The Architect of Regret
By @john1208
Elias Thorne, once hailed as a visionary architect, now haunts the city's forgotten corners, a ghost of the man whose ambition devoured his life and family. Five years ago, a devastating scandal - a compromised building, a public exposé of his ethical failures - cost him everything: his career, his reputation, and, most painfully, the trust of his brilliant, estranged daughter, Iris. Now, a desperate plea from his dying ex-wife offers a bittersweet path to redemption: complete a derelict community center, a project he abandoned decades ago, a symbolic monument to his youthful ideals. But Iris, now a formidable investigative journalist, is covering the center's redevelopment, her journalistic integrity clashing with her father's desperate need to prove himself. Every brick laid on the crumbling structure is a painful step through their shared, fractured past. Can Elias rebuild not just a building, but the trust he so carelessly shattered, before the ghosts of his past - and Iris’s unforgiving lens - condemn him forever to the ruins of his regret?
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Beneath His Obsidian Gaze
By @john1208
Elara Vance’s world crumbled the day she learned of her daughter Lily’s rare, aggressive illness. With medical bills soaring beyond imagination, her cheerful facade threatened to shatter. Desperate, she accepts an outlandish proposal from Asher Thorne, the enigmatic tech billionaire known for his reclusiveness and impenetrable gaze. He offers the funds she needs, but only if she becomes his temporary wife, a beacon of 'normalcy' for his demanding board - and his reclusive mansion. Her contract demands a perpetual smile, a vibrant presence, a stark contrast to the brooding silence that typically fills his obsidian-draped halls. Each forced laugh feels like a betrayal, every touch of his cool hand sending shivers of both fear and an unsettling attraction down her spine. If she fails to uphold her end, Lily’s only hope vanishes. But as his darkness threatens to consume her, Elara fears losing more than just her daughter’s future - she might lose herself entirely. Her heart aches, caught between an impossible bargain and a dangerous pull she can barely resist.
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The Burden of the Unseen
By @Воспевший Бездну
Elara, a librarian haunted by the loss of her sister, possesses the unique ability to perceive the emotional echoes left behind by intense human experiences. Every object, every room, whispers forgotten joy, sorrow, or rage. This 'gift' is a relentless torment, a constant reminder of the unresolved past and the specter of her sister's sudden disappearance. When a cryptic journal surfaces, detailing a network of secret societies manipulating historical events through these very emotional imprints, Elara is thrust into a hidden war. She must master her overwhelming ability to decipher the past and confront the architects of engineered despair, or risk having her own grief weaponized against her, forever losing the truth about her sister and humanity's future.
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Fathers love
By @WOOOW YAAAY
In 2026, thirteen-year-old Torquill navigates a world where his military father's affection takes a horrifying turn. Gifted with an uncanny ability to fly, a mesmerizing charm that sways opinions, and an inexplicable susceptibility to pregnancy, Torquill's life shatters when he finds himself carrying his father's child, a secret his unsuspecting mother must never discover. His unique powers, once a source of wonder, now serve as both a burden and a desperate means to conceal his impossible condition and his father's monstrous secret. Torquill must master his abilities to survive a looming societal scandal and protect the fragile remnants of his family, all while grappling with the chilling reality of his new existence and the sinister bond that binds him to his father.
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The Storm of Billy Lawrence
By @billy lawrence
Charli, a quiet child burdened by an unseen weight, navigates a world where the 'storm' of Billy Lawrence casts a long, silent shadow. He insists he's okay, a truth born from a life where this quiet suffering is all he's ever known. But the world around him cannot unsee what he endures. A mother's haunted eyes, the retching of a seasoned police officer, the unspoken horrors discovered behind closed doors - these are the tremors of a silent earthquake. As Charli strives to simply exist, oblivious to the true depth of his plight, the story unravels the profound impact of hidden abuse, not through its depiction, but through the shattering reactions of those who bear witness to its devastating aftermath. Will Charli ever realize the extent of his storm, or will he forever remain the child who never truly became himself?
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The Scarred Scholar and the Siren
By @fariha rahman
Rami, the university's unassuming scholar, prefers the quiet sanctuary of her books to the chaotic social scene. Her world, a carefully constructed illusion of normalcy, shatters when new dorm plans force her into a room with Asa, the campus's notorious queen bee. Asa wields her charm like a weapon, her smiles masking a predatory intelligence, a master manipulator who relishes control. On their first night, Asa's unexpected return catches Rami mid-change, revealing a body etched with a map of hidden pain - bruises and scars telling a silent story. Later, a strange intimacy blossoms in the dark as Asa, with surprising tenderness, ministers to Rami’s wounds, hinting at a complexity far beyond her mean-girl facade and pulling Rami into a dangerous, intoxicating dynamic.
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