a carefully crafted cruelty

He—an enigmatic and cold-blooded soldier with a mysterious background. She—a ruthless and bloodthirsty spy. After she transmigrated out of the blue, she held a knife to his neck on their first meeting— marking the beginning of their twisted fate. One day, she pinned him to a wall. “I’ve been teasing you for so long but you aren’t reacting at all, you’re forcing me to…” Before she could finish, he smiled wickedly and counterattacked. “Good girl, this is what you call sending a lamb to a tiger’s mouth.” Then, he sealed her lips with a kiss...

"No one will want you after I'm done with you. Doesn't matter, even if you reject me. I'll always have a new mate, but no one will want the scraps left by a royal enforcer." **** When he's rejected by his first mate, only to be given an omega as a second-chance mate, Acrod's Royal Enforcer, Grant Hindley, is everything but thrilled at the decision. Especially since he refuses to get over his ex, one of the most powerful Lycans alive, so he takes out his anger and frustrations on the omega he is mated to. A part of Grant expects a rebellion, but what he gets is love from his ever-abused omega. But is it love, though, when the omega is not even an omega, but a vengeful psycho werewolf prince who loves playing mind games and despises the enforcer for his cruelty toward his people? — — — Hiding in plain sight as Nour, an omega, and against his father, the king's, wishes, free-spirited Prince Cassius only wants to have fun before ascending the throne. He doesn't want a mate, much to his father's dismay, but the king lets him be. However, a mating ceremony forces him out of his comfort zone, and into the most challenging of adventures, one that he leans into, because he wants the full experience of a mate bond. He forces himself to endure, but there is only so much that he can endure before he snaps. And when he does snap, everything is turned upside down. Heaven becomes hell in so many ways. Justice is a thing of the past as vengeance shows up in the form of the goddess's worst creation - a devil Lycan mate for the prince. A man who doesn't mind getting his hands dirty just to see a smile on the prince's face. And his first target? Royal. Enforcer. Grant. And he is determined to avenge his prince; come hell or high water. Maybe two wrongs make a right after all, no? *** // Sequel to "Alanor, The Lycan King's Prisoner." But it can be read as a standalone. * When Fire meets Fate

"Your father would like you to come and meet Lord Norris." A maid informed me. This again. I quickly finished with the dish I was washing and dried my hands. I hurried to my father's study. Suddenly the door flew open. A tall broad shouldered man stood in the doorway. So not my type. I fell into curtsy less I be deemed disrespectful. "It is a pleasure to have you in our home Lord Norris." I said softly. "Are you Myaliah?" He asked, his voice husky. "Yes." I answered, raising my head to look at him. Wanna know what happens next? Read the book!

They called her the villainess before she ever drew a single cruel breath. Lady Seraphine Valcourt was born with a prophecy nailed to her cradle: She will destroy the kingdom's heart. In the original story—the one the bards sing, the one the nobles quote like scripture—she poisons the heroine, betrays the prince, and dies screaming beneath a collapsed chandelier, unmourned. There's just one problem. Seraphine remembers none of it. Not yet. Because the story hasn't happened. And she refuses to become its punchline. When she discovers that her every "evil" act was pre-written by a council of dying sorcerer-historians who need a scapegoat to stabilize the realm's timeline, Seraphine makes a choice that breaks the script: she steals the one thing the prophecy never accounted for—the love of the man destined to kill her. Ren Ashworth, the royal spymaster. Cold. Untouchable. And in the original tale, the silent executioner who delivers Seraphine to her doom. But in this version? He finds the trembling girl behind the diamond mask. And he begins to ask a dangerous question: What if the villainess is just the woman who refused to lie down? Together, they embark on a war not against heroes or heroines—but against fate itself. Every twist uncovers a new betrayal. Every cliffhanger reveals that the "heroine" may be a willing puppet. And every kiss between Seraphine and Ren rewrites another page of the damned original story. But the sorcerer-historians are watching. And they have a final, brutal rule: If the villainess will not play her part… the world will force her.

Max Styles had spent most of his life surviving loss. After losing his father at a young age, his world changed completely when his mother remarried and started a new family abroad, leaving him emotionally distant and painfully guarded. Years later, trapped in a foreign country and on the verge of deportation, Max’s life takes an unexpected turn when a woman from his past suddenly reappears with a dangerous offer: Marry her. Lily Laurent is beautiful, elegant, and impossible to read. Beneath her calm smile hides a woman feared by everyone who truly knows her. Ten years ago, Max unknowingly became the first person to ever stand up for her when he saved her from a group of bullies. To him, it was a small act of kindness. To Lily, it became an obsession. For years, she watched him from afar. Memorized his habits. Protected him in the shadows. And quietly removed every obstacle standing between them. Now bound together in a marriage neither of them fully understands, Max slowly finds himself drawn to the mysterious woman whose love feels both comforting and terrifying. The deeper he falls, the more unsettling truths begin to surface. But by the time Max realizes how dangerous Lily truly is, he may already be too emotionally attached to walk away. Because Lily Laurent doesn’t know how to love halfway. And some obsessions are willing to destroy everything just to be loved back.

"Sin" is in my name, darling. How could you expect me to be a gentle one!!! He said grinning like a devil while she cried in pain. P-Please d-don't do this, it hurts! She pleaded while crying. "I know wifey! That's why I am doing it" he said grinning demonically. "Which sin you're punishing me for?! She screamed. "Your sin? "You, being my wife is enough of a sin!" He snarled at her and flinched badly in fear. .... A normal teenage who got married with a cruel heart person who's gonna turn into a psycho gradually. There won't be any to escape for that poor girl. Every weekend will new punishments and torture for her. Join the story to know it in detail .

Di dunia di mana kekuatan adalah hukum tertinggi, belas kasihan dianggap kelemahan. Para kultivator bertarung bukan untuk kebenaran, tapi untuk kelangsungan hidup. Yang lemah dihancurkan. Yang kuat menulis sejarah. Dan hanya mereka yang rela menodai tangan dengan darah—baik musuh maupun sahabat—yang bisa naik ke puncak… atau bahkan melampaui takdir.

The Cruelty of Human Humans are complex beings. Love of mother, hope in dark, or joy on faces—they express and experience many emotions. But throughout history, their emotions change, or rather, they develop. Humans, known for kindness and love, develop something horrifying within them. Some say this terrifying thing has always existed alongside humans; some say it's bound to happen. Whatever the case, it spreads fast in humans, almost instantly. This is... HATE. At some point in history, humans discovered their full potential by awakening their red blood cells. Before this discovery, humans could lift up to 5 quintals of weight. Now, their capabilities have surpassed imagination. Those who once believed they had reached their peak can now ascend to new heights, with each generation growing stronger than the last. As a result, a renewed power struggle ensues, with individuals and groups competing to reach the top once more. Crudele Valerius, our main character, wants to live without being bothered by the world's problems. He’s been transferred to a new school in a big city far from home to improve his skills. His special ability lets him temporarily boost one skill or attribute to its highest level, but only for a short time and with a cooldown. Though he was raised well by his parents and is a good person, he’s struggling to fit in. Now, alone without his family and friends, he must navigate life’s challenges and see if he will be overwhelmed by hatred or rise above it.

Sophie Wexler transmigrated into a novel about The Galaxy, becoming the vicious, F-rank Healer-class cannon fodder. The original owner constantly caused trouble and made things difficult for the female lead, earning her the hatred of the entire internet. Upon transmigrating and seeing that everything had been ruined by the original owner, Sophie's only thought was: "What kind of nightmare start is this?!" To escape the original owner's fate, Sophie Wexler worked diligently, conducted herself conscientiously, stayed away from the male and female leads, compensated the soldiers harmed by the original owner, and strove to be a model citizen of The Galaxy, absolutely refusing to be the cannon fodder 'offed' by the Imperial Marshal! Broke and powerless, Sophie also had to support a man who'd been innocently dragged into the original owner's mess. She had no choice but to hustle. She started live streaming, became a masked singer, and held concerts. At first, netizens were scornful: 【Tsk, how good can she possibly sound?】 Later, the netizens were forced to eat their words. 【Damn, that's so good I'm on my knees!】 【What the hell, the violent episode of my Disorder Period has actually been soothed?!】 【The toxins in my Spiritual Sea have actually been eliminated!】 Her live streams went viral, the masked singer became a huge sensation, and tickets for her concerts were snapped up across The Galaxy. Sophie was content, thinking, "This time, I must have finally escaped the original owner's fate, right?" But what do you know, the man I've been doting on and supporting is actually the Imperial Marshal?! --- One day, Yancey Forrest came home to find that the boisterous person who was always claiming to be good to him was gone. His eyes darkened. Provoke me and then think you can leave? After catching her, Yancey traced his fingertips along Sophie's neck, smiling gently. "Why run?" Sophie trembled. "You... you're the Imperial Marshal?" His identity exposed, Yancey Forrest took her hand and slowly placed it on his own neck ring. "You know I won't kill you, don't you?"

Stella Sterling, born into wealth, had always followed the rules. Jaded by the hypocrisy of high society, she suddenly had a whim one day to have an ordinary romance. Thus, a fabricated rumor that Stella Sterling had spent a fortune to hire a Matchmaker from a dating site to find her a partner quickly spread through her circles. Those on good terms with her teased and watched the fun. Those on bad terms with her waited to see her become a joke. Later, an employee from the dating website revealed, "The company was acquired with an investment from a Vicenzan tycoon, and the profile of a certain female member with the surname Sterling was hidden overnight." The public speculated wildly about the identities of the Vicenzan tycoon and the female member with the surname Sterling. - Later on, a candid street photo that was accidentally captured went viral. In the dense night of The Spire on Vesper Island— Beside a Benz, a handsome, composed, and dignified man lifted a striking beauty in a red dress with one arm, pressing her against the car door and lowering his head for a deep kiss. In the faint light and shadow, the woman's flowing hair was swept by the wind, wrapping around the man's finger, which wore a pinky ring. Like a footnote to a romance, and even more like a vintage film frame etched into the axis of time. Someone immediately dug up the man's identity based on clues from the photo. The eldest son of Vicenza's Rhodes Family—low-profile and inscrutable, cold and untamable, and also the powerful contemporary authority of The Vesper Circle. And the alluring, glamorous belle by his side was none other than Stella Sterling. When the street photo spread to the mainland, everyone excitedly exclaimed: "The case is solved, the case is solved—"