intense emotional torture

"I've thought about touching you and kissing you all week." "Please stop." "You want this." Robin Clay is a brilliant food scientist trying to rebuild her life after her ex-fiancé's betrayal shattered her trust. With her loyal best friend by her side, she finally lands a position at McCullen Confectionery—the opportunity of a lifetime. Then she meets the CEO. Jack McCullen is magnetic, powerful, and dangerously alluring. He awakens a desire in Robin she never expected and doesn't want. Especially when she believes he's already taken. What begins as a professional interaction spirals into something neither of them can control. Stolen moments. Forbidden attraction. A man who refuses to take no for an answer. Robin swore she'd never lose herself again. But Jack pursues her with a relentless obsession that blurs every boundary she tries to hold. Her body craves what her mind keeps warning her against. He says she's different. That she's changed him. But Jack has secrets darker than she ever imagined—a past that connects to her own in ways that will destroy her. And the deeper she falls, the harder it becomes to see if she's surrendering to love... or to obsession. She's already carrying his secret. What will happen when he discovers hers?

Eleven centuries after our existence, a new world has emerged. All nations now live on a single land, united under one supreme god in absolute supremacy. But is this truly a perfect world? If we are all equals, then why do superior races still exist, while others are cast aside as societal waste? Divided by golden domes, each person dreams of becoming a “Perfect”, a being purified of all emotions and perfectly sane, a being stripped of feelings in pursuit of eternal life. But at what cost? That is why they were born... The "Tracks Emotional", beings who possess only a single, pure emotion, were created to destroy all threats that transcend the nature of our world. From corrupted emotions arise the “Transemotional”, born mostly from the Fosse, and driven by unstable genetics or devouring feelings. They transform into massive, uncontrollable shadows that relentlessly attack the domes. All they have are their dreams.

For over a billion years, Aidan endured the Darkness of Despair, a dimension belonging to Terroreign that breaks souls and turns them into Terrors. It fed him fake lives and shredded every one. He should have become a monster. But remembering that his parents gave their lives away just so he could live, and then he went and wasted that life? The immense anger and regret fueled his will to endure the torture to just to live another day, to not waste his parents' sacrifice, until over a billion years of torture, until he rose and punched the way out of Darkness of Despair. [ Congratulations, you have been chosen as a Transcendent Player, for the Transcendent Program, created by the Nine Realms Tree to forge one ultimate powerhouse among the chosen ones who can defeat and destroy Terroreign. ] Now Aidan is back on Earth, no longer an F-rank Hunter who died for love, but a Transcendent Player who endured over a billion years of torture, with title of The One Beyond Despair. And two extraordinary talents for starter. [Exotic Summoner (X-rank): The world is filled with countless lifeforms, but only a handful can be called truly exotic. Through your unique connection to the unknown, forgotten, and extraordinary, you may establish pacts with beings beyond ordinary classification.] [Power Bond (SS-rank, ???): The only bonds you seek now are the bonds of power. Everything that doesn’t have will, but power can acquire a temporary will borne out of its power if you touch them. If you respond back, the power bond will form between you two, allowing you to wield its powers freely.]

Autumn Masters is a failure in her own mind. She is about to let her dream of being a writer die when she is given an opportunity that may be too good to be true. She has to navigate dating, sex, attraction, writing, teaching, and learning all at the same time. Will she survive the torture, use it to her advantage, or be swept beneath it all?

A young woman Erza is the on the run from the government and society. They want her to be a soldier to use her powers for their benefit but she refuses to be a pawn. Erza made a drastic decision that she may regret forever, will she ever redeem herself?

In her previous life, she sacrificed everything for him. She helped him become the most powerful chancellor, but he still preferred her older sister whom he had a one night stand with. When her gentle husband took her life, she finally realized their romance was all a joke to him. Filled with hatred, moments before she died, Lu Xiang swore she would get her revenge on the people who hurt her... When she opened her eyes, she had returned to the year when she was fourteen. Although it was the same life she had previously lived, she now possessed a strong sense of vengeance. *** On a dark and windy night, Lu Xiang rescued the badly injured Chu Jinyan from his would-be assassinators. Lu Xiang's eyes glistened. "Well, well. You're someone from the royal family!" She dragged him to her house and hid him without saying another word. "There's a saying that one ought to offer their body to another after being rescued... Wait a second, I got it wrong. I think you're supposed to return the favor. Since I rescued you today, you have to agree to three of my requests in the future," Lu Xiang said. "Huh?" Chu Jinyan was confused. He hadn’t exactly wanted to be rescued... Later, Chu Jinyan patted his thigh and wagged his finger. "Come here, my beloved consort. You can hug my thighs." *** She's insidious and deceitful, while he's vile and shameless! Stranger A: Does that mean they're a match made in heaven? Stranger B: Yuck! That makes them a despicable couple!

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Zheng He? Noooo, run before he finds you! Experience as Zheng He rises to become the most feared person in the Universe. I will be posting this story on RoyalRoadl.com as soon as I get verified :) Plz Royal Road verify me already. It's been pending for way too long...

What if empathy was never your weakness… but the very thing they used against you? You were told to be kind. To be patient. To forgive. But when you are entangled with a narcissist, empathy without strategy becomes self-erasure. You over-explain. You over-give. You over-understand. And slowly… you disappear. The Dark Empath is not about becoming cold. It is about becoming aware. It is about learning the difference between emotional empathy and cognitive precision. Inside this book, you will learn how to: • Detect manipulation before it feels like love • Break the trauma-bond cycle • Use psychological awareness without losing your compassion • Set boundaries that cannot be emotionally negotiated • Stop reacting — and start observing This is not about revenge. It is about power with control. Because narcissists do not fear emotion. They fear awareness. If you have ever felt gaslighted, drained, confused, or addicted to someone who destabilizes you… This book will teach you how to observe without absorbing. Mirror without merging. Respond without reacting. And once you master that? You will never be emotionally trapped again.

To be resurrected, Lin Zhi binds herself to a system and transmigrates into different book worlds, becoming cannon fodder destined for tragic endings. But Lin Zhi refuses to follow the script. In every world, she fights to rewrite her fate. (1) The Scheming Gold-Digging Stand-In Used by the male lead as a tool to win over the female lead, Lin Zhi refuses to be discarded. Since he wants to use her? Then she’ll make a countermove—get pregnant first, flip the board, and end up with the real overbearing CEO. (2) The First Wife Fated to Die Early in a “Cousin” Story The reborn female lead knows her older male cousin will hold immense power in the future—and that he has always loved her. This time, she vows not to let him go. Only… “Sister-in-law, why aren’t you dead yet?” Lin Zhi smiles. “Still alive. What, are you mad?” (3) The Cannon Fodder Fiancée in a Teacher-Student Romance The aloof Master falls for his young disciple, while Lin Zhi—the fiancée—becomes the villain in their love story. Lin Zhi: “Respect. Blessings. Please stay locked together forever.” Then she decisively breaks off the engagement and devotes herself to cultivation… alongside her adorable little nephew. Who needs romance when ascending is better? (4) The Substitute Bride in a Period Drama In her previous life, she stole the marriage meant for her sister out of gratitude for a life-saving favor, marrying the factory director’s son. Who would have thought he had a “white moonlight” in his heart, leading to her tragic death? Meanwhile, the “mud-legged” man she rejected rose in status, and her sister became an official’s wife. After rebirth, her sister eagerly snatches back the original marriage arrangement, convinced Lin Zhi is doomed. She waits to watch Lin Zhi suffer. Instead— Lin Zhi’s life only gets better and better.