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PAWNS RISE AGAINST THE STRINGS

Crestwood used to be peaceful. Now people lock their doors before sunset. The town has become consumed by a string of brutal murders, each victim connected in ways the police fail to understand. To everyone else, the deaths seem random. But Aubrey knows better. There’s a pattern hidden beneath the bloodshed—something watching, choosing, waiting. And when the pattern begins circling her, she realizes she was never outside of it. Desperate for answers, Aubrey gathers the friends she trusts most, only to uncover a terrifying truth: all of them are connected by something far deeper than coincidence. Their lives, their encounters, even the tragedies that shaped them feel orchestrated, as though they had been guided toward one another long before they were born. But the deeper they dig, the more reality itself begins to unravel. Because behind Crestwood lies something far worse than a murderer. There are forces moving beyond human sight—silent influences shaping lives, steering choices, and bending fate toward an outcome only they understand. To them, people are nothing more than expendable positions in a larger design, living entire lives unaware they were never truly in control. Everything was proceeding exactly as intended. Until one of them changed. Among Aubrey’s group, one fate begins drifting beyond what was planned, triggering a chain reaction no one foresaw. What should have remained controllable becomes unpredictable. Dangerous. For the first time, something within the system is no longer obeying the role it was given. And if even one pawn can move on its own… Then the ones controlling the board may finally learn what fear feels like.
Anvata_Fableseed · 185.2k Views

Douluo Dalu: Dark Night God

【Single female lead】【Mutual devotion】【The darker the darkness, the stronger the light】【No conspiracy theories】 Reborn into the era of Douluo Dalu: The Unrivaled Tang Sect, Su Yunlin carries an exceptionally powerful pair of twin martial souls, along with a faintly flickering black balance scale between his brows. What kind of sparks will he ignite in this era? After entering Shrek Academy, Su Yunlin meets a very special person. When the legendary Light Goddess Butterfly collides with the Dark Night Monarch Moth, what kind of sparks will be created between the Dark Moth and the Light Butterfly? Su Yunlin: “Oi, old geezer, your daughter is in my hands. In this world, the winner takes all and the loser is nothing. What can you use to fight me? Hurry up and bring me ten immortal herbs to snack on!” Tang San roared in fury: “You brat, what did you just say!” Tang Wutong: “Oi, old geezer, I’m now in Yunlin gege’s hands. Bowing my head and bending my waist is out of respect! Lifting my head and standing tall is to give orders! Old geezer, hurry and recharge my brother’s soul tool motorcycle! And bring him ten immortal herbs, he’s hungry!” Tang San spat out blood in rage. Su Yunlin smiled faintly: “Don’t rush, old geezer. Standing before you is the new God of Evil, father of the Douluo Federation, founder of battle armor, and first tower master of the Spirit Transferring Tower. So hurry up and get to work!” Tang San stomped in rage: “This is sinful!” (P.S. This author’s setting: Wang Dong’er is Tang Wutong. Her divine realm memories are sealed, but she knows her memories are sealed, knows her parents, and knows she came under an alias. She is not a split personality or separate entity. Tang Wutong is simply Wang Dong’er under a different name. Pure love! Pure love! Pure love! Don’t let that old geezer Tang San look down on them!)
Obl1vion · 639.8k Views

Claimed by the Vengeful Alpha

Love. Hate. Revenge. Before she was the High Alpha's daughter, Maya was an orphan named Penelope—and Marcus Keenan was the boy who gave her his locket and promised to marry her... until she was torn from him. Taken by High Alpha Vilhelm, everyone, including Marcus, was told she died. Years later, Marcus returns from the recent war a hero—now Alpha Keenan—with power, lands, and the right to choose any woman as his mate. He takes Maya—the same girl who made his life miserable before he left. He doesn't recognize her as Penelope with the locket long gone. To him, she is cruel, two-faced, and an expert at manipulation. What he doesn't know is that Maya's cruelty was forced, a mask she wore to both protect him and survive. Now trapped in a marriage born of revenge, she must decide. Stay silent and play the part, or reveal who she truly is…before it’s too late. —— Excerpt “This marriage is fake,” Maya said. She should be happy but why did it hurt so much? “Fake?” Keenan frowned and closed the gap between them. He wrapped a palm around her neck, and Maya gasped but no sound left her throat. “Is this another ploy to escape me?” “Isn’t it fake?” Maya whispered, holding his hand, trying to ease his grip. It was getting hard to breathe. Her voice betrayed her, too hopeful even to her own ears. He stared with such hatred, yet a part of her didn’t want it to be fake. Keenan threw his head back and laughed, yet his grip on her neck never wavered. “Woman, surely this must be a joke. You think I would orchestrate a fake marriage with you?” He leaned closer, eyes locked on hers. “You undermine my hatred. I want you bound to me forever. I want you to hate every moment of your life and I will be right here to make sure of it. You can never escape me.” Keenan released her neck. She dropped to the floor, rubbing her throat as she finally drew a full breath. “Fake marriage? Don’t be ridiculous. Even your father couldn’t get you away from me.”
GinaStanley · 167.2k Views

Undressed By The Mafia God

"Luca, please…" she cried. "You need to see who the devil really is. And decide if you want me that way," he said. "Because this is who I am. You either accept it or reject it." Luca's hand reached for a knife from the array of tools spread meticulously on the desk. "I wanted to prolong his suffering…" he murmured. "Luca…" she whispered. "But since this is a show and tell…" Without a pause, he cut the rope holding Inferi's wrists, letting the man drop heavily to the floor with a thud that made the room shudder. Inferi's eyes, wide with terror, flicked to Vee as his body twisted weakly under the weight of his injuries. "This isn't one of those times when you ask me to let someone go, I am going to kill him right here." "You have two choices," he continued. "Walk away right now, and I will accept that you will never accept who I am. Or stay and watch me kill him, to prove to me that you accept all of me, that you want all of me." "God, please, Luca, don't do this." Behind Luca, Inferi struggled weakly on the floor. Luca looked only at her. "It's simple, Vee. I am giving you a choice. I don't have a gun to your head, now, do I? Are you ashamed of who I am, or do you accept who I am?" "It's not so simple!" Vee yelled. "You're asking me to stand here while you take a life." "I will count to ten." He gestured with the knife toward the steel door behind her. "There is the door. Here is me." "Jesus!" Vee bit down on her lower lip. She squeezed her eyes shut. "Jesus Christ!" "One…" "Two…" She stepped toward him. "Three…" "I'm not running." She moved closer. "I will not run. I will stay." "Four…" Vee drew in a shaky breath, steadying herself against the tidal wave inside her. "I meant what I said last night. I said I love you. I meant it. But don't subject me to this. It will not change how I feel about you. It won't." She stepped even closer, until the knife hovered inches from her hip. "But it will most definitely change me." She swallowed hard. "If you make me stand here and watch this, you are not testing my love. You are reshaping me into something I may never recognize again." Her hands came up slowly and pressed against his chest. "I love the man who protects. The man who terrifies everyone else but holds me like I matter." Her eyes glistened, but she did not look away. "I know what you are. I accept what you are. But do not ask me to become it." "Five…" Luca moved behind Inferi now, the knife hovering at his throat. Vee's feet rooted to the floor, the edge of Luca's jacket gripped tightly in her fists. Her eyes, brimming with tears locked onto his, daring him to see, really see, what she was becoming in his presence. "Six…" he continued. He held the knife steady against Inferi's skin, a cold, absolute line of judgment, waiting. And in that pause, Luca realized a part of him wanted her to run, desperately. He wanted her to bolt, to retreat from this room of blood and fear, because maybe, just maybe, if she ran, he would see the futility of the obsession clawing at him from the inside. "Seven…" he murmured. "Eight…" "Nine…" Synopsis: She insulted the devil. He decided to own her. Veronica Scalese walks into New York’s elite club, ‘Commissioned’ by accident—and mouths off to the wrong man; Luciano Genovese popularly known as ‘The Devil’. He grants favours but gets your soul in return. When Luca comes to collect a debt from her father, the payment demanded is flesh. Veronica becomes both Luca’s weakness and his obsession. He burns his empire to the ground to keep her. Undressed by the Mafia God is a mafia romance story where power is foreplay, love is a liability, and the most terrifying thing a god can do… is fall.
JoyceOrtsen · 1.3m Views

As A Mafia Boss, I Refuse To Be An Extra

In the year 2350, Earth changed forever. Portals tore open across the skies, unleashing monstrosities no human had ever faced. But with the monsters came awakening – humans gained power, ranks, and a status screen that defined their place in the new world. Two centuries later, power no longer belonged to politicians, but to the awakened. Damian Valcor, a bored 15-year-old, only cared about passing the entrance exam for an academy. But on the eve of the results, his life was overturned when he awakened the memories of his past life. A past life where he was not an ordinary man… But a ruthless mafia boss. To his shock, the world he now lived in was nearly identical to a novel he had once come across in his previous life. Although he remembered the world, he didn’t remember any of the characters of that novel. But he was sure of one thing. Damian Valcor was not one of the main characters. He was just a random Extra. With underworld cunning, ruthless ambition, and the knowledge of what lies in the future for this world, Damian must make sure to protect his loved ones, the loved ones he never had in his past life. He will make sure to snuff out the existence of any being who dared to endanger them. But for that… He needs to rise as the one pulling the strings. And to do that, he needed… Power. "Power isn’t granted, it’s taken – and I’ve had a lifetime of practice." ________________ Schedule:- 2 Chapter/Day for now. Make sure to add this novel to your collections and give reviews if you like it :) Discord:- https://discord.gg/5PxSMfSUhJ
Whispering_Sloth · 2.5m Views

The Zodiac Academy BK1:Demon God Of Aries

Synopsis The Zodiac. The embodiment of all life and the foundation upon which existence itself stands. In a world where strength determines destiny, power reigns above all else. At the pinnacle of that power stands the Hojisha, the Holder of the Twelve Emblems, whose authority gives rise to the title of Autokrator. For generations beyond memory, the world flourished beneath the rule of the Autocrat Clan, whose dominion over the Zodiac remained absolute. Until... Darkness. Without warning, the balance that sustained the world was shattered. The universal order of power collapsed, and the authority of the Twelve Emblems vanished from the hands that had ruled them for centuries. The once-mighty Autokrat was stripped of his supremacy, leaving behind only the hollow shell of a ruler who had lost everything. As the Firmament became consumed by Darkness, chaos spread across existence. The Void within the Ether awakened, pulsing with an ominous force that seemed to beat as the very heart of the abyss. To prevent catastrophe, the growing darkness was sealed away, yet its presence refused to fade. Hidden behind that seal, it continued to stir, waiting for the moment it could rise once more. While the Autocrat Clan desperately searched for the power they had lost, destiny had already chosen its next bearer. The Twelve Emblems resonated within a single child. Born into obscurity and unaware of the burden placed upon him, the child grew under the protection of his parents, who concealed the arcane power sleeping within him. As the years passed and his abilities slowly awakened, questions began to cloud his mind. Why had he been chosen? What made his power so different from everyone else's? And why did those who sensed it look upon him with fear instead of wonder? What he did not know was that the answers lay within the Ether itself, a realm whose mysteries were capable of bringing even the strongest to ruin. As the child matured, so too did the Darkness. From its depths emerged a Demon God, a being driven by a single purpose. To claim the Twelve Emblems. Beyond the known reaches of the Firmament lay a realm where only Darkness reigned, feeding an ancient force that continued to grow in silence. With every passing day, the line separating light from darkness grew thinner, drawing the world closer to an inevitable conflict. Now grown, the child sets his sights on uncovering the truth hidden within the Ether. A truth pursued by countless lives. A truth sought even by the First Hojisha. A truth so dreadful... That Darkness itself chose to bury it.
FANTASY_READERS · 13.9k Views

Devourers Omniversal Adventures ~

A/N ~ News about updates can be found in the Auxiliary Chapter called 'not a update'. The first few chapters are AI generated, sorry, but the latter chapters are purely written by yours truly. I promise you that it gets better as my writing improves considerably. So I hope you give it a chance to grow on you. Anyway, please enjoy my first piece of work. ~ A mercenaries soul finds himself in the Void after his subsequent death on the battlefield on Earth. He then awakens in the void with a gluttonous chaotic hunger and a vast Omniverse before him... ~ Planned World's (in random order) Homeworld ~ A Song of Ice and Fire ~ DC ~ Bleach ~ Marvel ~ Overlord ~ Invincible ~ Harry Potter ~ Jujutsu Kaisen ~ Highschool DxD ~ Highschool of the Dead ~ That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime ~ ect. to Fin. ~ Disclaimer ~ This is a fanfiction inspired by the works of [Author/Creator's Name(s)], including [specific source material, e.g., A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin]. I do not claim ownership of any original characters, settings, or lore created by the respective authors. The only elements I claim as my own are original characters, plots, and interpretations that I have added to this fanfiction. This work is created purely for entertainment purposes and is not intended for commercial use. All credit for the original material belongs to its respective owners, and I encourage readers to support the official works. ~
BlackViodEmperor · 84.5k Views