the ticking of the clock

"Tell me to stop, Ruth," he whispered, letting his minty breathe fan over my lips. He sounded desperate.. broken. As it has always been with us, the word 'stop' was on the tip on my tongue, but what came out was entirely different. Cupping his face between my hands, I swallowed the lump in my throat, unable to make myself fight him - or myself - anymore. It was a losing battle, anyways. Looking him straight in the eye, I whispered back, "don't stop, Caleb. Not now... Not ever." ****** At first glance, Ruth Brooke's new boss Caleb Cross gave the impression of an immature, flirty playboy. At second glance, her first impressions were unsurprisingly confirmed. But what was surprising was the absence of her usual reaction to a casanova. Instead of dismissing him for the sarcastic player that he was, Ruth unwillingly feels drawn to him. She has always judged a book by its cover. But she is soon to find out that Caleb Cross is someone who has a shiny, new cover on every page of his book. And it is up to her to peel it off and discover the real Caleb Cross in all his gore, without losing her heart in the process. // Hey readers! This is my first novel, so please bear with me. I know I post really slow, but I promise I try to make each chapter worth your wait! Reviews and critic is always welcomed! Also, if you have suggestions about the story or characters, please let me know. Book-cover credits: @rukhs *Contains slightly mature content.

In the year 2026, Donna is a flight attendant who thinks her life is as stable as the clouds she flies through. Her only regret is seeing her grandfather, Lucas, die a lonely and bitter man, haunted by a "first love" he lost nearly fifty years ago. But during a routine flight, the unthinkable happens. A sudden turbulence, a flash of light, and the plane doesn't just drop—it jumps. When Donna wakes up, she isn't in 2026 anymore. She is standing in the middle of 1974. She finds herself in the world of bell-bottoms, disco lights, and a young, vibrant version of Lucas. Seeing this as a second chance, Donna makes a silent vow: She will be the bridge. She will help Lucas find his legendary first love, Dianne, and ensure they get their "happily ever after" so that in the future, her grandfather won't have to die with a broken heart. It was supposed to be a simple mission of gratitude. But as Donna orchestrates their meetings and guides their romance, the timeline begins to blur. Under the nostalgic glow of the 1970s, Donna realizes that every time she pushes Dianne toward Lucas, her own heart shatters. The "kilig" she was supposed to witness from the sidelines is slowly becoming her own torture. The mission is succeeding, but the story is going terribly wrong. Because as Dianne and Lucas get closer, Donna discovers a devastating truth: The woman who was supposed to be her grandfather's destiny is starting to look at her instead. How do you save a man’s future when you are the one stealing his past?

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Jun, junto a sus amigos, se dirigen a una tienda de segunda mano para ver que podrian comprar, consiguiendo un reloj sin saber que este le cambiaria la vida por completo, cambiando a Jun y a sus amigos.

Living a life of luxury under the skirts of rich women, Luca suddenly died and woke up in a breathtaking high-fantasy realm bursting with elves, demons, beastkin, dragons, dwarves, and every legendary race imaginable. But it turns out, this world is a ruthless matriarchy because only women can reach upto Tier 9. Even the strongest man alive is capped at Tier 7. Luca? He woke up a weakling with a glowing red death timer floating over his head. 45 minutes until he dies for good. His salvation is the Asmodeus System, and the key is his newly awakened Royal Incubus bloodline. It grants him Demon Fire Manifestation plus three irresistible weapons: Incubus’s Scent that floods the air with raw desire and scales with his own arousal. Lustful Touch that turns even a casual brush of skin into brain-melting orgasmic overload. And most importantly, Life Siphon, a skill that secretly converts every internal finish into lifespan + massive EXP. With nothing but that bloodline and death's own clock ticking on his life, Luca turns unstoppable knights, mages, guild mistresses, and nobles into his dripping-wet addicts. What begins as pure, shameless survival and non-stop conquest slowly darkens the moment Luca genuinely falls for these women. Because every time he finishes inside them, he’s stealing years off their lifespan for just mere days of his own, whether he wants to or not… And the System never warned him. Nor did it warn him that he is the perfect Cultivation Cauldron in a ruthless Matriarchy full of women capable of erasing mountains with just a thought. Or the fact that the strongest religion in the world, the Church of Ivona, is on a holy crusade to exterminate all demons from the world. Survival -> Shadow Harem Empire -> Romance. Heavy R18 | Snarky MC | Matriarchy reversal | Royal Incubus bloodline power fantasy | Slow-burn emotional romance later | Daily 2 chapters at least No NTR | No Yuri (a bit during threesomes) | Incubus Bloodline | Lust System | Death Timer | Harem | R18 | Matriarchy | High Fantasy Isekai

Cruellla D'vila is a child brought and raised in the human world, living an ordinary life, unaware of her origin and abilities. To everyone, she is destruction. Her existence feared. She wasn't supposed to be born and so her mother had to cast a spell on her. Putting her to sleep for 500 years to protect her from other clans. She  grew up in a small town called Greenville. An average teenager who hated her simple yet complicated life; always getting into trouble, always being bullied in school and expelled whenever she defended herself from the bullies. She wished for a different life and indeed  she got her wish granted the moment she discovered the truth. The simple life she once had was gone and now she faced an even bigger challenge. Now she's at the center of a new foreseen war between the four powerful clans , each fighting for dominance but with Cruella in their way, they must get rid of her to accomplish their agenda. This new life is even worse than her previous normal human lifestyle because now she's struggling to get use to these new powers, this new personality, falling in love with her guardian which is forbidden in their clan and preparing for a war which began even before her birth. But little did she know those are the least of her problems, little did she know her greatest threat hides in the shadows, waiting for the perfect time to strike. Who or what could possibly be her greatest threat? Will she be able to handle all these responsibilities? Or will she run back to the human world to seek refuge?

She found a strange girl, a strange book, and the secret on how to manipulate time. Leona thought her life couldn't get any more boring, until she found a strange girl in the forest that leads her to an antique shop while searching for her lost cat. A boy gives Leona a book containing the secret to time travel. The three of them goes on adventure through time, each trying to fix their bad past. They think they are the luckiest people alive, but discovers that the book and Time Portal is even more sinister than imaginable. "If that portal is ever opened, anything could enter or escape... Even the mythical things."

In a time when kingdoms rose and fell beneath the echo of church bells and moonlit towers, Amara Selene Aurelia, daughter of a noble governor, lived a life of grace and order. Her days were filled with sunlight, gentle laughter, and the scent of parchment and roses — until the night she dreamed of the clock that struck twelve. From that moment, her world began to fracture. When Amara meets Severin Caelum Mordane, a man of bronze skin and haunting eyes, she feels an inexplicable pull — a strange sense of familiarity, as though she had known him long before they ever met. Severin’s presence is magnetic yet unsettling, his words carrying echoes of a forgotten past. Soon after, Amara begins to see things no one else can — shadows moving behind candlelight, whispers in the halls, and faces from dreams that seem too real to ignore. As she searches for answers, the line between her memories and reality starts to blur, revealing secrets buried deep within her bloodline and the curse that binds her family. The deeper she dives, the more she uncovers about Severin — a man who should not exist, and yet holds the key to her forgotten past. In the heart of every vision, every echo of the midnight bell, lies one truth waiting to be awakened. And when the clock strikes twelve again… Amara must face the one thing she fears most — the truth about who she really is.

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.

Accidentally bound to a quick transmigration system, Ning Yue is resistant on the surface, but inwardly, she's screaming wildly: "As long as I keep completing missions, it's equivalent to gaining eternal life, I'm going to keep transmigrating forever!" In "True and Fake Rich Daughter," she is the fake rich daughter who was abandoned. She declares, "The wealthy family abandoned me, so I will create a wealthy family of my own!" In "Era's Blessed Child," she leads her entire family to build a fortune, turning the fake blessed child into a real blessed child. In "Flourishing Age of Shengshi," having transmigrated into the Empress who was turned into cannon fodder, she simply turns the ungrateful mother and son into cannon fodder instead.