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The Softest Heart Holds the Strongest Fire : When a Compassionate Thie

"Your gentleness will kill you in this world, girl. But perhaps... that's exactly what I need." In a country that worships destruction, Elara Veylin is an anomaly—a thief whose magic can only heal, comfort, and fix. She's spent her life taking medicine and food for the abandoned children of the Husklands, useless in a society that measures power by body counts. When the Grand War Mage orders the kids to execution as "resource drains," Elara does the impossible. She breaks into the Cage of Chains and offers herself to Valdris, the Calamity Dragon. The tales say he burned entire countries. That his flames devoured towns. That he's a mindless beast of pure evil sealed away for five hundred years after nearly killing the world. But the dragon who materializes before her is no dumb beast. He's devastatingly beautiful, terrifyingly brilliant, and consumed by five centuries of pain and rage. When Elara's healing magic accidentally starts an old soul-binding rite, their lives become forever linked—her life force the only thing keeping him anchored to the mortal realm. Valdris wants to burn Ashenfell to ash. Elara wants to save everyone, even him. As the binding forces them into unwilling intimacy, Elara discovers three shattering truths: the kingdom's war magic is powered by torturing captive dragons; her "useless" healing power is the only force that can break dragon bindings; and Valdris isn't the monster who destroyed the world—he's the protector who tried to save it and was betrayed by the humans he loved. When the Grand War Mage comes to recover his living weapon and execute Elara for treason, she must choose: stay the gentle girl who saves hurt birds, or become the force of compassionate destruction that will tear down a cruel kingdom and rebuild it on kindness. The world taught her that kindness is weakness. The dragon will teach her that the gentlest hearts hold the strongest fires—and that sometimes, the greatest act of love is burning everything down and starting again.
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Beside the Throne

Crown Prince Gu Lian was born brilliant—admired by all, his path seemingly carved in stone: ascend the throne and protect the realm. With a loyal general, A Lie; a peerless strategist, Ai Miao; and a fiancée hailed as the capital’s most beautiful woman, he was the perfect heir in the eyes of the world. At age ten, the arrival of Murong Che, a hostage prince from a neighboring kingdom, disrupted the calm like a stone cast into still waters. Gu Lian quickly noticed that Ai Miao, his deep-thinking advisor, paid this heterochromatic youth an unusual amount of attention. To Ai Miao, Murong Che was a flawless “creation”—a vessel to mold, a key piece in a bloodless conquest. But when Gu Lian realized his dreams were haunted not by his fiancée, but by Ai Miao, his life veered off course. On a stormy night at fifteen, stripped of pride, he begged: “I need your love, Ai Miao! I want your mind—so full of empire and ambition—to hold space for me, Gu Lian!” The Emperor and Empress, alarmed by the prince’s dependence and forbidden affection, issued a secret decree. Under the guise of “greater ambition,” Ai Miao was exiled to a foreign land, leaving behind a cruel misunderstanding: a silent departure that shattered Gu Lian’s heart. Five years later, Ai Miao returned triumphant. The prince he had mentored now sat as a puppet monarch; the neighboring kingdom was all but dissolved. But what awaited him was Gu Lian’s frozen hatred, the imperial couple’s silent threats, a scandalous trap of seduction—and a chasm between them that seemed impossible to cross. Misunderstandings, schemes, jealousy, and the weight of duty loomed large. Gu Lian was forged into a blade by pain; Ai Miao clung to his original vow in silence. Until an unexpected aphrodisiac incident ignited everything—burning away their masks. In the collision of desire and truth, they confirmed with their bodies the loyalty and longing that had never faded. “I’ll be your bedmate,” the once-proud prince whispered, stripped of all dignity, eyes burning with obsession. “Just don’t touch anyone else—man or woman. Ever.” And Ai Miao, the master tactician, finally lowered every defense. In the overwhelming tide of pleasure, he saw his heart clearly: All the flawless plans, all the legendary victories—none compared to holding this man. From wary tests to life-and-death trust, from heartbreak to reunion—they must face courtly daggers, imperial pressure, and the tangled mystery surrounding a diplomatic princess. Together, they will purge the rot within and beyond the palace. This is an epic of growth and guardianship. Witness a cold strategist who plots each step for love, with devotion that cuts to the bone; a young crown prince who clings to emotion and carves out a golden age. Two mighty souls, bound to each other alone. Watch them break every chain and write a royal legend unlike any before—at the very peak of power, side by side.
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