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[Warning: 18+ Mature content] Night hangs heavy over Raventhorn, a place where ancient bloodlines hold sway and strength speaks louder than law. Selene Veyne used to think love mattered - until her husband asked for freedom to take other lovers. That moment cracked something inside her; trust bled out, never to return. She turned away from romance, filling silence with brief affairs that left no mark. Then came Kieran Draven, her brother’s closest ally, whose teasing glances carried hidden weight. What began as sparks soon shifted shape, pulling her into motion too sharp to ignore. Now tangled in secrets sharper than blades, she moves through shadows unsure who truly wears a mask. One misstep could end everything. Her heart knows better now - but it still beats faster when he steps near. Danger hums beneath every glance they exchange. This was never supposed to matter so much. Out of nowhere, Kieran comes back after long, harsh fights far away. Only then does he see what waits - Selene, once close to him, now tied to his brother. Worse still, she lives in pain every day. Their bond means nothing under the old rules. But seeing how she suffers - and the child caught in it - makes something shift inside him. Staying silent feels like betrayal. Speaking up breaks everything. One moment changes all balance: protect them or vanish into silence. Yet fate plays harsh tricks. One slip - one spiked glass, one careless moment - ties Kieran to Selene’s sister through a deal born of need. His heart stays fixed on another, still something fierce takes hold, dragging him into a crooked kind of longing he can’t walk away from. One wrong step can burn it all down. Selene finds Kieran when silence is safer than speech. Trust slips away while secrets grow louder. A glance lasts too long, then changes everything. Fire follows them though neither wants the flame. Running feels easier but stopping might destroy more. What binds them also pushes them apart. Choices made in dark corners echo later. Hunger builds without warning. Betrayal waits just behind patience. Staying means breaking rules written long ago. Letting go could mean vanishing forever. Last thing you’d expect? Love does not win. It’s obsession that holds on tight.

No continente de Yunzhou, o talento define o destino. Aqueles com raízes espirituais poderosas são destinados à grandeza, enquanto os sem talento são condenados a viver como mortais comuns. Wei Jian nasceu em uma pequena vila de agricultores e sempre acreditou que esforço poderia superar talento. Durante o teste de admissão da seita, ele descobre possuir uma raiz espiritual acima da média — mas ainda insignificante diante dos verdadeiros gênios. Porém, ninguém percebeu um estranho fenômeno que ocorreu naquele momento. Por uma fração de segundo… o tempo pareceu parar. Sem saber, Wei Jian pode carregar um segredo capaz de desafiar as próprias leis do cultivo. Em um mundo onde o talento determina tudo, ele provará que o destino também pode ser desafiado.

Whore, bitch, hoes; slut. Feeling as if you lost your pride, ashamed; you shouldn't Be. "Who the hell put my pride; my dignity in my Vagina." No one, literally no one wants to be aired naked. Everybody had to have a reason; who made THAT rule? Check out the reasons, tears and desires of MOST GIRLS OUT THERE.

Colors sometimes mean personality, gender and are used to describe different objects. But sometimes, people use it to put it in categories. In a Weird falling world, Kaden is struggling to find out who he is as a person and a Shy boy named Bryan helps him. Colors do not define you! This book: Mentions sexual assault and bullying Book 2 will be out next year. But Short stories for every character will be out soon.

Brixter Sy - Icy look (look a like of Theo Theodiridis and Alexis Georgoulis) one of the male greek handsome, rich and powerful for everything. He saw Jesie in an expected way. He always though about her. He felt something different whenever he was with her. Brixter promise to himself that he will do everything to make her mine. Jesie Dais - isang simpleng babae tanging pangarap makapagtrabaho upang makatulong sa pamilya. Hate nya ang mga lalaking may itsura tapos mayaman pa. Para sa kanya isang pangarap o hibang pag pinansin ka ng mga ala greek handsome.

Divorce can be nasty. Clement discovers how nasty gay divorce can be as he surveys the damage wreaked by his ex-partner in their soon-to-be-sold home.<br><br>After cleaning the mess, he goes for a late coffee and dinner snack. The lone barista, Troy, recounts his traumatic car accident drama as they close the shop and share coffee and leftovers. Troy also reveals the pain of rejection he's felt for being gay.<br><br>The two men share another connection: the next day, Troy starts a new position as a social worker, and Clement is a counselor, as well. So the next morning when Clement drives Troy to his new job, he knows they may cross paths again.<br><br>It comes sooner than expected, though, when Clement returns to Troy’s office with an abused gay teenager who has nowhere to go. Try as they might, Troy and his new coworkers can find no available foster family. Suddenly Clement finds himself with a potential new family. Can things work out for the three of them?

Two most handsome, strong and domineering Alphas are haunting her... ************ 'Mate' is a word that a werewolf cares about the most, but if it is a mate for an Alpha... the care must be doubled... But one mate for two opposing Alphas.....is something different... isn't it? when the mate is a human girl the story is more than just different. ************** Myra is a simple girl with a simple life but her life changed completely on her sixteenth birthday... She was introduced as a goddess to the world of werewolves... Becoming goddesses... Was that a boon?? Or a doom...?? How will she survive the threat of being haunted by all the brutal beasts ... not just those wolves but also the treacherous and ruthless hidden creatures....the hybrids Know more about Myra's life story...

When a man dies on Earth, he is not chosen by destiny nor summoned by gods. Instead, he is reborn as an error—a flaw the world’s system cannot classify or control. In a reality governed by rigid rules, levels, and fate itself, he alone exists outside definition. While heroes rise within the system and gods enforce its order, he quietly observes, learns, and begins to rewrite the rules from within. His power is not brute strength, but authority—earned through understanding the system’s weaknesses. As his existence draws the attention of kings, heroes, and gods, the world faces an impossible question: What happens when someone the system failed to define decides to fix it? Glitchborn is a power-fantasy isekai about breaking limits, defying destiny, and calmly standing above the rules that govern reality.

it's not about weather you were right or wrong.....they were in love....first love, just so magical, just so special....until fate played it's way...until they got to become strangers facing each other after 5 years... the young little genius is introduced at the last....what can the author do when she is a little forgetful..... ------------------------------------------------------------------ there was just soo much he wanted to ask... just no words to describe how he felt...to see her...he thought it was an imagination...another Hallucinations of his....but this is not how he imagines her or how he remembers her. the way she looks...shocked, panic, coldness, and indifference. all that he never ever imagined to once face...fate was really a cruel player...to bring today...to maker her a stranger to him. but after all that happened he thought never could anything make such a impact once again, for there to be things that can once again be startling...but it's like fate hadn't had it's fill. he couldn't say weather he is happy or sad anymore...well from 5 years he hadn't felt any emotions...after she left he also lost the life in him. love is love....there is no reason to love, nothing more that the love itself matters to the lovers. a fool, a blind....that's what the love makes out of you. but seeing her once again there was just one thing in his mind. ' This time I'm not letting you go '. ------------------------------------------------------------------ A week that was how long she waited for him....she wonders many times was that one week short, but she felt every moment of the week to be a century long in hell...all the people, noise, the talk....everything was just so painfull....so tormenting....but she thought he would be there for her when no one was...it's still like a nightmare to her...to remember him...but she waited...cause she wanted to tell him something...but before she could the words from all their friends...nah ex-friends, his friends hurt her like hell...it was just their prediction...but that was a truth...but not as they imagined....and she never wanted to leave before this as she did that moment...that's what made her vanish from their, and his sight.... ------------------------------------------------------------------- now facing each other...those two people who once shared dreams were thinking opposite things... He would everything possible to get her back....he want's her like no other drug....she was his addiction.... she wanted nothing to do with him....not anymore well what is stored in their fate.... and I think we forgot someone..... JOY: well author aren't you really something to forget someone as important as me...huff....with you forgetting things like this...is it the fate or you who is playing with my parents lives...ha.. ------------------------------------------------------------------ well yes the young cute, adorable light of hope in Laura's life and the best of the both of his parents presented in the form of this little genius "Joy" as she calls him....Jordan is the secret of Laura. A white lie that she thinks she keeps from Mark.

Sophie Wexler transmigrated into a novel about The Galaxy, becoming the vicious, F-rank Healer-class cannon fodder. The original owner constantly caused trouble and made things difficult for the female lead, earning her the hatred of the entire internet. Upon transmigrating and seeing that everything had been ruined by the original owner, Sophie's only thought was: "What kind of nightmare start is this?!" To escape the original owner's fate, Sophie Wexler worked diligently, conducted herself conscientiously, stayed away from the male and female leads, compensated the soldiers harmed by the original owner, and strove to be a model citizen of The Galaxy, absolutely refusing to be the cannon fodder 'offed' by the Imperial Marshal! Broke and powerless, Sophie also had to support a man who'd been innocently dragged into the original owner's mess. She had no choice but to hustle. She started live streaming, became a masked singer, and held concerts. At first, netizens were scornful: 【Tsk, how good can she possibly sound?】 Later, the netizens were forced to eat their words. 【Damn, that's so good I'm on my knees!】 【What the hell, the violent episode of my Disorder Period has actually been soothed?!】 【The toxins in my Spiritual Sea have actually been eliminated!】 Her live streams went viral, the masked singer became a huge sensation, and tickets for her concerts were snapped up across The Galaxy. Sophie was content, thinking, "This time, I must have finally escaped the original owner's fate, right?" But what do you know, the man I've been doting on and supporting is actually the Imperial Marshal?! --- One day, Yancey Forrest came home to find that the boisterous person who was always claiming to be good to him was gone. His eyes darkened. Provoke me and then think you can leave? After catching her, Yancey traced his fingertips along Sophie's neck, smiling gently. "Why run?" Sophie trembled. "You... you're the Imperial Marshal?" His identity exposed, Yancey Forrest took her hand and slowly placed it on his own neck ring. "You know I won't kill you, don't you?"