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Suddenly exposed on all the top news websites and social media platforms globally, 'Return Order's Notes' leads to a revolutionary virtual reality game. Game Name: 'Dark Sand' Game Type: Oriental fantasy historical theme, featuring a certain degree of soulslike difficulty and roguelike gameplay in a role-playing game. Requirements for recruiting beta players: Good mindset, quick reactions, strong stress resilience, a certain amount of historical knowledge, excellent physical condition. The most crucial requirement: superb acting skills, preferably at an Oscar-winner level! Special Reward: Among the beta players, the one with the most excellent simulated completion performance can undergo the ultimate trial and, after a perfect recording, have it presented to the public in film form, fulfilling your dream of becoming an Oscar winner! Players are complaining, they have never seen a game with such high entry barriers! What they don't know is that their every action in the game will truly affect both history and reality.

Many young she-wolves have dreamed of meeting their mate, the one who would sweep them off their feet, at least that was what they were told. Sapphire Nightborne once dreamed of the same thing until she met hers, a true monster. Instead of marks of love, he left whip marks , words of love were replaced with those of hate. "Congratulations Damien, you finally broke me." Join her as she struggles to be the master of her own fate.

She gave him a bullet. And he swore he'd never take it off. Then he married her to steal her inheritance—and she fell for the devil anyway. She returned to bury her father. Instead, she was forced to marry his enemy's son. - Rosalind Marlow returns to New York to settle her father's affairs, once one of the city's most feared mafia bosses, only to find he died beside his greatest rival… and left behind a contract binding her to the rival's son. Viktor Marino is cold, calculating, and infuriatingly magnetic. Rosa has no intention of becoming anyone's pawn, not in grief, not in business, and definitely not in bed. But Viktor plays a long game, and with every stare, every challenge, he pulls her deeper into a world of secrets, power, and heat. She was raised to be untouchable. He was born to conquer. And in the space between vengeance and desire, who is going to lose control first? Contains mature and dark content. ***** EXCERPT "Why would you want to leave this behind?' he growled in my ear, his chest rumbling against my back. Because I can't trust you. Because I don't know what I want. 'Because it's cruel,' I whispered. And then he pulled away, leaving me trembling, desperate, and furious.

Join Jaspen, the illegitimate son of the King on his journey from the desert to the Northern lands where he meets the first Nephilium girl Guardian Eveline and her two friends- Alistor and Sasha where everything is not what it seems in the capital. Corruption, lies, and deceit face them all as they all work towards a common goal of bringing peace to their home, but at what cost? When honor is on the line what are you willing to sacrifice?

This is the right version of the story on my account the other one had some problems on webnovel. A story about traveling through a system! Incest, multiple blood relatives, harem, pony cart, and light training. The protagonist's soul traveled through time and space to a newborn baby, and he was sent to Xia City when he was just born. At first, he didn't know that he was Liu Ruyan's son! The most important thing is that he was bound to a very bad system called the money exchange system, so after he could speak, he showed a melancholy temperament! Others thought he was sad about something, but every time someone asked him, he shook his head lightly and said no! But only he knew the pain in his heart! He guarded a system, but the system asked for money. It gave money for intelligence, but I still gave money for strength! Unfortunately, Liu Xuan, who was thrown into the welfare home, lacked money! Otherwise, he wouldn't have been hungry every day and bullied. Until Liu Ruyan came and handed over a 10 billion black card, the world finally changed. The beautiful mother's soft breasts that made people linger, and the long black legs that were longer than his life, yes, that housekeeper, the loose maid clothes, weren't they just waiting for him to fuck them? At this moment, Liu Xuan, who had been single from the previous life to this life, immediately notified the dog system after receiving the black card handed over by the beautiful mother, and directly blessed his bird gun that was growing well into a thick cannon...

"My name is Zeon, and my weapon is the entire desert." The Earth underwent terraforming. As a result, the oceans evaporated, and the land transformed into sand. On the desertified Earth, Zeon became the sole Sand Mage. The world named him the Sand Ghost.

Nyra lives two lives, and neither can afford the truth. By night, she rules the shadows of the city a beautiful, sharp-tongued hustler selling weed under the protection of Torry, the feared drug lord known as Shark. She knows the streets, the silence they demand, and the price of being noticed. Shark calls her his favorite, and in his world, that is both a blessing and a threat. By day, Nyra disappears into a different kind of power. An IT prodigy with a mind built for breaking systems, she earns a coveted place at ValeTech, an elite technology firm run by the cold, brilliant, and dangerously controlling Adrian Vale. He sees her talent immediately and something else he can’t quite name. Hunger. Defiance. Fire. What begins as professional tension turns into an obsession neither of them is prepared for. Adrian wants to protect her, possess her, shape her future. Nyra refuses to be owned by him, by Shark, or by the streets that raised her. Caught between dirty money and clean lies, smoke and code, she must decide how much of herself she’s willing to lose for love. Because when two powerful men want the same woman, survival isn’t guaranteed. And love might be the most dangerous addiction of all.

Nine years ago, Cassian witnessed the assassination of his father, which left him to lead the desert clan. Growing up, he had relied on help from those around him; now an adult, Cassian wants to prove his own worth.<br><br>His first task -- securing the love of his bodyguard, Yashiv. Though the two have been inseparable since Cassian’s childhood, he fears Yashiv won’t let down his walls of propriety.<br><br>Then Cassian finds a child, the only survivor of the king’s caravan procession. Wen claims to be the bride for Prince Manoel, the ruler of the nearby city, but underlying currents of her story raise Cassian’s suspicions.<br><br>Cassian and Yashiv must find where Wen belongs, before rival clans, the city’s guards, or Cassian’s own people decide the child’s fate. Can Cassian and Yashiv find out where Wen belongs before her fate is decided by rival clans or Cassian’s own people? And can Cassian show Yashiv he’s now a man, as well as Master of his clan?

"Princess Angelina saves a dying merman, not knowing this single act of kindness will bind their souls across lifetimes. When Sea God Rafayel finally finds her again 300 years later, she has no memory of their tragic past—or the sacrifice she made for love. As he falls for her again while hiding his true identity, ancient enemies resurface, forcing him to choose between the truth that could destroy them and the lies that keep her close. A tale of love, loss, and second chances that span centuries."

Rin is an unfortunate man that is stuck inside a world of madness. read as he both tortures and gets tortured by it, as well as his own stupidity.