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KNOW YOUR NEMESIS

A story of elemental war, inherited trauma, and the revolutionary power of choosing love over purity. King Tyrion of the Stone Realm is poisoned by his Fen wife, Morana, who frames her brother-in-law, Kaelen, and flees to her homeland. Kaelen, the loyal Earth-Warden, is forced to take the Warden's Crown and lead a desperate war against the invading Fen. Morana uses her mastery of water and poison to devastating effect, while Kaelen learns that his defensive earth-magic can also be a weapon of terrible destruction. He rescues his nephews, Princes Caden and Bren, from Morana's clutches in a daring raid. Morana is captured. The war ends. But Kaelen, haunted by his actions, retires from power. Caden becomes Regent. Bren commands the guard. And Kaelen takes in Morana's infant son, Silas, raising him alongside his own son, Torren, as brothers. Five years of fragile peace. Torren, now six, has inherited his father's earth-magic. Silas, one year younger, struggles with volatile water-fire fusion—his mother's legacy and his father's fire, tangled and unstable. A new threat emerges: the Purist, a monstrous earth-spirit born from Kaelen's wartime trauma and rigid dogma. It petrifies anyone it deems "impure." During a festival of unity, it attacks. Torren and Silas, in a desperate act of fused magic, help Kaelen destroy it. Their victory unleashes the "New Song"—a chaotic, beautiful energy of blended magic that begins to reshape the world. Lord Tethys, the Fen manipulator, is imprisoned in a crystalline Cocoon by this new power. The peace is shattered, but a new era has begun. Now thirteen and twelve, Torren and Silas struggle with unstable magic tied to the New Song. Master Aris arrives from the Syncretic Spire, an academy where magic is taught by philosophy—Theory, Praxis, Ethos, Dynamis—not element. The brothers are taken there to learn control. Torren is sorted into Theory, learning to see magic as information. Silas into Ethos, learning his power mirrors his emotions. They struggle, fail, and grow. They make an ally in Lyra, a gentle Ethos weaver, and a rival in Corvin, a fierce Dynamis prodigy who scorns their "soft" paths. Their Proving in the Crystal Caves ends in failure, but they achieve their first true synergy—Theory, Ethos, and Dynamis combined—to escape a cave-in. Corvin's respect begins. Meanwhile, a blight spreads from the border. Caden's peace talks stall. Bren hunts Echo-Spawn. Kaelen and Elara face persecution for studying the New Song. The Spire sends Team Seven—Torren, Silas, Lyra, Corvin—to investigate. They discover a Fen Ascendant, Yaren, performing a ritual to tear apart the leylines and claim the border for the Covenant of the Pure Fen, led by Grand Weaver Serevyn, Morana's own mentor. In battle, Silas discovers his fused magic is a direct counter to their pure-magic constructs. Guided by Torren, protected by Corvin, steadied by Lyra, he shatters the ritual and heals the torn leyline—not with force, but by projecting the memory of blended harmony into the wound. They return home changed. Kaelen kneels before Silas in apology and love. The family is restored. But Silas is now a symbol—a living refutation of the Covenant's doctrine. And in the deep fens, Serevyn reveals Morana's final contingency: Silas has a twin. Kael, the Drowned Prince, raised in secret and trained since infancy to be the blade to Silas's bridge. His purpose: not to kill, but to unmake—to break Silas's faith. Kael journeys north, his conditioning cracking as he encounters kindness for the first time. Silas, feeling his approach, reaches out with unconditional welcome. Come home. An echo returns: I am coming. They stand on the threshold of brother meeting brother—not as enemies, but as strangers bound by blood, poised between the purpose they were given and the possibility they were denied.
StarSwish · 7k Views

The crown of shadows and Lies

In the cursed realm of Noctyrrh, night has ruled for centuries—an eternal darkness bound by a blood-forged curse that absorbs grief, memory, and truth to keep the realm alive. Lumi Reyes, twenty-two, is a rare Truth Bearer, gifted—and burdened—with the ability to hear the truths the night consumes. Her role is to interpret these truths for those in power, at the cost of her own certainty and identity. Blake Crowe, twenty-four, is the Dreadsword Prince: heir to a throne built on shadow, trained to rule a realm that cannot change. To stabilize political unrest and deter foreign powers, Lumi and Blake enter a strategic arrangement—publicly presenting as lovers to project unity and control. As they navigate court politics, rival factions, and the looming influence of the Concord (a coalition eager to exploit Noctyrrh’s curse), Lumi uncovers a devastating truth: the curse sustaining the realm is not eternal—it is transferable, and Blake is expected to inherit it. When betrayal within the council accelerates this plan, Lumi and Blake must choose between survival through sacrifice or dismantling the very power that defines their world. Their false relationship deepens into genuine love, complicating every decision. Lumi learns that the curse was never meant to be ruled—only endured until the people were strong enough to live without it. To break it, she must relinquish her identity as Truth Bearer, surrendering immortality, certainty, and power in exchange for a human life. Lumi chooses freedom. The curse unbinds. Noctyrrh survives—but altered, mortal, and finally capable of change. Blake refuses the crown, helping establish a flawed but accountable governance. Together, they learn to love without prophecy, power, or permanence. Years later, the night remains—not as a prison, but as a companion. Lumi’s stories preserve what truth no longer must. The novel closes on a quiet affirmation: endings are not failures, and love does not require destiny to endure.
Christiana_Alonge_0297 · 2k Views

The General's Daughter: The Mission

Her childhood was forged in shadows, and she was sharpened into a weapon, trained to be a ghost, a killer—an instrument of vengeance. The target: a decorated general who brought down her family. But fate doesn't follow orders. Just as Lara was about to execute her long-planned mission, everything spiraled out of control. A military convoy intercepted her escape route—escorting none other than the general himself. And then came the moment that changed everything. A blinding crash. Screeching tires. Her body was thrown like a ragdoll, then darkness. She had a fleeting recollection of another world, another lifetime where kings ruled the land with an iron fist. But she woke up, and twelve long months had passed.  She did not know where she was or who she was. She remembered nothing. They told her different names. A child with trembling hope whispered, “Mommy, your name is Moira Torres.” Her doctor insisted, “Your admission slip says Larissa Reyes.” A hardened general leaned close and commanded, “Remember who you are. Remember your mission.” Then another general—dangerously calm, incredibly familiar—looked at her as if she mattered and asked, “Can I call you Lara?” The name unlocked something buried deep in her soul. Lara Norse Kromwel. Daughter of General Odin Norse. Empress of the First Empire. But the man who watched her most closely dismissed it with cold certainty. “This is the 21st century,” he said. “What nonsense are you spouting? What Empress? You are my woman. You can only be mine!"
Azalea_Belrose · 123.9k Views

TO TAME THE BRUTAL LYCAN BEAST

Valoria was the omega who couldn't shift — the pack freak no one wanted. Her fated mate chose her sister on the altar. Her father's solution? Hand her over as a spare bride to Lycan King Azrael — the most feared, most ruthless lycan alive. A beast who doesn't love, doesn't feel, and doesn't show mercy. He didn't want her either. But he kept her — not as a wife, not as a mate. As a toy. Something pretty to break when he's bored. "You're mine until I decide you're not, little mouse. And I haven't decided yet." He tortures her, taunts her, watches her break and smiles like it's art. But somewhere between the cruelty and the madness, his hands learned her body before his heart learned her name. He doesn't want to love her — he wants to own her, tame her, ruin her so completely that no one else will ever want what's left. And the damning part? She's starting to crave it. But there is a little secret that Azrael doesn't know. This is not Valoria's first rodeo in life. He doesn't know the Moon Goddess ripped her from death with one mission; to seduce him, tame him, and end his reign. One hundred days. That's all she has before he kills her or she kills him. The only thing the goddess didn't warn her about was the thin chance of falling for the monster she's supposed to destroy WARNINGS: This is a DARK romance. Azrael is not your soft misunderstood hero. He is brutal, possessive, morally corrupt, addictive, and utterly unhinged. Expect 18+ smutty content, dubcon, PLOT TWISTS, and a monster who might either steal or crush your heart. Proceed at your own risk (of addiction, lmao).
NadiaSparks · 61.8k Views