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Somewhere between death and memory, she was remade. Pulled from the ashes of a failed expedition, a nameless girl wakes in a place called Solmere Bastion — an alchemical refuge built for the broken and forgotten. With no past but the relic she clutches, she is reborn as Ravine — a name given, not remembered. But the Dead Zone does not let go so easily. Whispers linger. Dreams unravel. The relic she carries is no ordinary pendant — it's a Matron’s Bloom; a sacred object passed only to those meant to carry on a bloodline... or a burden. As Ravine walks the rain-soaked halls of the Bastion, haunted by names that might have once been hers, she must uncover not just who she was — but who she is becoming. Because in this world, alchemy gives nothing for free. To live again is to owe something. And the Gate always comes to collect. Aporia is a slow-burn fantasy of identity, grief, and quiet magic — perfect for fans of lyrical prose, introspective journeys, and stories that linger long after the last page.

The handsome, noble, cold, and ruthless family heir Ignatius Leclair took a liking to the fostered girl Delphine Carter in his home. From then on, the aloof man transformed into a loyal companion, taking care of children, cooking... The entire aristocratic circle was utterly shocked, with everyone envying. Delphine Carter smiled serenely: cunning, energetic, vengeful, a different persona by day and night. [Reading Tips: 1V1, both protagonists are pure, sweet story, the heroine is beautiful.]

She always knew there was a woman hidden in his heart, so when that woman appeared, she obediently withdrew. However, unexpectedly, he abandoned his 'beloved' and instead frequently invited her. "Mr. Fu, didn't you say there was a contract to discuss?" He pressed her against the cold wall, continuously approaching: "If you were a bit uglier, perhaps I would want to talk contracts and drink tea with you, but you're so beautiful, I only want to talk love with you." To him, Qiao Mo was like his most cherished treasure, and whenever others looked at her, he felt they were trying to steal her.

She is a lonely girl with both parents deceased and no one to rely on. He is the distinguished and prestigious President of the Saxon Clan, handsome like a deity. Because of a ridiculous childhood marriage, she married him. Before marriage, the two agreed on three rules: marry without love, affectionate in public, uninterfering in private. Yet unexpectedly, he sneaked into her room the next day. He shamelessly violated the agreement! She was angry, "Matthew Saxon, you are unreliable; I want a divorce!" He smirked, "Want a divorce? First, give me a little bun." Everyone knows the young master of the Saxon Family is nonchalant and heartless, but he pampers her to the extreme. "Young Master, Young Madam said the scenery at the university opposite is nice." "Buy it." "The view from the rooftop of the building next door is great." "Buy it." "The new director at Saxon Clan is also quite handsome." "...Fire him immediately!"

Asher Graham has a secret he must protect, if he was to keep his Omega mother safe. All his life, he never truly belonged anywhere because they were always on the run. But when Asher figured out a way to stay alive, he took it, even if it meant enrolling into the deadly werewolf Academy, Stone Claw Academy, where cold, and ruthless Alphas were trained. His secret would have been safe if he hadn’t gone ahead and pissed off Stone Claw Academy’s resident bad boy and bully, Alpha Reed Jackson. Asher took what belonged to the devil and called his bluff, now he had to pay for it with the title he has fought to keep or his life. When Alpha Reed gained the upperhand and found out his secret, Asher had to dance to his tune by being his playtoy or lose everything including his life. The past came knocking soon enough, and now Asher has to choose between getting a clean slate or being with the man who had done nothing but torment him and make his deepest, darkest desires come true. Will Asher choose Reed over everything or risk what they have to get everything he has always wanted?

He saved her from one monster to become her own. Bought at a Yakuza auction, Nicole’s innocence was a currency for cruel men. Until Kenji Soma took her. For six years, he was her ghost, her captor, her obsession. Now, the ruthless billionaire heir has come to collect. His price? Her absolute submission—in his boardroom and in his bed. He’ll use her body as his canvas for pleasure and pain, teaching her that the line between hatred and need is the thinnest of all. To survive the war raging around them, she must surrender to the one man who promises to ruin her in the most exquisite ways.

18+ Psychological Suspense, Dark Female Arc Four men enter her life. Each believes he is the exception. The chosen one. The inevitable ending. One wants possession. One wants control. One wants devotion. One thinks he understands her. From the outside, it looks like desire colliding— jealousy, power, obsession pulling her in every direction. But this is not a battle for her heart. It is a process of elimination. So who is chasing? Who is waiting? And who will remain standing—not because he won, but because he was never meant to be removed? In the end, only one man stays. The question is: was he the strongest— or simply the last one who passed?

What do you do when you're at a concert, dancing and trying to forget a colleague you've had a crush on, then suddenly a stranger grabs you from behind, and fucks you till you're too weak to stand? Yeah, that's my situation right now. Crushing on the handsome Alex - who, by the way, doesn’t know I exist - has made me make VERY crazy life decisions, including seeking the help of an arrogant love doctor, and disguising myself as a man just to work with him in his new company. And now, the same stranger from the concert, shows up behind me whenever, and makes me feel things I shouldn’t feel - utterly dangerous and forbidden things until I now crave him. Did I also mention that I hate my new boss? Yeah, Maxwell Wellington is just so annoying, infuriating and insufferable, and it seems the feeling is mutual cause he hates me too.

Three male leads #AgeGap #DarkRomance #TwistedRomance #ForbiddenLove #ObsessiveLove #PowerImbalance #Possessive #ToxicLove #MindGames #MentalControl #DarkDesire #TrappedInLove #NoEscape You don’t just read the story—you decide how it ends. Every choice you make rewrites fate. The characters live by your decisions. In this story, you hold the power. What if love feels perfect— only because you haven’t asked the right questions yet? She thought she was entering a relationship. She did not know she was stepping into a system. If everything is legal, if everyone is calm, if no one forces her to say yes— then why does it feel impossible to say no? Is love still love when it is designed to stabilize a structure? And if every choice is reasonable, who is responsible for the harm? This is not a story about being chosen. It is a story about choosing. When love becomes a system, the question is no longer who do you love— but who do you become?

This is a fan translation of 只能活一年了才更要成为传奇赛马娘! The original author is 大渚教 Please support them! === Transmigration? Uma Musume? I'm the protagonist? If you're transmigrated into a world where you only have one year left, do you just lie down and wait to die? Instead, Twilight Song decided she would give everything she had to become a legend, living forever in everyone's hearts. But just when she truly became a legend and died gloriously on the racetrack, her eyes suddenly snapped open again. Hold your horses—there’s a revival match?! Hold your horses again—wasn't I still at Tracen Academy before I ran myself to death?! And now a stable's falling out of the sky? Seriously?! #Umamusume #Uma Musume #Pretty Derby

Althea stood at the doorway of the bridal suite, her heart heavy with a weight she couldn't shake. The dress lay on the bed, pristine and untouched, a cruel reminder of everything she had lost. It wasn't supposed to be her walking down the aisle, pledging herself to a man she barely knew. But here she was, forced to step into her sister's place. Her sister's choice to leave had devastated her. She had rejected a life that demanded sacrifice and duty, choosing freedom over family. And Althea, for all her anger and confusion, was left with no choice but to save the family's reputation. She had to wear the dress, say the vows, and marry a man she didn't love. Her fingers trembled as she adjusted the veil, staring at her reflection. She looked perfect-beautiful, poised-but she didn't feel that way. She felt like a shadow, a replacement for the woman who should've been here. The weight of the gown suffocated her as she prepared to step into a life that wasn't hers to claim. She wasn't ready for this. She wasn't ready to marry him. But with every step she took toward the chapel, the reality set in. There was no turning back. And there, at the altar, stood Elijah. His eyes locked on hers as she approached, his gaze intense, unreadable. A faint smile curved his lips, one she couldn't quite decipher, but there was something in it that made her blood run cold. Satisfaction. He looked at her as if she were an object, something to be claimed. With each step, his smile deepened, pleased with what was walking toward him. He wasn't looking at her as a woman to be loved. He was looking at her as a prize, something that had finally fallen into his grasp. Althea's throat tightened. She couldn't turn back now, not with everyone watching. As she reached the altar, she realized the vows she was about to speak weren't hers to make. They had been written for her sister, and now she would speak them, to a man who had claimed her sister's life and was now claiming hers by default.

Don’t touch me,” she whispered, even as her body leaned closer. His fingers skimmed her waist, slow and deliberate. “You already crossed that line the moment you trusted me.” Helen Vance is untouchable, wealthy, ruthless, and emotionally closed off after a lifetime of betrayal. Love is a weakness she buried long ago. Derick Ashford was supposed to be a mistake. A clash of tempers. A man she destroyed with a single decision. But one deadly night binds them in silence, guilt, and desire, and the deeper Helen falls, the closer she gets to discovering that the man who knows her body best is hiding the most dangerous truth of all. In a world of lies, power, and bloodstained secrets, love may be the only thing that ruins them both.

At nineteen, Roslyn has her life carefully mapped out in the quiet hill station where she lives with her sister-in-law Diana and two adoring nieces. She's sworn to stay far away from the mafia world that destroyed Diana's family and claimed everyone she loved. It's a simple promise: no criminals, no dangerous men, no connections to her only brother Lirio who now took over her father's mafia empire. Roslyn made a promise she intends to keep—no matter the cost she'd never fall for a killer. Then one moved in next door—all dark eyes and dangerous smiles, claiming to be a friendly stranger. Augustus's lying. He's the Apex. And he's hiding in her backyard. Fresh from winning the Blood Gauntlet and claiming the title of Apex—the deadliest young assassin in a generation—he's supposed to be lying low, healing, and staying invisible while every crime family in the hemisphere hunts him for the ultimate prize: a favour from the Mafia Lord himself. Instead, he's stealing roses from her garden to leave on her window, pillow, in between notebooks. And slowly, dangerously, becoming part of her world. She tries to hate him. He makes it impossible. Rose thinks he's an arrogant intruder who's trying to steal even her niece and nephew's affection. He thinks she's a naïve dreamer playing at normalcy while danger circles closer than she realizes. They argue, they clash, they nearly kiss in his terrace garden under the stars. And with every late-night tutoring session every shared secret, every moment of unexpected tenderness, the walls between them crumble. But Rose isn't the only one falling. And unknowingly their fate is uncovering a conspiracy. The dark truth about the massacre that destroyed his family as it begins to unravel a web of lies that reaches into the highest levels of his own organization. The closer they gets to the truth, the closer danger gets to Rose. Because someone wanted their mafia family dead. And when they discover its heirs are still alive—the last surviving ones to a legacy of power—they'll finish what they started. Two people trying to escape their fates. One impossible choice. He can return to his world and protect her from afar. Or he can stay and risk everything—his title, his life, and the fragile promise Rose made to the family she has left. In a story where loving the wrong person can get you killed and trust is a luxury neither can afford, Rose and the Augustus(Apex) must decide: Is love worth dying for? Or is survival worth living without it?

***The story is still being updated. Slowly. I live in America and we are dealing with a lot in regards to civil unrest and ICE. I’ve been busy helping my neighbors. I do mass release when I update. *** Violet Velmont. A girl raised to be a princess is given away by her father to be bred by 5 lustful princes. Violet is determined to change the brothers, and refuses to back down. But the brothers have a long way to go. They're cruel and cold. With each brother having their own very distinct personalities, poor Violet will have her work cut out for her. With countless trials, they will all be tested. The worst part, just as things start getting good for her, her world crashes again and when a problem with wolf shifters arise, and it will cost her the person she loves most. Violet's whole world hangs in the balance. Can love save her? Can love conquer the princes? Or will loss break her? EX: He uses his body to push her towards the water and he rubs her again he presses the front half She was so surprised by how good this felt. How badly she wanted him to bite her. And just as she finished that thought he stuck his hands between her legs again, and then he bit her on the opposite side of Oliver's bite. The bite burned her core undoing her as he played with her clit with his fingers and then sliding them inside her. Holding her body hostage with his fangs and fingers she completely submitted to his whims. He could have whatever he wanted in that moment and she wouldn't complain a bit. Pulling his fingers out of her and sucking her juices off them he says "You really are the best thing I've ever tasted. And now I know why my brothers are struggling not to fuck you and are fighting over you. I don’t think we can wait until the full moon to start breaking you in." The Sequel/Spin Off is out now! "I was Kidnapped for Revenge by a Ruthless Alpha"

FBI Special Agent Katherine "Kat" is unbreakable—until she's not.  At thirty, with her family's curse of early menopause looming like a death sentence and her boyfriend walking out without a backward glance, the badge is all she has left. Justice is her religion, the law her gospel.  Then a blind date turns into a bloodbath.  A man is gunned down mid-conversation, and Kat gives chase to the phantom shooter through rain-slicked streets. He escapes like smoke, but the truth crashes down harder: he's the God of Destruction—the mythic killer the government has hunted for decades, the shadow who eradicates the untouchable criminals the system protects.  Kat swears she'll drag him into cuffs and end the legend.  Every pursuit brings her closer. Every near-miss ignites something darker. He sees the hypocrisy in her oath; she glimpses the justice in his chaos. Stolen glances turn to heated touches. Chases become charged games of cat and mouse.  She's supposed to destroy him.  He's supposed to be her downfall.  But when the hunter falls for the hunted, the only question left is:  Will she lock him away... or burn her world down to stand by his side?

A photoshoot at Prambanan Temple during the Satu Sura unexpectedly trapped Lestari in a terrifying cycle of samsara. She had been reincarnated 99 times, but each time she died at the hands of a man named Bandung Bandawasa. In each of her lives, Lestari carried the burden of tormenting memories and in each death, gradually erased her true identity as Lestari, a 24-year-old modern-day woman who enjoyed reading stories and watching films with ancient Javanese themes, until finally her soul merged completely with the cursed figure, Rara Jonggrang, with her burning revenge. In her 100th life, Lestari, who could now be called Rara Jonggrang, finally vowed to kill Bandung Bandawasa, the main cause of her suffering.

Russia Novel Bangladesh novel Author’s Note21+ Ninel Nastasya Anna (Writer Oriniska) This is the final chapter of The Fate of the Shadow. Due to account limitations, I am unable to officially mark this story as “Completed” on Webnovel. However, I want all my readers to know—this is truly the end of the journey for these characters. Their story ends here. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for reading, supporting, and staying with this story until the very last word. I hope their fate, choices, and shadows remain with you long after the final chapter. — Author Anna ⚠️ Age Advisory (21+) This story is intended for readers aged 21 and above. It contains adult themes, intense emotional conflict, dark elements, violence, and psychological tension. Please read responsibly and at your own discretion. Copyright Notice © 2025–2028, Ninel Nastasya Anna Orinska. All rights reserved. The Fate of the Shadow is an original work by Ninel Nastasya Anna. No part of this story may be reproduced, copied, translated, distributed, or transmitted in any form without prior written permission from the author, except for brief quotations used in reviews or other non-commercial purposes permitted by law. Written & Illustrated by: Ninel Nastasya Anna Orinska Languages: Bengali, English, Russian First Edition: 2028 Story Overview — The Fate of the Shadow Alia is a brave and intelligent woman carrying deep secrets hidden within her family and true identity. Her search for truth leads her into dangerous missions, covert operations, and a world shrouded in shadows. Along the way, she encounters Viktor—a mysterious man shaped by a dark, violent past. Their collision sparks a complex relationship—built on trust, betrayal, desire, and conflict. Together, they navigate a brutal underworld where loyalty is tested, love becomes a weapon, and survival comes at the highest price. Genres & Themes Dark Romance Dual Lives & Secret Missions Action, Thriller & Adventure Mafia & Criminal Underworld Royal Bloodlines & Traditions Betrayal & Revenge Drug Trade & Dark Networks Intense Chemistry & Psychological Conflict Power Struggles & Control Loyalty vs Duty Character Profile — Alia Skills Summary Alia is a highly trained operative and versatile warrior, excelling in physical, psychological, and technological combat. Martial Arts Expertise: Taekwondo, Krav Maga, Jiu-Jitsu, advanced hand-to-hand combat. Weapons Mastery: Expert in sniper rifles, handguns, submachine guns (SMGs), and specialized firearms with exceptional precision. Psychological Warfare: Skilled at destabilizing opponents through manipulation, mental tactics, and strategic deception. Technology & Cyber Espionage: Proficient in hacking, encryption bypass, cybersecurity infiltration, drone operation, and covert surveillance.Character Profile — Viktor Skills Summary Viktor is a highly skilled operative and strategic enforcer, shaped by a dark, violent past and honed in covert operations and criminal underworld networks. He excels in psychological manipulation, combat strategy, and high-stakes intelligence missions. Combat Expertise: Master in hand-to-hand combat, Krav Maga, close-quarter tactics, and disarming opponents. Exceptional skill in firearms, including sniper rifles, assault rifles, pistols, and specialized tactical weapons. Psychological Warfare: Adept at destabilizing targets through intimidation, deception, and mental manipulation. Expert in reading opponents’ behavior and exploiting weaknesses. Intelligence & Covert Operations: Skilled in surveillance, counter-surveillance, infiltration, and extraction missions. Proficient in cybersecurity, hacking, encryption bypass, and covert communication techniques. Strategic Leadership: Capable of planning high-risk missions, manipulating power dynamics, and controlling outcomes. Operates in morally gray areas where loyalty, survival, and control are constantly tested.

People shunned me, labeling me a defective Alpha long before I understood what that meant. The only person who ever stayed by my side was Alex. We learned how to survive on the streets together—until he couldn’t take it anymore and started selling drugs. Luck had never touched my life. I was the one who got caught. The woman who stopped me was powerful enough to destroy me in her own twisted way. "A spoon," she said. I didn’t understand how it was possible, but she meant to reduce me to a mere spoon. Then she let me go, warning me never to appear in front of her again. But... I was a really, really unlucky person and met her again. And again. Until it became impossible to walk away from her. Being spared by her felt dangerously close to being chosen for something. Despite knowing it would destroy me, I found myself yearning for more of her. I had no one who truly cared about me. Except Alex. So her mercy slowly began to feel like belonging. ***** It's Omegaverse, where Female Alpha's has a dick.

Claimed by the One They Fear is a dark fantasy romance about a woman who survives the one place no human should—and the ancient force that spares her. Elara crosses the forbidden forest by accident, a place whispered about in fear and sealed by generations of warning. It is ruled by Kaelreth—an immortal presence kingdoms appease with silence and sacrifice. He is not a god, not a king, but something far worse: a living boundary between humanity and ruin. She should not have survived him. Yet the forest does not devour her. Kaelreth does not kill her. And that mercy becomes its own danger. As Elara is drawn back into the forest, she uncovers a truth no one dares speak: the land is sentient, ancient laws are breaking, and her presence has awakened forces that hunger for possession, not peace. Kaelreth, bound to protect what terrifies the world, finds his control unraveling as fascination turns to restraint, and restraint begins to fail. Their connection is forbidden, unequal, and volatile—desire tangled with fear, intimacy edged with threat. To claim Elara may save the forest or destroy it. To walk away may cost them both everything. In a world where love is not gentle and power always demands a price, Claimed by the One They Fear asks: What happens when the monster chooses you—and you choose back?