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[Congratulations, Host, on successfully transmigrating. Your new identity is Aurek XVI, Emperor of the Crossbridge Empire.] Great! Finally, I can experience what it feels like to be an emperor. [Reminder: The Crossbridge Empire is one of the countless empires on the continent of Eura. Your predecessor was Aurek XVI, Intelligence: Imbecile.] ? [Warning: The Crossbridge Empire is on the verge of collapse. Current number of hostile royal factions: 17. Total number of enemies: 7 million. Empire collapse countdown: 1 year.] ?? [Congratulations, Host, you have awakened the Supreme Summon System! Please actively earn points. Summoned warriors can be elevated to God Rank!] ??? … Many years later, On the peak of the Holy Snow Mountain, before the Gates of the Divine Kingdom, A tall, slender figure appeared before the guardian angels. The angels soared into the sky, three pairs of flame-wrought wings unleashing a world-ending blaze. “Stop! Ahead lies the Divine Kingdom—this is not a place where mere mortals may tread!” The figure did not raise his head. Instead, with the scepter in his hand, he gently tapped the ground. In an instant, warriors numbering in the billions emerged upon Holy Snow Mountain, each radiating an aura surpassing even that of God Rank. You lifted your head ever so slightly, gazing upon the being that once existed only in myth: “Now, the true conquest begins.”

Rosalia Aragona remembers the taste of salt and the weight of a room going quiet. She doesn’t remember the man. One night is enough to leave her pregnant—and blank where the truth should be. In a small town that values reputation over breath, her family rushes to marry her off to an old man who can swallow scandal like wine. On her wedding day, the church doors open to a stranger’s calm. Giuseppe Falcone crosses the aisle, puts a bullet through her would-be husband, and steals Rosalia away to a private island where the Falcone dynasty lives like royalty behind locked gates. Giuseppe doesn’t ask if the child is his. He claims it. He claims her. And in the Falcone court, claims are law. But Rosalia is not built to break prettily. With every rule she learns, she bargains for another inch of autonomy. With every secret she uncovers, she turns survival into leverage. Because someone engineered her disgrace. Someone took her memory. And the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes—until law, rivals, and bloodline politics converge on the one thing no one can afford to lose. In a world where love is a liability and safety is never free, Rosalia and Giuseppe must decide what kind of family they will be—publicly, permanently—while knowing some consequences will follow them forever.

When a devastating hurricane tears through Astoria Bay, sixteen-year-old Elias Marlowe, heir to a banking empire, is glued to the news, haunted by reports of a teenage girl, Seraphine Cove, found alive on Crescent Beach, remembering only her name. Escaping a hidden war between the Coral Veil and Abyssal Fang mer clans, her parents’ sacrifice sent her to shore, a secret she buries deep. Two years later, Elias, now Crestview Academy’s charming senior, rules the halls with a restless heart. When Seraphine arrives from St. Agnes Orphanage, her quiet beauty and guarded eyes spark whispers and threaten queen bee Vanessa’s reign. Elias is drawn to her, their connection igniting through stolen glances and lunchroom chats, but Vanessa’s clique plots to tear them apart. As their slow-burn romance blooms amid high school rivalries, Seraphine’s past unravels. Her secret powers, a flicker of her mer heritage, hint at a destiny tied to her unborn child—a prophecy that could end the clans’ war or destroy everything. When the war’s shadows creep into Astoria, bringing danger and chaos, Seraphine faces a heartbreaking choice: protect Elias and their future or sacrifice herself to stop the conflict her parents died to escape. Salt in His Blood is a gripping teen tale of love, secrets, and sacrifice, blending high school drama with a tragic twist, perfect for WebNovel and Wattpad fans of young love and hidden truths.

Synopsis **Lina Marchesi doesn’t remember the night her fiancé died. She only knows he drowned near their private beach house on the Amalfi Coast—and that she was found barefoot, bloodied, and unresponsive in a boat nearby. There were no signs of foul play, and Lina, an American expat novelist, hasn't been able to write since. A year later, under the weight of trauma, gaps in her memory, and public suspicion, she returns to the same village—not to heal, but to hide. But the quiet isn’t quiet for long. Whispers trail her in the market, her old neighbors keep their distance, and someone keeps leaving pages from her *unfinished manuscript* on her doorstep—pages she doesn't remember writing. Enter **Milo Caruso**, a former war photographer turned reclusive innkeeper with his own ghosts. He’s disfigured from an explosion, hiding out in the crumbling hills above the sea. Their paths cross when Lina takes up residence at his isolated property, and tension builds—first in silence, then in sharp, probing conversations over wine and cigarettes. Their connection is messy, magnetic, and deeply flawed. Milo is blunt and emotionally unavailable; Lina is unraveling but seductive, using charm as armor. They orbit each other—drawn, repelled, resisting. But both know what it’s like to live with something unspeakable. As Lina pieces together her fractured memory, it becomes clear that her fiancé’s death wasn’t as accidental as the police claimed. And someone in the village wants the truth buried. And as she and Milo fall into a love that’s as brutal as it is tender, Lina begins to ask herself the scariest question of all: **What if she killed him?**

Cassie is a third generation Fae Sentinel Being and was created by The Gods to pass souls into the earth. Not a 9 to 5 kind of job, but someone has got to do it as each soul is reincarnated into its next life it cleanses and rejuvenates the Earth. After decades of service, Cassie was given a much needed relocation, but dreams of a black wolf with smoky midnight eyes mean only one thing... She passed the other half of her soul and her soulmate awaits her, but fate was testing as a tantalizing Alpha male with a touch that ignites lighting and an allure hard to resist, claiming forever, "is this the wolf in my dreams?" Daniel Rawlings is 34 year old Alpha of the West Mountain Pack and mate-less, which is unheard of for an Alpha to go that long without a mate, but... That's fine by him. However, when his sister Kate brings a mouthwatering plus one for his Beta's Mating and Wedding, well... he can hardly contain himself. Daniel is sure Cassie is his true mate, but as her royalty status comes to light with the Supernatural Council, he soon realizes there is more at stake than a simple sanction as the whole supernatural world could come to depend on them, including the King of Fae...

Yoon Jaeho cooks every night in a kitchen that should have been his. His uncle took the restaurant. His parents are dead. His wage barely covers the storage room he sleeps in above the kitchen he runs. Then a wrong guest knocks on a rainy night — and everything changes. She gives him a system. The system gives him a path. The path leads straight through his uncle's family. He won't take back what's his with noise. He'll do it one meal at a time.

Dr. Kamsi Onuoha has spent her life healing others, but beneath her confident smile lies a secret even medicine can’t cure — her own infertility. Transferred to the prestigious Rosehill Hospital, she hopes for a fresh start. But when she finds herself emotionally drawn to Chuka Mordi — the devoted husband of a mysterious female patient — the line between personal and professional begins to blur. As the layers of his wife’s illness begin to unravel, Kamsi is pulled into a dangerous web of secrets that threatens not just her career, but her sanity. A colleague with a grudge, a past she thought she buried, and a love she can’t have — everything collides in a spiral of betrayal, medical ethics, and emotional survival. In a world where one wrong prescription can ruin everything, Kamsi must choose: silence or truth, duty or desire — and in the end, healing or heartbreak.

VELET SALT AND VENOM (he was the venom) is a slow-burn, emotionally charged story that traces the journey of Aeris Vale, a talented photographer navigating heartbreak, desire, and the unexpected intrusion of a darkly magnetic presence into her life. The enigmatic figure of Caelum Rhaith.

Eldred Henstare is a not so powerful witch who’s been left in charge of helping the city’s lingering spirits to move on. He usually handles it pretty well, but something’s wrong with the spirit leading him to the abandoned lighthouse.<br><br>Mo Vin likes his quiet life in the cottage next to the lighthouse, at least it’s quiet until one night when Eldred Henstare -- young, beautiful, and crazy -- arrives. After that night things aren’t the same. A man is found dead on the beach outside Mo’s cottage, and he’s almost sure he’s the one who killed him, except it doesn’t make sense. Why would he kill anyone?<br><br>Eldred needs to get rid of the ghost haunting Mo. If he doesn’t Mo’s life is in danger, but to do it he needs both Mo and his brother Lachtin to help out.

I lean closer, my eyes glowing like frigid glaciers in the night. "I am Iris, the ruler of Frejya and Goddess of the Sea, and if you choose not to follow me, you will die."