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Luminora is a world shaped by magic, old conflicts, and things that remain unexplained. Among its many mysteries is a girl with golden hair, whose cheerful nature hides a past she cannot fully remember. She holds on to fragments of dreams that feel strangely familiar, accompanied by a sense of loss she has never been able to explain. Somewhere along the way, she crosses paths with a quiet, dark-haired boy who seems content to keep to himself, though there is more to him than meets the eye. As their lives begin to intersect, they find themselves drawn into events that neither fully understands. What initially seems like a chance encounter gradually becomes entangled with the peculiar workings of Luminora, where old secrets have a way of resurfacing and not everything is as it appears. Between the people they meet and the places they come to know, they begin to encounter questions that have no easy answers. But the more they learn about the world, the less certain they become of what they know about themselves. And some of the things they uncover may have been hidden for reasons neither is prepared to understand.

After confessing her love to her childhood best friend, Gabrielle finds herself rejected and sold to a cruel high official in exchange for power by the best friend whom she loved so much. Hurt, betrayed, subjected to abuse, and stripped of her noble title Gabrielle begins to lose all hope until one day she runs into a man from a neighboring kingdom in need of help. Despite the danger Gabrielle agrees to help this man get back to his kingdom only to find that he is King and he is smitten with her. Will Gabrielle find her happily ever after with her new found love or will a sudden change of heart from her childhood best friend tear them apart?

When most people retire, they help raise grandkids, babysit, or go square dancing. But when Pei Ye retires, she spends her money raising virtual characters. Before spending: "Trash game. They're not even trying with these cash grabs." After spending: "Amazing! I can splurge AND grind!" Raising virtual characters, you see, can nurture the soul and add a little color to an otherwise dull retirement. And if you raise them well, not only do you build a bond with them, you might even… well…

Three years of devotion. Three years of loving Julian with everything she had. Only to be framed for a divorce and personally sent to prison by him. "I didn't kill her," Evelyn begged. "I didn't kill the woman you love." "I don't believe you." Facing a death sentence with no one to turn to, Evelyn made the most desperate choice of her life — she threw herself at the one person Julian would never forgive. His younger brother. "Get me pregnant. Please. It's the only way I survive." Because pregnant women are not subject to the death penalty. By the time the truth surfaced and Julian realized the woman he destroyed was innocent, it was already too late. He dropped to his knees. "Eve, I was wrong. Give me one more chance." A hand caught his wrist before he could touch her. "She's already my wife, brother."

Her first time carrying out a system mission was to win the heart of Xie Jinbai. To teach him to understand love and affection, Cui Lingyao married him. After two full years of marriage, she finally completed the mission and chose to leave the world, but the system informed her that Xie Jinbai's Love Value was full, passively triggering a one-year cool-down period. Thus, Cui Lingyao was forced to stay for a 'cool-down' of one year. But within this year, despite his Love Value being at maximum, Xie Jinbai actually decided to marry a concubine. He taught himself the heartlessness and fickleness of the men of the era. Cui Lingyao watched the new woman enter the household. Watched him place another woman on a high pedestal. Watched him indulge that woman in humiliating her in public. Until his last ounce of remorse was also exhausted. In a drowning incident, she died a clean and decisive death. Her final glance before death. In the bone-chilling lake water, the ever-calm and rational man lost his composure for the first time, rushing toward her like a madman, holding her with bloodshot eyes, his entire body trembling violently. — She had thought everything was over, that they would never cross paths again. Unexpectedly, three years later, the system came to her once again. Asking her if she wanted to accept another mission…

Xu Changqing could never have imagined that after waking up from a faint caused by heatstroke, it would be as if she had already lived a lifetime. After the dream, the very first thing she did was to pick up a long-legged stool. Smashing her brother-in-law, tearing into her own sister. Whoever comes, she'll take them on. Shen Weimin had always cherished someone in his heart. He silently guarded her his whole life without regret or complaint, and only when he was about to pass away just before her did he realize that she was not without feelings for him. Waking up one day, he was ecstatic and vowed never to be that fool again in this lifetime, but then he heard about her actions, which were different from her past life? Is she reborn, or has she been transmigrated into...

Scarlett Glenn was a woman so captivating that she could change the lives of anyone she crossed paths with. Shunned, shamed, and abused by her family, they wanted nothing more than to see her turn up dead. She had other plans though — she was determined to exact revenge on all who have wronged her, and her main target was her own blood. The first step in her quest for revenge? Seducing Ethan Herd — the richest, handsomest man in Loch City, who also happened to be her aunt's fiancé. Vengeance aside, she also seeks a change of fortune by pursuing a career in acting. Throughout Scarlett Glenn's journey, there will be murders and mayhem aplenty as she paves her way to movie stardom while eliminating her enemies one after the other! Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

After three years of marriage, they continued to treat each other with mutual respect. Following their divorce, he transformed into someone obnoxiously insistent. Yet Norris Moore sneered, "Get lost, I'd marry anyone but you!"

Having spent her childhood confined in chains, Alice was a child who knew neither love nor joy. Scorned by her family while being tortured in the name of the greater good for years, she grew numb to all feeling and thought. That is, until one day, a man in black offered her a chance to escape. There were once rumours widespread of an endless hell, a land of glorious death and dreadful opportunity. Fools went in search of it, and the clever never ventured into it. Only when its baleful mysteries spilled unto the earth did all hear its name — the Abyss. A single drop of its blood could give someone the power to control shadows, move faster than sound, or strength greater than the strongest man. Yet, it all came at a cost; the blood would always make sure those who consumed it became part of the Abyss, with one exception — Alice. Cast away by her own blood, it was her destiny to rot in a gilded cage. But, that fateful day changed everything. Gifted a second chance at life, a chance to turn her life around and claim vengeance against her family, a chance to dive deep into the Abyss and gain the power to govern her own fate, Alice took his hand, unaware of the destiny unfolding before her. Cover drawn by Aoi Ogata. Discord: https://discord.gg/vrdTSkj8Va

**Mature Content** Eilika Wolanski is the eldest daughter of one of Varos’ most respected merchants, but respect has never brought her kindness. A childhood accident left a scar across her cheek, and with it, a cruel label she can never escape. The “Unwanted Woman” of Varos. Mocked in public, pitied in private, and treated like a blemish to be hidden, Eilika grows up learning one painful truth: beauty matters more than character in high society. So when an unexpected marriage proposal arrives from the powerful House of Kingsley, no one believes it is real. The groom is Damian Van Kingsley, the widowed duke of Varos, feared for his cold temperament and admired for his unmatched looks and wealth. Rumors follow him like shadows. He has a secret mistress, a broken heart drowned in alcohol, and worst of all… A son he barely acknowledges. For Eilika, marrying Damian isn’t a dream. It’s the only option left for survival. Damian, once the kingdom’s most desirable nobleman, has been nothing but a hollow man since the death of his first wife. He has abandoned his responsibilities, pushed away his child, and lived with one vow burning in his chest. He will never replace his first wife. To force him back into duty, his mother arranges a second marriage, one he never asked for, and one he refuses to accept. Damian swears he will never touch her , will never look at her and will never treat her as his wife. But Eilika isn’t the greedy noblewoman he expected. She doesn’t ask for his affection. She doesn’t crave his title. She doesn’t even want his love. What Eilika wants… is something far more dangerous. A family. And perhaps that is the very thing Damian has been starving for all along. ~~~~ “This bed will remain cold until your last breath.” Damian’s voice boomed through the dark chamber. Eilika didn’t flinch at his words. Instead, she replied gracefully, “I don’t seek love, Duke. You can visit your secret mistress every night… Just don’t come near me.” This marriage was never meant to become real, until the Duke's heart begins to betray its own rules.

It might be taboo, but Mena Cabot does not care if it will give her the ultimate face-slapping opportunity. When her boyfriend Finn turns out to be a cheater, Mena does not cry or complain. She simply decides to use his older, richer, more handsome, and generally better brother to make him jealous. After an embarrassing fall lands her in the hospital, Mena wakes up to find her boyfriend's hot older brother by her bedside instead of her boyfriend. Drugged, confused, and feeling particularly mischievous, she does what any sensible girl would do: She claims she has lost her memory. How was she supposed to know her boyfriend was waiting for an excuse to parade her best friend around as his true love? Now she's stuck. She can't remember "her boyfriend," so she can't confront Finn for being a filthy, cheating degenerate. And the more time she spends with Beau, the deeper her lie becomes. In all this, the biggest surprise isn't Finn. It's Beau Orsini. Her cold, infuriating, ridiculously handsome boss who has decided to play along with the lie. He claims to be her boyfriend. He takes care of her. And judging by the way his hands linger and his eyes follow her, Beau seems to be enjoying his new role far too much. Why? Mena knows this is all an act. So why does every stolen glance make her heart race? Why does being in Beau's arms feel safer than it ever did in Finn's? And why is a tiny, dangerous part of her beginning to wish she really had lost her memory? Because pretending to be Beau Orsini's girlfriend might be the biggest mistake of Mena life but it tastes as sweet as sin.

He was forbidden. My brother's best friend. Also the most dangerous man in the country. And I signed myself over to him. Leah Thorne had one rule: stay away from Dimitri Valentino. It shouldn't have been difficult. He was ruthless, feared, and devastatingly beautiful in the way that only truly dangerous things are. The kind of man who owned nightclubs, commanded armies, and made grown men weep with a single look. The kind of man her brother Mike trusted with his life. The kind of man she had absolutely no business wanting. But one shattered marriage, one bottle of whiskey, and one catastrophically bad decision later, Leah wakes up in Dimitri's bed with a signed contract on the nightstand and six months of her life no longer her own. Her body. His rules. No exceptions. The contract is iron-clad, the penalty clause suffocating — fifty million dollars she doesn't have. And Dimitri Valentino, the Wolf of the Italian underworld, has absolutely no intention of letting her go. He says he'll ruin her for other men. He's not lying. Because beneath the cold control and the thousand-dollar suits is a man who has wanted her for seven sinful years — who has memorized the curve of her smile, the sound of her laugh, and exactly how to take her apart piece by piece until the only word left in her vocabulary is his name. Eve came to him broken, looking to feel wanted. She never expected to feel owned. She never expected to love it. Six Months Contract With The Mafia God is a scorching dark romance about forbidden hunger, dangerous obsession, and the catastrophic moment a good girl stops running from the wolf who has always been hunting her. Some contracts change everything. Some men are worth the fine print.

"Zane?" Lena hasn't spoken in seventy-six days. Everyone has an explanation for it. Trauma. Grief. Shock. None of them know who she's talking to. Because every night, Lena asks the same question. "Zane, can you hear me?” There is no answer. There shouldn't be. Zane is gone. So why does she keep listening for him? And why does the only recording she has of his voice end in the middle of a sentence? “Lena, if anything ever happens to me, I need you to—” Static. Nothing after it. Maybe the answer is buried somewhere in the seventy-six days she can't bring herself to speak about. Maybe it's buried in the memories that keep coming back. Or maybe the one thing Lena is desperate to remember is the one thing she got wrong. "Zane, can you hear me?" *** "Zane, Can You Hear Me?" is a psychological literary novel about love, grief, memory, and survival. It follows two souls who were completely oblivious about the plan fate had for them, how they would alter each other's lives forever, unknowingly so. At its core, it is a study of human resilience: the ways we carry the dead, protect the living sometimes too adamently, and continue searching for someone who may never answer. "Can you hear me?" But will she be able to find the answers as fast as the questions that keep emerging, keep chasing her, one after another?

In a new, unknown world of the afterlife, Vienna has to adapt to all the new things happening around her. Everything is strange, she found herself in a completely new world; angels, cupids, and goddesses live among her in this new environment. Everything has changed - but one thing is still there; its the pain that she had always felt inside her heart. A painful sensation that something is lurking, that something isn't right. She is being kept in the dark. The hate and anger hiding behind her eyes, its always been part of her, she can't escape from the hatred that has been bubbling deep in her soul, there is no running away from it. But a certain goddesse, the goddess of Protection and Guidance refuses to tell her what that is, what she is feeling. All of that will end up stabbing her in the back, and bring her more pain. Even if hiding the truth is meant to keep her safe.

(Protagonist Isekai + Character Persona Reversal + Comedy + Plot Brainstorm + Genderbend MC; all plotlines are from the author's imagination, character fans please proceed with caution) Have you ever considered that there might be another version of [Fate's] script? What if March 7th became a cold, elegant beauty, transforming into the new generation "Ice Cube" of the team... What if the Dragon Lord power Dan Heng inherited was the "healing" half, burdening him with the train's logistics management... What if the Welt who came to this world was the world-saving, transcendent version... What if even under her dignified and graceful exterior, Himeko also hid a little-known heart... With the appearance of characters like the ultra-high-presence Arlan, the trashy Asta who likes to raise "Pompoms", the genius Herta with super social anxiety, and others, the original "Trailblaze" journey begins to unfold along another storyline. --- Advance chapters: patreon.com/ReruoIzayoi

In a world where the line between dreams and reality is dangerously thin, Eliza is haunted by violent nightmares she cannot explain—and by the growing fear that they may be connected to real deaths. A normal teenager struggling with guilt, grief, and a mind she no longer trusts, Eliza spends her days trying to convince herself she’s not broken. But when her best friend’s boyfriend reveals himself to be something inhuman, her life shatters overnight. She is saved by Santiago, a mysterious shapeshifter who has been watching her far longer than she realizes. As Santiago introduces her to the Veil, a hidden boundary separating the human world from creatures that feed on fear and guilt, Eliza learns the horrifying truth: her dreams are not harmless. They are lethal—and she may already be responsible for one death. Forced to rely on Santiago for protection, Eliza finds herself drawn to him despite the danger. As enemies close in from both sides of the Veil, trust, loyalty, and love are tested, and Eliza must decide whether to keep running from the truth—or face what she has become before the Veil demands its price.

The amulet chose her. Fate chose him. Two lovers bound by destiny - chosen to rewrite the very first legend. As Seraphina learns to wield the power of the Crimson Amulet, her heart begins to align with Lorin's, he became the kingdom's most loyal knight, Lorin was casted out by the king - stripped of his title, but not his honor. Now a fallen protector, who writes to the princess after he realizes the love he has for her. But when darkness rises seeking power- and a deadly war brews between the Witch and the Sorcerer - love becomes their greatest weapon... and their greatest risk. Will their love be strong enough to change history - or will history repeat itself again, in the worst way ever, ending it all? When love and legend collide, even destiny must bow.

"Luca, please…" she cried. "You need to see who the devil really is. And decide if you want me that way," he said. "Because this is who I am. You either accept it or reject it." Luca's hand reached for a knife from the array of tools spread meticulously on the desk. "I wanted to prolong his suffering…" he murmured. "Luca…" she whispered. "But since this is a show and tell…" Without a pause, he cut the rope holding Inferi's wrists, letting the man drop heavily to the floor with a thud that made the room shudder. Inferi's eyes, wide with terror, flicked to Vee as his body twisted weakly under the weight of his injuries. "This isn't one of those times when you ask me to let someone go, I am going to kill him right here." "You have two choices," he continued. "Walk away right now, and I will accept that you will never accept who I am. Or stay and watch me kill him, to prove to me that you accept all of me, that you want all of me." "God, please, Luca, don't do this." Behind Luca, Inferi struggled weakly on the floor. Luca looked only at her. "It's simple, Vee. I am giving you a choice. I don't have a gun to your head, now, do I? Are you ashamed of who I am, or do you accept who I am?" "It's not so simple!" Vee yelled. "You're asking me to stand here while you take a life." "I will count to ten." He gestured with the knife toward the steel door behind her. "There is the door. Here is me." "Jesus!" Vee bit down on her lower lip. She squeezed her eyes shut. "Jesus Christ!" "One…" "Two…" She stepped toward him. "Three…" "I'm not running." She moved closer. "I will not run. I will stay." "Four…" Vee drew in a shaky breath, steadying herself against the tidal wave inside her. "I meant what I said last night. I said I love you. I meant it. But don't subject me to this. It will not change how I feel about you. It won't." She stepped even closer, until the knife hovered inches from her hip. "But it will most definitely change me." She swallowed hard. "If you make me stand here and watch this, you are not testing my love. You are reshaping me into something I may never recognize again." Her hands came up slowly and pressed against his chest. "I love the man who protects. The man who terrifies everyone else but holds me like I matter." Her eyes glistened, but she did not look away. "I know what you are. I accept what you are. But do not ask me to become it." "Five…" Luca moved behind Inferi now, the knife hovering at his throat. Vee's feet rooted to the floor, the edge of Luca's jacket gripped tightly in her fists. Her eyes, brimming with tears locked onto his, daring him to see, really see, what she was becoming in his presence. "Six…" he continued. He held the knife steady against Inferi's skin, a cold, absolute line of judgment, waiting. And in that pause, Luca realized a part of him wanted her to run, desperately. He wanted her to bolt, to retreat from this room of blood and fear, because maybe, just maybe, if she ran, he would see the futility of the obsession clawing at him from the inside. "Seven…" he murmured. "Eight…" "Nine…" Synopsis: She insulted the devil. He decided to own her. Veronica Scalese walks into New York’s elite club, ‘Commissioned’ by accident—and mouths off to the wrong man; Luciano Genovese popularly known as ‘The Devil’. He grants favours but gets your soul in return. When Luca comes to collect a debt from her father, the payment demanded is flesh. Veronica becomes both Luca’s weakness and his obsession. He burns his empire to the ground to keep her. Undressed by the Mafia God is a mafia romance story where power is foreplay, love is a liability, and the most terrifying thing a god can do… is fall.

As an ordinary person, I originally thought I should spend my life in mediocrity. I never expected that something like transmigration would happen to me. But as expected, even after transmigrating, there's no way to change my ordinary nature. I was bullied in middle school, my grades dropped from the top to the upper-middle range, and my confidence took an unprecedented hit. As a... -------------------------------- Read up to chapter 40 in advance at p@treon

Every breath is a different shade of ink. Life is a raw, unfiltered journey through the full spectrum of the human heart. These pages gives a voice to the silent chaos we carry inside—from the radiant warmth of love and the sharp sting of hate to the burning heat of frustration. Whether you are navigating the storm of anger, the heavy fog of neutrality, or the quiet ache of longing, this collection proves that no emotion is too small to be felt or too loud to be heard. It is an honest celebration of the beautiful, messy, and complicated feelings that make us human. Inside, you will find yourself.