Olenya's Embrace
By @john1208
Zosia has perfected the art of playing the smiling fool. It was the only way to survive being the designated punching bag of the brutal Volhynia Pack. When a pack elder’s funeral provides a chaotic distraction, she finally flees into the forbidden territory of Olenya Hollow. There, she encounters Bramor - a towering, mute outcast whose slashed throat and terrifying reputation hide a profoundly gentle soul. Bramor is dying, his body slowly rotting from the inside out due to a dark curse, but the moment Zosia arrives, his agony halts. Her very scent unravels the dark magic poisoning his blood. Recognizing her as his fated mate, the giant offers her the one thing she’s never had: a sanctuary. But the world outside refuses to leave them in peace. The relentless warlord Kajetan is hunting Bramor, driven by a desperate, tragic need to extract the cursed magic to save his own dying homeland. As Kajetan’s forces threaten the ancient wards, Zosia must drop her ditzy facade and weaponize her sharp mind. Can two broken outcasts protect their haven, or will a desperate warlord tear their sanctuary apart?
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Tethered by the Storm
By @john1208
The story opens in a storm of blood and rain. Sova Jindel, a survivor of the Chymic Bastion's cruel mutations, is fighting for her life on a jagged cliff against the hounds who bred her. Just as her ruthless strikes falter, a hulking shadow intervenes. Halldor Fenast, a massive, scarred hermit, slaughters her pursuers and drags her to safety inside the Brinespire - an abandoned lighthouse perched on the stormy coast. Halldor suffers from a cursed brand that burns his flesh constantly, while Sova is plagued by crippling panic attacks from her years as a lab experiment. But when they are near, a strange telepathic bond activates, cooling his agonizing brand and silencing her nightmarish memories. As this quiet, slow-burn romance blossoms within their isolated sanctuary, they vow to protect each other at all costs. Yet, Halldor has spent years hunting the unknown witch who branded him, while Sova is hunted by the alchemists who made her a monster. What will happen when they realize the source of Halldor's burning curse and the origin of Sova's traumatic mutations are the exact same forgotten event?
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The Scent of Stone and Sanctuary
By @john1208
I survived the subterranean blood arenas of Vorz by keeping my head down and my fists bloody, only to be sold as a sacrificial bride. My engagement ceremony took place at the edge of a freezing cliff, legally binding me to Gorben - the cursed, towering warlord of Vihar Keep. He was supposed to be a monster who would tear me apart. Instead, I found a gentle, completely blind giant whose body is slowly rotting from a dark magic curse. But when I am near, the rot recedes. My scent, forged by the very blood magic that tortured me in the pits, is the only thing neutralizing his agony. Finally, within the heavily fortified walls of his remote cliffside castle, I have found a place to rest. We are two broken things, healing each other in the quiet dark. But the man who orchestrated my torture and Gorben's curse is coming for us. Krezko isn't just a cruel master; he's harvesting our supernatural essence to save his dying kingdom from the Hollow Blight. Will our newfound sanctuary hold against a desperate king, or will our traumatic pasts finally drag us over the edge?
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