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Some stories don’t end with love. Some hearts never heal. And some people love so deeply, it becomes fatal. Ayla Wilson loved Silas Williams for twelve years. For twelve years, he never looked back. She never asked to be chosen, only to stay close. Her love was quiet, invisible, and consuming. She learned how to exist in his shadow without touching his life, how to survive on distance without hope. Until the night she ran. A wedding gown soaked in rain. A locked door. A father who sold her future without remorse. With nowhere left to go, Ayla chose the one place she never should have, Silas. But the man she returned to was no longer a distant memory. He was controlled, restrained, devastatingly silent. He let her stay. He protected her. He never promised love. A marriage formed without desire. A home built on unspoken care. A devotion that grew deeper in silence, until one loss shattered everything. And Ayla learned that "loving someone who cannot say it back can destroy you just as completely as being abandoned." Silas Williams was never cruel. That was his greatest mistake. He didn’t raise his voice. He didn’t abandon her. He didn’t betray her love. He simply believed that staying was enough. Silas protected Ayla in the only ways he knew quietly, responsibly, without asking for anything in return. He gave her shelter, stability, and a place beside him. He believed love was something proven through actions, not words. He never realized that silence can wound deeper than rejection. He never understood that for someone like Ayla, love needed to be seen, spoken, and held before it was too late. And when everything finally broke, Silas learned the cruelest truth of all: "You can do nothing wrong and still lose everything." Redemption did not come with grand gestures. It came with regret. With absence. With learning how to love someone who no longer belonged to him. Cause some realizations arrive only after love is gone. And some men spend the rest of their lives chasing the damage they never meant to cause.

Sagiri was never meant to exist. After his entire clan was wiped out he is the only surviving member and the last keeper yet he doesn't remember. Raised in secrecy and sent to Galka War Academy, he survives among boys trained to kill, endure, and obey. While others rely on strength and discipline, Sagiri carries something older. an echo that sharpens his senses, bends his body, and slowly erodes his humanity. The Echo is the legacy of the N’garu, a legendary clan erased from the world in a single night. They were warriors who could slip between moments, speak to the shadows of the past, and reshape fate with a thought. Their extinction was celebrated across the tribes. Their return is feared more than war. Sagiri carries the last spark of their power. A whispering presence tied to his heartbeat. A force that chooses its own master. But when he crosses paths with Lira, a girl unknowingly created to kill him, the Echo reacts violently breaking the barrier meant to forget and he remembers. Visions flood his mind. Forgotten beings turn their eyes. And the world begins to shift around him. The South wants to crown him. The North wants to erase him. The Echo within him wants something else entirely. And it has finally awakened. https://discord.gg/gMa9tend

They call me the Jewel, but I'm also their slave. For thirteen years, my world has been the gilded cage of the Onyx Club, a high-class slave house for the powerful shifter packs. My only light is my secret son, Billy—the one part of my soul they can't chain. To protect him, I endure the leers of the elite and the cruel ownership of my rapist, Trevor Gray. My quiet rebellion shatters the night I accidentally walk in on Falon Gray, the Supreme Alpha himself, in a moment that could destroy him. I now hold a secret more dangerous than any weapon, and the most powerful man in the city knows it. The game changes when I meet Darel, a kind, clumsy man who feels like a glimpse of a life I can never have. But the illusion is viciously ripped away when I discover the truth: Darel is a Gray. Now, I'm trapped in a gala of wolves, forced to play the charming escort to the one man I thought was different, while his brother—the Alpha—watches my every move, waiting to see if I'll break. But they've made a fatal mistake. They threatened my son's future. I am no longer just a slave. I am a mother with a weapon. And I will burn their whole world to the ground to protect my own.

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. Cover drawn by Aoi Ogata. Discord: https://discord.gg/vrdTSkj8Va

Time, Tarzan, & Terrible Ideas is a sci-fi comedy action-adventure mystery thriller that begins with a terrible... but groundbreaking... mistake. Dr. Milo Finch, a brilliant, anxious young scientist with more intelligence than common sense, successfully invents a time machine. During what is supposed to be a short, observational test run, Milo is violently thrown into the distant past and crash-lands in the heart of an untouched jungle. There, Milo makes an impossible discovery: he has landed in the era... and the world... of Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle. Far from a myth, Tarzan is intelligent, perceptive, and deeply connected to the natural world. Milo’s arrival immediately disrupts the balance of the jungle. His futuristic technology destabilizes time itself, attracting armed hunters and anachronistic forces that should not exist in this era. As Milo struggles to reconcile scientific logic with the terrifying reality that he may have broken history, Tarzan recognizes the danger Milo represents... and the necessity of his survival. The unlikely duo forms an uneasy alliance: Milo brings chaotic future knowledge, comic book references, and reckless innovation; Tarzan brings unmatched physical skill, strategic instincts, and the jungle itself as a weapon. Together, they uncover a growing mystery: someone else has learned to exploit time travel, using the past as a battlefield and resource. What begins as a survival story quickly escalates into a hidden time war, with Tarzan’s jungle as ground zero. As paradoxes multiply and reality begins to fracture, Milo must find a way to repair time before it corrects itself violently... by erasing everything in its path. Blending sharp comedy, high-energy action, and escalating thriller elements, Time, Tarzan, & Terrible Ideas reimagines a classic legend through the lens of modern sci-fi, exploring destiny, responsibility, and the consequences of asking “what if” one time too many.

What if the only way to save the world… was to destroy the system ruling it? Dominic grew up worshiping the Monarchs and the Mage Emperor—the legendary heroes who ended a five-hundred-year war and ushered the world into an age of peace. He believed power existed to protect people. Then he learned what that power was protecting. Behind the kingdom's laws, institutions, and promises of peace lies a system built on corruption, exploitation, and control. The people aren't merely being failed by their government—their suffering is part of how it survives. As Dominic's faith in the heroes he once worshiped begins to crumble, his desire to protect others takes a dangerous turn. If the system cannot be changed from within, it must be torn down. But revolutions demand sacrifice, and the line between liberator and tyrant can disappear faster than anyone expects. To free the world, Dominic may have to become the very thing he once swore to destroy.

What is the price of absolute loyalty? ​He leads a brigade of the young and the restless, enforcing the law with a cold, unwavering hand. He is the man who kills his friends to save the state, a General who views the Chain of Command as a sacred, unbreakable bond. ​Was he a monster, or the most honest man in a room full of liars? History may call him a villain, but he only ever claimed to be one thing: a soldier. And for a soldier, there is only one way the story ends. A loyal man must die.

What happens when a fictional character becomes aware that stories can be created, consumed, rewritten, and discarded?

In a technologically advanced future where elite academies compete for prestige, eleven exceptional students receive a mysterious invitation to participate in The Chrysalis Initiative, a secretive tournament reputed to challenge the world’s most brilliant minds. Within an advanced simulation, the participants are assigned concealed roles as Hunters or Survivors. With no certainty of who stands on which side—and with roles capable of shifting between rounds—alliances begin to form even as doubt quietly takes root. As the tournament progresses, every interaction becomes a test of perception and every decision a calculated risk. Trust begins to erode, and the students find themselves questioning not only those around them, but their own judgment, instincts, and sense of self. In a system built upon deception and survival, the question is no longer who will win, but how far someone can be pushed before losing the very humanity they are trying to protect.

Born into the royal family, Vaelen should have inherited a sacred white flame. Instead, something dark answered his birth. Raised inside the palace but treated as a problem, he grows up learning that in a world ruled by bloodlines, being different is more dangerous than being weak. As the silence around him grows heavier, Vaelen begins to understand that his birth is tied to something the kingdom wanted forgotten. Some call his birth a curse. And it may become the beginning of the kingdom’s fall.

The Day the Apocalypse Arrives—No One Has Privileges Anymore. It doesn't matter if you're a child, a man, a woman, or someone with a disability—if you want to survive, you must quickly grasp the rules of survival. Our only goal is to live—and to keep living.

A [System] descends upon Earth, granting everyone a [Class] and an initial weapon, turning them into players. Players can level up and grow stronger by slaying monsters—but if they die, it’s true death. Starting off as a Lancer, Bai Qiu has abnormally low Luck—poor drop rates, terrible fortune. Yet, being in the prime of his youth, with unyielding determination and exceptional talent, he overcomes countless challenges and walks the path of an invincible great hero!

In 2026, 14% of humanity disappeared. Years later, infernal portals opened and the Twelve Emperors of Hell took over the world. Only one hope remained: the colossal Crystal Tower that appeared in Paris. Inside, heroes with godlike powers and the vanished from 2026 race against time to climb 100 floors, gather the fragments of the Holy Grail, and prevent humanity from being completely wiped out.

I'm sill working on this story, just trying to work some things out. New chapters will be out soon. Bullied and neglected twins finally leave the only home they have ever known, an orphanage, to embark on a new challenge. Mandatory conscription in a military academy was instituted after the Walker War abruptly ended. Pause? Hiatus? Noone knew. The remaining enemy forces simply quit fighting one day. Now, the humans who were almost eradicated must get stronger in case the enemy returns to finish what they started. This is a story about overcoming the trauma of the past and embracing the strength healing can bring. Their quest for self discovery leads them right into the last place they want to go. There are daily updates to the story which is meant to be a trilogy. Ages 16 and up please as the trauma described is SA. Though the details are not very specific, it my trigger some readers. I am looking to move to another platform since I don't feel my story is getting what it needs here. If approved, you can find this story on Royal Road. https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/167754/feisty-fae

"His father taught him to never yield. The heavens taught him otherwise. Gen is the son of the Invincible Immortal Jiang, raised on absolute power and absolute pride. In a world where cultivators command reality through the six Wheels of Destiny, Gen's unbreakable will made him a prodigy—and a fool." "When celestial enforcers descend to punish humanity's arrogance, Gen's world of security shatters in a single day. Cast into a desperate five-year mission to prevent annihilation, he charges forward like the arrogant genius he's always been—turning allies into enemies, pushing his closest friend Liang into the arms of the corrupt Dark Wheels, and treating the end of the world as his personal proving ground." "A duel with A being that should have killed him. A betrayal that cuts deeper than any blade. A defeat so complete it cracks his soul in ways cultivation cannot heal. For the first time in his life, Gen can't fight his way out."

This story begins during the canon timeline, bridges world-breaking events, and continues past the series finale. Dracule Marya Zaleska has always lived in the shadow of her father, Dracule Mihawk, the world’s greatest swordsman. But Marya is no ordinary heir to a legendary name. Gifted with the enigmatic Oni-Oni no Mi (Mist-Mist Fruit), she wields the power to summon spectral apparitions and manipulate the veil between the living and the dead. Yet, this power is both a blessing and a curse, as it binds her to a destiny she does not yet understand. Determined to escape her father’s towering legacy, Marya sets out on a journey to uncover the truth about her mother, a woman shrouded in mystery who sacrificed herself to protect a secret so profound it could shake the foundations of the world. Along the way, Marya discovers fragments of her mother’s past—clues that lead her to ancient ruins, forgotten battles, and a conspiracy that ties her family to the origins of the Devil Fruits themselves. As Marya delves deeper into the mysteries of her lineage, she navigates treacherous seas, faces off against ruthless enemies, and uncovers the truth about the Mist-Mist Fruit’s dark origins. But the closer Marya gets to the truth, the more she realizes that her parents’ sacrifices were not just for her sake—they were to protect the world from a looming catastrophe. As the line between ally and enemy blurs, Marya must confront the darkness within herself and decide whether to embrace her Mist-Mist powers or reject them to forge her own path. "Dracule Marya Zaleska: Oni Phantom - Devil Fruit Origins" is a tale of legacy, sacrifice, and self-discovery. In a world where the past and present collide, Marya’s journey will reveal the secrets her parents died to protect and challenge her to rise above the shadows of her name to become a legend in her own right. Will she uncover the truth in time to save the world, or will the weight of her legacy consume her? #FinalSaga #PostCanon #BridgeLore #PostTimeskip #CanonExpansion #WorldBuilding #HighWordCount #DailyUpdate

After dying in a corrupt world, Tyler Brown is reborn through a god’s forbidden clause. Gifted with eyes that read and bend minds, he rises from childhood toward global power. Every step brings him closer to ruling the world and closer to the deity returning to claim his soul.

In a world filled with conflicts, where blood and tears intertwine, humans relentlessly pursue their desires and ambitions, heedless of the price others must pay. Amidst this chaos, Adrian stands on the edge of the abyss between life and death, trapped between a dark fate and an uncertain destiny. His life has never been fair, and his pain is not a fleeting feeling—it is a path paved with betrayal and treachery. Will he become a criminal or remain a victim? Will his inner strength guide him to stand against injustice, or will the wave of vengeance consume him before he even realizes it? "I too can feel the pain."

A peaceful world that is suddenly erupted with war between humans and Werewolf. No-one has ever predict, there exists a race from human myth and fantasy, when people started to know about Werewolf existence it already to late for humans. Werewolf have started war on humanity that 300 years old that is still going on until the only one race remains on the planet. High school student Larissa who has lost her entire family because of Werewolf attack, Now filled with hatred for werewolf, she walks towards paths that is made of vengeance.

They called him a demon. They spat on him in the streets. They let him eat alone for twelve years. And when the Heavenly Screen flashed across the sky—showing Naruto Uzumaki as the man who would end everything—the first thing he whispered wasn't rage or vengeance. It was: "Why didn't anyone tell me my parents died for me?" This isn't a story about a hero turning evil. It's about a boy who loved too hard in a world that only taught him how to bleed. And when the screen revealed everything Konoha buried—the lies, the cover-ups, the bodies in the basement—Naruto didn't become a monster. He just stopped pretending to be their hero.