The Lord's Silent Devotion: Unbreakable Bond of Betania
By @Akbar My
Lord Alistair of Valerius has spent half his life shielding Betania from the shadows, yet his greatest battle is fought in silence for the heart of Bianka, a noblewoman who believes he is the tyrant who executed her family. Bound by a secret oath to her dying father, Alistair accepts her bitter hatred and her repeated, desperate betrayal, using his forbidden Blood Aegis magic to absorb the physical damage of every poison and blade she sends his way. As Betania crumbles under the threat of an invading empire, Bianka strikes a deal with Alistair's worst enemies to destroy him. Little does she know, her 'allies' plan to sacrifice her to breach the city gates. Armed with nothing but his unyielding devotion and a dying heart scarred by her betrayal, Alistair must choose between exposing the truth that will shatter her world, or letting her hate him to the very grave if it keeps her safe.
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kelvin
By @penansa
Gea's life with Kelvin is a year into marital bliss, a canvas painted with romantic gestures and harmonious moments. Yet, beneath the veneer of an idyllic romance, Kelvin's overprotective, possessive, and often cold demeanor casts a long shadow. Gea, though endlessly charmed, finds herself constantly navigating his intense affections, often resorting to playful teasing to break through his stoic exterior. Their world, seemingly perfect, harbors a quiet tension - Kelvin's need for control, Gea's yearning for unrestrained freedom. As their days unfold, marked by stolen kisses and tender embraces, Gea wonders if their love can truly withstand the suffocating grip of his devotion, or if her husband's obsessive love is a gilded cage she's yet to escape. The stakes are their hearts, their future, and the very definition of their love.
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The Corvid Queen's Alibi
By @john1208
Dr. Ilmar Vares is a psychopomp - a state-sanctioned practitioner who helps the terminally ill find peace before their Tideshift. After a catastrophic failure tarnishes his reputation, he's given one last chance: travel to the salt-crusted city of Revalia and conduct the final mental evaluation of Adelina Sarapik, the 'Corvid Queen'. Accused of poisoning the city's aqueducts and amassing a fortune from the resulting suffering, Adelina is a reviled figure, her execution eagerly awaited. Ilmar's orders are simple: confirm her malice, sign the papers, and reclaim his life. But the woman he finds is not a cackling monster. She is a fortress of glacial calm and cutting wit, a woman who meets his shameless provocations with unnerving silence. As he delves into her past, peeling back layers of lies orchestrated by her beloved stepsister, Ilmar discovers that Adelina's 'ill-gotten' gains are mysteriously vanishing, and the true source of the city's sickness is something far more sinister than simple poison. Can he uncover the truth before the state he serves silences its only witness?
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A Cozy Bed of Ruin
By @john1208
Corelia Montavi’s first life ended in the cold agony of a lonely childbirth, while her husband Cervan was busy celebrating with his mistress. Reborn on the dreary afternoon of her grandfather’s funeral - the very day her marital nightmare began - Corelia decides she’s far too tired to plot a loud, violent vengeance. A true lazy genius, she realizes the most efficient path to absolute ruin requires outsourcing. Wrapping her brilliant mind in a cozy, unbothered facade, Corelia approaches Roccano Di'Veltro, Cervan’s terrifying and untouchable superior at the consortium. With a sweet smile and a meticulously gathered stack of Cervan’s embezzlement files, she leaks everything to the police through Roccano's influence. What begins as a transactional leak blossoms into a heartwarming sanctuary, as the ruthless boss proves surprisingly soft for the sleepy heiress and fiercely protective of her younger brother, Tavio. Corelia effortlessly orchestrates the exposure of the mistress's fake pregnancy at a glittering family banquet, but as her enemies crumble, an unsettling truth surfaces. Her childhood mentor, the warm and maternal Madama Celli, was the mastermind pulling Cervan's strings all along. Can Corelia summon the energy to outsmart the woman who raised her, or will her newfound happiness be stolen away?
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Cold Haven
By @john1208
I was running on exactly three hours of sleep, an IV drip of caffeine, and crushing depression when my estranged father died. His final act? Handing me the deed to a remote cabin in the Vulkari Peaks. Desperate to escape my soul-crushing job as a logistics dispatcher for a soulless megacorp, I packed up my teenage brother, Bram, and fled to the snow. Enter Calder Hest. The quiet, broad-shouldered innkeeper next door chopped wood, made terrible jokes, and brewed excellent coffee. For the first time in years, my chest stopped aching. I thought I'd finally found a fleeting slice of peace. I was dead wrong. The cabin wasn't a gift to help me heal; it was a beacon designed by my father's enemies to lure us to a killbox with no witnesses. Suddenly, my relaxing vacation turns into a high-octane bloodbath in the snow, and Calder reveals a lethal set of black-ops skills that definitely aren't on an innkeeper's resume. We barely survive, and I flee back to the city to hide. But when a knock echoes through my apartment door in the pouring rain, and Calder is standing there bleeding, I have to ask: did the danger follow me, or did my heart?
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The Ghost-Eater of Krovia
By @john1208
In the mist-shrouded city of Krovia, Inquisitor Radomir Vodyan is the shield against the spectral horrors that prey on the living. His latest quarry is the infamous 'Ghost-Eater,' Lady Anja Volkovna, a woman whose touch is said to devour souls and whose family manor is a place of whispered nightmares. Condemned by all, Anja lives in cold isolation, her immense power a terrifying burden she wields for a secret, desperate purpose: to contain a familial curse that erases people from existence, leaving her as the sole keeper of their memories. Radomir, armed with righteous conviction and a cheeky disregard for decorum, begins his investigation, certain he will expose a monster. Instead, he finds a tragically misunderstood woman fighting a lonely war. As he gets closer, he realizes the 'ghosts' she 'eats' are the last vestiges of forgotten people, and the true evil lurks not in her power, but in the heart of Krovia's high society. Can Radomir unravel the truth and save the woman who carries the memory of the lost, or will they both be erased by a curse designed to be forgotten?
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Relia Dihati Zayn
By @Nordiana _
Tengku Zayn Arslan, a ruthless 30-year-old CEO, found himself burdened with the care of a newborn, Relia, after a tragic incident. Though his world is one of cutthroat business and calculated cruelty, a fierce, almost obsessive protectiveness for Relia bloomed, hidden beneath his glacial exterior. He raised her, meticulously shielding her from the harsh realities he commanded. As Relia blossomed into a vibrant woman, their families, seeing their undeniable bond, arranged their marriage. Relia harbors a deep, unspoken love for Zayn, believing their shared past is a prelude to a future together. However, Zayn, haunted by the ghost of a past friendship with her deceased brother, sees only a sister in the woman he has sworn to protect. Can Relia break through the icy walls of Zayn's heart before his protective instincts consume them both, or will their arranged union shatter under the weight of his unresolved grief and his inability to see her as anything more than his little sister?
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The Caliber Sovereign's Armored Route
By @john1208
In the hyper-stratified Oparia Metropolis, wealth isn't measured by black cards, but by Aegis-Caliber Timepieces - multi-million-dollar, unhackable mechanical watches that serve as biometric keys to bank vaults and corporate servers. Sivara Morvath is fighting a losing battle; her ruthless uncle has magnetically jammed her late father's vault-watch, leaving her inches away from legally defaulting on her inheritance. Enter Vannoc Krell, a minimum-wage logistics courier who drives a dented transport van. When Vannoc drops off a package at her office, he casually uses a pair of cheap tweezers to recalibrate her "irreparable" ten-million-dollar timepiece in three seconds. Believing him to be an autistic savant mechanic down on his luck, Sivara hires him as her personal handler, fiercely defending him from the high-society elites who mock his bare wrists and stained uniform. But Sivara doesn't know that Vannoc isn't just a courier. He is the Prime Escapement - the legendary, retired architect who holds the master blueprints to every elite's vault-watch in the city. When the Morvath family invites the grandmasters to publicly declare Sivara's watch a fake, will they realize too late that the "dirty delivery boy" can freeze their entire fortunes with a single snap of his fingers?
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The Cipher of Somnus
By @john1208
Rinat Aliyev is a Resonator, a psycho-therapist of the mind, renowned for his ability to bring even the most fractured psyches into Harmony. His quiet ruthlessness has earned him the toughest cases within the Spire of Serenity, the sanatorium for the psychically unstable. His new assignment is his greatest challenge yet: the infamous Inessa Rostova, a woman whose Dissonant Resonance is so powerful it warps reality around her. The world sees her as a monster, a cold-hearted weapon who shattered the city's peace. Rinat's job is simple: break her emotional walls, neutralize the threat, and earn a coveted place on the Altan Council. But as he navigates the labyrinth of her mind, he finds not a monster, but a fortress built of grief. Behind her icy facade is a woman secretly funneling her family's vast wealth to a hidden sanctuary for psychic orphans. As Rinat unravels the truth of her past, he becomes her sole defender, willing to risk everything to protect her from the very system he serves. But what if the 'cure' he is meant to administer - the Harmony everyone craves - is not a reward, but a trap designed to enslave them all?
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