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 “I reject you, Jacqueline! You are not worthy to be my mate and the Luna of this Pack!” Alpha Gabby shouted at me. “But I never did…” I tried, but he stopped me halfway. “One more word from you, and I will have your tongue cut off!” Gabby said angrily. I have been rejected. _ _ _ _ _ _  Gabby and Jacqueline were the sweetest couples of their time. After they met during a one-night stand, they fell in love and eventually became mates. Gabby was an Alpha, making Jacqueline a Luna. But their relationship suffers a collision when Gabby is manipulated by his friends and family. He rejects Jacqueline, but he never falls out of love with her. The same applies to Jacqueline. Jacqueline is tormented after this incident, but she eventually comes across Nathan, a kind Alpha. She finds out she is pregnant with Gabby's child, but Nathan chooses to take care of her and her unborn baby. Eventually, Gabby wants Jacqueline back, but Nathan wants her to stay with him. Both Alphas are ready to be at loggerheads to have Jacqueline. What will be her choice? What will be the aftermath of her choice?

"I am pregnant, " I say looking into his eyes intensely but his face is emotionless. "what? "he asks stunned, he paces around for a few minutes "I can't take care of a child right now" he snaps holding the office table tightly. "We have to because I have no way to go," I say pleading for acknowledgment and understanding. "what do you mean, " he said eyeing me suspiciously. "my parent disowned me," I say looking down in shame. "I will take you in but don't expect me to care for you and your baby because all this means nothing to me" he glanced at me before walking out of his office. Tears run down my cheek, feeling of embarrassment, and lost claws in my heart. I lost everything my family, my self-esteem, I feel lost and worthless. Most of all I lost love.

"I am pregnant, " I say looking into his eyes intensely but his face is emotionless. "what? " he asks stunned, he paces around for a few minutes "I can't take care of a child right now" he snaps holding the office table tightly. "We have to because I have no way to go," I say pleading for acknowledgment and understanding. "what do you mean, " he said eyeing me suspiciously. "my parent disowned me," I say looking down in shame. "I will take you in but don't expect me to care for you and your baby because all this means nothing to me" he glanced at me before walking out of his office. Tears run down my cheek, feeling of embarrassment, and lost claws in my heart. I lost everything my family, my self-esteem, I feel lost and worthless. Most of all I lost love.

If God gave you a second chance, would you seek forgiveness-or become the devil yourself? Riva Lane died in a prison infirmary-betrayed, erased, and branded a criminal. Framed by the man she loved, Marcus Gray, she lost everything: her empire, her child, and her soul. He sealed her inside a cage of lies and called it justice. Then she wakes up-three years earlier. Back in her penthouse. Silk on her skin. Steel in her heart. Marcus is right there, wearing that same "sincere" smile-close enough to kiss, close enough to kill. This time, Riva won't plead for her innocence. She'll dismantle his empire piece by piece until he's the one begging for mercy. To ruin a monster, she needs a power that plays by no rules-and the only man ruthless enough to help her is the one she can't afford to want. God gave her a second chance. Mercy was never part of the deal. If she has to become the devil to win... so be it.

In a world where lies shape fate, truth becomes the deadliest weapon. Eryon Vaal was falsely accused, abandoned, and cast aside by the very people who claimed justice. Summoned as a hero, he was declared worthless and thrown away. But something awakened within him—an unknown power that responds to falsehood. A lie… and death follows. With no system, no mercy, and no second chances, Eryon walks a path where judgment is absolute. As he uncovers the truth behind his power, one question remains— Is he delivering justice… or becoming something far worse?

THE LAST VERDICT OF ASH AND BLOOD Tagline: In a world where laws command reality, the most dangerous judgment is the truth. For twenty-six-year-old Cael Voss, the law has never been about justice. It is a weapon. A battlefield. A means of survival. Known throughout Cindermere as The Iron Advocate, Cael has built a terrifying reputation inside the nation's highest courts. Cold, brilliant, and undefeated, he dismantles witnesses, destroys corrupt officials, and wins cases no one else dares touch. People fear his intelligence. His enemies fear his silence. And those who know him best fear the darkness he keeps buried behind perfect control. But everything changes when a brutal murder investigation places an impossible piece of evidence in his hands—a blood-sealed artifact connected to House Ravenshade, a Sovereign House that was supposedly erased from existence decades ago. Officially, House Ravenshade never survived. Officially, every member is dead. Officially, history is settled. The problem is that history is lying. As Cael digs deeper, he uncovers a hidden world that exists beneath modern civilization—a world ruled by the Sovereign Houses, ancient bloodlines whose authority shapes reality itself through a terrifying power known as Verdictcraft. Within the halls of the Eternal Tribunal, oaths bind souls. Contracts reshape fate. Judgments alter reality. And entire bloodlines can be condemned with a single verdict. Then the Tribunal discovers something impossible. Cael Voss should not exist. Because the bloodline they erased centuries ago has awakened inside him. And the laws that govern their world are beginning to remember. Now every Sovereign House wants something from him. Some want to control him. Some want to use him. Many want him dead. And buried beneath the Eternal Tribunal sleeps an ancient secret powerful enough to bring down the foundations of their civilization. Standing at the center of the storm is Lyra Aurelion, heir to House Aurelion and daughter of the Supreme Arbiter himself. Elegant. Brilliant. Dangerously observant. Raised to rule, Lyra has spent her entire life obeying duty, protecting her family, and suppressing every desire that could weaken her judgment. Then she meets Cael. Unlike everyone else, he neither fears her title nor seeks her approval. His honesty unsettles her. His loneliness speaks to wounds she hides behind perfection. And the closer they become, the more impossible it becomes to ignore the truth growing between them. A truth neither of them can afford. Because Lyra's father knows a secret that could destroy them both. A secret hidden since the founding of the Sovereign Houses. A secret written in blood. As ancient covenants awaken, political conspiracies unravel, forbidden attraction grows, and long-buried bloodlines rise from the ashes of history, Cael and Lyra will find themselves trapped between loyalty and truth, duty and desire, judgment and love. And when the final verdict arrives, the fate of every Sovereign House will stand trial. Because the greatest threat to their world was never the man they condemned. It was the man they failed to erase. THE LAST VERDICT OF ASH AND BLOOD is an epic Dark Fantasy Legal Thriller featuring supernatural courtroom warfare, ancient bloodline mysteries, political intrigue, forbidden romance, powerful family conspiracies, reality-altering magic, and a slow-burn love story between two people destined to stand on opposite sides of history.

Aria Stone is a public defender who fights for people the system forgot. She's sharp, guarded, and has exactly one rule trust has to be earned. Lucas Vale is senior corporate attorney at the most powerful firm in the city and the opposing counsel on the biggest case of her career. The last man she should be trusting. When their shared mentor Judge Raymond Harmon dies and leaves them co-owners of his beach house with a condition requiring sixty days of living there together they have no choice but to make it work. But the house is more than an inheritance. Harmon was building something long before he died. And he chose them both deliberately. A conspiracy that runs deeper than either of them anticipated. A father Aria said was dead. A firm corrupt from the inside out. And two people who keep finding each other in the middle of all of it. Some verdicts can't be appealed.

In a world where kingdoms do not fall to war—but to judgment— The Cromwell Trials decide everything. No one knows when they began. No one knows who created them. But when the Entity chooses you… You disappear. Elijah Crowe was never meant to matter. He had no talent, no backing and certainly no future within Aetherion Academy. Just another name, one of the many waiting to be forgotten. Until the day he is chosen. Thrown into the Cromwell Trials, Elijah is forced into a reality where survival isn’t enough—and strength alone means nothing. Every decision is weighed. Every action judged. And those who fail… Are erased. But Elijah doesn’t awaken power the way others do. No radiant magic. No noble inheritance. Instead— He is given something colder. More precise. More final. A system that does not grant power— It delivers judgment. As kingdoms begin to fall and the Trials escalate, Elijah is dragged deeper into a mechanism far greater than himself—one that doesn’t just test the strong… But reshapes them. Breaks them and rebuilds them. From a jittery survivor who runs from conflict— To a man who never misses. In a world where the chosen become Marked... Elijah will carve a path no one else can follow.

Moses leaned back in his chair, letting his fingers drum against the mahogany desk. The city outside moved in slow, indifferent pulses—cars gliding past, distant horns breaking the monotony—but in this office, time seemed suspended. He glanced at the clock again: 2:40. Too late for routine work, too early for distractions. His eyes swept across the room, noting every detail: the half-empty coffee cup on the corner, the stack of unopened files, the faint reflection of sunlight slicing across the floor through the blinds. Something was off. Something he couldn’t name. A soft buzz pulled him from his thoughts. His phone vibrated across the desk. The screen displayed a name he hadn’t expected to see. A client? A warning? He didn’t know yet. Carefully, he picked it up. “Hello,” he said, his voice steady but measured. The voice on the other end was quiet, almost casual—but it carried an undercurrent of danger that made Moses’ skin prickle. A single sentence hung in the air before the line went dead: “They’re coming. And they know you’re involved.” Moses sat frozen for a moment, letting the words sink in. Then, like always, he straightened his back, tightened his grip on the desk, and let the calm mask of control settle over him. Secrets could destroy people. He knew it better than anyone. And tonight, it seemed, he was running out of time.

Alex and his brother, Anthony were taken care by a lady called Ms. Courtney after they lost their parents in accident. Everything was fine until Alex know a secret about the villa. His brother's and his life is on risk. Will they be able to get out alive from the villa?