the weight of denial

"I hope you're not serving that dirty maid my food!" Eliora—the woman Adrian truly loved and the one who acted as if she already owned the house—snapped with a sharp, venomous voice from the staircase. "I wasn't planning to eat it anyway," I said calmly, rubbing my stomach. "I have better taste than that. And I don't want anything, or anyone, that might harm my child." ****** She loved him in silence. He denied her without remorse. Alvara was forced into a marriage with the billionaire who took her innocence, only to discover it was a nine-month trap. Forced into a marriage built on cold rules and public lies, Alvara quickly learns that being a wife does not mean being wanted. Every kindness has conditions. Every smile hides control. And every mistake is hers to bear alone. When the marriage ends, Alvara walks away with nothing but scars and a vow never to be weak again. Years later, she returns...changed, guarded, and no longer willing to beg for what she deserves. But the man who once denied her isn't ready to let go. In a world ruled by power, pride, and regret, can love survive after divorce… or is denial the one thing that never truly ends?

Wyxro Waxzi was not born ordinary. Though his memories of another life are lost, a lingering truth remains-he has lived before. Guided by instincts beyond his years and a haunting sense of familiarity in a world both strange and known, he must carve a path forward and discover who he is meant to become. This is a story of rebirth, unfamiliar familiarity, and a soul's quiet determination to live without regret.

It does not happen every day but sometimes someone finds themselves the only heir of some distant, forgotten or even unknown relative who passed away and left a fortune or a comfortable sum for them in a will which cannot be disputed by anyone. This can lead to the great relief of someone who might have been slaving, day in and day out, just to stay alive but now they can live out their wildest dreams. Alternatively, someone could win a grand prize in the lotto and end up on top of the world, celebrating each day of their lives and not have to suffer from serious lack or poverty anymore. A person can also land up with a forgotten treasure which someone has left in a place of storage when the person takes over a storage unit. They could also end up finding a treasure in a garage which was forgotten by some stranger when they rent a place to live. Whatever the cause, this new position of owning a fortune could change a person’s life entirely. From struggling along or trudging along the previous day, to drinking champagne and making expensive online purchases the next day. They can celebrate and party for an entire week or more before their lives begin to change completely. Will they be able to handle this sudden turn of luck for the better, though? *** A sudden windfall can bring unimaginable joy, but also unforeseen challenges. Told through the intertwining lives of four characters—Suzie, George, Ella, and Lance—The Weight of Wealth is a gripping exploration of how newfound riches alter relationships, self-perceptions, and destinies. From indulging friends to avoiding opportunists, and from exhilarating highs to devastating lows, this is a story about finding balance amidst abundance. When they each begin to receive threats from unknown sources they begin to question their fate. Was it luck or a carefully constructed conspiracy?

In the scorching village of Ẹkààrò, hunger runs deeper than the cracked red earth. Iyiola known simply as Iyi is no ordinary young man. Born with water in his lungs and stars in his palms, he carries a restless hunger that food cannot fill. What he truly craves is gold a symbol of power, wealth, and escape from a life tethered by poverty. By day, Iyi drifts through the dusty streets stained by Lagos grime. By night, he dives into the flickering glow of cyber cafes, hacking and scamming his way toward a dream that slips further away with every stolen dime. When danger closes in, he flees into the rain-soaked shadows, chased not just by men but by something ancient and unseen. An enigmatic herbalist offers Iyi a cryptic choice: to leave the world he knows behind and journey into a hidden realm where true wealth is weighed not by coins or diamonds, but by the soul’s price. With a bar of black soap pulsing like a heartbeat in his hands, Iyi steps into a world both familiar and surreal a silent market where riches vanish like smoke and where he is no longer one of them. The Weight of Gold is a gripping urban fantasy that explores the price of ambition, the pull of heritage, and the perilous quest for a treasure that could cost everything. Will Iyi find the gold he seeks or lose himself chasing it?

The Weight of Borrowed Skies is a literary fantasy novel following a transmigrated soul, a young man from Earth who dies in an accident and awakens inside the body of Aldric Voss, seventeen-year-old heir to a dying border territory in a world he only half-remembers from a game he once played. Armed with fractured knowledge, a borrowed name, and two years before a mandatory supernatural trial, he must stabilize a crumbling territory, unravel an ancient mystery growing in the local marsh, and discover who he is becoming in the process.

Cameron doesn’t believe in love—at least, not the kind that lasts. She’s spent years drifting through dead-end jobs, meaningless flings, and nights she won’t remember by morning. Then Jasmine walks into her life, and suddenly, nothing feels so simple anymore. What starts as an innocent connection quickly turns into something heavier, something intoxicating. Their friendship is magnetic, unpredictable, impossible to define. Some people leave marks that never fade, and the closer Cameron gets, the harder she falls. Love. Addiction. Devotion. Destruction. The line blurs, and Cameron can’t tell if Jasmine is saving her or pulling her under. Either way, she’s never been good at letting go.

Lucian thought he was doing the right thing—fulfilling an old man's dying wish. It wasn't much, really. He deleted the old man's browser history and, as a final touch, even placed a couple of R-18 magazines in his grave for good measure. You know, to make sure the old guardian had a peaceful afterlife, free of shame. The reward for his good deed? He got killed by a ghost that very same day. No, this isn't some twisted horror story. Lucian just had the misfortune of being reborn as the worst kind of character—a terminally ill, third-rate villain. Not even a true villain, honestly. Calling him a villain would be giving him too much credit. He’s more like an extra in someone else's grand story. Now, stuck inside a body that will eventually kill him, Lucian has to figure out how to survive, dodging life-threatening situations left and right... Will he be able to make it through? Update Schedule: 2 Chapters a day Discord Server: https://discord.gg/QZnWtaaRft Bonus Chapter Scheme below: Every 250 Powerstones = 1 Bonus Chapter Every 75 Golden Tickets = 1 Bonus Chapter Castle Gift = 3 Bonus Chapters Spacecraft Gift = 6 Bonus Chapters Golden Gachapon = 9 Bonus Chapters

They buried the wrong soul. The boy died. Something else woke up in his place — cold, patient, and very, very hungry. In a world where magic eats your memories and old gods are still breathing under the dirt, Kaelen has no power, no name, and no one who'd mourn him. That's fine. He's done mourning too.

DELAYED NOT DENIAL: LOVE IN THE SPOTLIGHT Massimo Sterling is control itself—an untouchable heir built on silence, image, and perfection. But behind that carefully maintained empire is Gemini, the one truth he keeps out of sight. Not because he doesn’t matter, but because he matters too much to be seen. Gemini is done being hidden. Every stolen moment, every public step back from Massimo, every erased presence in front of the world has become unbearable. If Massimo won’t acknowledge him openly, Gemini is ready to force the truth into the light—even if it destroys everything between them. Then comes the scandal. A public relationship announcement leaks, placing Massimo beside someone else. The internet erupts not in confusion, but rejection. Because to the world, Massimo only belongs with one person. “MASSIMO ONLY BELONGS WITH GEMINI—THIS IS WRONG!” “BRING BACK MASSIMO AND GEMINI!” “THIS PAIRING FEELS FAKE.” “THEY’RE ERASING GEMINI FROM THE STORY.” What was meant to stabilize his image turns into a global refusal of the narrative. As pressure builds from family, fans, and empire expectations, control begins to collapse. Massimo is forced to choose between the legacy he built and the person he never stopped choosing in silence. Because this was never denial. It was a countdown to truth. And when it breaks open, nothing stays hidden, not love, not consequence, not them.

Ah, a new reader is it? I welcome you to my grand library. I hope your stay is entertaining and fulfilling. Dean Kasanagh is a hollow shell. A broken man. A hero who cannot save anyone. Trapped in an endless library, he is forced to experience the tragic lives of the characters written within it's many books over and over again. In this tale, he hopes to reunite with his friends and rescue them from Mount Moore Monastery, an ancient fortress and place of worship far away from modern civilization. It is a palce where old ghosts linger and the heavy hand of religion controls the lives of it's population. Will he survive the frozen mountainous winter and the mad cults within the monastery to save his friends? Or will he perish, crushed under the weight of his own guilt and karma? Have you not been paying attention? His enemy is the author, the world itself. There will be no peace for him, not as long as I hold the pen. Do the characters in this tragic tale deserve their fates? I will leave that conclusion to you, dear reader. Please read without reservation, for this is a tale without end.