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Inaya Quiet strength · emotional depth · self-respect “I loved deeply, but I will never beg to be chosen.” “I didn’t lose you — I lost the version of myself that trusted you.” “You both fought for power… and forgot that I was the price.” “I stayed silent not because I was weak, but because I was healing.” “Some wounds don’t bleed. They change who you become.” Zeeshan Calm · sharp · strategic · prideful “I loved you in a way that destroyed me — and I would still do it again.” “You think my silence means I moved on? No. It means I learned control.” “I wasn’t afraid of losing you. I was afraid of becoming nothing without you.” “Betrayal doesn’t end love… it poisons it.” “If loving you was my mistake, then revenge will be my correction.” Zeeshan (Cold Resolve) The man after the break “Feelings make people weak. I chose power.” “You call it betrayal. I call it survival.” “I never promised forever — you imagined it.” “Don’t confuse my silence with guilt.” “I don’t regret my choices. I regret trusting you to understand them.” Inaya to Armaan “You loved me like a storm — beautiful, but destructive.” “Your pain was louder than my heart.” “I needed safety, not intensity.” Inaya to Zeeshan “You were calm, but your coldness taught me loneliness.” “You never hurt me loudly — you hurt me slowly.” “You walked away with dignity and left me with questions.

At the center of the universe stands Pramba Earth, home to the L-Bearers—rulers who govern the 12 Earths with iron fists and rigid systems that crush human dignity. For seven thousand years, a grand history has been erased, leaving the world in darkness about the truth of its past. Jōgan, a young man raised on the isolated Gaia Earth, never imagined that he would become the most dangerous hunted target in the galaxy. He is the heir of the Ten’nen Eye, sealed with ancient powers feared by the rulers of Pramba. Now, wielding the power he has inherited, Jōgan must traverse all 12 Earths to reclaim the throne that was stolen. The journey has begun—and the buried history is about to rise.

This is the end. I’m going to die… That was the only thought in my mind as I stood surrounded by monsters, abandoned by my teachers and classmates during a monster rampage. Just as the Minotaur raised its hammer to crush me, a figure appeared out of nowhere. He swung his scythe and sliced the beast in half, then cut down the rest of the monsters in the blink of an eye. From that day on, I saw him as my savior. But why did everyone else see him as a villain? The media painted him as cruel and cold, a brutal ranker with an awful personality. They called him dangerous, someone to be feared and hated. What the hell are you guys talking about? Ezekiel isn’t like that! But no one believed me. Years passed, and I saw him again... It was at his funeral. He saved my life, and I couldn't save his. The guilt crushed me. But then, a miracle came. I was given a chance to make one single wish. “I wish I could save him!” I shouted without hesitation. And in that moment, time turned back to the day he died. #modernfantasy #romance #femaleleadpov #dungeons #rankers #adventurers #monsters #gates#internet#revenge

Life takes a devastating turn when Mike unknowingly walks into a con shop, losing all his savings to a ruthless conman. Stripped of hope, he soon learns that powerful mercenaries and fighters have been hired with vast sums to eliminate him-ensuring their criminal empire remains intact. The stakes rise when they discover Mike's father, a wealthy entrepreneur who abandoned him in his youth, is still alive and a target himself. Haunted by the tragic death of his mother - falsely accused of poisoning the orphans she loved; Mike is left to navigate a cold world alone. As dark forces conspire to snuff out his existence and seize his father's fortune, Mike turns his pain into strength, training in martial arts to defend himself against the betrayal and jealousy that lurk around every corner. With his life hanging by a thread, Mike must confront not only the assassins hunting him but also the ghosts of his past. Will he rise from the ashes of his shattered childhood to reclaim his legacy, or will he become another victim in a deadly game of greed? Prepare for an emotional journey of resilience, vengeance, and the unbreakable spirit of a son determined to fight for his future.

After being struck by lightning, Matthew Sinclair wakes up in a world that isn’t his. In one reality, Brandon Gomes is just the man who stole his girlfriend. In another, Brandon is the love of his life. Every time Matthew switches realities, the lines between them blur a little more. Memories mix. Feelings grow. And the future becomes increasingly unstable. In the end, he may be forced to choose one life… and who he really loves.

BOOK ONE OF THE “RECLAIMING HER FATE” SERIES “Wealth, crown, wild, and heart. Together they rise, or together they fall.” Heiress of the First Werewolf Kingdom, Aveloria Valenor was betrayed, rejected, and slain in her first life. Reborn by the Moon Goddess, she vows to change her fate, only to discover she has not just one mate, but four: the one who once doomed her, the one whose power could save her, the one who tempts her freedom, and the one who has always loved her. Bound by prophecy, hunted by dark shadows, Aveloria must either choose to unite her Tetrabond or see the world consumed by darkness. EXCERPT He groaned against her lips, a low growl that sent shivers down her spine, and she kissed him back with equal fire, matching his rhythm and hunger. Their breaths tangle, shallow and uneven. His large hand grabbed her neck, tilting her head up as he deepened the kiss, causing her pulse to race beneath his touch and her body to ache for his. When they finally parted, Aveloria’s breath trembled. Their foreheads rested together, breathing ragged and lips swollen. Neither spoke. Words would have ruined it, that wild, reckless pull that said they were already too far gone. She looked at him, the one who had saved her, the one who shouldn’t have been hers, and for a moment, everything made sense. But the guilt came next to the reality. She stepped back, her heart racing. “I have to tell you something.” His expression shifted. “What is it?” “There are others.” “Others?” “Mates,” she said quietly. “Three.” He froze. “You’re serious?” She nodded. “I didn’t choose them. It just happened.” He exhaled sharply, running a hand through his hair. “I thought those were just rumors. No one believed it.” “I wish they were.” His jaw tightened, but he laughed softly, shaking his head. “Of course. The Moon gives me a mate; she already has three others. That sounds about right for my luck.” Aveloria swallowed, guilt pressing at her chest. “I didn’t mean for this to happen.” He looked at her again, calmer this time. “Neither did I.”

THE BLEEDING SOURCE I died of cancer at 45. I woke up in 1999 with USB ports in my spine and a Game Boy that can photograph magic. Alex Voss was a quantum engineer who died in 2026. Now he is trapped in his own 16-year-old body in Manchester, 1999 - a "human interface" engineered by a shadowy Cartel to harvest the Earth's blood. [SYSTEM: ENGINEERING DECONSTRUCTION] In this world, magic is just physics nobody understands yet. Alex treats Hematurgy (blood magic) as debuggable code: Level Up by reverse-engineering spells with a Game Boy Camera Unlock Skills: TCP/IP Exorcism, Accentual Warfare, Distributed Pain Networks Status Screen: ED Percentage (Engineering Skill), SER Percentage (Romance Progress), Crystalization Meter (Sister's countdown) The Conflict: The Cartel plans to sacrifice Alex's sister Elena (a Geosphere-Native who hears the Earth scream) at the Millennium Dome on Y2K, turning her into a battery for a financial god. Alex has 30 days to build "The Compact" - a party of outcasts linked by Nokia 5110 batteries - and deploy the Surgical Model: a distributed network where thousands share the God's pain via dial-up internet. The Romance: Sarah Chen is a Grid Mage defecting from "Affective Bankruptcy" (she is literally learning to feel again). Slow burn. High stakes. She debugs his heart; he debugs her soul. Why Read This: Unique Magic: Your accent is your weapon (Mancunian vs RP). Class warfare literalized. Nostalgia Done Right: 1999 UK - Nokia 5110s, NHS queues, Post-Britpop, Y2K panic. Hard Progression: Visible stat growth (ED 0% to 100%), skill trees, crafting (modifying Game Boys into spectrometers). Anti-Capitalist Horror: The villain is literally the Stock Market given flesh. Update Schedule: 5 Chapters/Week (Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM GMT) 20 Chapters Pre-Written - No hiatus, guaranteed consistency Collection Milestones: 500 Collections = Plus 3 Bonus Chapters (The Welsh Variable arc) 1000 Collections = Sarah's POV Side Story unlocked Tags: ProgressionFantasy, LitRPG, System, 1990s, Magic, SlowBurnRomance, Underdog, BritishFantasy, IndustrialHorror, GameBoy, ClassWarfare Start Reading - Chapter 1: Terminal Protocol

"Sign here, Miss Reed. One year. No expectations. No emotions. Just a business arrangement." Grace Reed thought she'd hit rock bottom when her fiancé cheated with her stepsister. She was wrong. Rock bottom was standing in her childhood bedroom, listening to her father tell her she was worthless and then offering her as a bargaining chip to save the family company. Sebastian Sterling, Manhattan's most ruthless CEO, needs a wife for exactly one year to secure his inheritance. No love, no complications just a signature. Grace is perfect: desperate, compliant, and completely forgettable. Or so he thinks. What Sebastian doesn't expect is that his quiet contract wife has a spine of steel buried under layers of hurt. When his first love, the elegant Olivia Winters, returns from Paris and slots seamlessly into his life attending his meetings, accompanying him to events, finishing his sentences, Grace is supposed to smile and play the part of the understanding wife. And at first, she does. She's good at being invisible. She's had practice. But every time Sebastian tells Grace she doesn't need to attend an event because "Olivia can handle it," every time he dismisses her input because "Olivia knows how I think," every time he comes home late smelling of Olivia's perfume and tells Grace "it's not what you think" something inside her cracks. Not all at once. But slowly. Steadily. Until one day, Grace looks at herself in the mirror and doesn't recognize the ghost staring back. Sebastian notices the change. His wife, who used to nod quietly at everything, now questions him. Challenges him. Walks out of rooms when Olivia walks in. Stops waiting up for him. Stops waiting, period. He tells himself he doesn't care Olivia is the one he's loved for years, the one he almost married, the one who understands him. Grace is just a contract. Except... why does he find himself defending Grace to Olivia? Why does he instinctively reach for Grace's hand at galas when he should be reaching for Olivia's? Why does Grace's absence feel heavier than Olivia's presence? What Sebastian doesn't know: every time he thinks he's choosing Olivia, his actions betray him. He seats Grace in the place of honor at business dinners. He brings home food that Grace likes, not Olivia. He finds reasons to fire employees who disrespect Grace. He stands between Grace and her toxic family, even when he tells himself it's just protecting his "investment." What Grace doesn't know: she was never the substitute. Sebastian has been falling for her from the moment she stopped trying to fit into the shape he wanted and started becoming the woman she was always meant to be. And when Olivia's true motives come to light, Sebastian will have to choose between the woman he thought he loved and the woman he can't live without. But by then, Grace might be done waiting for anyone even him. Sometimes the hardest person to choose is yourself. And sometimes, that's exactly what love demands.

Not your regular kind of story fellas Just dive right in and enjoy Blurb: Just a few days ago… She was the admired eldest daughter of the Berry Family. But now, she had become an object of pity, receiving sympathetic glances from everyone. The reason was simple. The real daughter of the Berry Family, Andy Berry, had returned.

Elera never planned to fall in love with Kai Monroe, her favourite music star. At first, she only wanted to get close enough to tame the arrogant celebrity who breaks women’s hearts as easily as he tops charts. But the longer she spends with him, the more she sees beyond the fame and charm. She sees a man carrying wounds from a past he rarely speaks about. A man who has loved before and lost badly. When Kai finally lets her in, Elera makes the mistake of loving him for real. Then he betrays her the moment they got intimate. Years later, their paths cross again at a rehabilitation center in Los Angeles, where Kai is recovering from a sudden collapse and struggling with gaps in his memory. He doesn’t remember everything about his past but Elera does. Determined to guard her heart, she agrees to keep things simple by maintaining just friendship. But as Kai’s memories slowly return, so do the secrets buried in his past. And with them comes a name Elera hoped never to hear again: Theo Bloke — the man who once destroyed her life. As old lies begin to unravel, Elera discovers a truth she never saw coming. Kai is not just the man she fell in love with. He is Ethan — the same man she loved years ago, the one whom he believed betrayed him before an accident changed everything. If Kai remembers everything, he will remember the betrayal. But what if the betrayal was never hers? And when the truth finally surfaces, the question won’t be whether they still love each other. It will be whether love is enough to survive it.

The three gods: The God of Heaven, The Goddess of Hell and The God of Nature. Each of them created different concept of the world as we know it. Yet they cursed Eve and she decided that the gods should face punishment. Will she succeed in her revenge or fall into the hands of the gods? Only time will tell...

"You're fired! And don't come back until you pay your debt!" On the same day, Alex was fired by his abusive boss and dumped by his girlfriend for a rich second-generation heir. He was broke, humiliated, and hopeless. Standing on the bridge, staring at the cold water, a mechanical voice rang in his head. [DING!] [The God-Tycoon System has been activated.] [Host Balance: ∞ (Infinite)] [Mission: Spend 10 Million Dollars in 1 hour. Reward: +10 Strength Points.] Alex froze. He didn't just have money; he had a mission to spend it. "You say I'm poor? I'll buy the bank." "You say I'm weak? I'll spend a billion to become a martial arts grandmaster." Watch Alex as he rises from a broke loser to the secret ruler of the world, slapping the faces of everyone who ever looked down on him. Money isn't just power—it's everything.

Ashina Claw has spent eight months believing in Darren Kale's promises, giving him her heart, her body, and her trust. So when the legendary Alpha Kendrick Ridge reveals himself as her true mate at the annual Gathering, she does the unthinkable she rejects him publicly, choosing Darren over fate itself. But Kendrick Ridge isn't a man who accepts defeat. The cold, ruthless Alpha has waited twenty-seven years for his mate, and he knows something Ashina doesn't: Darren has been using her, and the heartbreak she's fighting to avoid is inevitable. When Darren proves himself the coward Kendrick always knew he was, and the mate bond threatens to tear Ashina apart, Kendrick makes a controversial choice he forcibly marks her, binding them together permanently. Now Ashina must navigate life in Moonlit Pack as the unwilling mate of an Alpha she's determined to hate, even as her heart begins to recognize what her mind refuses to accept: that sometimes fate knows better than we do or will she run from fate.

I was never supposed to want my sister’s husband. Victor Ravenscroft is discipline carved into flesh — a billionaire who commands boardrooms, headlines, and everyone around him. To the world, he belongs to her. To me… he became my weakness. What started as a mistake became a secret I couldn’t resist. And the more I fell, the more my life began to unravel. I lost my job. My confidence. My sense of reality. She stayed perfect. Poised. Untouchable. She comforts me when I cry, says I’m overthinking, insists it’s just stress. Victor won’t claim me in daylight. But in the shadows, I can’t escape him. Then I got dragged into a world I never imagined — a dangerous mafia society where power, obsession, and betrayal reign. Nothing I thought I knew about love, loyalty, or survival mattered anymore. Somewhere between desire and shame, I wonder — Is this love destroying me? Or am I destroying myself? Because when everything collapses, the most dangerous thing isn’t the affair. It’s the truth I never saw coming.

[Trigger Warning: This semi dark fantasy romance contains few mature themes.] --- SYNOPSIS: •A WORLD BUILT ON LIES• Long ago, humans lived unaware of the supernatural beings hidden among them—werewolves with their primal instincts, witches whispering spells in the dark, and elves with their ancient, watchful eyes. For centuries, they coexisted in fragile silence. Then, everything shattered. Near the shadow-drenced woods of the Shadow pack kingdom, human traveler stumbled upon a gruesome scene: an old woman’s lifeless body, her skin ashen, her wounds gaping like accusations. A few paces away lay a dead werewolf, its throat ripped open, its muzzle still flecked with blood. The truth was undeniable—monsters walked among them. Fear ignited war. Humans, armed with fire and steel, hunted the supernatural races. Witches and elves were dragged into the slaughter, their homes burned, their people butchered. The bloodshed raged until King Alfred V of the Amethyst Kingdom stood before the four Werewolf Kings—Silverhowl, Crimsonheart, Shadow, and Atlassian —and offered a deal drenched in poison. A sacrifice for peace. Every twenty years, each human family would surrender a daughter to the werewolves. And in return, the future Alpha Kings must wed a human—or the war would reignite. The werewolves agreed. The witches and elves retreated, their hatred festering like an open wound. The world remained fractured, its peace a fragile lie. --- •THE PROPHECY OF FIRE• In the hidden Blaze Tribe, where crimson eyes burned like embers, the seer Prophetia foresaw annihilation. "Our people will fall," she rasped, her voice trembling. "But from the ashes, a girl will rise—the one who will bring true peace… and the one they will slaughter for it." The tribe made a desperate pact. They would cast a spell—a curse of forgotten memory—erasing their existence from the world’s mind. Their souls would be the price, but their legacy would live on in Ovelia, the child of prophecy. The night the Blaze Tribe fell, Ovelia’s parents hid her in the whispering forest, their hands shaking as they sealed a goddess—Firera—inside her infant body. Then, they turned to face their doom. --- •FATE’S CRUEL WHISPER• Ace Draven—half-werewolf, half-witch prince of Silverhowl—had never believed in destiny. Until he found a crying infant in the forest. His wolf, Fenrir, howled in recognition. A crimson thread shimmered between them—mates. But Firera, watching from within Ovelia’s soul, snarled. "She’s a child. This is too soon." With a flick of her wrist and spell, she tore the memory from Ace’s mind, leaving only an empty ache in his chest. --- •TWENTY YEARS LATER: A SACRIFICE IGNITES• Ovelia has spent her life as a slave, raised by the cruel mayor of Timberline Village—a man who would gladly sacrifice her to spare his own daughter. The night of the sacrifice, the air reeks of damp earth and iron. Torches flicker as the werewolves emerge from the shadows. And then—Ace Draven steps forward. Their eyes meet. Fenrir *howls*. Ace’s claws unsheathe, his breath ragged. He doesn’t understand why his wolf is clawing at his ribs, why his pulse hammers at the sight of this stranger. But the bond between them burns hotter than vengeance. Ovelia doesn’t know him. He doesn’t recognize her. And yet, their souls scream in unison.

She died once at the end of the world. This time, she'll own it before it even begins. Evelyn Shen has lived through hell twice. In her first life, she survived eight brutal years of the apocalypse—building a sanctuary from nothing, leading hundreds through starvation and endless waves of the undead, only to be betrayed by the people she loved most. Her husband sold her out. Her cousin orchestrated her death. And as a Zombie Lord tore through her walls, Evelyn made one final, impossible choice: she activated a forbidden System protocol and rewound time itself. Now, she's back. Seventy-three days before the Descent Mist—the mysterious global phenomenon that will shatter civilization, awaken terrifying powers in humanity, and birth legions of the undead—Evelyn opens her eyes in her old apartment, surrounded by a family that has no idea what's coming. But she does. She remembers every mutation. Every betrayal. Every mile of scorched earth. And this time, she won't wait for the world to burn. Armed with fragmented memories, a multi-dimensional Survival System that offers quests, growth mechanics, and access to other worlds, and the cold determination of someone who's already lost everything, Evelyn begins her preparation in secret. She buys remote land in the countryside. She stockpiles resources. She reaches out to the allies—and rivals—she once knew, planting seeds of influence before the chaos begins. She will build Last Light Valley, a fortress in the wilderness where her family and chosen few can survive what's coming. She will awaken her powers early: Plant Manipulation to grow food in poisoned soil, Spatial Compression to store the unstoppable, and Temporal Echo to see death before it strikes. And when the Mist finally descends, she will not be a victim scrambling for safety. She will be a queen ready to rule the ashes. But the apocalypse is not a script to be rewritten so easily. Her cousin Claire—ambitious, charming, and ruthless—awakens a terrifying ability to siphon energy from the living and the dead, building her own empire in the ruins of the city. The Zombie Lords, intelligent undead with powers that rival gods, are evolving faster than before. And her husband Alex, the man who once betrayed her, is still the man she loves—for now. Evelyn must navigate impossible choices: Who to save, and who to leave behind. How much of her future knowledge to reveal without sounding insane. Whether the System guiding her is salvation—or something far more dangerous. And whether she can prevent the betrayals of her first life, or if tragedy is woven into the people she loves. As she builds her base, recruits specialists, trades with other apocalyptic worlds through the System's Multiverse Module, and trains her children to survive in a world gone feral, one truth becomes clear: The apocalypse is inevitable. But who rules it is not. Evelyn Shen died a victim once. This time, she will be the architect of humanity's last hope—or its most dangerous warlord. Because in a world where the dead rise and the Mist rewrites the rules of reality, the only way to protect the ones you love is to make sure no one—living, dead, or worse—ever dares to take them from you again.

An exiled princess, a poisoned husband, and a battle for power—Eirian Soliel refuses to be forgotten, but can she turn a cold marriage into a fiery alliance before it’s too late? First cousin to the King and the darling of the Court of Sorrow, Eirian has spent most of her life indulging all her whims and fantasies under the protection of her royal blood, but when her father’s sudden re-marriage results in a son, she finds herself suddenly shuffled aside. On top of that, her longtime on-and-off romantic partner suddenly betrays her. Instead of proposing to her, he shows up to her birthday ball, married to a low-ranked Lady without a word of warning. Eirian’s life is upended, and her stepmother succeeds in exiling her into an arranged marriage with a general who never leaves the distant borderland. Regimented, completely disinterested in the capitol and the Court, and dying from a poison no one can identify, her new husband would rather continue his simple life with his mistress than welcome his new wife, but Eirian refuses to go down without fight. Determined to make a place for herself if she cannot find one, Eirian finds herself facing an enemy she never expected, and she underestimates her shy, gentle husband. Will the General fall for his vivacious Princess, or will Eirian be set aside again?

“This world is built on lies. If you want to keep it alive, make sure none of them are exposed. They must never reach his ears.” As long as Shuu could remember, these words had governed his life. Abandoned at the grand temple and forsaken by the gods, Shuu grew up powerless in a world that valued nothing else. Survival was never guaranteed, especially for someone like him. Yet he had one talent-he could read fortunes, and he never got them wrong. His future was decided early. He would serve the temple until his debt was paid, then fade away. But during the Hero’s fortune reading, Shuu made a single mistake. One moment was enough to strip him of his place and throw him into exile-only to be taken in by the very Hero who caused it, a man whose presence turns Shuu’s life completely off course. And as Shuu is pulled deeper into the Hero’s path, he begins to realize that something about the Hero and his companions is deeply wrong-something he cannot yet name, but cannot ignore. __________ Please leave a review. Also warning, will have Mpreg (around ch 70ish) . If it's not your cup of tea, just be careful

Consider this a major warning: In a world where everyone craves fast-paced stories, this one takes its time. This isn't some high-speed fluff; it is a slow-burn journey. Since most readers have their eyes on the "fastest" thing out there, this isn't for those who only want a quick thrill. This is a challenge. I dare you to read it. Break a leg, everyone. synopsis: Shu Yao has always loved Bai Qi. Silently. Secretly. With the kind of devotion that doesn’t ask to be returned. But Bai Qi has never looked his way—not like that. His eyes have always been on Shu Yao’s younger sister, Qing Yue. Bright, soft-spoken, radiant in the ways Shu Yao was told boys should never be. So Shu Yao stays quiet. He smiles when he must. He bleeds where no one can see. When a high fever forces him to break his routine and drop his mask, everything begins to shift. Bai Qi offers help—clumsy, well-meaning, but blind to the damage it causes. Shu Yao, too used to locking his doors and swallowing his ache, can’t bring himself to let it in. Not when every kindness feels like pity. Not when his dreams are haunted by things he can’t say aloud.