hellfire scorpion

[BOOK2] They said life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale. I think that’s bullshit. Don’t get me wrong. I love fairy tales. I’m a bibliophile. In fact, I read about a hundred books a year. And in my life? I don’t marry my prince charming. I have to marry the big bad wolf. I’m not Cinderella. I don’t have evil sisters or a broken family. Actually, I grew up privileged in New York. I get what I want—most of the time, anyway. But that’s just how it is when you’re the daughter of New York’s Italian crime boss: Don Alessandro De Luca. Sounds like I'm a modern-day princess, don't I? But the truth is, in our world, I’m not free to do a lot of things. And the men in my life shield me from the family business. I get it. Restrictions keep me and my family safe. But it gets frustrating how they think I can't handle it. And now, I’m shackled to something I don’t have control over—unless I want my family endangered. I'm arranged to marry the grandson of the Morelli Family—our rival family who had been after my father’s seat for years. I would rather die than end up with the enemy. But everything changed in the blink of an eye. My prince charming died because of them. Now, I can’t escape it. Now, the only choice I have left is to marry the villain to save my family. So how can my life be a fairy tale when I’m living in a nightmare? Nevertheless... This villain will have to see. I can't be restrained. I'm born to be free. **Gabriella's Hellfire is Book 2 of The De Luca Mafia Series** _______________ This is my first published work that is written in first person P.O.V. Don't forget to follow all my socials for exclusive content, private insights on the characters, and other fun stuff that won't be posted in Webnovel. go to: nixvargas.com/links _______________ Other works: •Serendipity - A Chance Encounter (Complete-Ongoing revision) •Femme Fatale: The King's Deadly Temptress •Gael's Naughty Angela: A Mafia Prince Romance (Book 1 of The De Luca Mafia Series) •Giovanni's Black Heart: An Enemies to Lovers Mafia Romance (Book 3 of The De Luca Mafia Series) _______________ *Licensed cover image _______________

Power comes with a cost... and it was something she was willing to trade her soul for. A few nights before her wedding, Lauren sought a way to break her fourth engagement. Known for her bad reputation as the rebel princess, she was the only lady who had the guts to step foot on the Everston mansion, the house of a notorious warlord, in the middle of the night. She offered him a wicked alliance that the entire kingdom did not see coming: a marriage. A vixen pretending to be a damsel in distress and a man whose crimson eyes screaming for bloodshed. Could something blossom in this treacherous dance of lies and deception? -- "Are you upset?" She eyed him sharply. "Should I be honored that I got tricked by you, milord?" He drank the remaining wine in his glass with one gulp and put it on the wooden table. He stepped in front of her. His hand was on the rail on her side while his other hand grabbed her glass and finished her wine before putting it down. The way his Adam's apple moved with his every violent gulp made her feel a tickling heat around her nape. When he brought his attention back to her, he licked his lips to wipe off the trace of wine. "How shall I make it up to you then?" he asked with his deep voice, like a seductive devil asking his victim how she would like to be killed. Dangerous yet… enthralling. - Note: This is a dark fantasy-romance genre with a lot of gore, family feuds, steamy scenes, twists and turns, and other explicit content (no rape) that will rile you up and might give you a heart attack so basically this is not for soft-hearted ones, so read at your own risk!

After a lifetime of fighting as the Hero of the Holy Gods, Althea finally managed to beat down the Darkness and Hellfire God. However, as she gave him the final blow, thinking that it was the end of her fight, the very Holy Gods that she had been fighting for, descended and betrayed her, taking her Holy Power and leaving her to die along with the defeated God, who only called her a foolish girl. From the darkness of death, she finds herself alive again in a completely unknown place, surrounded by artifacts she had never seen. Paintings that glow from black mirrors, large roads full of artifacts called ‘cars’, and an impossibly large city are the things that she is now faced with. Having her Holy Power replaced with Darkness and Hellfire, she has to choose between living free, getting vengeance, or becoming a hero once again in this strange world.

A Letter About Breaking the Cycle Dear Reader, You didn’t wake up broken—someone broke you. But here’s the truth: you can break the cycle instead of passing it on to someone else. Even your victims, if they saw you truly wanted to be better and were given a real chance at redemption, would agree that every single one of you deserves actual freedom. I’m talking about a freedom where you don’t have to stay silent about your brokenness. A freedom where you can heal without judgment. You Are More Than What Was Done to You You are not just the ones who take—you are also the taken. Don’t you think someone is missing you somewhere? You are somebody’s brother, sister, mother, or friend. Someone out there just wants answers. By the time the system gets involved, most people aren’t even focused on punishment—they want justice and closure. The System Isn’t Working Who’s really benefiting from all this? It’s those who started the cycle, those who watch it unfold. The system that claims to fix things often ends up breaking more people than it helps. Sending more people into a broken system isn’t justice. A Real Chance at Redemption That’s why I’m offering you something different: No more fear No more punishment No more lack of access No more fear of judgment I’m offering a real chance at redemption. Instead of being the “Troy” they wanted me to be—the Trojan horse to end it all for them because their ring was exposed—I want to be the reason everyone finally knows what joy is, and who brings it. We Are All Connected The tree does not banish its own branches, and I will not banish the tree—especially when it’s the only thing tying us all to life. But what kind of life is this for anyone? Running from a system that hired you to do this in the first place? Does that make sense? Let’s break the cycle. Let’s choose healing, truth, and real justice. With hope for a new beginning, The World

In the aftermath of death, an adult man expected nothingness, peace, maybe even paradise. Instead, he awoke beneath a rock, reborn as something small, fragile, and dangerous—a black and blue-scaled scorpion. Stripped of his humanity, he moves through an unfamiliar wilderness, driven by instincts he never knew he had and haunted by memories of a life cut short. ……. [A//N Gonnna try to upload 3 chapters a day hopefully :D]

University student Alex was reincarnated as a scorpion. Fortunately, he was locked in a system of evolution. With the help of this system, Alex kept consuming prey and obtained evolution energy. Very quickly, he became the supreme ruler of the Amazon rainforest. [Consumed Giant Tarantula. Venom +4, Strength +0.3, Defence +0.2, Constitution +0.1] [Consumed Amazon electric eel. Obtained the ability: Electric Shock. Strength +0.5, Defence +0.2, Constitution +0.1] Evolution by consumption. He kept consuming and evolving. Later, when Alex invaded a magical world... [Consumed Dual-headed Frost Wolf. Obtained the ability: Ice Breath. Strength +500, Defence +300, Constitution +100] [Consumed Dark Demonic Dragon. Obtained Law of Darkness. Strength +10000, Defence +3000, Constitution +1000] However, this was only the beginning. Many years later, Alex became the source of the world’s terror.

In a world where individuals' status is determined by their inherent powers, we meet Aiden, a Giftless individual with an exceptional intellect. Despite his genius, Aiden lacks the ability to protect himself in this power-based society. However, everything changes when he unexpectedly awakens his latent Gift. Follow Aiden's remarkable journey as he rises through ranks, overcoming countless challenges, and striving to become the strongest. With his newfound power, he embarks on a mission to save humanity, becoming their ultimate savior. This is my first novel i hope you guys like it [THE COVER IS NOT MINE]

“Most men out on the frontier are hunting for gold. I'm hunting for time.” Arthur Mercer has exactly forty-eight hours before his own cells begin to liquefy. Afflicted with the terminal Black-Marrow Blight, his only life-support is the Hellfire Ledger—a spectral bounty system branded into his forearm. It doesn't ask for justice. It demands the souls of the wastes' most corrupted abominations in exchange for cellular stability. Every bounty he completes buys him more life. Every failure brings him closer to dissolving into nothing. Armed with a modified revolver and a coat full of volatile alchemical serums, Arthur hunts the worst horrors of the frontier—plague-smiths, mutated abominations, and things that should never exist. He isn't a hero. He's a sanctioned butcher. But survival has a cost. To stay alive, he must harvest organs, craft forbidden compounds, and turn himself into something less human. And now, a greater threat rises. An army of rot. A plague that cannot be outrun. A cure that might destroy what’s left of his mind.

A detective story in a world of no crime. A villain protecting safety of the people. And yet, Orion Winters, a private detective sets out to demolish the organization that had kept the people safe for so long—the villain, as he calls— all because they took his family away.

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