the tightening leash

[Flash Marriage + Betrayal + Miscarriage + Divorce + Revenge + Face Slapping] Kelsey never imagined her marriage would turn into a nightmare. She met Rhett Clark under fate’s cruel arrangement, and though their marriage was rushed, her heart still clung to him. Six months of fleeting warmth were shattered the moment she discovered his original fiancée, Elise was already pregnant. Betrayal cut deeper than any knife, and divorce papers soon followed. But Elise’s jealousy ran darker than anyone knew and orchestrated a life changing scheme. On the cliff’s edge, kidnappers pressed knives to Kelsey’s neck and Elise’s. Rhett was forced to choose. With a cold glance, he pointed to Elise. “I choose her.” Kelsey’s trembling pleade broke through the night. “Rhett, I’m pregnant.” Yet Rhett’s indifferent reply sealed her fate. “Elise is afraid of heights.” With her unborn child as her last shield, Kelsey leapt from the cliff. The fall stole her baby and left her in a coma. When she woke, Rhett exiled her to another city, but even in distance, he would not let her go. Like chains of steel, he bound her with manipulation, blackmail, and obsession. Even in death, his shadow refused to loosen its grip, keeping her on a leash she could no longer bear. But Kelsey had changed. She would no longer be the woman begging for scraps of affection. She was determined to break free of the curse she once called her husband, no matter the cost. Rhett, the most feared and powerful man in Spring City, could command the world, yet he could never control the heart of the woman he had destroyed. He haunted her doorstep, bled for her pride, and shattered for her indifference. To outsiders, she seemed blessed, envied by all, but only Kelsey knew the truth. “Don’t die at my door,” she whispered coldly, “I don’t want it dirty.” ------ Looking forward to your support Update: 2 chapters daily [Complete Goals to Unlock Bonus Chapters] 100 Power Stones = 10 Bonus Chapters 25 Golden Tickets = 10 Bonus Chapters 1 Magic Castle = 20 Bonus Chapters

Cent douze ans après l’apparition des créatures du Vide, l’humanité survit derrière d’immenses remparts, protégée par les Huit Royaumes et leurs puissantes familles royales. À l’extérieur des murs, la misère règne, et Kenzo, un adolescent sans nom ni pouvoir, n’a jamais connu autre chose que la faim, la peur et la survie. À seize ans, alors que la Révélation approche, Kenzo est kidnappé avec d’autres jeunes de son âge. Leurs ravisseurs cherchent le Phénix, un être légendaire censé renaître pour guider l’humanité. Mais lorsque l’épreuve commence, Kenzo découvre qu’il n’est pas ce héros attendu. Il est choisi pour un test bien plus sombre, un cauchemar où il devra affronter des créatures du Vide, des expériences interdites et des ennemis capables de briser sa volonté. Pour survivre, Kenzo devra faire des choix impossibles. Et lorsqu’il revient enfin dans le monde réel, il n’est plus le garçon faible qu’il était autrefois. Il est devenu un Éveillé, mais aussi une anomalie dangereuse : une Chimère, capable de gagner en puissance d’une manière que le monde considère comme monstrueuse. Grâce à Yareth Solenyra, un prince rencontré durant son enlèvement, Kenzo obtient une place à l’Académie royale, où les jeunes Éveillés apprennent à maîtriser leurs pouvoirs avant le prochain test. Mais dans ce monde de nobles, de secrets et de rivalités, Kenzo devra cacher sa vraie nature tout en cherchant à comprendre ce qu’il est devenu. Entre les créatures du Vide, l’Inquisition, les mystères du Phénix et les secrets des dieux, Kenzo devra tracer sa propre voie. Il n’est pas le héros que le monde attendait. Mais il pourrait bien devenir celui qui changera tout.

Seven years of love, only to discover her fiancé betrayed her with a celebrity. After enduring such a betrayal, She quickly dumped the scumbag and focused on her work! But fate had other plans and She mistakenly became the CEO's personal assistant. And to her surprise, he was the same man who brought her true happiness that night... This ruler of a business empire, nine years her junior,showed no sign of dominance in private. He’s a perfect blend of little devil and affectionate little puppy. He was simply an affectionate little puppy! But who would have known the sweet love had so many intricately woven lies behind it...

[ WARNING!!! SEXUAL CONTENT AND RATED 18 IN HERE] Ten years ago, Sylvain Vale was the untouchable prince of the powerful Vale Empire. Until one day, everything collapsed. His family’s wealth vanished overnight, his parents' whereabouts are unknown and his brother now faces an unjust criminal sentence that could destroy what little remains of their legacy. Desperate, Sylvain enters The Gilded Cage—the city’s most elite underground club, where power, desire, and submission are bought and sold to the highest bidder. But the man who rules this dangerous world is someone Sylvain knows all too well. Silas Vane. The boy Sylvain was once humiliated and called a dog. Now Silas holds absolute power over him. “You used to call me a dog, little prince,” Silas murmurs coldly. “Now… let’s see how well you beg for your leash.” In a world of revenge, obsession, and forbidden desire, Sylvain must decide: How much of himself is he willing to lose… just to survive?

One hundred and twelve years after the appearance of the Void Creatures, humanity survives behind immense walls, protected by the Eight Kingdoms and their powerful royal families. Outside the walls, poverty rules, and Kenzo, a teenager with no family name and no power, has never known anything but hunger, fear, and survival. At sixteen, as the Revelation approaches, Kenzo is kidnapped along with other youths his age. Their captors are searching for the Phoenix, a legendary being said to be reborn to guide humanity. But when the trial begins, Kenzo discovers that he is not the awaited hero. Instead, he is chosen for something far darker: a nightmare-like test where he must face Void Creatures, forbidden experiments, and enemies capable of breaking his will. To survive, Kenzo will have to make impossible choices. And when he finally returns to the real world, he is no longer the weak boy he once was. He has become an Awakened, but also a dangerous anomaly: a Chimera, capable of gaining power in a way the world considers monstrous. Thanks to Yareth Solenyra, a prince he met during his kidnapping, Kenzo earns a place at the Royal Academy, where young Awakened learn to master their powers before the next test. But in this world of nobles, secrets, and rivalries, Kenzo must hide his true nature while trying to understand what he has become. Between the Void Creatures, the Inquisition, the mysteries of the Phoenix, and the secrets of the gods, Kenzo will have to carve his own path. He is not the hero the world was waiting for. But he may become the one who changes everything.

[This story contains explicit content and is intended for mature audiences.] To pay off my father's debt, I was sold to a monster. ​Lucian Valerius is a ruthless Alpha CEO, and his power is burning him alive. I am his Anchor. The only person who can keep his beast from going feral. ​The contract was simple: ​One year. ​One bed. ​One heir. ​But the debt doesn't end with Lucian. His twin brother, Killian, is just as mysterious, and I am caught in the middle. In a house full of monsters, I was supposed to be the victim, but I’m learning that a leash works both ways. ​They took me as collateral, but they didn't expect the truth: You can't own a woman who is destined to be your mate.

She didn’t summon a demon. She activated a war. Nyra Veysyn was just cleaning up a failed ritual site in Chicago’s South Loop until the circle reignited and a Demon King stepped out of it. The System didn’t ask permission. It didn’t offer options. It bound him to her. Azhrevek, one of the Infernal Thrones, should have burned her city to ash. Instead, he can’t leave her. Hunters want her erased. Demons want him freed. The System wants something neither of them understands. And every time Nyra survives, the bond tightens. Every time he protects her, the world notices. Because a human controlling a Demon King isn’t supposed to exist. And Chicago is starting to break because of it.

Dr. Chloe Vance is Valemont's most brilliant veterinary surgeon, but she has a strict rule: she saves animals, not arrogant billionaires. When Zane Blackwood, the ruthless CEO of Z.E. Group, crashes into her run-down clinic with his dying, two-hundred-pound Tibetan Mastiff, Chloe does what no one else dares—she tames the beast. Soon, she realizes she's treating two patients: a giant mastiff who needs a medical miracle, and a cold-blooded capitalist who desperately needs to learn how to love. He offers her the world; she just wants to give him a metaphorical "cone of shame." Will the brilliant surgeon heal the tyrant's heart, or will his dangerous world tear them apart?

Cilia is only one of millions of chosen ones, used by the Gods to entertain themselves, while all others were thrown away like trash. However her wish to live a relaxing life, is but a dream as she is forced to choose, become the enemy of her race and sacrificing her family or to be free. What is her future going to look like and how will she continue or will she just be used until she is but a mere puppet. –––– This Novel is basically dropped. If it will ever be continued it will be made completely anew. THIS IS A TEMPORARY COVER! I don’t have any rights, if it’s yours and you want it taken down, tell me.

Jax Harlan knew he was dead… or so he thought, but the problem was… he was still breathing. He is nineteen, broke, and one bad deal from dead in the flooded underlevels of Cascade Spire. When the Shroud Curse rips his soul into the Fractured Expanse, he wakes chained to an ancient echo that wants his body for its next ride. To claw his way home before the girl who once kept him alive drowns in poisoned water, Jax must leash the dead, outthink every monster and every survivor, and pay prices that cut deeper than any knife. Allies fracture, power corrupts quietly, and the drowned ruins keep peeling back secrets that bleed straight back into the real world. In a place where trust is suicide and hesitation gets you eaten, Jax only has one rule left: survive long enough to decide who he becomes when the chain finally tightens all the way.