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In a quiet town defined by secrets and unfinished stories, Caoimhe has learned to live with unanswered questions. Drawn back to the place she once fled, she finds herself confronting a past that refuses to stay buried. Every familiar street carries echoes of choices she never fully understood and truths that were deliberately left unsaid. Serafin arrives as both an enigma and a catalyst. Reserved, observant, and guarded by his own shadows, he crosses Caoimhe's path under circumstances that feel anything but coincidental. What begins as a hesitant connection slowly deepens into something more intimate and dangerous, as attraction intertwines with suspicion. Each step closer to one another reveals fragments of a larger mystery neither of them anticipated. As buried secrets surface and long-suppressed memories resurface, Caoimhe and Serafin are forced to question not only each other's motives, but their own. The line between trust and betrayal blurs, and love becomes inseparable from risk. With every revelation, the stakes rise, and the truth proves far more threatening than either imagined. Where the Path Ends Before It Meets is a gripping blend of romance and suspense, weaving emotional intensity with psychological tension. It is a story about fate, fractured pasts, and the perilous beauty of choosing connection when the truth may destroy it.

In a world where destiny is dictated by the ancient systems of Heaven and Hell, an unknown variable enters the fray—an entity existing beyond the laws of dimensions and the comprehension of gods: Rimuru Tempest, manifesting as a predatory Outer God. He did not come to save this world; he came to claim it. Armed with the devastating power of NULL and a strategic intellect that borders on omniscience, Rimuru begins to dismantle the corrupt order of the DxD universe. But he does not walk this path of conquest alone. He finds "Luna," a broken and humiliated girl cast aside by society, and drags her from the ashes of weakness. By rewriting the very source code of her soul, he forges her into Serathia—a silver-haired Empress of Void, the only being worthy of standing beside a God. This is the chronicle of the fall of false heroes and the ascension of a New Divinity. As Issei Hyoudou watches his Dragon's power being usurped and Rias Gremory witnesses the collapse of her noble legacy, Rimuru and Serathia orchestrate a grand, dark symphony of domination. When the line between reality and non-existence blurs, and the ultimate authority of Law Collapse targets the very foundation of the narrative, one question remains: Can a world rewritten for the pleasure of an Outer God survive the "Absolute Erasure"? Key Themes: Absolute Dominance: The relentless display of Rimuru’s supreme power and the subjugation of all factions. Dark Metamorphosis: The evolution of Luna into Serathia, the Outer Dragon Goddess. Meta-Narrative: The presence of Meta-Rimuru and the manipulation of the "Source Code" of reality. Psychological Mastery: A focus on loyalty, submission, and the intricate power dynamics between a Creator and his Masterpiece. Disclaimer This is a work of Fan Fiction. I do not own High School DxD, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, or any of their associated characters, lore, and settings. All rights belong to their respective creators (Ichiei Ishibumi and Fuse) and publishers. This story is created for entertainment purposes only. The original characters (such as Serathia/Luna) and the unique plot deviations are the only elements of my own creation. No copyright infringement is intended.

Hua Jing was on top of the world. On the day she was to receive her Lifetime Achievement Award, she was involved in an accident which made her go into a coma. When she opened her eyes, she realized she was not in her original world but a world that was very unfamiliar! As soon as she opened her eyes, someone said by her ears, "Young miss! You are finally awake! Thank God. We can now begin preparations for your honeymoon!" Hua Jing was surprised. Honeymoon? What honeymoon? She was a proud single woman after that idiot Xu Ming had cheated on her so there was no way she could be married! When her senses fully return, she realized she has been transmigrated into a different universe and she truly has a husband and what was more surprising, her husband has six more wives! What a cheater! She clicks her tongue as she chases him away on the date he was to spend the night in her chambers! Her maid quickly shouts, "Young madam! You cannot treat the Prince of the Kingdom like this! Prince? Did she just say Prince? Hua Jing is confused. She desperately wants to go back! When she finally sees the Prince's real face, she realized he resembles someone from her other universe! Isn't that her enemy number one, the big star Fu Jing Rong? Oh Lord, how could that unreasonable man be her husband! Unacceptable! Totally unacceptable! ... My work is participating in a Contest. Please support by adding to your library.

A reverse harem with a twist. The most notorious female killer, Alice, is arrested and jailed after two decades of her reign of terror. She is gunned down while attempting to escape, and instead of that being the end of her story, she finds herself in a different reality and in the body of a doppelganger, Lisa, who happens to be the heir of a criminal empire. She wakes up at Lisa's fathers funeral and is confronted with a well established criminal empire at her beck and call and enemies who will stop at nothing to see her dead. The top six men in Lisa's organization and also the firstborn sons of the six families in the criminal empire were promised her hand in marriage. With a criminal empire in one hand hand and six stunning suitors in the other Alice cannot wait to make the world and her new husbands scream her name.

In the enchanted realm of Eirathae, fairy tales are not born from hope—but from forgotten wishes. Princess Aelwyn Thornbloom is born under a dying moon, cursed with fairy blood and a destiny she never chose. She can hear the whispers of old lullabies—songs that bend fate itself. Feared by the court and watched by ancient powers, Aelwyn grows up knowing one truth: crowns always demand blood. When a sacred crown of thorns awakens after centuries of sleep, the balance between kingdoms fractures. An exiled knight bound by an unbreakable oath, Caeron Vael, is forced back into a world that betrayed him. Meanwhile, Mireth the Veil-Born, a witch who sees every possible future except her own, begins pulling unseen threads that may either save the world—or doom it forever. As fairy laws are broken, wars ignite, memories are sacrificed for magic, and love becomes a dangerous rebellion, Aelwyn must decide what kind of ruler she will be: a legend carved in pain, or a human who chooses hope. Because in Eirathae, stories do not end happily— they end truthfully.

"Can you trust your own senses when reality itself is a lie? Deep within the silence of the 'Unknown Reality,' ancient terrors wake. Every shadow has a voice, and every silence is a scream waiting to break. This is not just a story; it is an encounter with the abyss that watches you back. Don't look behind you. The Void doesn't just echo—it hungers. Are you ready to face the truth, or will you become just another echo in the dark?"

In 'The Elf Kingdom', the War of Gods 1000 years ago caused the fall of the World Tree. In a world where true gods rule, the fall of the elven civilization came soon after. A 1000 years has passed, the new World Tree is now reborn. Eve Yggdrasil, the Mother of Nature, the Goddess of Life, the Great Ruler of Elves, armed with the ability to connect to the Internet on the blue planet. He (yes, He) now must rely on players from the blue planet to help his goal of reviving the past glory of the elves and the World Tree.

The Solis Kingdom has forged its path to prosperity and walks with a firm step towards a greater destiny, soon named empire. At the heart of this prosperous land is the heart that has led it to be the empire; the Aethelgard Institute, the sanctuary of dark marble, with refined glass, where within those walls science and lineage merge into one. That place, a sanctuary for many, becomes a chaos of emotions, never expected realities, beliefs and own prosperity, they grow and prosper in the secrets of the walls, defying the lodge, reason itself and the laws of the empire. However, the cause of this chaos was Aethelgard's most transcendental experiment, it was not developed with chemistry laboratories, nor observatories, nor in-depth investigations. This experiment took place in absolute silence, among crumpled papers, handwritten letters with ink stains, and aromas of sprayed perfumes. Those responsible for this chaos are the children of the four pillars of the empire. Picture men of devastating powers, absolute beauty, their level of power could destabilize the crown itself; Alister Valerius the astronomer with the mordant lodge; Maximilian Thorne the indomitable genius of House Thorne and the second sword master; Sebastian Calloway, the creator and designer of the empire's new inventions, mathematical precisions that scare you; and finally Julian Sterling, the tireless researcher of ancient secrets, among dust, inks and feathers contains the closed passion.

Serafina Moretti thought she had escaped Venice and the secrets that haunted her family for generations. Ten years away had dulled the city’s pull—but it could never erase it. When she returns under the silvered light of midnight, she finds a city alive with whispers, magic, and dangers that stir in the shadows. Lucien De Rossi, a guardian of Venice’s oldest secrets, has waited centuries for her return. Dark, enigmatic, and cursed, he walks the line between protector and predator. Drawn together by forces neither fully understands, Serafina and Lucien are bound by a power older than the city itself—a magic that thrives on desire, fear, and obsession. As Venice awakens around them, Serafina discovers her latent abilities, sensing the pulse of the city through water, stone, and moonlight. Each lesson, each whispered touch, pulls her closer to Lucien—and closer to a destiny that threatens to consume them both. Betrayal lurks in the fog, enemies hide behind masks, and Venice itself seems to judge the lovers’ every move. In a city where nothing is as it seems and magic exacts a price, can Serafina and Lucien survive their own longing—and the dark forces that hunger for their destruction? In Midnight in Venice, love is a danger, magic is a curse, and desire can be deadly.

Let’s not pretend like we haven’t heard this story before. Mana descends upon an unprepared world. Dungeons rupture reality. Monsters pour out. Humanity awakens in response—some with sparks, some with power capable of leveling continents. Aris Ashborne was born into that world. His problem? He was too damn cute to be taken seriously! Media companies treat him like heaven’s favorite mascot. Fellow awakened dote on him as if he isn’t ranked among the strongest humans alive. Confessions pile up. Stalkers appear. The title “Cutest Awakened” follows him everywhere. No one seems interested in how he earned his S-rank. It’s hard to command fear when people are asking what skincare routine you use. Oh well. Being underestimated has its own perks too. Truth is, Aris Ashborne is one of the few people that has transcended the ranking system entirely. He is among the few that could very well rule the world if he wanted to. But for now, he is contempt with being called a cutie. After all, monsters don't look the part.

Moon Carter is born into a family that never truly wanted her. From the moment her birth coincides with her father’s business collapse, she is branded as a symbol of misfortune—a child blamed for a family’s downfall before she can even speak. While her brothers are loved, protected, and celebrated, Moon grows up in the shadows of her own home, unseen and unheard. Her mother, Margaret Carter, withdraws from her entirely, offering neither affection nor protection. Her father’s silence becomes another form of rejection. In a household full of voices and demands, Moon learns early to expect nothing. She is raised not by her parents, but by the family maid, Catherine, whose quiet kindness becomes Moon’s first lesson in love. The only blood relative who truly sees her is her grandfather, whose presence offers Moon brief moments of warmth in an otherwise cold childhood. At school, Moon’s intelligence and gentleness shine, but cruelty follows her there as well. When she experiences a humiliating public moment that exposes how deeply neglected she has been—even denied guidance through her own womanhood—Moon becomes a target of ridicule. The bullying she faces from classmates is worsened by the betrayal of her own brothers, who join in mocking her rather than defending her. Despite the neglect, Moon refuses to harden. Supported by loyal friends, Rachel and Jacob, she learns that family can exist outside of blood. But each act of cruelty at home pushes her closer to a silent resolve: one day, she will leave. One day, she will reclaim her name, her worth, and her voice. The Girl They Never Saw is a haunting coming-of-age story about abandonment, resilience, and the quiet strength of a girl who survives being invisible—until she learns to truly see herself.

Kaelen died in a world of smoke and steel, only to awaken in the Xuan Yuan Continent—a land where talent decides destiny. His talent? Barely enough to be called weeds. On his tenth birthday, fate offers him salvation: the Tome of Symmetrical Harmony, a dual cultivation scripture capable of defying heaven itself. But it demands one impossible condition— Power can only bloom between true partners. One heart. One bond. No betrayal. When Kaelen meets Lyra, a girl crushed by her family and standing on the edge of despair, he makes a desperate choice that binds their paths together. But Lyra is no obedient heroine. She is sharp, wounded, and far more dangerous than he expects. She agrees to stay. Not as a lover. As a negotiator. Trust must be earned. Power has a price. And harmony cannot be forced.

Willow wakes in a hospital bed injured, medicated, and alone. She is informed that her life, as she understood it, ended weeks earlier. Her fiancé is there. Calm. Controlled. He explains that they broke up before the accident and that the separation was mutual. He says he remained by her side only out of decency. He is already involved with someone else, his boss’s daughter, and speaks as though this version of events has always been established fact. No one in the room challenges him. The doctors attribute Willow’s disbelief to concussion and trauma. Nurses lower their voices and repeat the same explanation with careful reassurance until it becomes official, documented, and final. Each repetition strips away her certainty, replacing memory with doubt. When Willow looks to the one person who could contradict him, she finds no relief. Her fiancé’s closest friend, a man who has never hidden his dislike for her, says nothing. He offers a brief nod that confirms the narrative without words. With that single gesture, the past is closed. Every detail they present contradicts what Willow knows she lived. Weeks have been erased. Conversations have been rewritten. A relationship has been reassigned without her consent. If she resists, she will be labeled unstable, emotional, and unreliable. She will be the only one insisting that reality has been altered. So Willow stays silent. Within that silence, something colder begins to take shape. She begins to question why her fiancé needed the past rewritten at a moment when she cannot safely object. She begins to wonder why his closest friend chose this precise moment to agree. She begins to realize that decisions were made about her while she lay unconscious and defenseless. The Quietest Knife is a dark psychological romance centered on gaslighting, betrayal, and power disguised as care. It follows a slow, deliberate descent into manipulation, control, and revenge, where harm is inflicted quietly and authority wears the mask of concern. This is not a story about forgetting. It is a story about being rewritten calmly, professionally, and without resistance.

warning mature 18+, Mafia, dark romance, Beneath the glittering skyline of Mumbai, where luxury masks corruption and power is bought in silence, a hidden underground auction sells the most forbidden commodity of all — human lives. When Aarohi Singh, a young woman from Jaipur, wakes on a cold stone floor with a number stamped on her wrist, she realizes her name, identity, and freedom have been stripped away. She is not a captive. She is merchandise. As wealthy men bid on her life, terror freezes her breath — until a voice from the shadows calls out an earth-shattering price, silencing the entire hall. She is sold to an unseen buyer. Taken to a fortress-like mansion and treated not as a prisoner but as something valuable, Aarohi learns the truth that shatters her world: The man who bought her is Armaan Khanna — the ruthless kingpin of Mumbai’s underworld… …and the same man she believes murdered her father. But nothing is as it seems. Her father died protecting a secret powerful enough to destroy politicians, billionaires, and crime syndicates. Armaan did not buy her to own her. He bought her to keep her alive. Now trapped between revenge and truth, Aarohi must decide: Will she destroy the man she hates… or uncover the truth that could burn the entire empire of corruption? Because in a world where power is currency and trust is a weapon— love is the most dangerous risk of all.

"Please, I have to go home." That's what I told the man in front of me. I begged him to let me go, but in my heart, I pray he never will.  How crazy is that? How can I feel safer with a stranger I've just met than the man who was supposed to love me until death? Why does he look at me like I'm the most beautiful thing in the world? Does he see the bruises? Is that why he's doing this? I should've never left the house, but I couldn't let him win. Not this time, but I hadn't counted on this. "He'll never hurt you again." I want to believe those words, but I don't know if I can. What if I'm going crazy? What if it's all a dream, and I wake up in the nightmare that's my life? I shouldn't trust him, but gods, why does his voice affect me like this? Why does he smell like lightning storms and heather? "Nefretiri? Do you know what a mate is?" No, he didn't just say that! Life isn't supposed to be this dark. That's what Nefretiri Jordans believed until her world came crumbling down. Her marriage was now a game of slave and master, and she would never win. Not when her husband was cruel enough to bring his mistresses to the house and act like Nefra was nothing more than a servant. She wants to run, but she can't. He'll never let her go, especially not with their new daughter. So, she has no choice but to live in hell and do her best to stay sane. Unfortunately, that line of sanity suddenly breaks when Ricky goes too far, and Nefra makes a stupid choice. After all, it's just a cake. Who cared about that?  Fate has a cruel sense of humor, and Nefra quickly learns that nothing is by chance. So, what started as a painful but necessary trip to the store turned into an unexpected adventure.  After all, she never put mate on her shopping list. Not that it mattered to Ivan. The Alpha of the Sebryanny Kinzhal pack from Colorado who's slowly coming back from a year of hell. All he wanted was to find peace and figure out what he was supposed to do with his life. The moon goddess had an answer, and she set him up to find the one thing he needed to be saved.  So, when Nefra crashed into his truck and he saw her, Ivan knew she was his destiny. Unfortunately for him, she's not on board and seems to belong to someone else. If Ivan wants Nefretiri to be his, he'll need to do more than earn her trust. Dark secrets are waiting to devour both of them, and more than one enemy is watching in the shadows to claim what both unknowingly hold.  Somehow, they must get past their pain to find each other and build something neither believed was possible again. Finally, it's time to put the cards on the table and bet it all. If they win, their lives will be more than either of them could ever dream, but if they lose, the darkness will destroy more than one life.

In the world of cultivation, where cultivating means defying heaven, follow the story of a queen who was betrayed by her husband and killed, only to be reborn to her past with the memories of the future and a system which, if she wants to live, requires her to bind her soul with her soulmate. Drawn together by the resonance of the system rather than force, two wounded souls begin to influence one another. Through cultivation, battle, and shared pain, they grow closer too sometimes by choice, sometimes by consequence. As she quietly rewrites the future and prepares her revenge, the bond deepens, revealing truths neither of them can escape. The closer they become, the more the system responds, blurring the line between independence and unity. I will be uploading one chapter until I am able to see a contract, but if I end up not seeing one, I will just continue the chapters. I don’t really know. Also, the story will start very slowly because of the pacing and character introductions, to really understand the story and how everything will fit together for the arcs. So this first arc will be very slow in pacing so bear with me and let me cook. You will enjoy the first arc. Note: I will also give a brief introduction to my main characters after I have introduced them in the story.

On Christmas Eve, Irina Ardentova walks through relentless snowfall toward the man she loves. But the one who greets her in the silent street is not merely a man. He is Erwin Frostvale—a winter elf bound to the ancient Yuletide entity known as the Hearth King. Ethereal, dangerously beautiful, and terrifyingly possessive, Erwin exists to preserve the fragile balance between warmth and frost. And that balance depends on one human soul: Irina. Her presence tempers winter’s cruelty. Her warmth sustains the Hearth King’s fading power. Without her, the world risks plunging into endless desolation. When Erwin claims her as eternally his, the night itself begins to change. The church bells ring out of rhythm. Snow falls in unnatural patterns. The cold ceases to be weather—it becomes will. Irina collapses into darkness, caught in Erwin’s arms as winter tightens its hold. Elsewhere in the city, meteorologist Adrian Volkov senses the shift before anyone else. Logical, composed, and fiercely protective, Adrian has been studying strange atmospheric anomalies in Verkhoyansk. When Irina fails to arrive for their meeting and communication signals fail, he realizes the disturbance is no natural phenomenon. If Irina chooses Adrian, winter may never end. If she chooses Erwin, she may lose herself forever. And the Hearth King is growing impatient. In a city where frost bites deeper than knives and love is indistinguishable from obsession, one question remains: Can warmth survive when winter falls in love?

Liam feels increasingly suffocated by debt, paralyzing shyness, and the monotony of everyday life. However, everything falls apart when he is falsely accused of a crime and is on the verge of being expelled from university. But as he's wandering hopelessly back home, a strange voice echoes in his head, informing him that he has received the "Harem App." Suddenly, his life is turned upside down, and he now has supernatural powers to win over beautiful women. At the same time, he finds himself entangled in conflicts far beyond those of a mere human.

Synopsis: Frank thought he knew the rules. He thought he was safe. He was wrong. When his mother, Lisa, demands his help in a cramped dressing room, a simple mechanical failure of a zipper becomes the ultimate moral threshold. Under the unforgiving spotlights, the mask of motherhood slips to reveal a woman of calculated grace and dangerous intent. One touch, one breath, and one forbidden look in the mirror are all it takes to turn a family bond into a scandalous obsession. This is not a story of love. It’s a story of awakening, transgression, and the delicious agony of a boy becoming a man in the arms of his greatest taboo.

All Sion wanted was the silence of the village. After faking his death, the former Alpha Prince , Caleum Valen,now lives as Sion ,a man the villagers whisper about as the shameless Omega who constantly craves the touch of Alphas. He ignores the insults, choosing to find peace in his hidden garden and the orphans he secretly protects. But peace never lasts. Haunted by his mother's betrayal , a body slowly breaking from changes,and ghosts from the past forcing him to reclaim the throne , Sion's quiet life begins to crack when Darius-the man who once promised to stay by his side and broke that promise,appears at his door. Between unspoken regret, lingering loyalty, and a bond neither of them managed to sever, Sion must face a truth he's been avoiding: Can he truly live in peace... or will the blood he abandoned drag him back to the crown? A historical omegaverse romance between a fallen alpha prince turned recessive omega and the beta knight who never truly left him.