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Author's Message Hello, beautiful readers! I'm your writer, back with a new BL story filled with raw and honest emotions. This story is for everyone who got so busy fulfilling responsibilities that they forgot themselves somewhere along the way. I hope Prince Kingsley and Arhan's journey touches your heart. Please shower your love and support so I can bring every page of this story to you! ✨ Summary To the world, he is Prince Kingsley - the CEO of a global corporate empire based in London. Among the towering skyscrapers and glittering city lights, his name is more than a title - it's a brand. Power, wealth, influence... he has everything. Everything except peace. To his brothers, he is nothing more than a payment gateway - a walking ATM with a limitless checkbook. Even inside his luxurious penthouse, Prince feels like a prisoner. Yet deep inside him, a boy still lives - A boy who once dreamed of becoming a writer. A boy who wanted to watch the sunrise from snow-covered mountain peaks and tell his stories to the world. One night, suffocated by his golden cage, Prince picks up his old diary... And walks away from London. He travels to one of the most breathtaking places in the world - Zermatt. Snow-covered mountains, silent valleys, and peaks that touch the sky... There, he meets Arhan. Arhan - fearless like the mountains, pure at heart, and carrying freedom in his smile. For the first time in years, Prince feels something real. But Prince Kingsley has a secret. A truth so heavy that if it comes to light... It could shatter everything between them. When Arhan discovers why Prince truly left his empire behind... Will he still accept him? Or will this unfinished dream remain incomplete forever?

In New York, where corporations have completely replaced the state, and a human being is worth exactly as much as their blood and organs, 27-year-old barista Ethan Hitcher lives as invisibly as possible.
His only weakness is a girl named Mari,a street artist who still believes that paintings can wake someone up. One night a drunk heir to a corporation kills Mari right in front of Ethan.
The murder is officially recorded as an “accident”.
Society rages for three days. Then,silence.
Ethan is offered $5,000 and a nondisclosure agreement.
He refuses. Now Ethan begins, methodically and without unnecessary noise, to break the system from the inside, using its own rules and loopholes.
But most importantly,he is an ordinary person, and they are vampires… Charters art inst: viloyart

In a multiverse of infinite layers, Kael Veyris emerges as a singularity of power. He does not merely fighthe reshapes wars, redefines enemies, and rewrites the rules of life itself. As gods, titans, and cosmic entities attempt to challenge him, Kael’s reality warping abilities leave them powerless. But absolute power comes at a cost. With every law he bends and soul he claims, Kael must confront the fragility of identity, morality, and the infinite consequences of reshaping existence itself.

In Argent, you have twenty one years to live. On your twenty first birthday, the System assigns you an ability and teleports you beyond the barrier. So far, only four people have ever survived the exile. The reason? The outside is filled with Corruptors, and Corruptors cannot be harmed. They are forces of nature. Walking disasters. You don’t fight them. You just pray they don’t find you. Allaran knows this. He’s known it his whole life. An orphan raised in the warehouses, he spent his days hauling crates from loaders to shelves. Useless work for a useless boy. He made peace with dying long before he ever learned to hope. Then his twenty first birthday came. His ability manifested. Switch. The power to change the location of two things. A joke. A warehouse clerk’s trick in a world where survival depends on being extraordinary. What he didn’t know was that his useless power could do something no one had ever done before. Kill the unkillable. The Corruptor’s head landed in his hands. The eye blinked once. Twice. Then went still. And the System lit up with words no living human had ever seen: You Slayed [King Emi – Level ???] XP Threshold Met. [Leveling Up]. In that instant, something Argent had never known was born. Hope.

In the twilight of his life,ravaged by a merciless disease,Alex Thompson closes his eyes for the last time,only to awaken in a world of magic and peril—as a newborn babe in the arms of destitute farmers.Thrust into this unfamiliar realm where elemental affinities define power and destiny,Alex quickly realizes he's been isekaied,blessed—or cursed—with an unprecedented gift:all five affinities—Fire,Wind,Water,Earth and the elusive Shadow—simmering within him from birth. But in a society where only the elite few are born with even a single affinity and mastery demands grueling training,meditation and unyielding will,Alex's potential remains locked away,a tantalizing secret even he struggles to unleash.Raised in the shadow of poverty,he must navigate a harsh world of feudal lords,mythical beasts and affinity-wielding nobles who hoard power like gold. As Alex grows,he vows to transcend his humble origins,honing his body and mind to awaken his dormant abilities.With whispers of ancient prophecies and shadowy threats looming,he embarks on a path of self-discovery,forging alliances,facing betrayals and unraveling the mysteries of his reincarnation.Will he master the elements and rise as a legend or will the weight of his hidden powers consume him? In a land where one affinity can topple empires,possessing them all might just be the key to salvation—or utter destruction.

​Lu Zheng, the Minister of Justice, was a man upright in character and unyielding in his pursuit of truth. He was the only man in the Empire who noticed the slight tilt in the scales of power, a hidden hand that steered the Emperor’s every decree. But when he refused to bow to the darkness he couldn't yet name, his entire household was erased in a single night of silent blades. ​The world believes the Lu Clan was purged for treason. The Emperor believes he gave the order himself. ​Everyone is wrong. ​ The true architect of the massacre remains a shadow, unknown to the court, the throne, and even the surviving Lu children. To the siblings, their enemy is a corrupt system. To the Mastermind, the siblings are merely loose ends in a game they don't even know they're playing. The children steeled themselves and trained in the temple at the outskirts of the capital, invoking an oath that they will be back and they will bring justice to their parents.

Everyone knows the story of Cinderella. This is not that story. Ophelia Nightshade is a lowborn servant in her father’s house, dressed in black to mark her place beneath the family that barely tolerates her existence. Trained to be invisible, she survives through obedience, sharp wit, and a quiet refusal to break. The only escape she knows lies beyond the manor gates—in a forest where servants are sent when they are considered expendable. There, Ophelia accidentally awakens something that should not exist: a wounded fox bound by ancient power and older secrets. As her life within the Nightshade household tightens—marriage schemes, political scrutiny, and the dangerous attention of royalty—the forest becomes the only place where she is truly seen. What Ophelia does not know is that her blood carries the convergence of realms, and her survival threatens balances long maintained by force and deception. When a single night shatters the fragile order protecting her, Ophelia is forced to flee into a world that no longer intends to let her remain small. Princess in Black is a dark fantasy reimagining of the Cinderella myth, blending political intrigue, slow-burn romance, and hidden power with sharp wit and emotional grit. This story is also available on RoyalRoad at: https://www.royalroad.com/profile/915938/fictions.

He shaped reality from nothing. Now it is beginning to fracture. In a world governed by deliberate law, a sovereign oversees countless universes beneath structured heavens and a silent abyss. To his daughter Lyra, he is simply her father, the architect who taught her that nothing truly disappears. Beyond their skies lies the Axis Vault, where realities are anchored and watched by beings who stand at the highest tier of existence. When subtle distortions ripple across distant realms and no new realities emerge, the balance of creation begins to falter. As debate turns to exile and termination, Lyra is forced to confront a question her father once avoided: If structure can collapse, was it ever meant to last? A cosmic saga of family, responsibility, and the quiet truth that even gods cannot outrun the consequences of what they create.

After their mother is found murdered and their father disappears without explanation, Asher and Vale Ashborne are taken under the protection of the World Heroes Union — an organization that raises gifted children into heroes. But grief does not disappear. It transforms. Asher burns with rage he cannot control. Vale hides a storm behind quiet strength. And somewhere in the shadows… something watches. A presence without a name. A fear without a face. As darkness begins to spread across their world, enemies rise — each stronger than the last. The brothers will grow, fight, and bleed to protect humanity. But the greatest battle will not be against monsters. It will be against one of their own. Because sometimes… The most terrifying villain is not the one born in darkness. It is the one who chose it.

Jaune Arc moved to the city of Vale hoping for a regular high-school experience. However, on his second night in the city, he somehow found himself waking up to a decaying, nightmarish version of reality. This place, this... dream realm, housed deadly monsters that hungered for his flesh. A floating interface, the Nightmare System, whispered promises of power to him. Power that he could use to survive in this realm by killing the monsters of the dream. Now, Jaune's only option was to navigate the rules of this new realm before it takes a bite out of him. Welcome to Vale, Sweet dreams. =================== This is a slow burn story set in an Alternate Universe of the show, RWBY with a modern twist to it. The idea was inspired from (Shadow Slave), (Lord of the Mysteries) and (Dreamers Throne). (Dream-Realm, Modern Setting, Runes). =================== Advanced chapters are available on Patreon patreon.com/TheFirstFire

In a world where lifespan is currency, every citizen is born with a ticking balance. The rich live for centuries. The poor sell survival. No one questions the system—until a young man’s ledger mysteriously increases by forty years. No record. No donor. As cracks begin to show, he realizes age was never just a transaction.

Estelle awakens alone with no memories in the ruin of a beautiful castle. Searching the room around her, she is surprised when the door behind her creaks open, revealing a monster determined to feast upon her bones. Scared and weak, Estelle barely manages to defeat the beast and walk away with her life. When Estelle delivers the final blow, a voice rings out in her head sending shockwaves of pain: [Congratulations! Monster: Weak Ghoul has been eliminated! Appropriate gifts will be awarded.]

[God of Strife Authority unlocked] “I inherited a dead god’s [System]…” Ten gods rule the world as a Pantheon. Each governs an Authority — Order, Dominion, Judgment, Mercy — forces meant to guide humanity’s growth. For Authority to endure, order must be preserved. For order to endure, Celestial Law must never be broken. One god broke it. They executed him. Now his Authority has summoned Rivion as successor. To claim the vacant throne, he must stand before the remaining nine and endure their judgment. With each confrontation, more of Strife’s power answers to him. Failure means death. [Ready to begin?

Faced with a certain death, Kyle has no other choice but to gamble. He was warned that he could perish in the Arcane Academy, but he gritted his teeth and took the risk... and because of his decision, he unveiled many secrets about this mysterious world, discovered many mystical practices, touched upon forbidden relics that would change his life, and gained the enmity of powerful existences. Thankfully, he didn't transmigrate alone. The Divine Extraction System was with him as he treaded his chosen Arcane Path… *** Early chapters are now being edited for quality purposes. Please bear with me.

Reality is breaking. The first time Adrian Vale noticed this, he thought he was losing his mind. Moments rewind. Time fractures. Events reset. People move like broken recordings. Then he finds his own corpse. The future version of Adrian delivers a chilling warning: He will destroy the world. In every timeline, Adrian becomes the strongest anomaly in existence, a living glitch capable of rewriting reality itself. But someone is guiding this disaster from the shadows, pushing him toward the same fate. And in every future, one person must die to save humanity. The girl he loves. Refusing to accept this, Adrian sets out to master the glitches, uncover the hidden Architect, and find a future where no one has to be sacrificed. Even if it means becoming the monster everyone fears. Because the closer he gets to the truth… the more dangerous he becomes. --------------- I'll release a bonus chapter every week for every 300 Power Stones I receive ;)

The crimson sun has descended, bringing horrors and madness, upon the world. Having encountered this crisis,humans awoken as what they call "sorcerers" to fight against this beasts, protecting the world in the process. But the real question is, can they do it? With the world now being inhabited by churches, angels, demons and deites, the balance of the world is hanging by a thread. Will it fall, or will it live?

Jace Calix wakes up alone in a bunker, a leftover from a war that ended long ago. Cryo-stasis kept him alive, but the world he knew is gone. The systems hum quietly. Empty corridors reach out in every direction. Outside the hatch, the land feels unfamiliar. A hundred years have gone by. The cities are gone. The old ways have disappeared. Where machines once ruled, wild magic now flows, and the quiet he once knew is now filled with hidden life. He was never meant to be a hero. He was supposed to be forgotten. But this world does not need heroes. It needs someone reckless enough to step into its chaos and try to change it.

In a world where an ancient civilization of cultivators called the Veinborn, or Deep People, have hidden beneath the earth for thousands of years, a fourteen-year-old prodigy named Dante Caelum does what no one else has managed. He cracks their unbreakable code. Armed with a decoded copy of their sacred Codex, he turns their own laws and biology against them in a careful scheme to restore his family's fortune.

The world does not run on laws. It runs on agreement. When a man is executed for claiming his daughter was erased from existence, Kael realizes something terrifying — he remembers her. In a city where history rewrites itself and the Continuum Authority “corrects” unstable truths, Kael discovers that reality is layered, fragile, and manipulated. Power in this world is not strength. It is recognition. Those who gain Titles can bend existence — but at the cost of losing pieces of themselves. As hidden factions wage war over the future of reality, Kael uncovers a truth far worse than tyranny: Peace may mean the end of existence itself. And someone is ensuring the conflict never stops. In a world where truth can be edited and memory is a weapon, how do you fight something that decides what is real?