the rubble

Seventeen-year-old Kanzi leaves the sheltered Vale—the “womb” that forged his discipline—and enters a world he refuses to meet with blind violence. Trained in spear, greatsword, bow, runes, forging, and magic he hides his true edge: a shadow body and alien mana that make instruments go silent and eyes misread him. In Oakspire, a routine mana test shatters; Assessors begin to watch. Through the Silent Hunt and a staged A-class ambush, Kanzi proves that restraint isn’t weakness—just precision. But strange sigils and withered faiths point to a deeper rot: a false god fattening itself on fear, excess mercy, and needless killing alike. Treating each hunt, trial, and inscription as research, Kanzi learns what he can and cannot do—and where he must cross the line. His power widens from runes to domains to the leylines themselves. When the impostor deity moves to claim the world outright, Kanzi refuses dominion and fights for stewardship. In the end, after exposing the lie and paying the cost, the world chooses him—not as tyrant, but as its guardian for the rest of time.

Friedrich discovers a sealed metal canister hidden in the ruins. He teams up with Elise, a nurse, to decipher its contents and find the intended recipient—a hidden child—while evading the suspicion of Inspector Weber. The mystery reveals a network of ordinary people risking their lives to save others.

Golden Hearts Beneath the Rubble In one night, Jack Arthur lost everything. The woman he loved betrayed him. The empire he fought to build collapsed. The family he believed would always stand behind him shattered without warning. By dawn, he is lying alone in the streets of Kensington, bleeding, abandoned, and forgotten. Then, something impossible happens. Four children from one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods refuse to let a stranger die. Armed with nothing more than a rusted shopping cart, an old rope, and courage no child should ever need, they carry him into a world he never knew existed. A cramped apartment. An exhausted woman named Sarah. A family held together by sacrifice instead of wealth. While one broken man struggles to understand why complete strangers would risk everything to save him, the powerful Arthur family tears itself apart behind the walls of its magnificent mansion, where old betrayals, buried jealousy, and devastating secrets have waited years to surface. Some people are buried beneath wealth. Others discover golden hearts beneath the rubble. A deeply emotional novel about love, betrayal, family, redemption, and the unexpected people who can change a life forever. Sometimes losing everything is the only way to discover what was truly worth saving.

"Did you really think you could run away from me?" How many years has it been? The man standing in front of me is my fiance. A typical arranged marriage between families. Turns out, he's an obsessive male lead. Do I even have the courage and chance to hide? (Warning: Has some mature words, scenes, logic read at your own risk)

Bardi es un peligroso mafioso. Renata es la mujer de su peor enemigo, la esposa del hombre que asesinó a la suya, hay una deuda de sangre que necesita cobrarse, pero ni la sed de venganza pudo contra el deseo y el amor que comenzó a crecer entre ellos por más que trataron de evitarlo. El pasado los une, el presente los obliga a separarse... Ella carga un pasado lleno de miedos Él lleva años arrastrando una culpa profunda ¿El amor será lo suficientemente fuerte para combatir las sombras y heridas del alma de cada uno?

After picking up a mysterious cube left on the floor Spencer Latson Gets the power of black magic which he can control at will but with this, He’s hunted by the people who created the cube codenamed “Rubix” He must fight to control himself and try not to get killed with the help of his Friends Jack Rix, Jordyn Aia and his older brother Brooklynn

In a world where danger lurks at every corner, Ruby, an elite assassin for the esteemed Continent Syndicate, finds herself betrayed and abandoned by her superior after successfully eliminating the patriarch of a notorious criminal syndicate. Now, with a hefty bounty on her head, she must navigate a treacherous double life, desperate to evade capture and protect herself from those who seek revenge. However, fate has a twisted sense of irony, leading her to cross paths with Croce, a charming and enigmatic man who stirs feelings she thought long buried. Unbeknownst to Ruby, Croce is the grandson of the very criminal patriarch she once eliminated.

Six years after having been sentenced to life imprisonment for the massacre of her entire village, Shun Shutsuki is recruited by the master of Gushiken Paranormal Organization and taken out of prison. Shun is the possessor of the Godai Shakujō, a hereditary ability of the Shutsuki Clan, which appears only once in several generations and manifests itself in the form of a powerful anti-monster weapon. According to Kagami Gushiken, the master of the Organization, Shun wasn’t herself during the massacre; she was possessed by a demon. However, this does not appear to be the entire truth; only Doctor Tsunan Hitachiin and the Master seem to know exactly what happened that fateful night. Evidently, the other members of the Organization are not at ease- to say the least- with the idea of having a “mass murderer” amongst them, with Tsunan’s fan-club being particularly averse to Shun’s presence within the organization. Even if monsters are absolutely real, none of them believe in the existence of demons and much less in demonic possession. Everything becomes complicated when Naoto Higaonna, an ex-member of the organization- who is now working as a high-school teacher- kills a group of students out of the blue before committing suicide. Things become even more complicated when the members of the Organization discover that Shun is constantly being hounded and persecuted by a certain Tadashi Honjō, with whom Shun seems to share a long-time bond. Who is Tadashi Honjō? Or rather, what is he? But, above it all, who is Subaru? What is Shun hiding so desperately? Will she be able to survive within the Organization? Will she return safely from the missions assigned to her?

~ ZA¥DAN ~ 'Life is a Game of chess' Move in silence only to say CHECKMATE°°° ~ HA¥AT ~ 'Life can be a game of chess' But with a calm mind, Life can be crystal CLEAR°°° ~~~~~~~~ "Your name"? He asked as he stood up from his chair, taking slow steps towards me making me take steps backward, his voice extremely dark with a slightest bit of anger, his blue eyes roaming to every inch of my body taking his pleasurable time, as his blue eyes stopped at my eyes and met mine amber one, A chill rustled through my spine. Confusion spread across my face as fear engulfed me. Why is he asking my name? Like he don't know, I really wanted to roll my eyes but held the urge in. "Hayat" I replied confidently as my back hit the wall. A dead end. "Full name"? He asked fully invading my personal space as he placed both his hands on each side of wall trapping me in. We stared at eachother in silence. "Hayat Malik" I replied still staring at him. As the words slipped out of my tongue, a small smirk made its way to his lips. This was a simple action but I could sense danger from his eyes. "Aren't you forgetting something Mrs...." He trailed off as he took a hold of my face from his right hand, left hand still on the wall. Tinkles spread across my stomach as his hand made contact with my skin. "Hayat Zaydan Malik" He completed and with that he slammed his lips against mine. Update on Monday and Friday.

“When you see the red rose bloom, just know your fates are doomed.” In Ashvale, red roses don’t mean love. They mean someone’s going to disappear. No one knows who plants them. No one knows why they bloom. But everyone knows what comes next: silence, shadows… and loss. Years after a tragedy that fractured the town, a strange girl returns—quiet, watching, never quite belonging. And the roses grew. They kept growing… silently. Like a shadow. Some say the curse never left. Others believe it's only just begun. But one thing is certain: Ashvale is rotting from the inside out. And this time, the red won’t stop at petals.