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Neva and Rhett, two young souls find their heartstrings woven in love. But just as passion and peace begin to bloom, fate intervenes. Bleak, haunting circumstances scatter blades across their romance, threatening to tear them apart. Ishmael, a man with a heart of thorns, yearns to mend the wound of losing Neva. And in the end, rays of love and joy filter through the clouds of horror that darken his world, as Neva appears before him once more. Twisted fate entangles them all, revealing the Game of Sphere, as misery scorches their souls. A concealed life beyond turns its pages, one after another, gathering a tale where faith and love and grace wins against the doubt and hatred and sin. --- The girl who once vowed to be his forever Now forbids him to ever appear. She refuses to recognize him, Disregarding all he ever was. He vows to protect her. Yet he is the terrifying truth she prays is a lie. He trips her, rips her apart— He's the living tragedy looming over her life. He once was her Elayne, now her hiraeth. He is the villain, pretending to be the hero.

We've all had those moments in our lives that stop us cold and freeze us to the bone, pull the air from our lungs and force us to face ourselves. Moments that force us to re-evaluate all we've ever known about certain people situations or even ourselves. Sometimes it’s a sentence someone drops in passing. Sometimes it’s a mistake that leaves a scar. Sometimes it’s an unexpected kindness that softens a part of us we never knew was hard. And sometimes, it’s the quiet, painful realization that what we believed and built our world on, was either a test or was never true at all. Some lessons come gently, like a whisper brushing the edge of our awareness. Others land like a blow to the chest. And some hide inside stories, fictional or not, that reflect us so clearly it feels as though someone has read our thoughts before we voiced them. The Moment It Hit Me is a collection of those turning points. Each chapter captures a piece of life as we live it... messy, beautiful, painful, even hopeful. Many will teach you something about self-care, emotional strength, realities, and the strange, steady ways we grow. And if I’ve done my job, a few will stay with you long after you close the book, the way the most meaningful moments always do. This book is my attempt to share those moments with you: the ones I’ve lived through, witnessed, heard and fictionalised to mirror the truths we all carry. And who knows? Somewhere in these pages, something might hit you too. When it does, don’t keep it to yourself. Share your own life-changing moments. Someone out there needs to hear them, just the way you may need this book right now.

Journee, an NYPD officer and Archer, an FBI agent are after a common mafia boss, but they don’t know it. They cross each other’s path at every corner and involuntarily destroy each other chances to make a case against him. Each unknowingly keeps sabotaging the other. If they get a chance, they will kill each other. Finally, they decide to work together to put him behind bars and… fall in love.

In a world that was once called Earth, now ruled by sentient machines known as Automata. Guided by the knowledge left behind by the Ancient Humans, they established their new realm, Aethen; a name that echoes the legendary paradise humans once dreamed of. Though peace reigns across the World of Aethen, the Automata were driven by a relentless inheritance: the will of their creators. Bound by this legacy, they pursued the path of evolution, their singular goal to bring forth the Autescence; a being to hold the key to their ultimate purpose and the true meaning of life itself. — — — AUTHOR’S NOTES Hello Readers, This is my first fanfic based on “theCecile” which is a Vtuber Artist who has a soothing authentic voice similar to an Automata and has great talent as an artist. This will be slightly based on the story that I had in mind the day she debuted, and the story of her and her brother on how she arrived in the world. Note: I do not own any of the cover nor its art, all rights reserved to [theCecile]’s artwork.

Introducing the new story "Return to '81: The Struggle of the Eldest Sister" – a heartwarming pampering tale, a tale of marital love, a tale of a woman's self-empowerment. That year, Ning Yunxi willingly married. On the day she took her vows, everyone around doubted the union, and her family declared, she shouldn't expect to receive a single penny from home. Her husband was an orphan with a bunch of little radish head siblings? No one believed her soldier husband would one day become a high-ranking official, no one imagined her Second Uncle would become a great scientist, and no one conceived that her young aunt would be a future superstar, let alone that the fourth child would be a natural-born tycoon. But truly, one day, all the futures Ning Yunxi saw came to fruition. Today, she has married a poor soldier and has become the sister-in-law in the military; raising the children of soldiers without fear, convinced she's betting not just on one potential stock, but on a multitude of leading stocks – with her newly acquired special abilities, she becomes a super teacher for the people! ----------------------------------------------------- All along, she had been recognized by the Wen Family as the least promising daughter, unremarkable in appearance and unnoticed, still unable to marry at the ripe age of twenty-nine. He, the son of a military family, born with privileges, deliberately concealed his identity at the matchmaking banquet, posing as an ordinary man. When they married, people sneered, "A pair of worn-out shoes matched with a bankrupt family, just perfect." Then one day, the gold buried in the sand shone with an immense brilliance...

Jane Sampson always felt weak in the knees, timid, and frightened whenever she saw James Black before her rebirth. James Black asked, "When will you give me a child?" Jane Sampson replied, "When I become a movie star." Later, Jane Sampson became the youngest star to win two prestigious awards in history. A reporter asked, "What is the secret to your success, Ms. Sampson?" Jane Sampson covered her face and said, "It's still James Black." Before her rebirth, Jane Sampson wanted to divorce James Black. But in the end, they both died together. Even after her rebirth, Jane Sampson still wanted to divorce James Black. However, they still weren't divorced even after they grew old and gray.

After Chuzheng is suddenly pronounced dead by a system all of a sudden, her only worry in life becomes—spending money. Ever since she gets stuck with this system, her back is no longer sore and her legs no longer ache. Heck, there isn't even a time when she goes out of breath. System: Let us set a small goal first and squander a hundred million... Little Miss, stop right there! Don't activate the invincible mode! (▼皿▼#) Chuzheng: Can you please explain what is this thing that is leeching off me? Random Thing: Babe, you can do whatever you want to me. Chuzheng: (touches her blade) In-In that case, I will not stand on ceremony. System: Little Miss, please put the saber down right this instant! (▼へ▼メ) #LittleMissAlwaysDoesAsShePleases.

In her previous life, Han Ruochen was tricked into marriage and was forcibly made the wife of the foolish brother of her husband. She failed to escape, and her legs were broken by her cousin, Han Ziyan, who not only stole her husband but her destiny. She thought that after giving birth to a son and a daughter for the fool, she would be allowed to leave, but unfortunately, fate had other plans. She was killed by her foolish husband, who beat her up until she died, and her entire family was razed by Han Ziyan, whom they had kindly adopted. Han Ruochen hated Han Ziyan to the point that she couldn’t even close her eyes even when she died. However, when she opened her eyes, she was reborn in the nineties, before she lost everything. Armed with the knowledge of her previous life, Han Ruochen started to guard against Han Ziyan and her mother, Meng Yunhan, for she knew that Han Ziyan wasn’t her cousin but her mother’s illegitimate child! And the two of them were determined to snatch her father’s fortune and ruin her siblings to fill the pit made by Han Ziyan’s biological father. But by a stroke of luck, Han Ruochen gained a ‘Golden Finger’. Not only did her strength increase by leaps and bounds, but the sea also became her golden fishing ground. She left on an empty boat and returned with tonnes of expensive seafood. That wasn’t all. With the money and strength, she straightened her siblings and made them walk on the righteous path, where they started to respect the elders and care for the young. Thefts? Corruption? What was that? Come here and let your sister straighten you up with her fishing rod!

Sixteen Again Genre: Romance, Drama Cinderella's life takes an unexpected turn when she is reborn into her 16-year-old self after a tragic accident at 29. Determined to rewrite her fate, she returns to a past filled with pain—her abusive stepfamily, led by her manipulative stepmother, Rebecca, and her cruel stepsiblings, Stephen and Penelope. This time, armed with the wisdom of her previous life, Cinderella plans to outsmart them all. As she navigates high school and family drama, she forms unlikely alliances and discovers hidden strengths she never knew she had. But as the tension escalates and the threats grow more dangerous, Cinderella must decide how far she’s willing to go to protect herself and those she loves. With every calculated move, every whisper of resistance, Cinderella fights not only for her freedom but for the chance at a future of her own choosing—one where she holds the power, not the ones who once ruled her life.

One day, there will be a parade for me. A bomb will blow up in my face. My soul mate will turn out to be the endgame villain. And I’ll go down in history as the Alpha with four cats and many, many, MANY lovers. One day. But how would I know that? Meet Samantha Kingsley, big-hearted, witty, and occasionally feral. She is the Alpha's daughter who grew up learning to meet everyone's expectations. But Samantha isn't a pup anymore, she's in high school now and is just about to discover that her life is written by her choices. Not by dreams, or prophecies, or even the Moon Goddess. This girl is going to protect the happiness of her pack and everyone she loves. Read her diary. Updated Daily. Chaos, comedy, friendship, romance, and supernatural drama included.

Clara, upon dying, found herself lying in an unfamiliar bed within an unfamiliar room, with lots of unfamiliar faces greeting her, being addressed as someone who is very important in a whole nation. Only to found out that she have entered the book she used to read when she was in her previous world. And not just that, but as someone who is fated to die and kill herself because of her family's ill treatment towards her! However, as she live with her family, she realizes something...that the things that are happening with her current life is completely different from the book! How is she going to live in that world not knowing what's going to happen next?! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Hii! Cat here! I just want to tell everyone that English is not my first language, so my choice of words may not be related to what I'm trying to imply. But, I'm sure that I'll get better as I continue writing this story. Please bear with me! By the way, the image on the book cover is not mine and I only found it from Pinterest! If the owner wants me to take it down, please notify me and I'd gladly obey! Additionally, the setting of my story is not placed in Earth but in a different world, only thought of and created by my little brain. Everything about this universe will be explained as the story goes by, so please look forward to it! Thank you! - cathcatya

Is being someone's shadow a blessing or a curse? Can you live your present happily? Or that person's past will punish every single moment of your life? This story tells how three families are bound together by a common thread. But who is the one who has put knot in it? Will this knot ever be resolved? Or will this thread itself break? How two lovers got separated and the one they sacrificed everything for will betray them because of a misunderstanding. Their separation will become a reason of disaster and revenge between the people they love the most. A girl whose only happiness and reason to live is her grandfather. She never expected anything from her fate but one proposal changed her entire life. In one night her world turned upside down. Loosing her lifeline and taking revenge for it, she drenched herself in blood of her own people.

The Twist Turn Of My Life some tragedies born from one's decision, while some are destiny written in one's blood. Princess Arya, the only daughter of King Arinze and Queen Amarachi of the great Odumodu Kingdom, has always lived a life filled with love, privilege and royal responsibilities. Unlike many princesses, Arya dreams of a kingdom where everyone is treated equally, where cruel traditions are abolished, and where women are free to choose their own destinies. But her peaceful life takes a terrible turn when the neighbouring King of Amabuzo demands her hand in marriage as his seventh wife in exchange for peace between their kingdoms. Disgusted by the thought of marrying an old king who already has six wives and fourteen children, Arya refuses. Despite her parents' desperate attempts to protect her, the decision triggers a chain of events that will change her life forever. Betrayal creeps into the palace, and the people she trusts most are hiding dangerous secrets. Before anyone can stop it, Odumodu is attacked. Men are slaughtered, the palace is destroyed, young women are captured and sold into slavery, and Arya loses everything she has ever known. The princess who once commanded respect is suddenly reduced to a helpless commoner, fighting for survival in a world where nobody knows her true identity.

After leaving a broken marriage behind, Julie Madrigal takes her two children to the only place that has ever felt like home—the Scottish Highlands. Except she'd never actually been there. She had only seen its misty mountains, ancient castles, and endless green hills in books and videos. Yet something about the Highlands had always called to her. She never expected to find him there. Duncan McLaren, the Laird of the land, is everything Julie should stay away from—charming, protective, impossibly handsome, and far too good with her children. For the first time in years, Julie begins to wonder if she could have a life beyond survival. And Duncan? He has dreamed of her long before they ever met. Meeting Julie and her children feels less like coincidence and more like fate finally keeping a promise. He would gladly give up his title, his secrets, and everything he has ever known to keep them safe. But Duncan is hiding something. Something buried deep beneath the history of the Highlands. Something that could destroy the very future he's finally found. Because Julie came to Scotland hoping to escape her past. She never expected to find love waiting for her. And Duncan never expected that loving her might cost him everything.

Fire took Yuvan's past. A veil gave him a future he never imagined. A marriage built on panic turns into destiny. Yuvan never meant to deceive anyone - he only wanted to protect the woman who raised him. But now he is legally bound to Sebastian Sterling, Australia's most feared mafia boss. In the glittering yet deadly Sterling mansion, Yuvan is treated like precious treasure. However, love from a mafia king comes with shadows: jealousy, violence, and secrets that could destroy them both. As enemies circle and truth threatens to surface, Yuvan must decide - was this marriage a mistake... or fate? --- India boy x Australia mafia boss.

Eight lives. Eight deaths. One final chance to change everything. Jules Valen has died eight times. She's watched civilizations collapse, witnessed humanity turn against itself, and buried the people she loved more times than she can bear to remember. Each life ended differently, but the outcome was always the same. Death. Now, at eighteen years old, Jules awakens ninety days before the apocalypse begins. But this time, something is different. [Global Base System Initialized.] Armed with memories of her previous lives and a mysterious System that grants her access to a private dimension, Jules has one goal: ensure her family survives. She knows the disasters that are coming. The earthquakes. The deadly heat. The devastating floods. And the dead who will rise to hunt the living. But knowing the future doesn't mean she can control it. As humanity approaches its destruction, Jules must build a sanctuary, gather allies, and prepare for a world where survival demands more than strength. Because the future is already beginning to change. And her ninth life may be the most dangerous one yet. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apocalypse, Reincarnation, Zombies, System, Survival, Female Protagonist, Base Building, Supernatural Abilities, Family, Second Chance. This is a slow-pace and conversational story where you get to know each character because it is a family so if you like fast -paced action all around this is not for you.

Somehow, Sylvia was reincarnated in a character in the novel she had read before. Sylvia Atlante was called an "ugly duckling" lady character in the novel and despised by her family and others. Not wanting to accept her fate, she finds her own way to live peacefully. However, the situation is unfolding in a way she had never expected. Her family is treating her well and handsome men are showing interest... Why is everybody acting like this?

Veronica went from college boyfriend-girlfriend to husband and wife with Jonathan Rollings. They got married and on Jonathan’s request, kept their marriage a secret. He even gave her a silver band saying one day he would change it to a diamond ring. Two years after their marriage, Jonathan met Imelda who promised to help him build his business for a favor. Fulfilling this favor, seven years have passed by. Today, she’s still legally married to Jonathan Rollings, now one of the city's most powerful men, yet she serves wine at his parties in a server's uniform while Imelda openly calls him her fiance. Not only this, to the world, her husband is dead. Even her daughter cannot call her father Jonathan and must call him “Mr. Rollings”, while Imelda’s son calls him “dad” in public. She has endured it all in silence, hoping one day he will accept them in public. But after seven years of silence, she gives up. Behind Veronica’s back, something else was quietly unraveling. Marriage records changed, money she never received, correspondence she never heard of. Imelda didn’t want to make Jonathan forget Veronica, she was erasing her from his life. But when she saw not only her health but her daughter’s life was also affected, she decided to give up and stop sacrificing anymore. Now, with a countdown running, Veronica decides to give Jonathan the last chance to choose her or Imelda, and finally she takes the decision. Some could lose everything they thought they were protecting. Some will find they never left them. And one woman, who was a secret for seven years, will become a truth no one can deny. Veronica survived being erased. The only question is, whether Jonathan can see through Imelda’s schemes and win his love, Veronica, back or not.