the trail often crossed

.... "The fates will curse you to a life of hell." She stared those loathsome eyes. Her very being screamed from inside. Her hate knew no bounds. And yet...and yet...why was he looking at her like that? Why did he not hate her? Why was there sadness in his eyes? Why? "I'd rather take a million years in hell!" she spat out. "Yes...I did it. I killed your most precious person." She flashed a manic smile. "You'll suffer for the rest of your life...Emperor. And nothing makes me happier..." Her mad laughter echoed throughout the palace, etching a bone chilling fear into the hearts of everyone who was present that day. The evil Empress had fallen. ..... Wang Shina was shunned and exiled from her palace by her husband, Emperor Kang, and his concubine for an unforgivable crime. Evil, manipulative and cunning, Wang Shina only knows one thing: hatred. And she wasted no time in admitting her guilt. After committing the horrendous crime to oust her husband from power, she was cursed by the kingdom's most powerful shaman: she will have to live as an old woman by the day and will change back to her real appearance during the night. And she will keep on living this cursed life for years until she finishes the task of changing the fates of 500 couples over the years. Now, almost centuries later, Wang Shina goes by the name Cherry and is out to complete her mission after which, she can die in peace. Finally on her last mission, Wang Shina receives the last couple's names whose fates she will rewrite. Enter Shin Jinhyun, a popular idol and the country's Idol King who is fated to be with Sung Yoona as per Wang Shina's task. But fate plays a cruel joke as Jinhyun and Yoona turn out to be the reincarnations of Cherry's ex-husband and his mistress. And furthermore, Jinhyun's heart has room for only one girl: the lady in red, Wang Shina. *Cover belongs to the author. Please don't copy*

Nova works at a world-leading company known for its cutting edge video games. She and her team have been working on a new virtual reality video game that's going to take the world by storm. One late night she steps into the device and starts it up. Before she realizes it, she's in a new world standing in front of the hottest man she's ever laid eyes on. Unfortunately for her, she thinks this is just part of the game... She reaches out and touches the man's abs... "Wow... it feels so real!" Follow Nova on her journey to surviving this new world and the crazy powerful man she "molested" Wanna talk? Find me on Discord! Blissfullrage#3336 ___________________________________ Would like to donate? Cash App $Blissfullrage I do not own the picture. All credit to the original artist.

"It's already 12:30 a.m., thirty minutes past midnight and I still can't locate the fucking grave. Just how deep did these assholes bury her? Were they trying to hide a body or dig to the Earth's core? I know, I know. You're probably wondering what the hell a woman in her late twenties is doing in a cemetery, covered in dirt, and digging up graves like it's a normal Friday night. And no, I'm not a gravedigger............" I had three fucking rules. Just three. And sure, no problem with the undead—until me and my brilliant fucking stupidity decided to break every single one. **Rule one**: Don’t remove the necklace. **Rule two**: Don’t talk to him. **Rule three**: For the love of all things holy—don’t open the fucking cage. Simple, right? Apparently not. I shattered them. One by one. Like an idiot playing with a loaded gun. And now? The most dangerous vampire in existence is free. Two others are hot on my tail. And I have no idea what the fuck I’ve gotten myself into.

"He's not my ex-husband. He's just a man I used to know." He shattered her heart with one accusation. Now she’s the woman he’ll do anything to win back. Juliette Hart thought she had found her happy ending with billionaire Nolan Cross. But on their wedding night, he publicly accused her of cheating. Heartbroken and pregnant, Jules disappeared from his world. Years later, the truth comes to light. As past betrayals resurface and buried secrets unravel, Nolan will stop at nothing to reclaim the woman he lost. But Jules is no longer the broken girl he left behind. She will do whatever it takes to protect herself and her son. Even if it means taking dangerous risks. When love and revenge collide, will forgiveness be their salvation, or their downfall?

[Kill decisive + not Madonna + horizontal push + invincible + violent.] Lin Yu, an ordinary and tired young man in modern society, the pressure of life and the confusion of his heart make him drink to drown his sorrows on his birthday and get hung up on the street. However, the cogs of fate turned quietly while he was drunk. A mysterious light suddenly appeared, instantly embroiled him in an unknown space, and when he woke up, he was already in the mysterious realm of cultivation.

The Ricca crime family has a magical ancestry, one that manifests in prophetic dreams and secret abilities. Vanessa, the sheltered princess of this magical mafia family, can see others' secrets. She calls this her "shadow vision." No one is supposed to know about it, because it's an ability that would get her killed. Ivan Volkov, the heir to a Russian crime family, discovers Vanessa's secret and wants to use it to find a traitor in his crew. Vanessa is taken and forced to live with Ivan and his cousin Dominik until she can provide them with the traitor's name. But the man betraying Ivan is the one person immune to Vanessa's gift. He's also the one person Ivan would never expect: his cousin. Dominik and Vanessa are fated in this enemies to lovers story of mystery, magic, and mafia. In order to overcome the darkest evil and help Ivan's victims, they need to let go of their distrust, secrets, and give in to scariest, strongest thing either of them has encountered: each other. A CEO of Seduction sequel and standalone. Published exclusively on Webnovel.

Staring down at the man beneath her, she grabbed on to his chin and lifted his face. A devilish smile adorned her face. "If I can't have you, I would rather destroy you." ~ "My Dear Valerie, all I want is to watch you cry." The sparkling him who lives in the light would never pay attention to the her who is tainted. The Apathetic Heiress who had it all— beauty, wealth, and intelligence. That's what everyone saw her as. But beyond that exterior, Valerie Davies was an insecure and paranoid girl who remained obsessed with her first love, Lucian Gray. Valerie hid a secret side. If triggered, that side of her wreaked havoc. He was the light in her dark world, a dazzling and far-fetched dream, and the only one that mattered to her. Lucian Gray had all he could ask for— a loving family, fame, and wealth. But that happy life of his faced a challenge when his parents are set on having him marry Valerie— the very person he has deep hatred for. Getting engaged to the very person who makes his blood boil? Impossible! And what happens when he attempts to escape from the engagement? He triggers the dangerous side of hers that badly wants to possess him. As for him, he wishes to break down that composed Valerie and have her at his mercy. Throw in the mix a controlling father, a half-sister who is out for revenge, and conspiracies being planned in the dark.

"On your eighteenth birthday, I'll marry you. And you will never leave." He is not her blood. He is the man who raised her like a treasure and keeps her like a prisoner, the most feared name in the city, who once killed a guard for looking at her a moment too long. Lin Su is seventeen, a genius who has spent five years hiding exactly how brilliant she is, and she has one plan. Disappear before her birthday. She runs out of time in the cruelest way there is. One ordinary morning, every human on Earth vanishes at once, scattered across a hundred worlds built to kill them. A watch fuses to her wrist: a direction, and a number counting down from ninety. Reach the gate before it hits zero, or be trapped in that world forever. Clear all one hundred, and reach the only safe one left. The 101st World. So she hides everything. Her face, her genius, her name. She survives in the shadow of a cold, lethal commander who already seems to know how every world ends. A man who watches her too closely. Who makes every other man who comes near her quietly disappear. Who never explains why. She is certain he only sees a little sister. Everyone around them can see exactly what he is. And a hundred worlds behind her, her brother is still coming. He has an army now, and the whole apocalypse to cross, and he has never once in his life lost something he decided was his. Ninety days to a world. Two men who would burn down the heavens to keep her. And one truth she refuses to see until it is almost too late. Slow burn · obsessive male leads · love triangle · genius cold heroine

The protagonist, Yuan Ye, was electrocuted while playing an online game and his soul traveled through to a different world - the Blazing Continent. In this world, relying on a set of celestial-level secret scriptures from an online game, he embarked on his cultivation path. From being a dandy in the eyes of everyone, he gradually grew into a powerful warrior. After going through countless hardships, obstacles and challenges, he finally became the peak powerhouse above all things.

When a Chinese village boy unexpectedly finds himself in a world far from home, he must navigate the unfamiliar streets of America, torn between the ancient wisdom of his homeland and the allure of a modern world that offers new possibilities—and dangers. In a land where the ordinary mixes with the extraordinary, can he truly find his place, or will he become lost between two worlds?