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In the terrestrial world, the path of work and youth almost came to an end for Karl. Dressed in an elegant, tailor-made suit, and with his mind occupied by daily responsibilities, he thought that nothing spectacular would happen until his departure from this earth. It was 1925, the year when life would begin to take a turn in the history of humanity. The mafia, governments, clans, and secret organizations, among others, would enter a mystical race for power over the sovereignty of their own land. Heaven’s will fall. Era 1925 en el mundo terrenal, el camino del trabajo y la juventud casi llega a su fin para Karl. Vestido con un elegante traje a medida y con la mente ocupada en las responsabilidades cotidianas, pensó que nada espectacular ocurriría hasta su partida de esta tierra. Ese año la vida daría un giro a la historia de la humanidad. La mafia, los gobiernos, los clanes y las organizaciones secretas, entre otros, entrarían en una carrera mística por el poder sobre la soberanía de su propia tierra. El cielo caerá. Translated by ChatGpt

What do you do when the dead won't leave you alone — and neither will the king who consumes souls? Clara Peri has never known a quiet life. Since childhood, the dead have found her — whispering, pleading, showing her the things no living person bothered to witness. She has learned to carry their secrets carefully. She has learned to ask for nothing. She has learned, above all else, to make herself invisible. When the hundred-year peace treaty between the human kingdom and the demon world comes due, Clara is stripped of everything she has ever known and sent across a dark sea as a sacrifice to Azkiel — the Demon King who survives by consuming the souls of the living. He expects a sacrifice. Clara strikes a bargain: she will use her ability to speak with the dead and help Azkiel uncover the truth behind his mother's mysterious death. In return, he will stop killing the innocent. It should be simple. But it's not. Because the deeper they dig into the darkness of his mother's past, the more dangerous the truth becomes — and somewhere between the dead and the demon, the lines Clara drew to keep herself safe begin to blur. Now she must survive a demon world, a king who obsessively unsettles her more than any ghost ever has, and a secret that was buried for a reason. Some debts are paid in blood. Some are paid in something far more costly.

She was never supposed to survive! Eighteen years ago, the Wynn Pack was slaughtered under a blood moon. A dying Luna escaped with a one-year-old girl in her arms, crossed enemy territory, and abandoned the child on a human family's doorstep with only a name and a prophecy. Then she died taking the secret to her grave. Now, Sera Wynn believes she is ordinary, a human who is safe. Until she gets hired by Ashvane Corporation. The most powerful wolf empire in the country. Nathan Ashvane is cold, ruthless, and dangerous enough to make an entire council fear his silence. Every wolf woman wants him. Every rival wants him dead. And hidden beneath the empire he built is one catastrophic secret: His mate bond has never awakened. So when a human employee accidentally accesses classified wolf bloodline records and survives seeing them, Nathan doesn't eliminate her. He offers her a contract instead. Six weeks pretending to be his chosen companion, six weeks inside a building full of wolves, and six weeks close enough to ruin both of them! Because Sera has secrets too, the wolves who murdered her real family carried Nathan's name. The dormant blood in her veins is beginning to wake, and the prophecy surrounding her birth was never about saving the wolf clans, it was about destroying them. Now the most powerful Alpha alive is falling for the one woman fate created to become his end. His destined mate, fated destroyer! The same woman! And when the blood moon rises again, every secret will burn. Now go read Chapter One before the blood moon finds her first.

DO NOT MISS THIS BIG OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK OUT THIS GRANDPA STORY BEFORE IT GOES EXCLUSIVE!!!. Jin Tianzun was once a cute, innocent nine-year-old boy whose world shattered when tragedy took his parents away at the tender age of five. Left with their vast wealth, he should have been cared for—but instead, betrayal awaited him. His so-called relatives, cloaked in false smiles, forced him from a life of comfort into one of torment. Living under the roof of his cruel aunt and uncle, Tianzun’s days became filled with bullying and neglect, crushing his spirit. But fate was even harsher. At nine, Tianzun’s life was claimed by a merciless heavenly tribulation—a divine calamity that punished him for reasons beyond mortal understanding. Yet, death was not the end. A powerful deity granted him a second chance—bestowing upon him a mysterious system and reincarnating him into a new world of cultivation, where survival hinges on strength, cunning, and unpredictability. Armed with memories of his past, Tianzun must navigate this brutal new realm. How will he survive? How will he rise in a world where only the strongest endure—and where destiny itself is a deadly game? To know more follow tianzun and his system on the journey to become stronger. #{WSA 2026 Entry} This work is not a work of Ai. This is the work of Grandpa Rem. This is the story of crazy grandpa rem to know more read and follow tianzun on his journey. The story comprises of the following tag: #Slow paced, #Suspense, #Mystery, #Eastern, #Tragedy, #Betrayal, #Dark, #Revenge, #Comedy, #Romance, #Adventure, #Supernatural, # Enemies to Lovers, #System, #Reincarnation, #Fantasy, #Cultivation, #Action, #Survival, #Harem, #Rom-Com. I promise you—you will not be disappointed.

“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_MC #Complex_Characters #No_Harem #Dark #Rare_Bloodline #Magic #Slowburn #Fated_Love #Demons #Dragons #Otherworlders #Runic_Sorcery #Evil_FL

Note: This novel is currently undergoing heavy rewriting and editing. As a result, you may encounter significant inconsistencies between chapters, including sudden changes to the story, characters, and plot logic. Please bear with us while we refine the work. ***** They called her the daughter of death, a deadly assassin whose name alone struck terror into the hearts of the powerful. When her own story ended in blood, she opened her eyes as Shen Yelan, the disgrace of the Shen family. Shen Yelan was despised and scorned by the very people who should have protected her. But after a kidnapping incident, the weak Shen Yelan was gone. In her place was the cold and ruthless soul of the legendary assassin. After a lifetime of killing, she craved only a peaceful, ordinary life. But first, she had one final mission: revenge. Every debt must be repaid. There’s just one problem. For some reason, a certain second young master won’t leave her alone. Everyone in the city knows about Huo Ziyan. Cold as winter frost, handsome as sin, and absolutely untouchable. He had built his own business empire before the age of twenty and crushed anyone foolish enough to cross him. Rumor had it he doesn't have a heart. So why was he suddenly so obsessed with her?

Warning: Heavy sexual content and a fucked up male lead. Throw morally grey out the window. Excerpt: "Do you trust me?" His hand drifted to her neck. If he had asked her to walk into the fire with him right then, to tumble willingly into chaos, she would have said yes without hesitation. Her entire body shivered as she nodded, heart hammering, her pulse a wild drum against her ribs. "Always use your words, Bambola. Do you trust me?" he asked again. "Yes…yes…" Her back arched against him instinctively, skin flushed and glistening, every nerve screaming, every muscle taut and alive. Luca's other hand tightened at her neck, squeezing until she gasped for breath. The sensation was exquisite and terrifying, every nerve ending alight as he manipulated the fine line between restriction and pleasure. Vee squeezed her eyes shut, nails digging into his arm as she clung to him, her breath rattling in her chest. He sensed her reaching the edge and drove her closer, the hand at her neck tightening harder. "Luc…" she choked out, a fragmented plea that shattered as her body convulsed, releasing a hot, desperate wave against his fingers and the rug beneath them. 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. From the author that brought you: 1. Defying The Rogue Alpha 2. The Vampire's Luna 3. Undressed By His Arrogance

[Mature Content. Dark Romance. Drama.] What would you do if your loving husband returned home with his secret second family? That is exactly what happens to Claudia Hoffman. Her happily married life is torn asunder when she comes home to her husband's mistress, her abusive half-sister Clarissa and their daughter. Claudia's own daughter, Aurora, is then pushed down the stairs, and Claudia is framed for the attempted murder of her own daughter. Desperate to clear her name and protect her comatose daughter, Claudia is forced to seek help from the psychiatrist assigned to her case—her devil of an ex, Ray Gatlin, the man she left on bitter terms. Ray is cold, calculating, and dangerously powerful, a certified sociopath with immense wealth, influence, and a decade-old grudge against the woman who once humiliated him. He agrees to help her, but only if she signs a “pet contract” that binds her to him, granting the devil complete control, even over her own body. With no other choice, Claudia signs that insane contract . Now trapped in a dangerous bargain with the man she once loved, she must navigate a twisted game of revenge, obsession, and lingering desire. But as old emotions resurface and buried truths unravel, she discovers something far more terrifying: Ray may have had a hand in her downfall. Can she thaw the heart of a devil and prove her innocence,
Or will she lose herself to the contract she signs? * Commissioned cover art by @durudara Follow and contact me on Instagram: @foreverpupa *

Viola was once the pride of her pack, destined to rise above everyone on the day she received her wolf. Instead, that day marked her fall. She had been the villain in countless stories, untouchable and adored by the Alpha heir, until the night her wolf was supposed to awaken, and fate played its cruelest joke. She fell to the lowest rank in her pack, rejected by her sworn mate. Stripped of status, strength, and even her wolf, she was forced to live a life worse than that of an omega. Imprisoned and alone, Viola’s only hope of escape lay in finding her wolf, or her fated mate. Only, a dark past kept her powers dormant… and her fated mate didn’t want her. Sebastian Kade is powerful, ruthless, and chained to a past he refuses to release. Viola Linden does not belong in his world, and he wants her gone. Fate, however, disagrees. This fragile, stubborn girl refuses to leave his orbit. He does not believe in love. He does not want her. He has already lost too much. An Alpha who swore off weakness, hardened by loss and haunted by a prophecy that feels more like a curse, Sebastian is certain he will never allow another woman into his life. But the Moon Goddess is rarely kind. Viola carries something ancient within her, something dangerous, something powerful enough to defy him. Hate twists into desire. Desire ignites into fierce passion. And passion threatens to become love. But when Sebastian discovers what Viola truly carries within her, will it save him… or destroy everything he’s built? ~~~ WARNING: MATURE CONTENT! #Slow burn #Spicy #Morally Gray ML #Adventure #Angst

Thrown together by a contractual marriage, Vivian and Gunner must navigate a world of political rivalries and personal betrayals to see if their love can withstand the treachery of The hill.

After confessing her love to her childhood best friend, Gabrielle finds herself rejected and sold to a cruel high official in exchange for power by the best friend whom she loved so much. Hurt, betrayed, subjected to abuse, and stripped of her noble title Gabrielle begins to lose all hope until one day she runs into a man from a neighboring kingdom in need of help. Despite the danger Gabrielle agrees to help this man get back to his kingdom only to find that he is King and he is smitten with her. Will Gabrielle find her happily ever after with her new found love or will a sudden change of heart from her childhood best friend tear them apart?

They said she didn’t belong. In the Grimridge Pack, your mate is your proof of worth. Sable has none. Scentless. Defective. A flaw the pack refuses to accept. When Adrian reaches for her, she believes—just for a moment—that she’s finally been chosen. Until he rejects her. Publicly. But while the pack turns its back on her, someone else has been watching. Cassian. Ruthless. Untouchable. The most feared Alpha in the territory. He doesn’t reject her. He claims her.

After dying in a tragic accident, Roshan opens his eyes in another world — a place filled with magic, monsters, and secrets of his past life. His new journey begins here — the journey of “LinKing."

TRIGGER WARNING! This story contains graphic depictions of gun violence and murder, mafia-related threats and organized crime elements, sexual content, kidnapping, alcohol use, betrayal and emotional manipulation. Reader discretion is advised. — “Is there no other way?” I asked, totally subdued by the fact that this nightmare marriage was the only solution. “No, there isn’t,” he said coldly. “I can’t afford to lose my son and have you turned into a sex slave by the Romanovs.” “Your son?” I scoffed, the memory of him taking my virginity and vanishing without a trace slicing my heart. “You seem to have forgotten that you never intended on taking things further with me. God, you’re no different from the Romanovs!” He assessed me coolly with those dark eyes and then said with a note of finality, “He’s my son, Niamh, and you’ll have to become my wife.” My father was killed. My uncle sold me to the Russian mafia syndicate. And now, the man I hid my son from for five years—Massimo Valentino—is forcing me to be his wife. My survival and the safety of Matteo depend on this hated forced marriage. But the situation is worse than I thought: I am the key to a hidden vault that the Texas underworld is willing to kill for. With the war raging outside and a major betrayal brewing inside the Italian mafia syndicate, my safety depends entirely on Massimo. I have to forgive and trust the man who ruined me, or lose everything. This is the first installment in The Valentino Princes Series.

It was prophesied that Queen Qara would give birth to a prince destined to be the next ruler of the kingdom of Hmagol, replacing the crippled crown prince. Fate twisted, and Queen Qara gave birth to Princess Chinua, giving the eldest son of the king's concubine a chance to inherit the throne. As the legs of the crippled crown prince of the Kingdom of Hmagol, Chinua and eight of her most trusted subordinates traveled across the Kingdom of  Hmagol to restore peace and stability to the citizens of Hmagol. The invasion by Zasra Kingdom compelled Chinua and her loyal companions into battle, and forever altering the course of her life.

[Warning: this story contains dark themes] **** Seven years ago, Ruby Emerald believed she had everything: love, stability, a future she could finally trust. On her wedding anniversary, she planned a surprise that would change their lives forever. Instead, her world shattered. She found her husband having sex with his ex, the words that followed cutting deeper than the betrayal itself. He said loving her made him feel small. Empty. The child she carried was her quiet miracle, who never got the chance to be born. Ruby lost her pregnancy on the very day meant to celebrate life, sealing her heartbreak in silence. When grief had barely settled, life demanded more. Her mother’s heart was failing. There was a need for surgery, which was devastatingly expensive. Her father’s debts threatened to swallow the family business whole. Ruby was drowning. Then came the knock on her hospital door. Her ex-husband’s stepfather, Max Byron, stepped inside, immaculate and unreadable, his presence commanding the room before he spoke a single word. A man of power, control, and secrets. “I can solve all your problems,” he said. Hope flared, dangerous and fragile until he finished: “My only condition… is that you marry me.” Trapped between survival and self-respect, Ruby is forced into a marriage built on necessity, not love. But beneath the cold arrangement and unspoken boundaries, something unsettling begins to grow, slow, restrained, impossible to ignore. Because the most dangerous thing about this marriage isn’t the bargain she made— It’s the feelings she never agreed to feel.

My story is unique it does not have a system window or transmigration so if you looking for a mc who gets everything he wants and everything goes his way means this story is not for you it has a structure of poly protagonist theme so if you need usuals its not your cup of tea Levize, the God Killer, sits nonchalant atop a gutted cleaver whale, katana gleaming—proof he felled a god with a mere wave. In endless seas of ravagers and ancients, Levize mentors youths through brutal trials. "Don't ever compare yourself to him," Waltz warns. But as god-etched secrets spill—"The only way to obtain it is by ki_l_li_ng the ancient one"—new threats surge. Will the legend conquer the abyss again? I will be posting This on RoyalRoad.com https://www.royalroad.com/profile/890096/fictions

​"You keep giving me reasons to hate myself for what I love about you, Alice..." ​The thought is a poison. Alice Miller is the toxin in my fucking blood, turning every drop into a black, hollow void. ​She walked into Oakhaven as a student, but she became my enemy from the very first second. She thinks she can survive the grit; she thinks she can outrun the shadows. ​She’s wrong. I’m going to make her realize that in my world, the only thing more dangerous than being my enemy... is being the one thing I can’t let go of. ​I won’t just break her. I’ll own the pieces. ​"Welcome to the nightmare, Alice. I’ll be the one waiting for you in the dark." ​READ AT YOUR OWN RISK: ​This book is a Dark Romance / Psychological Thriller. It features a morally gray (to black) male lead, graphic depictions of obsession, manipulation, and intense themes that may be triggering for some. If you’re looking for a hero with a conscience, you’ve wandered into the wrong forest.

No one could imagine these two enemies world reunited....But It happens...The Demon fall for a Fairy, She belongs to heaven Realm......

"So naive, Melanie. So stupid." Those were the last words I heard before a bullet ended my life. Betrayed by my best friend and murdered by her boyfriend, I thought it was the end. Instead, I woke up in a cold wedding hall, wearing a dress worth a kingdom and staring into the icy eyes of Duke Draven Everfrost. I’ve transmigrated into The Duke’s Obsession—as Seraphina Helene Valemont, the villainess destined to be executed by her own husband for treason. My wedding vows haven't even been spoken, yet the Duke has already declared my silence as submission. In this world of ruthless aristocrats and deadly magic, I have only two goals: Avoid the executioner's blade. Never trust anyone again. But with a mysterious "System" breathing down my neck and a husband who treats me like a political prisoner, surviving the first night might be harder than avoiding the end of the book. [MISSION UPDATE: PRIMARY OBJECTIVE - AVOID EXECUTION. CURRENT RISK: CRITICAL.] reach out via Instagram @merah_writes