the bourbon story

Ever since my adoptive father, the Don of the Moretti family, told me I was not his biological daughter but the orphan of his late arch-nemesis, the man I had called my brother, Dante, the family's ruthless Underboss, had built a wall of ice around me. His coldness was a physical weight, threatening to suffocate me. Just as I was preparing to flee Chicago and disappear from his world forever, I stumbled upon a secret ledger in his study's safe. It held no numbers, only a chronicle of his mad obsession with me: "Fuck. Ever since her 18th birthday, the way she looks at me is different. She's not a girl anymore. That body, that new confidence... it's like a shot of aged bourbon—hot, sharp, and addictive. I'm hanging on by a thread." "At dinner tonight, I almost dragged her out of her seat and kissed her senseless in front of everyone." "The way she handled that gun at the range... all I could think about was pinning her to that table and fucking her senseless from behind." "If she looks at me with those innocent eyes and calls me 'Dante' one more time, I swear to God I'll breed her on the table at the next family meeting, right in front of every last Capo." I returned the ledger to its place. That night, I let my long hair fall loose, wore nothing but one of his custom black shirts, and strode into his bedroom. "I am your master, Dante. Now, pleasure me."

As time goes, people grow up and move on. I have to leave everyone and everything behind, even him. But, he isn't going to make it easy on me either. Will I have to let him go and pursue his dreams or will he stay trapped in the small town waiting on me to return?

At the funeral of the former King of Greece, Nicholas II, some members of the Spanish Royal Family met a girl, who wanted to study International Relations in Spain and become a diplomat. And even though she got a scholarship to Schiller International University in Madrid, she can’t live there because of financial problems. When Queen Mother Sonia heard about it, she decided to hire her as an assistant for her granddaughter, Princess Lycia of Asturias.

Mia Russo thought the worst night of her life was watching her father die. She was wrong. The worst night is standing on an auction stage in a red dress, being sold like property to the highest bidder. Her father was the most feared Don in the criminal world. Now he is dead, and she is the price someone is collecting. Just as a greasy old man opens his mouth to claim her, a single bid silences the room. A number so large the auctioneer's hands shake. Mia never sees the man's face. Only his eyes. Dark. Calm. Familiar in a way that makes her stomach drop. The man who buys her is Dante Reyes. The new Godfather. The most powerful criminal in the country. And the same boy her father pulled from the streets twelve years ago and raised like a son. He is no longer that boy. He is cold. Controlled. And he wants something from Mia that goes far beyond ownership. As the walls of his mansion close around her, Mia begins to see the truth. Dante did not buy her to save her. He bought her because she is the last piece of a plan years in the making. A plan that started the night her father was murdered. A plan Dante may have helped write. The girl who walked into his house as a prisoner must decide. Break under his control, or burn the whole empire down from the inside.

"Unbound Boundary" refers to the conventional boundaries between the game world and reality that are unbound. It can also refer to the boundaries within the players themselves that they can surpass and exceed beyond what they previously knew. In a broader context, "Unbound Boundary" can be interpreted as liberation from the limitations that hinder us in life and exploring uncharted territories.

"i am weak for you."His eyes could tell. Tell him you feel the same way for him. No!! I can't risk it, He may die if i do. "Ina say something,please."He touched her cheeks. "I have nothing to say to you, Your Majesty." Ina felt her heart ache on seeing the pain in his eyes. Only if he knew how she wanted to scream out her true feelings for him. How madly she had fallen for him,his monsters,his flaws and everything about him. How she so much wanted him to have her in his arms. But she was scared that she wouldn't be enough for him_she couldn't offer him anything but pain. He deserved so much love_a love so much better than hers. If only she was a different person,she would have loved him with all her heart. He had to stay away from her or else he would end up dead like Octavia and Aimilios. She had to do that to protect him.

BL,angst,emotions, murders, enormous misunderstandings, obsessed love, possessiveness. "Xian ge, we are not just soulmates but Soulbound. You will find me everywhere you will go, your heart will let you know I am there. Your body will feel my presence in every part of you, as every cell of your body has me in it. Your soul will shout hard, to find itself because it will never be able to distinguish itself from my soul, Xian ge. I am within you and you are in me, My Soulbound." *** A nation's young idol Jun was in love with Xian since the day he opened his eyes as an infant but does his Xian feel the same? Jun stayed away from Xian for ten years because of complicated circumstances but every day became stronger to fight against the world but when Xian decided not to come with him what way was left for him? Jun tried hard to convince Xian but he always turned him down but Jun was determined to take what was his, so he fought with his soulmate, to make him soulbound because he knew that Xian faught for his good. It was Xian's fault that he pushed his Jun to the dead end. What he could have done when he was thinking about only Jun's life? Xian was in delusion that he was saving his love's life by keeping Jun away from him. Xian realized that he was at fault but when he saw Jun dying everyday he almost died of heartache but before he could do anything his Jun realised the dilemma of Xian and at the end everything went out of Xian hands. The journey which Jun wanted to do with Xian, Xian also wanted to do with his Jun at the end but will God really forgive him for everything he did and give blessings to him to live his life with his Jun or will he see him dying in his arms? Want to know their story? Please read the book and find the answer! I hope to make you feel good by this book. It is just a try of a mediocre writer so bear with me,my mistakes in writing. Beaware explicit mature contents,emotional drama. Enjoy reading and send me blessings.

Every human being is born bound to a spirit. It is a system set up by the gods to prevent genocide. Most humans are bound to a low level spirit, like a fairy or a ghost or a sprite. Some humans are bound to stronger spirits, like angels, or reapers, or elementals, or demons, however getting bound to a demon is rare. When a human turns 12, they perform a test that reveals a human’s spirit. Most get low-level spirits, some get elementals, however, that is not the case for our protagonist. Emery Stone was the only spirit-less being in a world where your existence is determined solely on how strong your spirit is. Now, 5 years later, she is disowned by her human parents and adopted by a powerful forest guardian, attending a low-class high school with only one friend, wanting only to live a peaceful life, only for a powerful demon spirit to appear out of nowhere one day claiming to be her Bound Spirit?! How dare he!

Eternal darkness She was in eternal darkness, there was no light, no air, no nothing. And yet she was living, or perhaps she was long dead. But her conscious never faded. Perhaps she, herself, was eternal. The world has long forgotten her. She bore the name Kira, but it was lost in the tides of time. This infinite space of darkness was her dwelling, but she wasn't there of her own accord. She was bounded there, by countless curses. She was beyond help, and yet she craves for it, she craves salvation. Perhaps, it was hypocritical for her to pray for help, to beg for it. But after spending centuries, she couldn't bear it anymore. "Someone save me," Her voice didn't travel through the empty space of purgatory. But it reached someone, someone deep in sleep in a coffin.

[Hidebound Older Man VS Two-Faced Heiress: Daddy-Type + Seductress + An Old House on Fire] Everyone in Aethelgard says, a man should marry a woman from the West Family. The eldest daughter of the West Family is gentle and virtuous, a sought-after prize in high society. On the eve of her engagement. Her fiancé cheated on her. Willow West, having played the good girl for so long, decides she's done pretending. Fueled by alcohol, she finds a handsome man. Just one wall away from the scumbag ex and his mistress. The next day, she wakes up to her world collapsing. She had slept with the circle's famous 'older man'—Aiden Pierce, her dear uncle's best friend. Her impression of Aiden Pierce wasn't very good. Years ago, when she was having her first romance, she had tried to sneak a kiss with her young boyfriend, only for Aiden Pierce to report her to her uncle before their lips could even meet. The Aiden Pierce of today is even more dull—celibate and restrained, with everyone from his secretary to his assistant being male, and zero romantic scandals to his name. He's nothing short of a hidebound traditionalist! Willow West wants to escape. Aiden Pierce's well-defined hand grips her chin. "Miss West, a man's virtue is still virtue. You must take responsibility for me." * Aiden Pierce, who had practiced self-restraint for thirty years, was captured by Willow West—a woman gentle and demure in public, yet passionate and daring in private. Everyone thought Willow West was a good girl. Only Aiden Pierce knew that behind closed doors, the young woman not only smoked and drank but was also a cool, badass biker. * The assistant has recently noticed a change in the workaholic President Pierce. Not only is he hitting the gym three times a week, but his style has also shifted from uniform high-end suits to a different streetwear brand for every day of the week. His once stern and unsmiling face now frequently breaks into a smile. Even his eternally unchanged screensaver has been replaced. It's now a picture of a sexy, wavy-haired beauty in a black biker suit, holding a cigarette and sitting on a motorcycle!