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Althea stood at the doorway of the bridal suite, her heart heavy with a weight she couldn't shake. The dress lay on the bed, pristine and untouched, a cruel reminder of everything she had lost. It wasn't supposed to be her walking down the aisle, pledging herself to a man she barely knew. But here she was, forced to step into her sister's place. Her sister's choice to leave had devastated her. She had rejected a life that demanded sacrifice and duty, choosing freedom over family. And Althea, for all her anger and confusion, was left with no choice but to save the family's reputation. She had to wear the dress, say the vows, and marry a man she didn't love. Her fingers trembled as she adjusted the veil, staring at her reflection. She looked perfect-beautiful, poised-but she didn't feel that way. She felt like a shadow, a replacement for the woman who should've been here. The weight of the gown suffocated her as she prepared to step into a life that wasn't hers to claim. She wasn't ready for this. She wasn't ready to marry him. But with every step she took toward the chapel, the reality set in. There was no turning back. And there, at the altar, stood Elijah. His eyes locked on hers as she approached, his gaze intense, unreadable. A faint smile curved his lips, one she couldn't quite decipher, but there was something in it that made her blood run cold. Satisfaction. He looked at her as if she were an object, something to be claimed. With each step, his smile deepened, pleased with what was walking toward him. He wasn't looking at her as a woman to be loved. He was looking at her as a prize, something that had finally fallen into his grasp. Althea's throat tightened. She couldn't turn back now, not with everyone watching. As she reached the altar, she realized the vows she was about to speak weren't hers to make. They had been written for her sister, and now she would speak them, to a man who had claimed her sister's life and was now claiming hers by default.

She used to seduce powerful men for money. Politicians. CEOs. Married billionaires who thought they were untouchable. She walked into their lives smiling… and walked out with everything. Then one night, something went wrong. Anita disappeared. New name. New city. New rules. For three years, she stayed invisible. Until a photograph from her past shows up at her door. Now Marcus Devereux, the drug lord who once owned her silence, knows she is alive. And her new boss, Victor Hale, is watching her too closely for it to be innocent. Victor is powerful. Controlled. Dangerously observant. He looks at her like he knows exactly who she used to be. The problem? If Marcus finds her first, she won’t survive. If Victor finds out the truth, she might not want to. And this time, Anita is done running. She is done being used. She is done being owned. But in a world where power is traded through seduction and loyalty is bought in blood… Will she control the game? Or become the prize again?

Don’t touch me,” she whispered, even as her body leaned closer. His fingers skimmed her waist, slow and deliberate. “You already crossed that line the moment you trusted me.” Helen Vance is untouchable, wealthy, ruthless, and emotionally closed off after a lifetime of betrayal. Love is a weakness she buried long ago. Derick Ashford was supposed to be a mistake. A clash of tempers. A man she destroyed with a single decision. But one deadly night binds them in silence, guilt, and desire, and the deeper Helen falls, the closer she gets to discovering that the man who knows her body best is hiding the most dangerous truth of all. In a world of lies, power, and bloodstained secrets, love may be the only thing that ruins them both.

Joan ,a young lady h who is fending her way to achieve her own meaning of success but also a simp who believes men are no good but she is still attracted to them ....and loves those she finds attractive....she finds her self always calculating both ways to her success and her love life ...she loves the feeling of control....not until she targets a man who also had his eyes on her for 5 years .......is it love ? fate? Not your typical y/n and ceo . A twisted couple manifest in the series.... will jojo live a life she wants to

Selene Hartley and Raina Westbrook were inseparable-a bond forged in childhood, tested by life, and shattered by love. Selene, a soft-spoken fashion designer with a heart full of dreams. Raina, a fierce CEO, bold and loyal. They shared everything... until they fell for the same man. Lucien Ashbourne-the world's richest and most powerful tycoon, known for his icy beauty and hidden scars. Raina confessed her love. Selene promised to help. But fate had other plans. Lucien and Selene fell for each other in secret, their love hidden behind Raina's back. When the truth surfaced, the betrayal tore the women apart. A decade later, Selene is gone-murdered in silence by an unknown enemy. At the funeral, Raina returns, broken and silent, standing before the man she once loved... and the twins Selene left behind. Children who had only known her as a story told in bedtime whispers. As Raina searches for the killer, Lucien-consumed by grief-finds himself drawn back to the woman he once lost. And the twins, desperate for a mother's warmth, begin to love the very person their mother once called "sister." In the ashes of betrayal, could healing begin? Or is this just the beginning of another heartbreak? ---

Maria Romanova lost everything in a single betrayal—her family, her fortune, her freedom. To save what remains of her name, she is forced into a marriage she never chose… to Mikhail Dragunov, the ruthless heir of a private Russian dynasty. Cold. Calculated. Untouchable. Their marriage is not built on love, but control and leverage. Every glance is a challenge. Every command is a test. And every punishment is designed to remind her who truly holds power. But Maria is not as fragile as he expects. A spark of fire burns within her—one Mikhail has yet to fully tame. As obsession replaces indifference and control begins to crack, she must decide: submit to the man who owns her future… or become the one thing he never planned for—his weakness. In a world where loyalty is currency, and love is a liability, one wrong move could cost her everything… including her heart.

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We are but meat that has learned to pray to delay the rot. We give Them our faith so they do not go mad with fear of what lurks below. But when the gods finally fall silent, and the Rift claims its due, the only prayer that will be answered will be twelve inches of steel driven into a windpipe. Worlds are collapsing one by one, swallowed by the Rift. Only three remain. The first, ruled with an iron fist by Churches and Inquisitors. The second, on the brink of rebellion, where the strongest rule. The third, where safety and wealth are but an illusion. These worlds are the last bastion of humanity surrounding the Dominion of the Mover. The gods are too divided to cooperate. Knowledge is fading. The Creator sleeps. There is no hope.

“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

At nineteen, Roslyn has her life carefully mapped out in the quiet hill station where she lives with her sister-in-law Diana and two adoring nieces. She's sworn to stay far away from the mafia world that destroyed Diana's family and claimed everyone she loved. It's a simple promise: no criminals, no dangerous men, no connections to her only brother Lirio who now took over her father's mafia empire. Roslyn made a promise she intends to keep—no matter the cost she'd never fall for a killer. Then one moved in next door—all dark eyes and dangerous smiles, claiming to be a friendly stranger. Augustus's lying. He's the Apex. And he's hiding in her backyard. Fresh from winning the Blood Gauntlet and claiming the title of Apex—the deadliest young assassin in a generation—he's supposed to be lying low, healing, and staying invisible while every crime family in the hemisphere hunts him for the ultimate prize: a favour from the Mafia Lord himself. Instead, he's stealing roses from her garden to leave on her window, pillow, in between notebooks. And slowly, dangerously, becoming part of her world. She tries to hate him. He makes it impossible. Rose thinks he's an arrogant intruder who's trying to steal even her niece and nephew's affection. He thinks she's a naïve dreamer playing at normalcy while danger circles closer than she realizes. They argue, they clash, they nearly kiss in his terrace garden under the stars. And with every late-night tutoring session every shared secret, every moment of unexpected tenderness, the walls between them crumble. But Rose isn't the only one falling. And unknowingly their fate is uncovering a conspiracy. The dark truth about the massacre that destroyed his family as it begins to unravel a web of lies that reaches into the highest levels of his own organization. The closer they gets to the truth, the closer danger gets to Rose. Because someone wanted their mafia family dead. And when they discover its heirs are still alive—the last surviving ones to a legacy of power—they'll finish what they started. Two people trying to escape their fates. One impossible choice. He can return to his world and protect her from afar. Or he can stay and risk everything—his title, his life, and the fragile promise Rose made to the family she has left. In a story where loving the wrong person can get you killed and trust is a luxury neither can afford, Rose and the Augustus(Apex) must decide: Is love worth dying for? Or is survival worth living without it?

The continuation journey of Alter in the virtual world. Takes place after The World of Fractured Realms. But this time, Gaia took her frustrations out on Alter and accidently unleashed something that should not have.

Power is the only currency in the Uzuvue Empire. When Queen Latiti, a princess traded for peace, gives birth to a weak infant, she is cast into the shadows by her husband, the King, who sees her son as a burden rather than an heir. Latiti names the child MaatisuUsamba, "As Brave as Usamba," hoping to invoke the spirit of the empire’s legendary founder. She has no idea that the fragile babe in her arms is the Eternal King himself. Usamba had been betrayed by the goddess Shoima who sought to bind him as an eternal weapon for a wicked empire, Usamba has made a dangerous choice. He will hide his divinity. He will endure the scorn. But as the corruption of his descendants threatens to consume the land, the "weak" prince begins to build a new legacy from the ashes of the old. The founder has returned, and this time, he is bringing the fire.

Warning: Heavy sexual content. 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. From the author that brought you: 1. Defying The Rogue Alpha 2. The Vampire's Luna 3. Undressed By His Arrogance

Brutally betrayed and publicly executed by the mate she trusted, Elizabeth’s story should have ended in blood and shame. Instead, the Moon Goddess grants her a second life—and a terrifying new purpose. This time, she lives for only three things: Kill. Steal. Destroy. Her mission is simple: break her enemies, reclaim her stolen throne, and drown the past in blood. But fate interferes. The Lycan King of the North—ruthless, feared, and unmatched in power—has searched centuries for his fated mate. When he finally finds her, he refuses to let her go. He wants love. She wants revenge. As vengeance collides with destiny, desire battles hatred, and the line between love and destruction begins to blur. Will the North King melt her frozen heart… Or will her thirst for revenge destroy them both?

"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." "In a genre where emotionless MCs dominate, one story asks a different question: What happens when a cultivator actually breaks—and discovers that true power lies not in never yielding, but in knowing what is worth letting go?"

I was never supposed to want my sister’s husband. Victor Ravenscroft is discipline carved into flesh — a billionaire who controls boardrooms, headlines, and the people around him. To the world, he belongs to her. To me, he became a weakness I couldn’t kill. What began as a mistake turned into a secret. The secret turned into something I couldn’t stop. And the more I fell, the more my life began to unravel. I lost my job. My confidence. My sense of what was real. She remained perfect. Poised. Untouchable. She comforts me when I cry. Tells me I’m overthinking. Says stress is making me paranoid. Victor won’t claim me in daylight. And I can’t seem to walk away in the dark. The deeper I fall, the more unstable I appear. And somewhere between desire and shame, I begin to wonder— Is this love destroying me? Or am I destroying myself? Because when everything finally collapses, I may discover the most dangerous thing in this story… isn’t the affair. It’s the truth I never saw coming.

Elara Ashford, 23, has been living a lie her entire life. She was brought up as Princess of Veridia, wearing silk and jewels, and she believes she has royal blood in her veins. However, when a marriage alliance insists that she marry the dreaded Dragon King of the North in order to stop war, her adopted family reveals the terrible truth: she was born with the real princess. She is merely the daughter of a commoner, a stand-in for the legitimate heir who was concealed for her "protection." Elara is now being sent to her death with a single, unachievable task: either make the monster fall in love with her or her real family, the commoners who abandoned her, will be put to death for treason. The Northern Kingdom is a real-life nightmare. Towers of obsidian are circled by dragons. In courtyards, Fae warriors hone their blades. In dimly lit hallways, witches murmur. And in charge of it all is Kael Draven, the ancient and deadly Dragon King, whose touch burns like dragonfire, whose amber eyes see through every lie, and whose court keeps a watchful eye on the frail human bride like wolves circling wounded prey. Elara anticipated a monster. She discovers a king who is plagued by centuries-old curses, haunted by betrayal, and frantically searching for his fated mate, whom he believes will break the curse that is slowly killing his people. He believes that *she* is a bond. She's not his mate, though. Wearing a stolen crown, she is a fraud. Elara learns that people have been lying about the North for generations as she makes her way through assassination attempts, lethal court politics, and a developing fascination with the dragon who could burn her with a single breath. Humans have betrayed the "monsters." And centuries ago, a human princess betrayed Kael himself, bringing a curse upon his entire kingdom. Elara's world falls apart when the real Princess Seraphine is found—beautiful, gifted with magic, and Kael's *actual* fated mate. Kael and Seraphine's mate bond is unquestionably ancient and ignites instantly. Elara ought to move aside. Let fate do its thing. However, Seraphine didn't have to spend months gaining the dragon warriors' trust. didn't put her life in danger to lift old curses. didn't fall in love with a monarch who taught her that monsters are created, not born. Elara is faced with an impossible decision after learning that Seraphine is a part of a plot to overthrow the Northern Kingdom from within and that the "true princess" is the real danger to the precarious peace: – Lose Kael to his true love and expose Seraphine. – Keep quiet and watch the kingdom she has come to love burn. – Fight for a love that wasn't supposed to be hers. Because bloodlines aren't always important to the heart. Sometimes love is forged in dragonfire rather than in the stars. Furthermore, the girl who wore a stolen crown, Elara Ashford, is set to demonstrate that fate isn't the most potent form of magic. It's a decision.

On her half-sister's wedding day, Fia's world shatters. Hazel, the bride, has allegedly eloped with Fia's fated mate, and over the phone he rejects her without mercy. With the Alpha groom ready to unleash war on her pack, and spurred on by her stepmother's pleas, Fia makes a desperate choice; she takes Hazel's place at the altar. But the marriage is nothing more than a cruel setup. Betrayed by her family and accused of stealing her sister's happiness, Fia becomes the perfect target for Alpha Cian's wrath. Humiliated and furious, he vows to keep her as his mate not out of love, but revenge. He swears he will break her, torment her, and make her pay until the end of time. What neither of them expects is that hate can twist, burn, and evolve into something far more dangerous. Between lies, betrayal, and a growing bond neither wants to acknowledge, Fia and Cian are bound to discover that the thin line between hate and love is meant to be crossed.

Known for his rakish streak, Maximillian is a ravenous wolf dressed in sheep’s clothing; a businessman, philanthropist, and an heir to the family’s filthy fortune and underworld empire. He’s at the top of the world, but he’s bored to death. He’s surrounded by a crowd whose lives are built on a curated facade. When a mysterious figure slipped into his home office, rummaging through confidential files, he was ready to kill the intruder. But he was stunned to discover the intruder was a woman—a headstrong, unapologetic, and cynical yet enigmatic lady in red. Kaia came for vengeance, yet she was left inebriated by his carnal desires, captive to his sinful mouth, and strapped to his wicked machinations. So why go for a kill when you can relish in a game of desires and daggers?

8 years ago, Ali, a talented cricket player was betrayed by his closest friend the day before the state cricket trials. While watching the 2025 IPL final he once desired to be a part of, he suffers a heart attack and dies. However, he is sent back in time by 10 years with the Legends of Cricket Gacha System, a system that allows him to gain abilities based on the careers of various cricketers and various moments in cricketing history. Can Ali reach the top of world cricket with with his knowledge of the past and the backing of a powerful system? Or will he fall into cricketing mediocrity again?