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The Billionaire's Fated Painting

Billionaire CEO Adrian Wynford never understood why his mother Elara blackwood, a legendary painter, left him an unfinished artwork and a note For years, Adrian kept the painting and the note locked away No name No explanation No title For years, he tries to decode its meaning… A boy and a girl sketched with incomplete faces, broken strokes, the hidden layers beneath the canvas and the strange sense if light the painting seems to carry. Art critics call it “final mystery.” Collectors call it a masterpiece. But Adrian knows it’s something more because his mother never painted without purpose. Adrian has no idea that the little girl in the painting was real and that his mother once harbored a secret. Years earlier, Elara discovered a gifted seven-year-old child who painted with rare instinct and emotion. She became the Elara's secret student,trained privately, outside the public eye, destined for greatness and would one day cross paths with Elara's son. Together,Elara and the girl (Eva),aged seven crafted a painting that would one day become Adrian's greatest mystery. But tragedy struck. A fire incident that took the life of the famous painter and erased Eva's memories. Now Eva remembers nothing Not the famous woman who taught her Not the fire accident that erased her past Not even the painting she once helped create. Years later, Eva Sinclair, now twenty-three, enters Adrian’s life by accident, a paycheck artist with a talent she can’t explain and a childhood she cannot remember. She has no knowledge of Elara No memory of the lessons No understanding of why advanced techniques comes naturally to her hands. But when Eva sees the painting, something stirs Not a memory A pull. As Eva and Adrian are drawn together, fragments of her forgotten past begin to surface… and the truth of the painting slowly slowly awakens: The girl captured in soft strokes wasn’t a stranger. She was Elara’s secret student. A hidden prodigy the world never knew existed. Now, as the painting reveal its hidden truth,the past resurfaces and the future they were destined to share finally begins
Chidinma_Favour56 · 709 Views

The Cost of Air

The Cost of Air By Ajani Musa In a city where even breathing has a price, one man dares to make it free. Lagos — restless, loud, unrepentant — is a place where the powerful thrive on chaos, and the poor choke on what’s left. Amid the noise and greed stands Bayo Adeniran, a principled engineer determined to build clean projects in a dirty system. But when he saves a gasping child from dying in traffic, the act of mercy shatters his carefully controlled world. That single moment pulls him into a storm of corruption, secrets, and power — where air itself has become currency. The government’s grand “Air Renewal Project” promises progress, but Bayo soon discovers the truth: it’s a front to profit from pollution, a silent weapon designed to suffocate the city’s poor. As he digs deeper, allies turn to threats, and silence becomes survival. Beside him stands Tope Adegoke, a fearless journalist haunted by her brother’s death in a factory explosion the system buried. Together, they expose a network of elites who control the very air Nigerians breathe. When Lagos is plunged into darkness and fear, their resistance becomes the city’s last breath of hope. But defiance has a cost — and every truth uncovered demands payment in blood, faith, or freedom. The Cost of Air is a powerful socio-political thriller — raw, emotional, and urgent. It asks one question that echoes through every page: If air is life, what happens when life itself becomes a luxury?
Ajani_Musa · 27.2k Views

SHIELD'S HIDDEN HAND

Marcus Reid dies on Earth , and wakes up thirteen years in the past inside the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marcus begins his new life cautiously, hiding his powers while he learns to control them and working his way up through SHIELD's ranks. Throughout his rapid ascent, Marcus crosses paths repeatedly with Maria Hill, SHIELD's formidable second-in-command. Their relationship begins as purely professional, but years of working side by side through impossible situations forge something deeper. She is brilliant, capable, and exactly the kind of partner he never expected to find in this dangerous world. Their romance develops slowly across continents and crises, from a first kiss in Budapest to a secret wedding while they hide from government forces. She becomes the one person he trusts completely, even as he keeps the deepest secret of his reincarnation locked away forever. Marcus cannot save everyone, and that knowledge haunts him. He arrives seconds too late to prevent some deaths, watches others unfold exactly as he remembers them, and learns that power and foreknowledge have limits. He saves Pietro Maximoff from the bullets that killed him in the original timeline, but he stands helpless on Vormir as Natasha Romanoff sacrifices herself for the Soul Stone. He fights Thanos on Titan with everything he has and loses anyway, watching half the universe crumble to dust around him. His abilities grow with each battle—energy manipulation, healing, flight, mystical arts learned from Doctor Strange—but even at his peak, he cannot prevent the Snap. The story follows Marcus as he progresses from a cautious observer to Nick Fury's right hand, from a SHIELD insider to a wanted fugitive, from a secretly enhanced individual to an Avenger in all but name. He builds an underground network protecting enhanced individuals, coordinates the resistance against Hydra's infiltration, and prepares Earth for threats only he knows are coming. He loves fiercely, fights desperately, and sacrifices everything to protect a world that will never know how much he has done for it. This is the story of living inside the MCU with the power to make a difference and the wisdom to know that some tragedies cannot be prevented, only endured. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a slice-of-life story, so it moves slowly and focuses on everyday moments, character development, and subtle changes.
Cat_Chaser · 23.5k Views

Naruto : My Horror World.

"Sasuke!" "Ho. Approaching me, are you Naruto? Instead of running away, you're coming right to me? Even though 'He' told you the secret of my egg beating technique?" "I can't beat the shit out of your eggs without getting closer." "Ho, ho. Then come as close as you like." ... "Sasuke-kun!!! I bought you new juts-" "Get away woman! You only affect my parry speed!" ... "Naruto-kun!! I love you." "Huh? Who are you!? Anyway, get lost! Give me my Kaori-chan!!! I want Kaori-chan!!! Kaori-chan is the only love for me!!!!" ... "Hey! Brat!! When will you fall into another genjutsu again!! I want to see the next episode of Pokemon once again!!!" "Kurama!! Forget it! Next time I'm playing undertale!! This game was recommended by old man Hokage for truly embodying the will of the fire passed down by the first hokage!!" "You dare!!!! I want to see Vulpix-chan again!!!" "Learn your own genjutsu you pervert!" ... "Madara-sama! Don't you want to create a new world for Rin!?" "Rin? Who's Rin!? Long live Harley Quin!!! She's the only one for me!!! We share a bond deeper than any other!!!" ... "Itachi, is something wrong with you?" "..." "Why are you looking for fan art of your brother cross dressing?" ... "Shizune, we're going to Konoha." "Huh? Why sensei?" "Don't you know about that new game Balatro? It is supposed to be the most legendary gambling game ever." "Ok sensei." "Huh? You agreed too easily?" "...oh, it's nothing sensei, I just played Doki Doki literature club and I was reminded that one must do anything for their love." "Didn't you give up on your Kakashi crush long ago?" ".....my heart is like the will of fire, sensei. When the tree leaves dance, one shall find flames. The fire will torture the enemies, and once again, tree leaves shall bud anew." "...I think I just heard something different from what I remember." Shizune smiles sweetly. ... "Shikamaru, what are you doing?" "I'm batman." Woosh. "...where did he go? Shikamaru!! This is not funny!! Where are you!!" *faint whisper in the wind* "I'm batman." ... "Hmm...why aren't my bugs as cool as the ones in hollow knight? Would everyone like bugs if they were?" ... Cover generated by ai (copilot).
Hooin_Kyoma · 5.7k Views