We might look superficial and mundane, maybe we are afterall... A typical Venetian youngster will wake up and spend an hour or more getting ready to be as flamboyant as possible, then they'll head to Florian as usual for a luxurious breakfast fitting for a rich brat. Meet up with friends and stroll around or head to "work" at the family's business... Then once the sun sets, it's time to enjoy life!

I'm a bit of a waste of society myself, my family still holds onto their Noble name even tho we don't have a single penny to our name.

...

I look at the ripples of the water, dark but shiny thanks to the lanterns at the side of the street... I look at my reflection -Ah I'm a total mess- the blond hair are a mess, I remember tying them at my neck's height and curling my bangs but now it's all gone...

The Carnival hasn't even officially started yet, and here I am being already like this. Disgusting! That's why I'm mocked from around every corner of Venice... I go to every event existing, hopeful to rise our notoriousness again, but always end up half drunk on some street after slapping one disgusting old man who reached his hands too far.

I recall some of these events while cleaning the side of my lips, where smeared lipstick blends in with a freshly done bruise.

Beside my head's reflection there seems to be a figure standing on top of a roof, I looks at it dancing on the water before rubbing my eyes and it's gone -Nice! Now I'm even seeing things...! What a failure of a person I am- I sigh and turn around, still looking down.

The bells of a nearby church rings 3 times in the distance.

Once my eyes rise I find myself face to face with someone who clearly wasn't there a second ago. I jump back a bit and lose my stability but that person reaches out a gloved hand and prevents me from falling into the canal.

I look at him once the fear has subsided. Tall with broad shoulders but still slender... The skin is almost silvery for how pale he is, the lips are slightly tinted in a dark red shade and long black hair lays on his chest. A black lace and metal mask covers his face, along the hood of his cloak, but his two piercing red eyes still peak through the darkness.

The corner of his lips moves in a subtle smile and the black gem shining on his collar catches my eyes next, but the man probably had different plans and pushes my chin up with a finger -Do you need help?- his voice is the auditory representation of velvet... Deep red fabric, like blood pumping in one's heart... Shining maliciously like the sea under the moon.

I can't even reply for how astonished I am -I know that you do... I also know how to help you- he says with a hint of alluring seduction in his tone -I... Uhm...- he ignores my hesitation -Once the Carnival starts, go to the church and pray. After that enter the plaza and ask The Duke of Savoia to dance with you, then once the bells rings 3 times in the night you have to kiss him-

His words sounds absurd to my ears. The Duke of Savoia? That one cold Piedmontese man who's living in Venice for who knows reason? That man barely even shows his face in public if not to hang around the priests, how could I ever approach him? Me, who look like pure trash in his eyes?

I've seen that man in the distance a few times, he dresses in black only and his clothes are always so simple and neat... The only thing that stands out is that white Rosary always between his fingers. He's too holy to agree to a dance with me.

Now that I think about it, I've never seen his face before...

-Why?- is all I manage to say -Just obey me- he smirks and takes a step back -Wait... Who are y...?!- I reach and hand forward but the man dissolves into hundreds of black butterflies

"What...?"

I admire the small creatures untill they all disappear and the darkness they held goes away as the lanterns turns back on and the sound of waves is back...

A chill runs down my spine and I immediately hug myself -What did I just witness?!- I touch my forehead, both shoulders and heart before joining my hands in a pray -Lord above please protect me, I might not be a good catholic but please save me from this devil!-

Was it one of those demons in the Bible? Or was it a Vampire? Maybe a ghost? I never knew such things existed and I still don't believe it fully... Still what I saw couldn't be explained in any other way than "supernatural".

I sigh -Ah... Maybe I should really reach out to that cold savoian Duke and ask him to bless me!- I intertwine my fingers and look above in the night sky -Lord above, I swear I'll abandon my immoral life and become a firm believer of yours if you protect me this time!!!-

A flash about that duke comes back to me, I saw him kissing a high priest's hand once and kneel down to pray. He looked very fervent as he muttered words in a low voice with that necklace in his hands...

-Do I really have to do what that creature said? Maybe that Noble man will help me if I beg hard enough in front of the Basilica of San Marco, it's not like I have much pride left nor anything to lose... But what if he's really one of those creatures who seeks joy in human's despair?! I might crawl on the ground in front of that Duke for his fun and even get killed for coming near such a clean person!- I scream biting my nails nervously -What do I do?!- I grab onto the handrails of the bridge I'm walking on and see again the reflection of that man on a roof, just for a second before it's gone.

-Maybe I've dreamed it all... Or one of those old dogs put something in my drink, everyday there's someone trying to drag me into their bed in exchange of money. I might be shameless and poor but I have some kind of limits too!- I become red for the rage I'm feeling but soon it becomes embarrassment as a grandma opens a window and empties her night vase into the canal...

I remain still and take a deep breath once she's gone -That was embarrassing... Wait, why am I the one embarrassed?! We have some kind of sewer system in this city, she's the one who should be ashamed!- I reach to grab a little rock and throw it on her window -All those money and you can't even follow basic human decency?! Give some of those money to me!- I half scream, not really wanting to be discovered but just to let out my agitation from the recent events

-Go to sleep, waste of society!- shouts someone else, making me blush again -Ah fine, I'll just throw myself in the lagoon one of these days- I sob while walking back home, knowing too well how terrible my life is and that I'll never be able to rise back up again...

Two times rejected Luna, the desire of all Alphas

Valerie, the daughter of the murdered Alpha of the Yellow Stone Pack, could never lead the pack because she had a Luna wolf. Her mate, Tristan, was made the Alpha in her stead. After assuming the title of Alpha, Valerie was set up and brutally rejected, not only by Tristan but also her whole pack, and her kid sister, Scarlet, with whom Tristan had secret affairs. “I reject Luna Valerie as my mate. She was caught in bed with a stranger, meaning that she would sell the pack out. The punishment for treachery is death,” Alpha Tristan announced heartlessly. The chants from the pack members and visiting Alphas who had come for the Alphas' conference attracted them to the judgment. No one thought that Alpha Denzel, whose name caused the hairs on their skin to stand straight due to his ruthlessness, would make it to the conference. Valerie found hope when she realized that Alpha Denzel was her second chance mate, but painstakingly, she was rejected once again. The double rejection caused her to lose her wolf, and she was condemned to die by all the Alphas present. She thought her fate was sealed when Alpha Denzel left and a warrior was ready to execute her. Everyone was shocked when Alpha Denzel suddenly turned around. “Stop! The treacherous daughter of a late Alpha should not be killed. More suffering awaits her,” he declared. Valerie’s heart dropped when she saw his dark look, which was like a bottomless pit, as she blacked out from exhaustion. A few months down the line, there was a war among the Alphas as they began to lay claim to the two-times-rejected Luna. With her wolf dead, will the moon goddess be gracious to give her another wolf? And which Alpha would be able to melt her now cold heart?

Glorious_Eagle · Fantasia

4.8

507 Chs

Betrayed by Blood, Claimed by the Alpha

“P-please let me go..” I stammered and before I knew it, I was word vomiting while crying. “—I won’t return. You won’t ever see me again. I know you don’t want me as a mate. You hate me, so please let me go.” I cried out. Cain’s jaw tightened with each word that left my lips “What gave you the idea that you have the power to choose what you want?” His voice was low, “You don’t get to decide what, how, and when you leave. Only I get to do that. You don’t get to leave me, you don’t get to run! You only leave when I want you to.” "I didn’t ask for this,” I whispered, trembling. “I didn’t ask to be your mate.” Cain stepped back, “Neither did I,” he muttered under his breath. “But the bond doesn’t give us a choice, does it?” ~~~~ As the only child of her late Alpha father, Avery Jae was meant to inherit her family’s legacy. But on the day of her arranged marriage to Alpha Lucian, her world crumbles. Rejected, humiliated, and cast aside for her own cousin, Avery barely escapes with her life only to find out a much deeper secret. One that changes everything. When Avery awakens, she finds herself in a foreign land, caught by the ruthless guards of the Vehiron pack, led by the infamous Alpha Cain. Tall, broad and as dangerous as the army he commands. Alpha Cain has a reputation that sends chills down the spine of even the most dangerous warriors. Haunted by his dark past, he has vowed never to take a mate, yet the moment he lays eyes on Avery, everything changes. With a single word, Avery is bound to Cain—whether he wants it or not. In a world where betrayal runs deep, can Avery ever trust the alpha who might just be her worst enemy.

LauraRave · Fantasia

Classificações insuficientes

206 Chs

Guide To Reign My Tycoon Husbands

Luo Huian was the most beautiful, strong and narcissistic——- Cut! Cut! Cut! Take two, and do it over. Luo Huian was the most beautiful, strong and wisest immortal in the realm of peace and harmony. Her two fathers doted on her, and she had a generous supply of resources and pills. Her life was perfect. However, her perfect life came to an abrupt end when Luo Huian, an immortal whose responsibility was to bring peace to those who had reached their ends and had run out of faith—— Watched a man jump down a building. Because of her inflexible beliefs and sense of justice, she did not save the bully. Unfortunately, that man was the son of the heavens. The loss of his life brought infinite trouble in Luo Huian’s life and she was punished by the heavens. She was sent to the world of humans where she had to rescue at least five hundred people by saving their lives when they were at the end of their wits. For an immortal this was an easy job, right? Wrong. Her grandmother sent Luo Huian to a world where Gloom Rocks had wrecked chaos. Beasts and monsters were given birth to by the Gloom Rocks that sucked every ounce of happiness from humans. This world was dominated by hunters who could kill the beasts with the powers that they had awakened. And in this cutthroat world, Luo Huian got the short end of the stick. She woke up in the body of an F-class hunter! Dang it. If that wasn’t worse enough, the previous owner had confessed to her cousin-in-law and was kicked out of the family. Double frog in the hot crock. With not a single penny in her pocket Luo Huian goes out to complete her mission. But what would happen when Luo Huian who was an F-class hunter annihilated the Z-class Glooms and Hollows that even the S-class hunters could not? Watch her fend against the dangers and at the same time save the lives of people. But in this small mission, there is a small obstruction —— The three alluring temptations. *********** Resisting the temptation take 1: “MMPH,” Luo Huian pushed against the mer who had pushed her down on the bed while sitting on her waist. “Get off.” “I can’t,” answered Qi Yongrui as he took off his shirt. “Daddy Shun said that he is envious of Uncle Wang. He also wants to hold a grandchild. So, wife let's work hard tonight alright?” Luo Huian: Dear Heavens save me, I am a woman of no desire! **** Resisting the temptation take 2: “Do you think he is good looking?” Fan Meilin questioned the woman who stood next to him. Even though he was the one who won the race and the trophy, his wife was looking at the other mer. “Well yes,” Luo Huian, who was an appreciator of beauty, agreed at once. “Why are you asking this though?” Fan Meilin’s eyes flashed as he smiled at her and leaned in closer to her body as he whispered in her ear, “He might be good looking but I am a better driver. Not only on the track but also in bed, do you want to try darling?” Luo Huian: Resist the temptation! At all costs! I am an iron-hearted woman. ***** Resisting the temptation take 3: “Is this necessary?” Luo Huian questioned as she sat on the couch, watching the mer trace his fingers on her curves while she sat in nothing but modern swimwear. The mer nodded as he wrote on his small notepad, “I need to trace every inch of your skin to create my finest creation, so don’t move.” After he finished writing, he handed the notepad to Luo Huian, his fingers brushing against the curve of her bosom, waist and ——— Luo Huian: My virtue is at extreme risk! ** Fl who is trying to do everything to save her virtue from being taken as it would slow down her cultivation X Mls who are trying their best to snatch it from her. *********** Trigger warning: though the book is set in a comedic setting, there might be some uneasy topics that would discuss depression and loneliness. ***********

fairytail72 · Fantasia

4.3

544 Chs

Allure Of The Night

[Mature Content] The body of a mermaid is a vault of treasures. Their tears formed the most splendid of pearls, their exquisite blood a euphoric drug for vampires, their luscious hair woven into the finest of silk, and their tender meat sought after by werewolves more than Heaven’s ambrosia. The creatures of night mingled within human society, fleeced in the wool of aristocracy, veiled in their portrayed innocence and nobility, their savagery continued to predate on the weak and powerless. Genevieve Barlow, Eve for short, was an exceptionally strange young lady. She had an alluring and beguiling nature, where for her twenty-four year old self had barely changed in appearance since her eighteenth birthday. She had fooled the administration and had gotten a degree so that she could have a better life. Most odd of all was that Eve had a secret she shared with no one. She enters the house of Moriarty, not just to earn but also to find answers on what happened to her mother nearly two decades ago. Unfortunately, things do not always proceed as one planned. Despite her cautious nature and desire to stay out of sight, a cold pair of eyes falls on her, that soon refuses to leave her out of sight.

ash_knight17 · Fantasia

4.9

546 Chs

Hellbound With You

[WARNING: MATURE CONTENT] "I love you, despite the danger signs." ____ Sheltered and innocent Abigail is terminally ill. She knows she will die soon so before she dies, she wants to fulfill her one and only wish - to fall in love. She wants to experience loving someone romantically. But under one strange condition- she wants a man who will not fall in love with her because she doesn't want him to suffer when she's gone. She met Alexander Qinn, the coldhearted and mysterious man. He warns her from the start that he doesn't do love and that he is dangerous. But that made him the perfect man for Abigail. He was exactly the kind of man she was looking for. Alexander will teach the innocent Abigail about his kind of pleasure while Abigail will show him the joy of doing simple things in life. Their completely different worlds collide, Abi's illness and the mysteries about Alexander will slowly be revealed. Can Abigail handle his own kind of hell? Can Alexander handle her light? ___ VOLUME 1 [MAIN STORY] - STATUS: COMPLETED A story of a terminally ill girl and a heartless man. ____ VOLUME 2 [SPIN-OFF] - STATUS: COMPLETED A story of a vampire prince and a feisty and rich human girl. ____ VOLUME 3 [SPIN-OFF] - STATUS: COMPLETED A story of an ancient witch's unrequited love. ____ VOLUME 4 [SPIN-OFF] - STATUS: COMPLETED A story of a ghost and a vampire prince. #enemies-to-lovers ____ Cover is mine so don't use it. Instagram account: kazzenlx.x facebook page: author_kazzenlx Discord server: https://discord.gg/UGTA3A4

KazzenlX · Fantasia

4.8

932 Chs

Sold as the Alpha King's Breeder

"On the bed." My new master, the Alpha of Drogomor, commanded. I walked toward the bed, naked, ashamed, and full of tears. I was about to lose my virginity, but it meant nothing to the man who was going to take it. *** I am Rosalie, 20 years old, sold to the most terrifying alpha by my own father. "You're nothing to me but a breeder." he said to me cruelly. I had long known that my love for him was hopeless and foolish. However, I was naïve to think that was the end of the story. Once the baby is born, I will be put to death. *** People thought I was dead, but I survived. "It's you!" He grabbed my hand, and his eyes were filled with emotions I couldn't understand. "Come back to me, Rosalie." "Sorry." I calmly looked back at him, "but I think you've got the wrong person."

Alice Knightsky · Fantasia

4.5

1150 Chs

Abyssal Awakening

Having spent her childhood confined in chains, Alice was a child who knew neither love nor joy. Scorned by her family while being tortured in the name of the greater good for years, she grew numb to all feeling and thought. That is, until one day, a man in black offered her a chance to escape. There were once rumours widespread of an endless hell, a land of glorious death and dreadful opportunity. Fools went in search of it, and the clever never ventured into it. Only when its baleful mysteries spilled unto the earth did all hear its name — the Abyss. A single drop of its blood could give someone the power to control shadows, move faster than sound, or strength greater than the strongest man. Yet, it all came at a cost; the blood would always make sure those who consumed it became part of the Abyss, with one exception — Alice. Cast away by her own blood, it was her destiny to rot in a gilded cage. But, that fateful day changed everything. Gifted a second chance at life, a chance to turn her life around and claim vengeance against her family, a chance to dive deep into the Abyss and gain the power to govern her own fate, Alice took his hand, unaware of the destiny unfolding before her. Discord: https://discord.gg/vrdTSkj8Va Author Notes: This is my third book, going to take what I learned from before to improve. This book will be focusing on plot, action, depths of character bonds and overall a darker tone/take on this cruel fantasy world I've cooked up for this book! If you give this book a try, I hope you enjoy! A very different experience and tone to Nanomancer Reborn.

Reili · Fantasia

4.7

675 Chs

Godly Empress Doctor

She is a genius girl abandoned by her family in the 21st century. He is an arrogant, black-bellied crown prince of an empire. A lofty existence that can cause the world to enter turmoil in his rage. She plays dumb and takes advantage of him, tricking him, tormenting him, agitating him, running away after every successful attempt at flirting—an act no man can tolerate! Helpless, he can only hunt her, drown her in love, seduce her to be his, but by a strange twist of fate, he is the one who falls for her first. This is a story of a powerful youth and beautiful girl being on opposite side of an equally-matched game of romance.

Su Xiaonuan · Fantasia

4.4

4254 Chs

Índice

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