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Cassie is self-sabotaging, a dry sense of humour, a sultry melody, a sarcastic remark. She's a dead gaze, smudged eyeliner, a garden of withering red tulips, and... an addict. Etienne is indecisive, anxious, classically handsome, a teller of great stories. He's a smile that doesn't reach the eyes, a lit cigarette, an alternative rock song, and a bad friend. It all started when they were only six years old. And it hasn't stopped. It keeps happening. They weave in and out of each other's lives, with their strange connection to blame. Their bond is both strengthened and weakened by their shared traumas. Their relationship is a ballad about codependency and the electricity of first love. Their lives are an unmanageable mess that sees them dwell in the world of drugs, depression, and the multitude of young women being found dead in the Merseyside Area. They each must confront their faith in second chances, fate, and circumstance. ― ― ― ― ― And he's somewhere in the middle. But you can also find him at the beginning, and he'll be waiting for you by the end. He's everywhere. He is good with ropes, great at sketching, addicted to pornographic content. He hates his wife, hates his son, knows how to avoid leaving fingerprints on his victims.

FACE is a return-to-the-past mystery with cultivation-action, magic, and a focus on spirit herbs. May contain phycological elements because the eldritch horrors believe the MC's mind is delicious, and the whole world mistakes him for someone else. **MC's synopsis:** I united the continent of Auster only to be betrayed by my sworn brother. Time froze Castle Everest with my body trapped inside, and an eldritch horror arrived to devour me. Luckily, my soul escaped and took possession of a young boy. Who is this boy? Why does everyone want to kill or capture him? Worst of all, this body is so useless. At least, I've gained supernatural senses… Wait! Too much! Is this a blessing or a curse? Am I going crazy? Tags: Mystery Reincarnation? Return to the Past Cultivation/Non-Standard Cultivation Magic Adventure Weak to Strong Fantasy Eastern and Western Elements/Xuanhuan Spirit Herbs and Magical Plants Alchemy Phycological Western Names About the Author: Native US English, Proficient with grammar. Note: The release rate is temporarily unstable due to real life events. Not certain how many releases per week I can do at this point. It will likely stabilize again by the start of December.

In a world once shaped by divine creators, Everest travels across distant lands with one simple goal — to reunite with Anan, the person he was never meant to lose. As his journey carries him through kingdoms built on fading ideals and half-remembered histories, Everest begins to uncover the quiet ties that connect people, purpose, and memory. What starts as a search for someone dear becomes a path toward understanding how even in a fractured world, connection can outlast everything.

Odette Harmion is a talented dancer, but when she accidentally shows her crystal wolf on stage one of the more rare species, on top of her being an omega, causes her to have to run away from her old life. But the others won't give up. They chase after her, the traditional Crystal mine on again. Will Odette live? Or die in the hands of greedy hunters? This is my first time entering a writing contest. I hope you like this, and if you do, please support me!

Ye Shuang was nobody — a half-Indian, half-Chinese eighteen-year-old who spent his days dodging bullies and burying himself in murim novels, dreaming of a world where strength was the only thing that mattered. One ordinary morning, he saved a child from a speeding truck and died seconds later when the universe decided an intergalactic missile was a reasonable response to a good deed. He woke up as a newborn in the frozen wilderness of the murim world, only to watch his new parents cut down before his eyes and tumble alone into an icy ravine — left for dead in the harshest corner of a world that ate the weak for breakfast. But death had already tried him twice and failed. Raised not by a clan, not by a master, but by a yeti deep in the frozen mountains, Ye Shuang grows up outside every rule the murim world has ever written. No bloodline. No sect. No connections. He learns to hunt in blizzards, endure cold that would shatter cultivators twice his age, and awaken a rare frost-based constitution through sheer brutal circumstance. The mountains don't care about your background. They just ask whether you survive. When Ye Shuang finally descends into the world of murim, he finds a society built entirely on hierarchy — great sects, noble clans, and ancient families who have spent centuries deciding who deserves power and who deserves to kneel. A man with no name, no lineage, and no sect is nothing. Less than nothing. So he decides to build one from scratch. The Mount Everest Sect begins not with grand ceremony or inherited glory, but with one man, one mountain, and a refusal to accept the ceiling the world placed above his head. What follows is a brutal, often humbling, occasionally absurd journey through the underbelly of the murim world — earning allies who have nothing to lose, facing enemies who have everything, and slowly carving out a place that no one handed him. Ye Shuang knows better than anyone what it means to be looked down on. He spent a lifetime at the bottom. Now he intends to put the world below his feet — one impossible step at a time.

AMBER IRIS WALSH TAYLOR moves into a new house with her mom much to her dismay. There she met a mysterious man who can't just leave her be. However, strange things start to happen until she finds herself on the doorsteps of a secret government organization that aims to wipe out the very thing that ruined her life - VAMPIRES. But it seems the organization has secrets on their own and maybe, just maybe, the king of vampires that has been retained by the researchers since the 1900s is her only key to enter the world of those who EVER lives and NEVER dies.

Yoon Seojin. His mother is South Korea's top model with a total of seven husbands. His biological father is one of the country's most renowned lawyers. With looks, talent, and money, life should've been perfect. Instead, he spent the last two years rotting at home, surviving on instant ramen, fighting as a turtle wearing a pepperoni pizza against a capybara with a rambutan body, and waiting for the final arc of a dropped novel that never came. But its author made one final forum post: > If you were given the chance to live in this world as a new character, who would you be, and what talent would you possess? > The first reply becomes your drawback. Naturally, Seojin replied, "Looks like me and a genius like me. Any genius ability works." Ding! [A suitable character has been found.] Seven Hart. The youngest child of House Hart. — – - 777 - – — Note: This is my first novel. Please don't expect this to be some grand story. Thanks. Merci. Arigatou. Xièxiè. Gamsahamnida. Grazie. Salamat. Congrats for reading all'at, I guess. Doesn't that make you kinda multilingual now?

Kristina miller. Daughter of Sebastian and Natasha miller, One of the most richest people in town. Unlike other, kristina and his parents had a very good relationship, kristina was their only child, their only heir-heiress, she loved her parents more than anything in the world and they loved her too. kristina had a friend group since childhood which included Michael, Nicole, Isabel and tristian. All came from respectable rich families. Growing up, their parents never paid much attention to their children, however as i said 'unlike other'. They all find solace in Mr & Mrs Miller. They were not only their best friend parents to them. They were much more than that, they were always there for all of them. Everything was going great UNTIL one day Mr & Mrs Miller came to the Beach house for their 17th Anniversary and never came back. This bigger turn of events devastated all of them, But in the End they all did have their actual parents with them. Unlike Kristina freaking Miller.

Before marrying Silas, Joyce had only met him three times. A marriage of convenience, a secret agreement, for a term of three years. She's fresh off a heartbreak — the man she chased for years told her they "weren't a good match." Silas has his own baggage: rumor says he's still hung up on a white moonlight who happens to look just like Joyce. So that's all she is. A substitute. ** In the second year of their marriage, on Joyce's birthday, she drank too much and, in front of everyone, tugged on his tie, pinning him underneath her: "You look... a lot like my husband." The Thorne family's second master, known for being rational and unfeeling, was flustered by her that night. He leaned in close to her ear and coaxed in a low voice, "Be good." The next day Joyce woke up to find her lips were swollen. This… Who did this! When she went to question him, she discovered Silas's lip was bitten. He stared at her and said slowly, "You crossed the line first." ** The scandal leaked. At a party, her ex-boyfriend stepped in: "She's mine. Who dares talk?" Then Silas walked in. The room went silent. "Yours? Since when?" "Joyce, tell me. Whose are you?" So much for the secret marriage. So much for being a substitute. This was supposed to be fake… wasn't it?

Fu Xiaoxiao transmigrates into a book and immediately faces the crisis of being sent to the countryside. As the unloved middle child, her younger sister is the one meant to go — but her mother transfers her job to the sister instead. A disaster of a start. To avoid being sent away, she has to marry within seven days. She meets a few ordinary men and decides she'd rather go to the countryside. Then she runs into a neighbor who's also looking for a spouse — and his conditions are surprisingly good. A dowry of three hundred? Bicycles and a radio? Just take care of the kids, and separate rooms are fine? The others may pass, but she won't. Every day is a battle of wits with the two kids. Life is eventful, she gets a salary every month, and the boss is never home. Absolutely perfect. Except... wasn't this big shot supposed to be infertile? Then why does he keep strutting around naked in front of her? She has professional ethics. She won't be seduced by a good body. Hmph. Men only slow down her sword swing. Lu Feng grits his teeth at Fu Xiaoxiao, who remains completely unmoved by his countless attempts to seduce her, and traps her in his arms. "Boss, let's talk this through. I know forty a month is a bit much — how about... five less?" Trapped in his embrace, Fu Xiaoxiao thinks he's unhappy with her high salary and starts bargaining. "I'm giving myself to you for free." Lu Feng grinds out through clenched teeth. This woman has no heart. "...Can I say no?" Fu Xiaoxiao swallows, staring at the washboard abs so close. "Such a good deal — are you sure you don't want it?" Lu Feng squints, tempting her. "Fine." A fool turns down a bargain.