the penance of silence

Avant les formes et les mondes, il n’existait que deux réalités : le Néant, et la Conscience. De la première vibration de la Conscience naquirent les êtres capables de donner sens au réel. Amado Shirogane, gardien de l’Équilibre, fut créé pour réguler ce qui existe. Rebecca Shirogane, Artiste de la Création, donna forme aux pensées et aux émotions. De leur œuvre émergèrent les Ama Girls, incarnations conceptuelles chargées de stabiliser les dimensions issues de la Conscience. Dans cet univers façonné par les idées, chaque émotion peut devenir matière, chaque pensée une loi, et chaque fracture une anomalie capable d’altérer la réalité. Mais alors que des perturbations inédites apparaissent dans les plans de la Conscience, Amado pressent que l’équilibre qu’il protège commence à vaciller. Voici la chronique d’un monde où raison, imagination et harmonie façonnent l’existence… et des premières gardiennes appelées à en préserver la cohérence.

Pendant des années, Liora a tout donné : son corps, son énergie, son silence. Mais un jour, elle réalise la vérité la plus violente : ce qu’elle appelle “amour”… est en train de la tuer. Mariée à Neris, un homme froid et imprévisible, façonné par un père manipulateur, Liora s’efface un peu plus chaque jour. Les silences deviennent des murs. Les excuses deviennent des armes. Et ses enfants deviennent les témoins d’un mariage qui se désintègre. Jusqu’au jour où son cœur lâche. Où son âme se fissure. Où Liora comprend que rester la détruit plus que partir. À partir de là, tout se déchaîne : – crises émotionnelles – mensonges familiaux – trahisons cachées – manipulation psychologique – blessures d’enfance – vérités qu’on aurait préféré ne jamais savoir Alors que Neris répète les comportements toxiques hérités d’un père disparu, Liora découvre quelque chose qu’il ne pourra jamais contrôler : son éveil. Ce roman est celui d’une femme qui se relève. D’une mère qui protège ses enfants. D’une âme qui renaît après avoir trop longtemps survécu. Elle s’était tue pour sauver sa famille. Elle parlera désormais pour se sauver elle-même.

The Blood Immortal was once the most feared being in history—a cultivator who ruled through slaughter, whose power grew with every life taken. With absolute control over blood, he could shape it into weapons, armor, beasts, and even living constructs. Nations trembled. Immortals bowed. Until betrayal ended him. Murdered by his most trusted disciple at the peak of his reign, the Blood Immortal vanished from history. A thousand years later, he awakens reborn into the body of a weak child from an ordinary family—in a world utterly unfamiliar to him. Mana has replaced spiritual qi. Aura wielders dominate the battlefield. Monsters roam freely. Ten supreme families control civilization. And a Demon King stirs in the shadows. Everything he once knew is gone. Everyone he once loved… dead. But blood still flows. As his memories return, so does his obsession with power—now tempered by loss, caution, and a growing understanding that reckless slaughter will only invite annihilation in this new era. Enrolling in an academy for the awakened, he hides his true nature while secretly refining a path of blood cultivation unseen by mana or aura users. To the world, he is a talented prodigy. To the great families, he is a dangerous anomaly. To the Demon King, he is a future rival. And to himself? A monster deciding whether he will once again become a tyrant… or something far more terrifying.

This is a novel about two young people trapped between family expectations and their own dreams. Sack, pressured by his strict father, struggles to find his way, while Lindsay tries to balance her kindness with the pressure of pursuing a future already planned and loved. When their lives intersect, the silence between them speaks louder than words, and they are both forced to question what they really want for their lives. If you enjoy this story and would like to support me, please visit :) : patreon.com/SackRC 20 Chapters ahead of webnovel

Pendant les trois années de leur mariage, Rhea Warren avait toujours été totalement obéissante à Julian Grant. Même lorsqu'elle a été affectée à Portellis pour une mission le lendemain de leur mariage, elle n'a pas émis la moindre plainte. Au cours de ces trois années, non seulement elle a permis à l'entreprise de s'implanter solidement à Portellis, mais elle a également généré des milliards de bénéfices grâce à un brevet qu'elle a développé. Mais lorsque sa mère est tombée gravement malade, Rhea Warren l'a supplié en larmes d'approuver son congé, pour se voir opposer un refus catégorique et être congédiée par une seule phrase : « Elle n'est pas encore morte, n'est-ce pas ? » Rhea Warren a insisté pour rentrer, pour finalement découvrir que son mariage n'était qu'une imposture totale depuis le tout début ! S'il l'avait épousée, c'était uniquement pour l'enfant qu'il avait eu avec son inoubliable premier amour. L'envoyer en mission à Portellis visait également à ne pas perturber la vie de sa famille de trois personnes. Même le chiot qu'elle avait laissé derrière elle a été maltraité et estropié. À cet instant, tout l'amour dans le cœur de Rhea Warren s'est complètement éteint. Elle a présenté sa démission, signé les papiers du divorce et quitté résolument le Domaine Grant. Mais lorsque Julian Grant a appris la nouvelle, il s'est contenté de ricaner, certain qu'elle reviendrait vers lui. Contre toute attente, la fois suivante où il a revu Rhea Warren, c'était lors d'une conférence de presse pour une société de biotechnologie. À ce moment-là, Rhea venait de développer un brevet pour une technologie d'édition génomique et répondait aux questions des journalistes avec calme et assurance. Et à ses côtés se tenait ce magnat de Portellis immensément puissant. Julian Grant est tombé à genoux, en larmes : « Rhea, j'ai eu tort. S'il te plaît, donne-moi une autre chance. » Des chances ? Rhea Warren lui en avait déjà donné de nombreuses. Mais cette fois, la chance appartenait à quelqu'un d'autre. L'homme derrière elle s'est avancé, a passé son bras autour de la taille de Rhea Warren et a déclaré d'un air possessif : « Elle est ma femme maintenant. »

Two people circle each other in the quiet spaces between duty and desire—drawn together not by certainty, but by recognition. Their connection is built on pauses, on breaths held a second too long, on the way comfort slowly starts to feel dangerous. Intimacy arrives not as touch alone, but as understanding: being seen, being chosen in small, fragile moments. Yet timing is cruel. What grows between them is tender and inevitable, but never fully safe. Every closeness carries the weight of what cannot last, and every goodbye feels unfinished. Love here is not loud—it lingers, aches, and teaches them how deeply a heart can bend without breaking. It is a story of warmth found briefly, of restraint mistaken for strength, and of heartbreak that doesn’t shatter—only settles quietly, like a bruise you learn to live with.

Ivy Chamberlain is a simple high school student who just so happens to be a telepath. Knowing everyone's thoughts is pretty boring...so what would happen if she meets a boy she can't read at all? *Cover art by polkadottedscrunchie*

Mercy does not come from solace. Second chances do not come from oneself. In a world riddled divided by chasms of tides and ocean, suffocating islands which were once insurmountably tall mountains, a young gaunt man has decided to shroud himself in solace. His life, his reality and truth, was ripped away in a single moment, running away was only a ripple of that impact... However, one can't truly keep themselves free from the tides of fate. The song has a hymn for everyone, after all—motifs weaved within its complex orchestra of life. On an unfortunate day, a sudden encounter with a monster and a crass thunder-manipulating lady thrusted him back into the chorus of the world. Pulled in by the currents, he's dragged into thrilling encounters that challenge his morals and trauma, steeling him to bear the truths of this world. Schedule: Daily Chapters (usually) Discord: https://discord.gg/PJakm7r6FP

The Weave of Silence ​In the Layered Abyss, truth is a lethal infection. ​The multiverse is not a collection of worlds, but a decaying shroud of parallel shards drifting in The Silence—a cosmic rot that transforms memories into monsters and hope into madness. In this dying reality, power is not earned; it is stolen. To gain a Concept is to kill a god; to seek the truth is to lose your mind. ​Daxian does not want to save the world. He has already surgically removed his own empathy to ensure he survives the coming collapse. Along with Silas, a phantom who treads between dimensions, and Vane, a mad dog who thrives on the kinetic agony of battle, Daxian begins an ascent through the shards that will leave reality scarred. ​They are not heroes. They are not villains. They are the entropy that the universe feared. ​In a world where God is just another word for sin, the only way to end the suffering is to unweave existence itself. ​"The stars do not blink because they are watching. They are blinking because they are hungry."

[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!