly mother — and the villain herself is currently just an ugly, wrinkly-faced infant. The blindly filial father loves his wife, but gives all the good things to his own mother. He says to his starving wife and daughter: "Xiao Yuan, come drink some water. I specially heated it for you." Deng Yuyuan looks at her own bony frame and her tiny child — and decides to get a divorce. Goodbye, useless husband. She's going to raise this little cub with an abundance of money and love. No way she'll go astray this time. Lost one husband, gained a crowd of suitors. A beautiful sent-down youth coveted by many — she knows some self-defense and burns the midnight oil studying. With the reinstatement of the college entrance exams, she takes her child toward a much wider world. Riding the wave of the times, Deng Yuyuan works her way up to become a gaming tycoon and a cutting-edge scientist... Except — why are so many men fighting to be her cub's stepfather?

In her previous life, she took the wrong "white lotus" script, causing her to die a miserable death. Heaven has let her live again, so she shouldn't have to suffer the hardships of her past life once more! Feng Moxi sheds her weakness from her previous life. Making a new choice, she must fight! There are monsters! Kill them! There are scumbags! Eliminate them! With her meager strength, she picks up a Heavy Sword and forges a difficult path forward. Unexpectedly, that arrogant and reckless person who caused her no small amount of trouble along the way eventually becomes a comrade-in-arms to whom she can entrust her back, a companion for life. The sky fills with darkness, the Demon People emerge! The Heavenly Dao returns. One day, Feng Moxi is leisurely roasting beast meat by the river. Chaoyang, having just finished fighting a demon beast, sees the crumbs on her lips and immediately leans in. "Want some?" Chaoyang dazedly nodded his head. Suddenly, a piece of burnt beast meat is stuffed into his mouth. Chaoyang pulls Feng Moxi into his embrace, gently brushes the corner of her lips with his hand, and says, "You're mine!" Apocalypse + Cultivation + Doting Boyfriend