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After the death of her mother, Princess Karina’s father, The King remarried. Her stepmother disliked her from the onset because she couldn’t bear a child of her own. After visiting a one-eyed witch, what the new queen was told to offer for a chance to give the king an heir was terrible, but Queen Marlena was ready to give anything if it would give her a child in return. The betrayal that Princess Karina got from Marlena would never be forgotten even beyond the life they lived at that moment. Fast forward into the future, Karina's stepmother, Marlena, and the princess, who had just been born into another life would meet- The firm and funny hand of fate! They had both been reincarnated!! What do you think would happen between these people with intertwined fates? A Tale of Torture, Revenge, and Torment. Note: This is not a romantic story! Also, the cover isn't mine. Let's chat on Discord-> Oma#4149

He was my husband. For five years, he was also my jailer. Jonathan Jimmy, the Alpha whose power was matched only by his indifference, married me for an alliance. He never looked at me, never touched me, until the day I saw another woman’s mark on his skin. I demand a divorce, expecting his cold approval. Instead, I find myself in the arms of a masked escort I hired to feel alive, a man who awakens a passion I never knew. But my brief rebellion ends in darkness. I’m drugged, abducted, and marked by his vicious brother, a prisoner for two years while the world believes I’m dead. I return a ghost to find my own tombstone. Jonathan is a ruined man… and he’s married to my best friend. Now, with a son he knows nothing about and a heart forged in vengeance, I see the truth. My cold husband, my psychotic captor—they’re just two sides of the same corrupt world. And I’m going to burn it all down.

what happens when you find yourself deprived of the right to choose your spouse?

Gold Tier winner of WPC #157: Awful singing? Shameless dancing? Rad muscular body? Bad luck? Armed with these traits and countless failed auditions, Maya Yamamoto kept chasing after her idol dream. But Maya's dream of idol stardom wasn't so pure as it would seem. There was one person she hated the most: The grand superstar, Io Hara. And she would do everything to see her self-proclaimed rival's dumb face when she looks at it from the top. Pissed off by the past and into the present where Io Hara had gone missing, Maya auditioned for the new international idol group U-Knighted. Though troubled with Io Hara's sudden absence, she still had a dream worth fighting for. Little did Maya know that it would be an audition like no other. https://ko-fi.com/theychimirollin

All Avery Ambrossi ever wanted was to build a stable life and be independent. Coming from a wealthy family, she always had to negotiate her freedom for her security. And to achieve her only chance at her ambition, she had one task her way which was to marry the stranger that had entered her life. Aaren Cunningham was a man of dignity and compassion, everything a woman would want in her life partner. Hence, Avery was helpless to her growing feelings. Unaware of the strategies blooming behind her. The untold truth and the ugly reality of her life. She dreamed of a happy life with Aaren after her marriage, but that dream was soon fogged by the clouds of miseries. Step by step, he turned out to be a man she never imagined. A man who was on a payback rampage, wrecking her family. Was this the end of her happiness, under the flames of burning spite?

“I was just laying in bed with nothing but hatred on this world but as I woke up I find myself in this thick forest” Kier is a teenage boy who doesn't do anything but complain on how the world works. As time goes by his depression became worse he began imagining about the life that he want and wanted to live in it, A thought came pass his mind “What if I'll kill myself maybe I'll acquire the life that I want”. Fate has another plan for him as he went to bed sleeping peacefully we suddenly woke up in a forest. Could this be the life that he wanted? maybe not. Ps. I do not own the art and I can't find the owner...

Sosuke Iwa never wanted to be a hero. Not a captain. Not even a decent guy. His dream? To become The Shadow—that mysterious presence who terrifies players, shows up out of nowhere, and makes entire lobbies crumble. On the servers, they called him The End. In real life? A total degenerate obsessed with yandere streamers. One night, a pink-haired Vtuber named Sushi asks him live: "Will you be my captain?" He drops a donation as a joke. The screen swallows him. He wakes up shirtless on a warship, surrounded by eleven girls in naval uniforms. Code Six—the most feared neutralization squad on the seven seas. And Sushi, his former captain, staring at him with demon eyes. "Welcome aboard. You're our new leader." Panicking, Sosuke decides to play along. He strikes a dramatic pose, makes up some over-the-line quote, and pretends to be a tactical genius. The twist? The world bends to him. His strength is monstrous. His improvisations always work out. And when he randomly says, "Red Beard is exactly at this spot"—he's right. His subordinates hate him at first. Then they watch him. Then they start idolizing him, convinced he's always one step ahead of the entire universe. Sushi? She's already chosen him. And she doesn't share. Meanwhile, Sosuke is completely lost. He just wants to go home and watch streams. But the more he improvises, the more obsessed the girls of Code Six become. And the sea remembers: The End has never lost a single game. --- "I am the beginning and the end of all things." (...I just made that up. Why are they looking at me like that?)

At the banquet, my son called out, "Mom." But rather than feeling happy, I felt only chills and fear. Because I knew the price of him calling me 'Mom' was the cold storage room. "Mom?" Grayson Hunt stared at me with disgust. My son had a smug smile on his face. After the banquet, I was taken to the cold storage room of the old mansion. I didn’t dare hesitate and walked straight into the cold room. When I woke up from unconsciousness, there was only Grayson's warning, "Calmer now? My son can only call Zara White 'Mom.'"

Shruti, she is crazy, open-minded daydreamer falls in love with her flirty, handsome, freesoul boss, Raj. who kinda mysterious about her personality. Then through out many interesting incidents they got together. But then for some past issues of his they broke up. But why? How? Don't worry it's a happy ending story. But how did they got together again. To know read this crazy, super romantic comedy story. so keep reading to know how they got that far...;) ;)

[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?