ruby renegades

Ruby jatuh cinta pada tetangga seberang rumahnya namun karena latar belakang keluarganya yang dianggap tak sepadan dengan keluarga Aldo sehingga Aldo dan Ruby harus saling menjaga jarak. Sedang di sisi lain ada Winner Alexander yang selalu mengganggu Ruby dan berusaha menciptakan kesalahpahaman di antara Ruby dan Aldo. Hanya saja Ruby tidak mengerti mengapa atau apa alasan Winner yang selalu membuat dirinya kesal dan menghancurkan hubungannya dengan Aldo. Ruby tahu kalau tidak ada perasaan suka di antara mereka. Saat Ruby dan Aldo akhirnya benar-benar harus berpisah karena Aldo mengalami kecelakaan, di sana ia melihat Winner sebagai sosok yang membela dirinya saat orang tua Aldo menyalahkannya atas kecelakaan yang dialami Aldo. Delapan tahun kemudian mereka bertiga bertemu dengan keadaan yang berbeda. Saat hutang keluarga membuat Ruby dan Winner terjebak dalam sebuah pernikahan yang tak mereka inginkan bahkan Winner menawarkan sebuah kontrak. "Ruby, aku mau anak dari kamu dan kamu butuh aku untuk melunasi hutang orang tua kamu." Kata Winner.

Sienna Valeria Storm never thought survival would be her greatest crime. As the last Ruby Wolf, she’s been hunted, falsely accused of an Alpha’s murder, and forced into hiding. But when she crosses paths with Kieran Draven Wolfe—the ruthless Alpha of the Shadowfang Pack—her fate is sealed. He gives her a choice: stand trial and face execution or become his mate to break his lethal curse. Yet Kieran isn’t the only one drawn to her. Ronan Voss, an assassin from her forgotten past, is ordered to end her life, but his heart wavers. Caius Blackthorne, a vampire prince, tempts her with power in exchange for her loyalty. As the Celestial Trials force her to choose a mate, ancient shadows stir, and buried secrets come to light. Because the Midnight Syndicate doesn’t just want her dead—they want her power. And the truth is chilling: if she binds herself to the wrong mate, she could doom them all. She was born a legend. She will rise as a queen—or fall as a monster.

What would you do if you kept reliving your worst day... over and over... until you got it right? Ren Ryūhara arrives at Sakura High for only one reason: to find the boy who knows why his brother ended up in a coma. What he didn't expect was to become a pawn in a brutal gang war or to discover that he can rewind time itself. Three months. That's how long it took to break him. One savage beating. One betrayal. One body in a pool of blood still laughing even as Ren crushes his throat. The cops arrive and Ren realizes too late: he was set up from the very beginning. But when his eyes open again, he's not in a cell. He's back at Day One. The question isn't if Ren will break the loop. It's who he will become by the time he does. Checkmate. Your move. This is a gritty, time-loop thriller in the vein of Tokyo Revengers, Re:Zero where every reset costs more than the last, and the only way forward is to break the cycle before it breaks him. https://discord.gg/9xJusvAzC here's the discord link for discussion, theories and character art.

Visit the Old West, Colonial Java, and the Alaskan Territory in this box set of three historical gay erotic romances with hot-blooded renegades, rebels, and rogues. Contains the stories:<br><br><strong>All Shook Up</strong>: Colonial Java, 1883. Eduard van De Lier’s obsessive attraction to dark-skinned men is just one of his many secrets. His wife Marien knows of his indiscretions, but she stays silent … until a former lover shows up with thoughts of blackmail. Reza was a crewman Eduard wooed on the ship that brought them to Java, and the last person Eduard expects to find in his drawing room.<br><br><strong>Bounty of the Heart</strong>: For seven years, Emmett has harbored feelings for Jack, a notorious bounty hunter. Emmett aches for more than their platonic partnership. When a new bounty sends Emmett and Jack to Alaska, they run into Monty, a hunter Jack used to know who takes an interest in Emmett. Drawn to him despite Jack’s warnings, Emmett learns of the past they share and discovers why Jack has ignored him for so long.<br><br><strong>Wanted</strong>: When cattle rustler Jesse McCray first meets Ethan Phillips, an idealistic tenderfoot passing through the town of Defiance on his way to the California coast, he falls hard. But the cattle baron runs Defiance and has a grudge against one of Jesse’s outlaw friends. A gunfight puts a price on the rustlers’ heads, branding them outlaws. Can Jesse protect Ethan from the lawmen gunning for him?

"Emotions. This was the capability of the heart. It could compose a symphony of emotions, some audible, some not, yet they all came together to make up a song. Emotions were like music. Anyone could listen to them, but not many people could truly understand what went into them. What emotions went into making a song determined its outcome. All songs have multiple parts. Some parts were so quiet that you could barely hear them, but without them, the song becomes bland. Emotions are the same way as you simply cannot only feel one emotion at a time. Happiness may be intertwined with guilt, and sadness may be twisted with hope. You cannot control what emotions you feel, as you feel all emotions all of the time. Emotions are inescapable, as is the beating of your heart. The moment either of them end is the moment your life will end, slowly fading into nothing." The heart is the center of all emotion. Emotion is what makes us human. But too much of any emotion will break us completely. But what if your heart is made of Ruby? What if emotions were under your control? Would you choose to break people? Or would you help them up after they fall? After being blessed with the Ruby heart, Will is forced to make this decision in a cruel world. Watch as Will ventures through a world beyond repair, climbing his way to the top as an angelic devil, sent from both heaven and hell to fix this world. This novel is currently being rewritten, and it will not be continued for the time being. It will be rereleased eventually with a similar plot but better pacing and storyline.

In one of the Northern Villages of the Meadow Kingdom, the little girl, Lithea had lived her best life with her parents and her closest friend, Hugo. With her cheerful personality, her laughs and giggles bring joy to the household. But one fateful night, after the birth of her younger sister, Mia, the happy family was visited by a monstrous beast. To protect them, their parents faced the giant wolf and fought them to buy time for the children to escape. With the baby in her arms, Lithea seeks help and shelter from Hugo's family, the Marbles. But not long after the tragic night, a high priest, Chi, showed up on their doorsteps and took the girls under the care of the Sun Temple, a counterpart of the Sol Temple where Chi occupies the highest position. The changes in her life affected her greatly, once a cheerful child barely showed emotion in her dark cold eyes. She vowed to herself to avenge her parents and to seek the root of all the killings in the northern region and eliminate it. Will she be able to control her feelings in battle? Will she be able to avenge her parents, or would it inflict more pain in her as she begins her journey? Warning!! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK This book may contain triggering contents such as BLOOD, TRAUMATIC EVENTS, VIOLENCE, AND MURDER.

Frenemies-to-lovers WLW romantasy with courting trials, dangerous magic and terrifying creatures. A Starblessed Princess is only born once in a generation, marked by an unnatural color that shapes the fate of The Carbouran Empire. The empire celebrates when Coralynn Valentyne -a child already of royalty - is born as the Ruby Princess. Ruby means ambition. Innovation. A new beginning. Then, something happens that threatens the stability of the country. This time, the empire was blessed twice. A second girl is born - Maren Windsor, a commoner with blue eyes and the marks of the Sapphire Princess. Peace. Art. Philosophy. A gentler age for the country. Royals are outraged. Whispers amongst the common people spread like a plague. The Star Court postpones the question of succession until both Princesses reach marriageable age. Then, on Princess Maren's 20th birthday, the six Kingdoms are summoned to hear the decision that will shape the future of Carbouran. But fate isn't always written in stars and holy trials. Sometimes fate begins with a stolen glance, midnight meetings, and picking up the pieces of a broken Empire. Sometimes fate is found in the only person you can truly rely on. Starblessed Princesses is a spicy WLW romance about magic, creatures of lore, learning from history, and choosing love in a world that favors power.

[WAKE UP. REPAIR. KILL. EVOLVE.] Marcus died as a human and woke up as scrap. Trapped in a rusted droid body with only 1% battery remaining, he finds himself at the bottom of the food chain in the Endless Scrapyard. Here, mercy is a glitch, and other bots are just walking spare parts waiting to be harvested. But Marcus has something the others don't: **The System.** He can rip the laser cannon off a fallen enemy and weld it to his arm. He can integrate the armor of a tank into his skin. He can consume the cores of his rivals to upgrade his own processing power. In a world ruled by Mega-Corporations and War AIs, being "just a machine" is a death sentence. To survive, he must become a monster. From a legless cripple to a Steel God of War. They call him junk. He calls himself the Future. *** **--- AUTHOR'S NOTE ---** This story is currently being posted on **Royal Road** and is significantly ahead of the updates here. If you want to read **3 Volumes ahead** (yes, really!), simply search for **"Iron Evolution" on Royal Road**. I will be posting here daily, but the fast lane is over there!

[MATURE CONTENT] Updates on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. ||| Her eyes paused on my son and they widened as she pieced it together. "Shit, is he," "Careful, Leah," I stopped her. "If you want to talk about the past, do it when my son is not around." She covered her mouth with her hand, "Shit." "Were you... friends?" Rhett asked carefully. "No. I had no friends in school," I told him. "We were classmates." "I was friends with your uncle," she told him. "My what?" My son frowned. I glared at her and she gasped, "He don't know... Cole?" "Was he part of the family that cut ties with you, mum?" "Yes," I said shortly. "Mind your words Leah, Rhett has no connections with the family I had in Massachusetts, only with my English family. So, before your run your mouth, think first." "Was he your brother, mum?" Rhett asked. "Yes," I clenched my jaw. "He was. Our life choices made so he ain't no brother of mine now. He isn't worthy of your recognition either." My son caressed my back, noticing my anxiety, "It's okay, aunt Leah, I don't want to know anything about them. My whole life I only had mum and grandma, and that's enough for me." "Does he know?" She asked me. "It doesn't concerns him," I snapped. "Ruby, it clearly does," she looked at my son from head to toe. "No, it does not," I hissed. "Will you stay like this forever then?" What the hell is her deal? "When he's of age, he can choose to know more about the rest of his bloodline, but until then, it's up to me to make choices that will keep him safe. Away from the danger that lies in there. So, yes, until he turns 18, or until he graduates, things will remain like this, as they should." "Which one is it?" She asked. "1 or 2?" I gasped, "Excuse me? I wasn't a whore, Leah." "Well, you could have done it without knowing. Many did." My jaw dropped, "I know who it was." "1 or 2, then?" This bitch. "2," I hissed. "I was never close to 1." "Well, 1 was certainly close to you." I frowned, "What? What are you talking about?" "You don't know?" She arched her brows. "Know what?" My frown deepened. "Oh, man, you never talked to any of them after you moved to Oxford in early July, did you?" I swallowed, anxiety rising up, "No, why?" "Oh," she blinked, "shit. You don't know." "Know what, Leah?" I asked exasperated. "Are you... sure it was 2?" I clenched my jaw, "Yes." "100%?" "I know who my son's father is, damn it!" I yelled, frustrated, but as soon as it was out, I cursed myself, mentally regretting saying that out loud. "Was... my dad a twin?" Rhett asked, too damn smart for his own good. Closing my eyes, I cursed under my breath, "Yes." "He didn't know that?" Leah gasped. "An identical twin?" My son gasped. Sigh, "Yes." "You've... been with both?" Neville butt in. "No!" I gasped horrified. "Jesus, no." "Was 2... the youngest twin?" Rhett asked. I growled, "Yes. Yes, he was, alright? He was falling behind his grades, I was assigned to be his private teacher, because I was the top 1 in class, and he wasn't so intelligent. The headmaster said that if I helped that idiot, I would get my recommendation letter to Oxford, so, I did it, even though I didn't want to. He was a pain in the arse most of the time, but sometimes... sometimes he was the best guy I had ever met. I fell for him by May, but he didn't fall for me. After he rejected me, we got together one last time in June, that was when you came into the picture. I only learned about you in August." "You were... already in Oxford," Leah realized. I swallowed, "Yes. I was already in Oxford, I had already severed contact with the Sinnott and taken up mum's last name instead, Vaughan. Then my mum told me the truth about what Rhett's paternal family actually was about, the danger they actually represented, and I realized how stupid I had been, and how much danger I had put my son and myself in, by having a son with a guy from that family," I side eyed Rhett, "I don't regret you at all."

To a casual passerby, it's just a small country bar in the middle of nowhere. To a vampire in the know, it's the most popular hangout in the entire state of Texas. To Serena Darville, though, Ruby Red is the last hope for an answer to all her deadly troubles.<br><br>Walking into the bar to retrieve the bracelet she needs to save her father's skin -- and her own -- is the most dangerous thing she's ever done. She doesn't need or want a vampire's help. Not even if that vampire is peacemaker Max Markow, there at Ruby Red with his own grudge to settle.<br><br>When an unexpected bar fight gets them locked away in a cellar to die, Serena and Max are forced to work together in order to escape. In such cramped quarters, passions flare. All they have is each other, but only time will tell if that's enough to survive.