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What are the chances an orphan goes from scrubbing floors to becoming a Duchess in forty-eight hours? 100%— I would know because it happened to me. Only I wish I had a choice. Because the man I'm supposed to call "father," Baron Tobias Fletcher, sold me off like livestock the moment he found me. Nineteen years of wondering where I came from, and this is how it ends? Not with a family. Not with answers. With a wedding contract and a husband who never removes his mask. The Duke of Wellspring. Nevan Wilder. Every fiancée before me? Dead. Mad. Or gone — vanished like they never existed. They say he kills his brides the night they see what's underneath. So shame on me for thinking meeting my father would finally end my misery. And shame on me twice — because when the Duke took my hand in that ballroom, his touch ice-cold and impossibly gentle, I didn't feel fear. I felt something worse. I felt safe. Now I'm trapped in his estate, married to a man the whole kingdom fears, and the more I uncover, the less anything makes sense. Because if Nevan truly kills his brides — why is he trying so desperately to keep me alive? And whatever he's hiding beneath that mask? It's not the thing I should be afraid of.

Dead Serious (DISCONTINUED) She cheated Death… and now she works for him. Yui Nakamura was supposed to die — but she skipped her appointment with Korea’s grim reaper and accidentally broke the universe. Now stuck as his reluctant spirit-hunting assistant, she’s chasing down rogue ghosts, haunted ramen shops, and cursed vending machines — all in exchange for one thing: the right to die on her own terms. She’s sarcastic. He’s deathly serious. Together, they’re just trying to keep the afterlife from falling apart.

The Hasu Mountains are believed to hold many tales, the most notable being Paradise Shrine, led by a divine being known as Douma who's said to bring peace and eternity. However, a sudden climatic catastrophe changes all that with the arrival of a surreal visitor, creating numerous doubts about Douma's sincerity among many individuals. With humanity's efforts being futile against these oncoming disasters, Douma may be the only hope, for the showdown between other worlds will determine the fate of the future. I don't own Douma and the other Demon Slayer characters that appear in this story, they belong to Gotouge Koyoharu. AngelSubzero is also on Wattpad and Quotev. Published: November 11 2023 *AngelSubzero is a Spin-Off that centers around Douma. Please don't steal my work. The story, original characters, and concepts belong to me.

#Cannon Fodder, Second Chance, Male lead fall in love first, Bloodline Awakening, Possessive ML, Weak to Strong FL, Business World# In a world with a clear hierarchy between powerful Awakened bloodlines and weak humans, Severine Vale never believed in miracles. That is, until a sudden series of dreamlike memories forces her to awaken to a truth she was never meant to know: She is living inside a novel. Her Awakened dorm-mate, Alina Hart, is the protagonist. Meanwhile, Damien Rhodes, the Wolf Awakener, is the male lead—whose story begins with “I bully you because I hate you” and ends with “I bully you because I love you.” And Severine? She’s nothing more than cannon fodder—a side character who dies five years later under the male lead’s 'revenge'. Realising the truth, Severine avoids the original plot at all costs—only to discover that even the smallest flutter of her actions sends the entire story spiraling off course. The main characters begin knocking on her door one by one. Worst of all, fate pushes her into a moment that never existed in the novel. One night, Severine barges into a forbidden room… and straight into the territory of a Villain—Killian Rhett King, a person so ruthless that even Damien fears him. Severine only wanted to stay far from the story. But how is she supposed to escape when crazy leads' presence in her supposedly peaceful life keeps growing… and growing?

Long before the world learned to fear the dark, there was a boy who tried to protect it. Born with nothing but loss, he walked a path stained with blood and sacrifice. Each time he saved someone, the world demanded more—until the line between man and god began to blur. They praised him, feared him, and finally… abandoned him. Power flowed through his body like a curse. He never sought worship. He never wished to rule. Yet legends were carved in his name, and monsters learned to kneel. The deeper he stepped into darkness, the brighter his existence became for others. This is not a tale of justice. This is not a story of salvation. This is the legend of a boy who became a guiding light— by walking where no one else could survive.

Ten years under the Dursleys’ roof stripped Alexandra Potter of warmth, trust, and any lingering affection she once held for family. What remained was a sharp tongue, a guarded heart, and a worldview shaped by neglect rather than hope. Friendless and cynical, she learned early that kindness was a luxury rarely afforded to her. On her eleventh birthday, a letter from a magical school offers what seems like an escape—but salvation is never simple. Magic does not erase scars, and Alexandra is no wide-eyed dreamer. A devoted reader of The Lord of the Rings, she understands too well that every world has its darkness, every journey its cost, and every hero their breaking point. This is not a story of innocence found—but of power claimed, shadows embraced, and a girl who refuses to be weak ever again. ______________________________________________________________________ Want to read the next chapters early? Unlock 20+ advance chapters and get exclusive perks by joining my Patreon! ●Join here: Patreon.com/Makimafic --- ● Patreon Tiers ● Tier 1 — $10 ●Access to 20 advance chapters ●Tier 2 — $20 ●Access to 30 advance chapters ●Extra exclusive benefits --- ● Patreon Benefits ● Read 40+ advance chapters early ● Join a private fan community ●Access exclusive unreleased novels [ ] Enjoy a 100% ad-free reading experience

If I’m already the villain… I might as well rewrite the story. Waking up as Shigaraki Tomura years before canon should have meant one thing—eventually becoming All For One’s successor and the future enemy of hero society. He has no intention of letting that happen. With a newly awakened system and knowledge of what’s coming, he decides to take control of his own fate. Instead of blindly following the path laid out for Shigaraki, he begins building something different: influence in the underworld, a growing circle of villains… and a second identity meant to walk straight into U.A. His first step comes during the Sludge Villain incident, where he publicly intervenes, defeats the villain, and introduces himself to the world as someone who stands on the side of those labeled “evil.” Heroes see a dangerous new figure. All Might sees a threat to society’s ideals. But to the forgotten and rejected, he might be something else entirely. This is the story of a Shigaraki who refuses to be a pawn—and intends to change hero society from both sides.

Arush a failed student. burden on world and family thinking his destiny is to fail in life. as his life changes by lending or by making a choice that will shake his world for ever. makar is mythological being unpredictable while arush resmbele him and sun as his destiny will take him into nothingness

Ronx gets taken out of his normal life and is forced to join the dangerous organization called "Undead Crow", Which is an organization that eliminates criminals with powerful abilities. The story is taken place in the Victorian era but still has modern stuff like guns or coffee shops.

Terra II, a world split into vast planes, where deserts stretch ceaselessly and horrors—roamed without rest. It is a land scarred by self made nightmares that never fade. The Common Era, where the concept of happiness has been abandoned. No story begins with joy, and none end with peace. One mistake—a misplaced word, a fleeting gesture—is all that it took. Strength was never the problem. You survived long enough to know that looking strong, feeling strong, and being strong are three different lies people tell themselves to keep moving. Terra is heavy. The roads are long and boundless like the deserts. And family...family—that has been stripped away. Once? Twice? no, Thrice? You’ve walked. You’ve run. You’ve shot at everything. You've seen your friends perish away, your self-made family rotting away, and how do you cover it? By carrying a carload of supplies through every kind of conceivable catastrophe. ———————— I'm pretty nervous how this version will be received and since i went for both magic and a modern setting. I'm not really good as creating things so i took inspiration from some well known media, so if it seems familiar, i tried as best i could to make it my own. but idk. Lets see, it starts to pick up the pace slowly. It's a slow born sort of thing. short ass rant, lol. Kristen out, peace.

I spent eight years fighting cancer. Lost my hair, lost my strength, and eventually… lost the fight. And just as the darkness took me... Ding! {Cronos Protocol initializing… Injecting Affinity: Time … Innate Affinity detected… INFINITY?!} So yeah. I died, got isekai’d, and immediately broke the System so badly it started arguing with me. Too late, buddy. For I am alive! And not bald! And I'm gonna make it count. Even got a cosmic Affinity no one’s supposed to have, cool Time Magic, and Infinite Mana Regen. Which is good, because the world is collapsing faster than my old immune system. Because apparently… Eldritch monsters are straight-up falling from the sky. Gods are answering prayers a little too literally. And a 3000-year-old organization is hunting me because I “stole” two of their Chimeras. (Yeah, I’m keeping them.) While I… just wanted to have fun. Nah, I didn’t die of cancer and got isekai’d just to roll over for fate again. Let come who may… I’ll beat them all the same.

She opens her eyes inside a glass pod, surrounded by flowers that have grown over everything, including her. No past. No memory. Not even a name, until she finds it etched into the glass she just crawled out of. Ashe. Everyone here woke up the same way, with nothing but the word people use for what they are. Emergents. Most of them have learned to live with the not-knowing, to build something small and practical out of whatever this world still offers. Ashe finds she cannot do that. A written voice that calls itself Seven follows her across ruins and open plains, knowing things about her that she doesn’t know herself. A strange dragonfly tattoo is marked into her, one no one will explain. And above it all, a colossal vessel drifts across the sky in the same slow, unchanging arc, day after day, as if it has been waiting for something for a very long time. Ashe doesn’t know what she is yet, but she decides to find out. Her journey takes her through ruins older than anyone alive and settlements where survival is a daily fight. Along the way, she begins to uncover things the world has kept buried, things that seem to have been waiting for her all along.

Lucian Vale a young adult. Thrown to the life of wealth and luxury. He never wanted any of these, just his peaceful farm life but he could not have that. caught in between his mother's love and sister's hatred, he does not know what to do. But fate has another plan for him, as he got into an accident which changed everything in his life. He woke up with a system that showed him another world entirely stacked with the one he is already in. Follow his journey as he navigates this new world with his overpowered system.

“Doing the wrong thing for the right reason… never ends well for anyone.” Seven great races ruled the continent of Eldarion. Humans weren’t among them. To the world, mankind was nothing more than background noise, as insignificant as a breath of air, as laughable as a failed joke of creation. A race with no promise. No power. No future. Tyler was born into that world—a world where every “hero of humanity” was fated to fall before they could rise. So he abandoned the path of heroes entirely. He chose the road stained in shadows. He chose the power no sane soul would touch. He chose to become a demon— not for glory, but for survival. His purpose was simple: Ascend as the Demon King. Stand as a monstrous shield when the true invaders finally tear into their continent. And he succeeded. He rose higher, darker, and stronger than any being before him. But power has a price. A price he only understood when it was far too late. For in climbing toward salvation, He became the very abomination he once swore to destroy— The Desecrator. And the world whispered: “There is no lesser or greater evil. There is only evil.” Yet a more profound truth lingered in the dark: “Because sometimes, only one Evil can devour another.” *** Discord - https://discord.gg/4xbt5Nwrtn *** #Yandere #ComplexCharacters #NoHarem #Dark #RareBloodline #Magic #Slowburn #FatedLove #Demons #Dragons #Otherworlders #RunicSorcery #Evil-FL

I was at home, as usual, aimlessly scrolling through my phone, when suddenly— I closed my eyes for a moment… and when I opened them, I found myself in another world. A strange world, full of madness: anime characters, superheroes, villains, and characters from popular video games… Is this a dream? It has to be… right? But reality was harsher than I imagined. I tried to find my family, I tried to return to my world… But every step I took was met with a wall of mystery and danger. "Do you think you're the hero who's going all the way?" "Huh?" "Unfortunately… you're just an ordinary person." "W-What?!" "You shouldn't have interfered in my affairs…" "..." "Look what you've done!" Secrets, mysteries, irreversible decisions, painful losses… All I wanted was to return to my world… But was that impossible from the start?!

[Nakseong High School, the heads of 300 people exploded!] Lee Joon, an ordinary high school student. During the entrance ceremony, he was caught up in a strange phenomenon and died. [You have died.] [Restarting from checkpoint.] [Loading…] And then a message appeared before his eyes. 『Welcome to Nakseong High School that is full of mysteries and secrets. Uncover the dark secrets hidden around the school, or fight against urban legends and myths to earn points and unlock special abilities. Then, gather companions and stop the resurrection of the demon king before you graduate. The world is in your hands.』 IMPORTANT NOTE: This is not my story. It belongs to the original author, whose username is “only Fan.” I am only publishing an English translation for reading purposes, and there may be some errors or mistakes in my translation.

Alein doesn't do normal high school. Instead, they document it. Dive into the cynical, logically twisted journal of a teen navigating adolescence with zero filter, questionable morals, and a unique talent for overthinking everything. Can Alein's worldview survive intact until graduation? [Heavy character-driven story] [Female Lead] [First Person POV] [Journal entries]

She awoke in an underground place, remembering bits and pieces of her memories from hundreds of years ago. During the time she tried to break free, people came and talked about a trial. However, as these people leave again, she breaks free from the chains holding her in this place. With all the vast knowledge she has, she helps people on her journey and is now back roaming the Kingdom, wishing to uncover the truths behind these past events as well as keep a promise she had once made. Being unable to stay long in the Kingdom, she had to flee to the Alliance. There, she meets a lot of people and also finds a place where she can get some hints about the past events. She is proclaimed a criminal, searched by the Kingdom. Their accusation is that she was responsible for the murder of a princess. Yet Feyra knows she isn't the murderer, making her seek out every sign that would lead her to the actual motive behind everything. The events of the past seem different than they have been described, making Feyra have a bad feeling and leading her to discover even more of the dark side of the Kingdom. Will she be able to find everything and get enough evidence to prove not only her innocence, but also topple the system of the Kingdom? Cover by @sera_ambren

Coin and Conformity is a fanfiction series by Wyrdsmithe set in the A Song of Ice and Fire universe, featuring a Self-Insert (SI) protagonist who transmigrates into the body of Catelyn Stark (née Tully) immediately after giving birth to Robb Stark. The story, published on Archive of Our Own since February 6, 2023, follows the protagonist's journey as a man adjusting to a medieval society, navigating gender roles, and utilizing his historical knowledge to drive industrialization and economic reform in the North. Key elements of the story include: Protagonist's Realization: The SI quickly determines they are not on Earth by observing unique geography, stars, and a complex version of the Common Tongue. Economic Focus: The character leverages the North's resources, such as timber from the Wolfswood and iron ore, to generate wealth and reduce reliance on southern imports. Social Dynamics: The plot addresses gender issues, cheating (specifically regarding Ned and Ashara), and the protagonist's efforts to balance traditional noble lady expectations with progressive industrialization.

In a world ruled from the shadows by powerful international mafias, a mysterious tree known as “The Tree of Eden” becomes the epicenter of a global conflict. Every 1,000 years, this tree produces a single apple, a legendary fruit that grants the possessor absolute power capable of changing the fate of the world. However, the tree also grants special abilities to those who are part of these mafias, fueling a constant war for control of its power. Akihiko Sora, a 17-year-old prodigy, has lived his entire life in the darkness of organized crime. Cold and calculating, Akihiko has learned to survive thanks to his unique ability: the manipulation of the vacuum, a devastating power that has made him one of the most lethal weapons in his organization. Armed with his katana, “Kurai no Kiba”, and guided by a code of conduct, Akihiko has learned to survive. and guided by a code of honor that contrasts with the chaos of his environment, his loyalty is shaken when he discovers fragments of the truth about the tree and the link that binds him to its dark origin. . But as the world's mafias embark on an all-out war to claim the forbidden fruit, Akihiko is drawn into a conspiracy beyond his understanding. Ancestral secrets, unexpected betrayals and a destiny that seems written in the heart of the tree will push him to question not only his purpose, but also the price of power. Will Akihiko be able to unravel the mysteries of the tree before its fruit falls into the wrong hands, or will the weight of his skill and his past condemn him to eternal emptiness? In this struggle for truth and survival, one thing is certain: the next bearer of the apple will have the power to decide the future of the world . https://discord.gg/CxMzYWaeeB Reddit: r/Shikkokunoeden