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Just One Puff is a neon-fantasy adventure about chasing freedom in a world that runs on crowns, coins, and clouds of smoke. Oscar, a streetwise dark elf with a dream of making his name in the green trade, wants nothing more than to sell good weed, smoke in peace, and drift from city to city collecting stories and scars like souvenirs. His plans go sideways the night he crosses paths with Stephanie, a runaway princess desperate to escape a gilded cage and a future written by royal ink. Together, they tumble into a glowing underworld of black markets, turf laws, rival syndicates, and kingdoms that don’t like their rules being broken. Between late-night blunts, close calls, and unexpected bonds, their journey becomes more than a hustle or a getaway—it becomes a search for what freedom really means, because in their world, sometimes just one puff can change everything.

NO SMUT. JUST KISSING. I was murdered by the two people I loved most—my fiance and my stepsister. Sickly, weak, and foolishly kind, I couldn’t even fight back. As I lay dying, I remembered all the novels I used to read—stories where villainesses lived fiercely, beautifully, without regret. I wished I could be like them. Then a voice echoed in the darkness. "Congratulations, host. You’ve been chosen for the Villainess System." Now, I’ve been reborn in a new world—strong, powerful, and feared. This time, I won’t be the victim. I’ll be the villainess… and I’ll decide how this story ends.

Dragons rule the skies, beasts dominate the lands, and humanity survives in the cracks—dreaming of a comeback. Power doesn’t come from luck; it comes from the creatures you tame. Wolves, hawks, snakes, chimeras… the stronger your summon, the brighter your future. Too bad for Kael. When everyone else summoned eagles, salamanders, or troll dogs, he got… well, let’s just say the only thing lower on the food chain is dirt. Laughed at, bullied, and living as the butt of every joke, Kael isn’t winning… yet. But giving up isn’t an option. His aging parents sold everything for his “failed” chance, and he won’t let it go to waste. Kael’s story isn’t about instant power—it’s about what happens when the weakest refuses to stay down. He learns discipline, cleverness, and patience. He discovers that dragons—like heroes—start small. And when kingdoms crumble under greed and external threats, the weakest tamer begins his rise. Follow Kael as he unlocks a potential so rare, so terrifying, that every beast, every evolution, and every battle leads toward the ultimate goal: SSS-tier dragons, unimaginable power, and a world that thought he’d never matter… suddenly falling into his hands.

There are times—far too many times—when you feel that uncontrollable urge to kill someone. For Kaya, this… this was exactly that moment. “Repeat what you just said?” She’d seen hell on the battlefield—second-in-command of a military unit, dodging bullets, dragging traitors by the collar, and coming out alive with grit under her nails. But nothing, absolutely nothing, prepared her for the sight of her spineless husband flirting with her own sister. Right in front of her. “I could never marry a barbarian like you. The one I... I like is Meera—” Blah blah. The same pitiful nonsense again. You think—what could possibly be worse than this? And then, right on cue, your idiotic sister chimes in, completely serious, “I just poisoned you.” Wow. BANG. Before anyone could even react, Meera collapsed. Dead. Her so-called husband gasped like a fish dragged out of water. “Y-you…” He dropped to his knees, staring at Kaya like he was seeing a monster rise from the dark. “You killed your sister?! How could y—?” BANG. Second bullet. Same spot. He dropped like a puppet with its strings cut. Silence. ... Just when Kaya thought her story had finally reached its bitter end, the universe—no, god himself—decided to throw in one last, ridiculous twist. “Wife… wife, didn’t you say you were gonna eat me? Why’d you stop?” A snake beast, ridiculously charming and glowing like some immortal fantasy, clung to her, eyes gleaming. Another voice interrupted. “Shut up! My wife wants to cuddle me now—” A sparrow beastman leapt into her arms, like that made any sense. “Hic… wife, don’t you want me anymore?” A panda-like beastman sat beside her, huge, sniffly, and wronged like a child abandoned at a festival. Sitting in the middle of all this, Kaya was absolutely dumbfounded. ‘When the hell did all of this even start?’

Disclaimer: ''Rich Levelling'' is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. This book may reference real companies and organizations, but these references are for narrative purposes only and are not intended to depict actual conduct or involvement of these entities. The use of these names and references is not meant to harm, defame, or discredit these companies or organizations.

• 1-2 New Chapters Every Day A 21st-century tech manager from 2035 wakes up in the body of Emperor Commodus—the mad ruler fated to die by his own guard. Marcus Holt doesn’t plan to go down like that. He’s got one advantage: JARVIS, a solar-powered AI he built back on Earth, still running on his battered laptop. With it, he can predict famine, stop riots, and even outsmart senators. But in ancient Rome, a machine that thinks like a god is the most dangerous secret a man can have. Lucilla, Commodus’s brilliant sister, senses something wrong. Her brother suddenly speaks with reason instead of rage, reforms instead of blood. To her, that means one thing—he’s possessed. And she will stop him before he tears apart the world she knows. Then there’s Marcia, the former slave who once feared Commodus but now sees something human behind his eyes. She becomes his ally, his love, and the only person he dares to trust with the truth about JARVIS. Together, they dream of saving Rome—even as it turns against them. But the closer Marcus gets to building a better empire, the clearer it becomes that changing history might destroy him first. Will Commodus’s heart win over his logic—or will the god he created decide his fate?

**She came to steal a plant. She left utterly destroyed and completely his** Aria Chen is a woman who wears many masks: brilliant hacker, underground artist, medical prodigy. But none of those identities can save her dying mother from a rare disease with only one cure a nearly extinct medicinal plant called Vitalis Radix, cultivated exclusively on the private estate of billionaire CEO Damien Blackwood. Desperate and running out of time, Aria does the unthinkable: she infiltrates his fortress-like mansion as a maid under a false identity, planning to steal the plant and vanish before anyone discovers the truth. The plan is simple. "Get in. Get the plant. Get out." Until she meets him. Damien Blackwood is power incarnate ruthlessly intelligent, devastatingly handsome, and dangerously observant. From their first encounter, the attraction between them is explosive, undeniable, and completely forbidden. When he makes her his personal maid, Aria thinks she's been given the perfect access to complete her mission. She has no idea he's been waiting for her. He knows exactly who she is. And he's going to make her pay. But his punishment won't come in the form of police or prosecution. It comes in whispered commands in the darkness. In his hands claiming every inch of her virgin body. In the way he teaches her that pleasure and control are two sides of the same coin. "You're mine now. Every hole. Every moan. Every desperate whimper when you beg me to let you come." Aria is a virgin who's never experienced desire, never understood her own body's capacity for pleasure. Damien becomes her sexual awakening and her complete undoing. He introduces her to a world of dark eroticism she never knew existed remote-controlled vibrators she must wear while serving his dinner guests, sex in his office while he's on business calls, punishments that leave her marked and aching and desperate for more. She becomes addicted. To his touch. To his dominance. To the way he makes her body sing with pleasures she didn't know were possible. Every encounter pushes her boundaries further. Every night in his bed pulls her deeper into obsession. He's possessive to the point of madness, jealous of every man who looks at her, determined to own not just her body but her very soul. "When I'm done with you, you won't remember your own name. You'll only remember mine." As Aria falls deeper into Damien's web of dominance and desire, her mission becomes impossible to separate from her feelings. Her mother is dying. Time is running out. But every night in his arms makes her question what she's willing to sacrifice. When he finally catches her in the greenhouse, hands covered in soil and guilt written across her face, the confrontation is explosive. "Did you really think I didn't know? That I haven't been ten steps ahead this entire time? You played your game, Aria. Now it's time for mine." Betrayal. Rage. Raw, punishing sex that blurs the line between fury and passion. READER WARNING: This is a DARK EROTIC ROMANCE with explicit sexual content including: ** Virgin heroine's complete sexual awakening ** Dominant alpha hero with possessive/obsessive tendencies ** Power dynamics and consensual control (employer/employee) ** Public sexual situations and exhibitionism elements **Use of sex toys for control and pleasure ** Punishment scenarios (spanking, discipline) ** Intense jealousy and possessiveness ** Morally gray characters who make questionable choices ** Explicit language and graphic sexual scenes ** Pushed boundaries (always consensual) ** Emotional intensity and angst This book contains a GUARANTEED HEA but the journey is dark, twisted, and absolutely filthy. If you want safe and sweet, this isn't your book. If you want a billionaire who plays dirty and a heroine who learns to crave it, "Welcome to Blackwood Estate. where every rule is meant to be broken, every boundary is meant to be pushed, and love is the most dangerous game of all."

[WSA 2026 Entry] ____ Dustin Walters WAS a coward. He'll be the first to admit it. When life got hard, he ran. When his sister went missing, he ran. When the gang he tried to steal away their 'customers' from caught him mid-negotiation, he tried to run; but this time, he didn't make it. Beaten, broken, and bleeding out in an alley, Dustin whispered his last words: "I hope the world gets destroyed. It caused me a lot of pain." He meant it as... a joke. The universe did not. [Ding! Your dying wish has been granted!] Resurrected moments before the apocalypse he accidentally caused, Dustin's eyes met the sight of... [Ding! Daily Sign-in system initializing...] "A system?" [Ding! 10x Multiplier system initializing...] "Two systems??" [Ding! Leveling System initializing...] "Great. What a shocker. Three systems." Now he's stuck in a monster-infested hellscape of his own making, armed with nothing but a steel pipe, triple cheats, and the burning desire to stop running for once in his miserable life. The world ended because of him, and now he has to survive it while slowly ascending to the position of a 'guardian,' something that the universe itself calls him. ___ Here's a confusing question. How on Earth did someone who had been a 'coward' all his life ascend to become a god? GOALS, GOALS, GOALS: 25 POWER STONES = 2 EXTRA CHAP PER WEEK 50 POWER STONES = 4 EXTRA CHAP PER WEEK 100 POWER STONES = 8 EXTRA CHAP PER WEEK

[Excerpt] "You must be the Director," the five-year-old boy said, looking Bastian St. Yves up and down. "I am," Bastian replied coldly. "And you are late." "And you have dark circles under your eyes," the boy countered. "My mommy says men who frown too much end up lonely. Is that why you live in a big castle all alone?" [Synopsis] Everyone knows that Bastian St. Yves, the cold-hearted movie emperor, has only loved one woman: his late wife, Anaïs. For five years, the world believes he has mourned her, refusing to let another woman into his heart. But Anaïs isn't dead. She is hiding in plain sight as Agent Eve, a ruthless talent manager who has sworn to never let Bastian control her again. When Bastian unknowingly casts his own son, who is a rude, genius five-year-old, as the lead in his new tragedy, he finds himself dangerously drawn to the boy's mysterious mother. She smells like his supposedly dead wife. She trembles when he touches her. And she hates him with a passion he doesn't understand. Bastian is determined to uncover Eve's secret. But Anaïs is determined to protect her lies. Because she knows the truth: if the Tyrant of Cinema finds out the boy is his, he won't just want forgiveness...he’ll declare war for custody.

Wish thought that if she ever got a second chance at life, she would at least wake up in a better story. A spoiled princess. A doomed villainess on the path to redemption. A heroine adored by powerful husbands. Anything would have been fine. That's how stories were supposed to work. Instead, fate—and whatever twisted cosmic editor writes destinies—casts her in the one role she should never have been reborn into: the fat, ugly, unwanted maiden chosen for sacrifice. She awakens in a body mocked by her tribe, pitied by her parents, and avoided by every man. In a world where beast forms define worth, hers is a joke—a puff-fluff fox, a useless cotton cloud that couldn't frighten a butterfly. Worse still, she is the doomed extra whose sole purpose was to die during the Mating Moon Ritual—her death the trigger that allowed the real female lead, a beautiful, weak princess, to earn the devotion of the four almighty beast deities. The Wind Deity—hot-headed, wild, and dangerously unpredictable. The Solar Deity—arrogant, playful, and impossibly radiant. The Sky Deity—silent, calm, and shrouded in mystery. The Night Deity—cold, calculating, and merciless. Except Wish doesn't die. And her survival breaks everything. The plot stutters. Events twist. Characters act wrong. The world itself seems to notice her refusal to disappear—and begins trying to correct the mistake. Now hunted by fate and trapped in a society where beauty is worshipped, mating marks define destiny, and the weak are meant to be sacrificed, Wish is given one impossible condition for survival: She must derail the story completely. The only way to do that is to draw the attention of the four beings the world revolves around—creatures meant to be untouchable, distant, and divine. One is bound to her by a ritual that should have killed her. One meets her with hostility instead of fate. One sees her existence as a threat that must be erased. One should be incapable of feeling anything at all. They were never meant to notice her. The story was never meant to let her live. So how is she supposed to survive a world that measures worth by beauty and power, when she is fat, unwanted, powerless—and armed with nothing but a useless fluffy fox? Can she break the story that wants her dead? Or will she die exactly as the plot demands?

Jasmine Towers married billionaire Keith Acland in an arranged marriage meant to benefit two powerful families. There was no love, no romance—and Jasmine accepted it. As the CEO’s wife, she devoted herself to maintaining the perfect image and raising her son to become the rightful heir of the Acland family. Everything collapses when Keith’s former lover returns… with a child she claims is his. Overnight, Jasmine’s position is questioned. Her son’s inheritance is threatened. And the woman who once stood quietly beside her husband is pushed out of her own home. Betrayed by her husband and abandoned by high society, Jasmine is forced into a ruthless battle for survival—where losing means watching her son lose everything. Jasmine must fight to protect her child… and reclaim what was stolen from her.

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Noah Weaverheart was nothing but a poor boy with zero talent in Magic. Stuck at the Apprentice Magus rank for years, he was bullied and looked down upon by everyone in the academy. His pathetic life met an end at the hands of an arrogant noble, who decided to bury him and go about his day like nothing happened. However, as he drifted in between the space between life and afterlife, a set of notifications appeared before Noah. [Suitable Host Found!] [Initializing The Supreme Magus System!] […] [ERROR! ERROR! ERROR!] Before he could understand what was going on, he found himself jolted back to life, but the notifications wouldn’t stop flooding his vision. [A bug has been discovered in the system!] [Trying to fix bug…] [Fixing Bug…] […] [ERROR! FIXING FAILED!] [ERROR! SYSTEM FALLING APART!] […] [ERROR! BUG UNABLE TO BE FIXED!] [The system has been corroded by the bug. All parameters broken down. Required EXP for leveling up now fixed, limits on quests completely removed, Penalty on quests disabled.] At first, he thought it was a disaster. Then he realized—this bug wasn’t a curse, but a huge blessing in disguise! With no restrictions holding him back, Noah could now level up endlessly—faster and stronger than anyone alive. From worthless trash to an unstoppable force, he would rise above all… becoming the most powerful magus in existence! But the more he learns about his broken system… he realized the bug might be something far greater, and far more dangerous than he ever imagined.

Mythological beings are real, or at least they were at one point in time. What happens when humans decended from gods and other beings, suddenly inherit abilities? ..... Aria is a 17 year old girl who encounters a game like system which activates her Titan and Celestial bloodlines. A never seen before hybrid tied to a world changing legacy and the disappearance of God. She begins attending the Miraden Academy of Awakened, where students learn how to fight monsters and control their abilities. There she meets a mysterious classmate who has more to him than meets the eye, as well as others who join her in her journey. Aria's true bloodlines are kept secret, as she builds her strength and awakens her potential. Her only goal is to protect her only family left and perhaps save others in the process.

Claire Benning was turned into a werewolf at just nine years old. Now a teenager destined to become Alpha, she must fight for her pack’s survival while battling love, betrayal, and the dangerous politics of the supernatural world. When Mason—a mysterious lycan with secrets of his own—enters her life, he drags Claire into a web of blackmail, revenge, and deadly power struggles. Every choice she makes could doom her pack… or prove that the greatest threat isn’t the enemies outside, but the Alpha within herself.

A super short story about a young woman who was raised to marry a prince to save her home and her wedding day there is more surprises than there she expected. Then continuing into a female rage quest. Without spoiling the plot, I would deeply encourage to read with caution since they are sexual innuendos against minors. A sort of Lolita. This short story is dedicated to anyone who was betrayed by someone older that you trust.

• 1-2 New Chapters Every Day Jake Vance is a good man. A history teacher who knows the horrors of the past. One night, he goes to sleep in the 21st century. He wakes up in another time. He is no longer himself. He is now a young Joseph Stalin. His goal is simple: prevent the atrocities that will kill millions. But survival in the Russian Revolution is a brutal game. He is not alone. Kato, a fierce revolutionary, is the woman he loves. To protect her, he must gain power. To save the future, he must change history itself. He tries to use his modern morals. He attempts mercy, kindness, and reason. But the ruthless 20th century punishes the weak. To climb the ranks of the Bolsheviks, he must impress the brilliant but cold-blooded Lenin. He must outmaneuver the fiery orator, Trotsky. With every political battle he wins, a piece of his soul is chipped away. To build a better world, he must become a monster. To save the woman he loves, he must embrace the darkness of the man he inhabits. He is no longer just preventing a tragedy. He is becoming one. Can a good man become the devil to save the world from himself?

When Wang Nan came to the world of Douluo Continent, he had no intention of becoming a god. He knew that there were no gods in this world. They were just some more powerful soul masters, far inferior to the gods in his mind. Now he has both parents and decent talent, and it is enough for him to experience another life in this strange world. As for overthrowing the divine world and re-establishing order, let the protagonists do it. --- Fandom: Soul Land 2 --- Warning this is an AU as some things will be different from The source material. Thanks for your understanding and enjoy reading. --- 1 Review= 1 Chapters

Evelyn Walters was the perfect heiress, until one reckless night with her father’s greatest enemy ruined everything. Pregnant, disgraced, and cast out of the Walters family, she left with nothing but her unborn child. Years later, she's survived. But as a single mother, the life she built was fragile until the man from her past discovered the truth. Now he wants her and his son. But how can Evelyn trust the father of her child... when he's also the enemy of the man who raised her? **** Excerpt: "B-Boss... the woman you slept with that night... she wasn't the supermodel the company just signed," Dylan stammered, his voice trembling. Axel's brow furrowed even further. He tried digging through the hazy, alcohol-soaked memories of that night.  Of course, he remembered the party. He remembered the whiskey. But the woman? Nope. His brain served up a blank slate. "Who was she?" Dylan swallowed. "The first daughter of William Walters." "Cough! Cough!" Axel coughed violently, his face turning red and eyes wide with shock. He never thought that woman would end up in his bed.  --- Curiosity won, as always. Evelyn grabbed the remote and hit the power button. The screen lit up, and her jaw dropped. Her eyes went wide, as if the Grim Reaper himself had just stepped out of the TV to ask for her phone number. “What the…? Why does my personal source of misery pop up the second I turn this thing on?” Because there he was, Axel Knight, gliding out of his luxury car like some corporate deity on his way to a business banquet. Evelyn scrambled for the remote to turn it off, but of course, fate had other plans. Axel turned to the camera and gave a casual wave, acknowledging the paparazzi vultures lined up outside. She hated to admit it, but the man looked sinfully good in his signature black suit and high turtleneck, his sleek black hair framing a face that could stop traffic and quite possibly her breathing. Then, suddenly, her stomach clenched. Her hand instinctively rubbed her flat belly. “Little tenant, did you just say you recognize him?”

The Moon Goddess made a mistake— or maybe this was a curse just like everyone says it is. But I always knew deep down that I was never meant to be theirs. They belonged to her. To my twin sister, Chalice, who was sweet. Perfect. Worshipped by the entire pack… and pure venom behind closed doors. The three brothers— Zevran, Kael, and Caelum— hate me with a fire that burns hotter than the bond tying us together. And I know because I see it in their eyes… I feel it in the way their burning touch lingers a second too long. They despise me. Just like everyone else does. But they want me. And no matter how much I try to stay away, the mate bond keeps dragging me back into their world of heat, power, hatred and danger. Maybe, I should leave… I know. But fate plays a cruel game. And as truths unravel and secrets come to light, the triplets— the ones who once despised me— now see me for who I am. Now, they want me— unabashedly. But by the time they realize this, it is a little too late. I’ve been broken by them a little too much. And I am done being anyone’s pawn. ~*~ “We want you, Leilani… we always have. Always would. Please take this as our way of saying sorry. For everything, for not believing you… for letting our judgements be clouded by…” Caelum said softly, his voice trailing off, his breath warm and ticklish against my fingers that he brought up to his lips as his other hand found the warm spot between my thighs. My eyes snagged on his full lips— pink and inviting; But they’d been kissed by another. And I don’t do leftovers. I sighed exasperatedly, shaking my head to rid myself of this pitiful sight and clenching my legs together to force his hands out. He didn’t budge. “No.” I said sharply, my voice coming out stronger than I expected especially with their bodies pressed against mine, and their lips creating sparks across my body. “I’m done. Go back to Chalice… she suits you more than I ever did.” Kael’s voice vibrated through my body as he pressed himself flush against me. His brothers Caelum and Zevran leaned in too, their lips on the shell of my ears, one’s fingers grazing over my taut nipple. “I’ll burn the world, Leilani,” he growled, his voice deep. Threatening. “I’ll burn the entire world, if that’s what it takes to win you back.” “Then I'd like to see you after the world’s been successfully burnt down. Maybe then we’ll have this conversation.” I answered, and with that, I pushed their hands away and leapt off the cupboard. And as I walked out of the kitchen, I felt their eyes drilling holes into my back, hotter than a thousand lasers all at once. But I didn’t falter. I didn’t turn around. I was the monster they’d made. CONTENT WARNING: This book contains triggers and explicit scenes of abuse, Graphic violence and murder, explicit sexual activities, strong language and dark, obsessive romance. Readers discretion advised. ****