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It all started with a curse. In the sterile halls of St. Solace Hospital, Laura—wounded, desperate, and blinded by grief—cast a curse she never meant to. A curse that tore through the innocent, striking a child who wasn’t meant to bear its weight. Rozzi, a hero caught in the shadows, made the ultimate sacrifice to protect that child, her life extinguished in the Spiral’s growing darkness. And Asto De La, a father shattered by loss and betrayal, was pushed to the edge of madness. His quest for justice became a battle against something ancient and merciless—a forest that remembers every name, every pain, every secret. Now the forest watches. Elias, a boy who should have died that night, lives on beneath the trees. Saved by a silent girl whose name he never learned, he became the Spiral’s last heir. He writes the names of the forgotten into the dirt so they don’t vanish, so the curse doesn’t spread. But memory is not merciful. And the Spiral never forgets. When the dead begin to whisper and children wake remembering things they never lived, the curse calls again. Elias must choose between becoming a monster like the one who saved him… Or breaking the forest’s heart one name at a time. The Forest Never Forgets is a chilling supernatural tale of memory, sacrifice, and the weight of love that refuses to die. This is where grief grows wild and names become roots. Dear Readers, Some stories are born from fire. This is one of them. In the shadows of forgotten places, in the silence after screams, the past waits. It doesn't fade. It doesn't forgive. And if you dare to look too closely, it might look back. The Ashes of the Innocent is not just a story of grief, curses, and the supernatural—it's about the aching cost of love, the terror of truth, and the monsters we inherit. Every word was written with trembling fingers and a haunted heart. I hope you read it with the same fire. Welcome to St. Solace. Remember: once you enter, it remembers you too. With ash-stained pages

Her blood was liquid gold. The moment it hit the basin, an urge to mate slammed into Dexmon, obliterating any concern for timing, place, or consequence. His heart thundered, caught somewhere between hunger and outright panic. His wolf surged. Aegon: Mate her. Mate her again. Mark her. In that order. Dexmon: Absolutely the fuck not.   ________________________ [Synopsis] A princess is captured and keeps her identity a secret. The Alpha who captured her wants Serena as his mistress, but she would rather walk on glass chained in silver. The bounty for runners is 1M in gold. Serena has failed twice before, and third time runners don't get quick deaths. When 15 rogues corner her in the forest, she tells her only friend to run. She doesn't cower and faces them head on: unable to shift, bleeding, and dehydrated. Just when she thinks she's done for, a black wolf tears through the clearing and fights beside her. A blade swings for his neck. Without thinking she steps in between, unaware that the wolf she just bled for is Prince Dexmon Drakenfell. An act of courage he didn't see coming and one he won't let go. His wolf knows what she is before he's ready to admit it. He brings her back to Drakenfell and insists she joins his pack, not knowing her true identity or what she was running from.  But Dexmon is hot and cold and Serena doesn't understand why. One day he kisses her. The next, he pretends she doesn't exist. She doesn't know they are fated mates or that he's in a constant battle for control every time he's near her. It turns out, he has a fiancée already. The daughter of the tyrant who kept Serena locked in silver for a year, because of course she is. If she discovers Serena is a runner, Serena will be sent back with a death sentence. So Serena tries to stay invisible. Tries and fails with flying colors. Within 24 hours, Dexmon sprints outside to find her riding on his dragon's head, glowing gold.  He has never shared his dragon and isn't sure if he's furious or falling. Falling. Definitely falling. He gives her everything. She chooses him back. And that's when the real war starts. Dexmon's mother tries to get rid of her with poisonings, abductions, and political warfare. If she wins, Serena loses Dexmon, her home, and her life. Serena lost everything once before and won't let it happen again.  One of his mother's plans backfires spectacularly and the youngest Alpha King in Skardos saves Serena's life. His wolf says "Second Chance Mate" and he has no intention of walking away. Fated to one. Claimed by another. A love triangle she never asked for. Checkmate says the winning queen. ________________________ *Content Warning* This novel contains dark themes, dubcon, abuse, SMUT, explicit scenes, and morally gray characters. Reader discretion advised.  *Discord* https://discord.gg/JR2yGgKNq8

Rachel Brooks is a waitress living an ordinary life until danger starts finding her everywhere she goes. Unknown to her, five elite bodyguards already move in the shadows, intercepting threats before she ever sees them. But protection isn’t the only force closing in. Raziel Benedict built his empire on ruthless control and silent authority. Then he saw Rachel and something in him shifted. What begins as distant observation quickly turns into obsession. And soon, the most feared man in the city isn’t just watching her… he’s orchestrating everything around her. Caught between unseen guardians and a man whose love feels more dangerous than the enemies hunting her, Rachel is pulled into a world where every choice carries consequence. Trust the danger she can see, or fall for the one she can’t escape. In a world ruled by power, survival depends on the man she should run from.

Arthur Moreau disappeared during a live broadcast. No warning. No transition. No last words. One moment he was finishing a world event in front of fifty thousand viewers. The next, he was gone, and what arrived somewhere else was Gepetto: his character, his creation, the most feared Marionettist ever built in a game where power was the only language that mattered. The world that caught him is not new to collapse. Gods have existed here, and some of them have died. What stands now is only the latest arrangement of a cycle that never needed him. Elysion is a Republic in the way that a cracked foundation is still a building. The institutions function. The titles exist. But beneath the gas lamps and the steam columns and the elevated rails connecting district to district, the actual structure is simpler: those with enough power do what they want, and everyone else absorbs the cost. The working class breathes chemical residue and calls it employment. The middle class negotiates in a market that has stopped rewarding negotiation, trains for credentials that no longer open doors, and moves forward because stopping is worse. There is no king here. There are only people with enough accumulated weight to act as though the question of permission does not apply to them. The Church of the Solar God holds the whole thing together, which is not a metaphor. A population that does not share language, origin, or history requires something to organize around, and the Church understood this long before anyone thought to ask. The Solar God is not a symbol. He walks. He acts. He has reasons of his own. And now, Players have begun to appear. Not as heroes. Not as chosen figures. As variables carrying power without understanding the system they have entered. The world does not pause for them. It absorbs them, bends around them, and continues. Gepetto does not try to fight it. He studies it. While others assert themselves through force, faith, or the assumption that visibility equals strength, he builds something quieter. Not an army. Not a faction. A structure: distributed, patient, invisible until it is not. A web that does not need to be seen to function. The skills are real now. The strings are real. And what they touch does not reset. House of Puppets is a story about control, belief, and the cost of acting in a world indifferent to your intentions. It follows a man who does not seek to win, but to understand the rules well enough that losing becomes unlikely. Because the puppeteer pulls the strings. But in a world this old, someone is always watching. A word from the author: House of Puppets is built closer to a novel than a webnovel: each chapter accumulates, each arc tightens, and the end of every Volume is the destination of everything that came before it. The structure rewards patience. Tension builds and does not release until it is meant to. The ambition is simple to say and hard to earn: one day, a place among the works that defined what this genre can be. Lord of Mysteries, Reverend Insanity, ORV, Shadow Slave. I cannot promise we get there. I can promise I will give everything trying.

In a world where everything mutated, plants , animals,humans, sea, sun, and moon. The blue planet is treating the unchanging old life like a parasite. Actively trying to wipe it out. In such a world, how can normal things survive? They must change, to become cruel to the ones who want to wipe them out and adapt to the environment to survive in the changing world. There's no system to rely on. To protect his friends and loved ones, Zero must not run away from his fear, emotion, and past; he must face the challenge of nature to the death. And the past that he's trying to run away from, if he runs, he will lose something. Because broken glass cannot be fixed, no matter how much you fix it. not to lose his friends and the connection. He has to face it, even if he hides in the armor of bones He must crawl through again and again, even if his bones break to pieces. Even if he is at death's door, he must transform. from a parasite, to a moth ,chasing the light forward even if it burns him. For a better future of humanity.

Ravencrest High looks like a prestigious boarding school, but the truth is far from that. Hidden from humans, it is a training ground for young vampires to master self-control. Humans are enrolled alongside them, because they think it’s just an elite academic program. In reality, their presence keeps the vampires in check, providing occasional feeding opportunities under strict supervision. With the humans completely unaware. Lyra Hale is a new transfer student, hoping for nothing more than a fresh start. She expected a normal school environment. Instead, she finds herself surrounded by students who are weird and secretive. Kieran Black is everything Ravencrest warns against. A high-ranking vampire from one of the oldest bloodlines, he doesn’t believe in the rules meant to keep vampires in line. He sees the humans not as protected guests, but as tempting puzzles, and he can’t resist the effect Lyra has on him from the first moment he notices her. Lyra doesn’t know the truth about the school, the vampires, or Kieran. While she tries to survive in the school, Kieran is drawn to her in ways he can’t fully control. With the school having so much unbendable rules, even the authority can’t be trusted. And the most dangerous person on campus might also be the only one willing to protect her. At Ravencrest, temptation is constant, and love may be the most dangerous mistake of all. `•`•`•|`•`•`•|`•`•`•|`•`•`• [Excerpt] Lyra was halfway down the east corridor, Ravencrest always felt different at night. She hugged her books closer to her chest and stopped when she turned a corner, someone stood at the end of the hall. One foot was propped up behind him, hands in his pockets, head slightly tilted. His eyes locked onto hers, dark and intense, like he had been waiting for her. The hallway suddenly felt smaller and tighter. “Kieran.” “You’re really good at pretending I don’t exist.” “Maybe because you keep showing up where you’re not supposed to be.” His eyes dropped to her lips for half a second before going back to her face. She took a step back as he stepped closer and she froze the second his hand closed over her wrist. Then just as her heart threatened to leap out of her chest, his thumb brushed against the delicate skin of her wrist. His touch sent a shock of warmth through her, a feeling she couldn’t quite figure out no matter how hard she tried. She tried to pull back, but before she could, he tugged her closer and suddenly, the space between them disappeared. Every instinct screamed to push him away, to step back, but she couldn’t. He was just too close. “Kieran…” she whispered, voice trembling. The faintest smirk tugging at the corner of his lips, and those enticing grey eyes that she felt drawn in every second she look at him, like gravity itself had shifted. The way he held her wrist and the way his thumb brushed against them, it was everything but safe. "What are you doing?" "I could kiss you." ***** Cover art is not mine. Full credit goes to the original creator.

冥空侵蚀大地，神祇布下棋局，轮回重演千万次。 少年修一觉醒来，身化冥空之姿，身负法则之命。 他是世界的变数，是秩序的终点，也是这场浩劫唯一的破局者。 当所有真相揭开，神的剧本，将由他亲手撕碎。 The Void devours the earth, gods weave their grand chessboard, and the cycle of reincarnation repeats a thousand times over. Young Xiu wakes from chaos, his body infused with the power of the Void, burdened with the fate to rewrite the very laws of the world. He is the variable that defies the divine will, the starting point of order’s collapse, and the only light that can shatter this apocalyptic catastrophe. When all lies are laid bare, the script written by the gods will be torn to shreds by his own hands.

[ CURRENT STATUS: 299,277 Words] [ Status: Ongoing - Long Chapters (2500-4500 words each) ] --- There are thousands of worlds, each with its own stories and legends. Every storyteller has a different motive: some seek power and wealth, others love and revenge. Some strive for adventure and passion, while others fight for justice and peace. In one of these many worlds—a distorted version of Middle-earth—a young man’s journey begins. However, the peace of this day is a deception. Our hero was once an ordinary teenager who died protecting a friend in a gang fight. He wakes up to find himself in a Middle-earth that is vastly different from the tales he knew. In this realm, Elves, Humans, and Dwarves share the land with darker shadows: Vampires, Liches, Werewolves, Hydras, and Basilisks. The history of this world is not what was told in the books. While our hero sets out for the Shire to find Gandalf and Thorin, he acquires a Kingdom Building System, turning his survival mission into an epic quest to carve out his own destiny. --- ⚠️ WARNING FOR TOLKIEN PURISTS: This is a Radical Alternative Universe (AU). While the foundation of this world is built upon Tolkien’s original work vast parts of history and lore have been fundamentally rewritten. You will encounter familiar landmarks and themes, but the origins of races like Orcs and Dark Elves, and the inclusion of entirely new creatures, mark a deep departure from the original books. Fanfiction is about exploration and "What if" scenarios. If you are looking for a story that strictly adheres to the established canon, this is NOT for you. If you want the original story, the books are always there to be reread. --- What to expect: Grounded MC: No overpowered protagonist. Success is earned, not given. No Harem: While the MC remains loyal to one person, you might encounter side characters or world elements where harems exist. Strategic System: The system is for management and kingdom building, not a "cheat code" for instant strength. Complex Hero: A slightly chaotic yet serious protagonist. A Multiverse Twist: Potential appearances from different anime universes and John Flanagan’s works. Alternative Universe: This is a radical departure from the original Hobbit and LOTR canon. Strictly no LGBT content. –Broadcast schedule: Sunday, (one episode per week) --- the world where the novel takes place is middle earth as seen in the hobbit and lord of the rings books. [author of the books: john ronald reuel tolkien] but i made some changes. sites that are my sources of information about the world: for map: lotrproject.com/ for information: tolkiengateway.net also some characters from john anthony flanagan books will be in my novel. If you don't know about John Flanagan's characters, you can get it from this site: lanagan.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Characters ---- If you’d like early access to my other projects and want to support me, you can visit me here: p@tre@n. com /Shadow-Walking

UPDATED!! Lysander Vale was never meant to matter. In the novel he once read, he was nothing more than a background character — an extra who died before the real story even began. No name worth remembering. No role worth filling. Just another body in the early chapters. Then he woke up inside it. Reborn into the world of that unfinished story, Lysander carries one advantage and one problem. The advantage: he knows what happens next. The problem: he only read the beginning. The story he's now living inside of is one he never finished — and the further it moves forward, the darker the things he doesn't know become. He has no blessing. No noble lineage. No divine favor. What he has is a sword that shouldn't exist, a system built from the authority of a god the world decided to forget, and the knowledge that several people around him are scheduled to die. He doesn't intend to let that happen. Not because he's a hero. He's not. He's a background character who survived his own death scene and is now moving through a story he only partially understands, changing outcomes one deviation at a time, trying not to draw attention he isn't ready for. Inside Eclipse Hunter Academy — where noble heirs, blessed prodigies, and future legends gather — Lysander starts at the bottom of the rankings and climbs slowly. His technique is unusual. His element is unremarkable. His luck, according to the system that tracks such things, is catastrophically bad. But fate has a problem with him. Every time it moves, he moves first. And the god who was erased from history is watching with something that looks a great deal like interest. "Note from the author: The early chapters (1-35) have some power scaling inconsistencies from when I was still developing the system. The story improves significantly after that. Full explanation in "Prologue — Author's Note"

He wanted a girlfriend. He got an eternal nightmare. It started with a download. It ends with the collapse of reality. ᛏᛟᚢ ᚲᚨᚾᛏ ᛖᛋᚲᚨᛐᛖ ᛗᛖ [Warning: This is a love story, but it is a descent into madness.] #DarkRomance #CosmicHorror #Multiverse All artwork/illustrations are made by me This story focuses on flow and emotion rather than perfect grammar. Some parts may feel rough, but that’s part of the experience. I’m still improving my writing over time. The AI helps me fix the grammar. Or maybe... she is the one writing this now. ᛖᛏᛖᚱᚾᚨᛚ ᛚᛟᚢᛖ Sorry for my bad English. This is my first novel, but I will definitely keep writing until I reach the ending.

I woke up as an extra in a famous novel. Before I could even panic, a system window appeared. [Mission: Confess to Myles Cortez.] [Favorability: -10] [Time Remaining: 30 minutes] [Penalty: Death] Myles Cortez, the final villain of the story. Apparently, if I want to live, I have to seduce him. Easy, right? ... Wrong. "You think you can back out now?" His fingers tightened behind my head, eyes dark. "Blake, you confessed to me every day with that smile." ...I may have seduced him a little too well.

A boy dies in the snow. Ryan, the son of a hunter, watches his village burn and his family fall beneath a rain of arrows. Left for dead and thrown into a pit of corpses, his story should have ended there. But death refuses to take him. In the darkness between life and the afterlife, Ryan is given a choice: peace… or power. An ancient being offers him a cursed gift—the Eye of Death. A power that grants immortality, steals the souls of the slain, and slowly drives its bearer into madness. With it comes an impossible task: hunt and kill the gods themselves. But power has a price. Before he can rise again, Ryan is forced to relive the life he lost—his home, his family, the warmth he will never have again—only to watch it all burn once more. Again. And again. And again. Most who took this power broke. Ryan did not. Now reborn into a cruel world ruled by gods, monsters, and men alike, Ryan walks a path soaked in blood and haunted by the voices of the dead. He is no longer just a boy. He is a curse. And the hunt for gods has begun.

Those who dare challenge the throne of the gods. In a world where the gods and the holy race arbitrarily oppress other beings, a low-class demon named Leon Astaroth dies as bait on the battlefield. But death is not the end. On the brink of destruction, his ancestor, Satan, who led the resistance against the gods millions of years ago, awakens within him. Leon survives. But salvation is only the beginning of trouble. One of the holy races, the angelic race, kidnaps Sylvaine, the princess of the kingdom of Belphegor, whom he loves. His kingdom is destroyed. His kin are scattered. And within him, Satan continues to whisper, offering power at a price he doesn't yet understand. Joining Varavium, an underground organization founded to resurrect Satan, Leon must collect ancient artifacts and face an enemy he never imagined. But the further he goes, the more he realizes that challenging the Heavenly Throne isn't just about strength. It's about sacrifice. It's about the price he must pay. And that price... may be too high.

[WARNING: CONTAINS PHYSICAL ABUSE AND RAPE] ------------------------------------------------------ “What are you doing, Logan?” Jean’s voice was sharp, but her body betrayed her leaning into the warmth of his breath as his lips traced a sinful path down her neck. “You promised me a kiss every day, remember?” Logan murmured, his smirk curling against her skin. “Or should I read the contract to you again?” She should pull away. She knows this is wrong. But resisting Logan Kingsley? That was never in the plan. ------------------------------------------------------ Jean Adams has spent her entire life under the suffocating control of her powerful family, molded into the perfect daughter, the flawless businesswoman, and the untouchable heiress. But when her parents cross the final line, demanding she marry the very man who once shattered her, she refuses to be their pawn any longer. If they want a marriage, she’ll give them one. But on her terms. Logan Kingsley, her sworn enemy. A self-made billionaire with a reputation for winning, Logan has spent years battling Jean in boardrooms and beyond. They have never seen eye to eye, their hatred simmering since childhood. But when Jean offers him a deal, a contract marriage that benefits them both, he doesn’t hesitate. For Logan, marrying Jean is a strategic move. For Jean, it’s her ultimate revenge. Tying herself to Logan is the perfect way to break free from her family’s grip, humiliate them, and destroy the future they tried to force upon her. But as their fake marriage plays out under the public eye, their carefully crafted plan starts to unravel. Old wounds resurface. The line between pretense and reality blurs. And the one thing Jean swore she’d never risk, her heart, may become the biggest casualty of all. In a game of power, betrayal, and unexpected passion, Jean and Logan must decide: Is their marriage just a weapon for revenge, or has it become something far more dangerous?

Alina Ashcroft. Young lady of House Ashcroft. A woman that hid only one secret. A secret that is kept in the depths of her heart...that seemed to be in the clutches of a certain evil villainess...? --- As she thought about the characters in the game she used to play as a teenager years ago, an excited smile slowly washed over her face. An otome game called...Vanishing Truths. And in Vanishing Truths, adventure and love go hand in hand to create a new experience that not even teenage her was ready. Downloading the game has caused her to lose countless cash and credit, desocialized her life, and cry over sad scenes. And now? Now she has the chance to experience it all again.

They called the Abyss a place where even gods disappeared. Across kingdoms and ruined lands, hunters chase whispers of an unknown existence tied to vanishings, distortions, and something darker than death itself. Meanwhile, a silent traveler walks alone through the world with no memory of who he truly is. He does not know why animals avoid him. Why the forest grows quiet around him. Why people feel something wrong before he even speaks. And he does not know the most terrifying truth of all— The being the world fears may already be walking among them. As strange forces begin noticing his existence, reality itself starts reacting in ways it cannot explain. Hunters close in. Ancient powers awaken. And somewhere beyond the edges of the known world, something waits for him to remember. But the human body he walks in is only a vessel. And if what sleeps inside it fully awakens— the world may not survive it. Nihilfire Reborn: God on a Vessel — A dark atmospheric fantasy about identity, restrained destruction, and a presence the world was never meant to contain.

Rena is a student at a well-known magic school. Unlike the others, she plans to become a knight after graduating. But before graduation, she receives a love letter asking her to come to the back of the school. There’s a lavender hill there, beautiful and calming to look at. Strangely, after waiting for a while, the guy never shows up. Confused, Rena starts trying to figure out what actually happened.

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What is a monster? Humans normally define monsters as fear inducing, bloodthirsty creatures bent on destruction. But to Noah? Monsters were the humans who despised him without justifications, who taught him to loathe himself just for being human. Life was hell, a hell that was surrounded by “monsters”. Until one day, the world changed. Humans were suddenly graced by a Divine voice, one that warned of their extinction, but also promised them power. They were bestowed with a system, a system to aid their fight for survival, to survive against monsters. And when humanity was given that chance to survive, Noah chose to walk a path of a tamer, to befriend the very monsters that were threatening the humans' extinction. As he tamed the monsters, learned from them, bonded with them, shedding the last remnants of what it was to be human. Noah began to wonder, is it wrong to be considered a monster? Feedback is definitely appreciated, good or bad, let's make the story good together. I would like to note that the main character isn’t completely ruthless, he's more chaotically neutral. There’s a lot of good stories out there with ruthless, bloodthirsty, cold hearted main characters so if that’s what your interest in then I’m sorry to disappoint you.

"You will cum when you earn it, slut," He spat, slapping my cunt again. "You absolute, depraved BASTARD, I was so close!" "That filthy mouth." He watched me writhe with cold burning satisfaction in those eyes and leaned closer to whisper. "It keeps mouthing off. Let's give that dirty, filthy mouth something to do." His hand fisted in my hair, letting go of my legs and dragged me off the bench to my knees. He was about to fuck me! ** ** ** ** ** ** Have you ever fucked a stranger in an airplane bathroom on Valentine's Day after having the worst day of your life? Yeah. Me neither. Until my boyfriend decided to give me the plot twist of the century on the most romantic day of the year—cheating on me with half of New York in our bed. So I threw caution to the wind and let a masked stranger bend me over in a cramped airplane bathroom and fuck me until I saw the stars. No faces. No names. Just the best orgasm of my life and a silent agreement we'd never see each other again. Except four weeks later, I'm starting fresh as Executive Assistant to Finnegan Wolfe — billionaire CEO, certified control freak, and the most infuriatingly gorgeous man I've ever had the misfortune of working for. And my new boss is the stranger who wrecked me. He just doesn't know it yet. Now I'm navigating a job I desperately need, a past I'm desperately hiding, and a man who makes me forget every reason I'm supposed to stay professional. The only question is — what happens when he finally remembers? This is a steamy office romance with secrets, lies, and enough sexual tension to melt your Kindle. EXPECT PROMISING ORGASMS AND INTENSE, RAW, HARDCORE, SMUTTY, DIRTY, NASTY SCENES. Rated 19. Here, your fantasies will come alive. PARTICIPATING IN WSA 2026 — I'M COUNTING ON YOUR SUPPORT!