Hollow Fever Heartbeat
By @Megann Koetter
Amidst the chilling spread of Hollow Fever, two American sisters, the protective Mae and the reckless Cassia, find their European adventure turn into a nightmare in the shadowed streets of Russia. A feverish stranger’s desperate bite, meant for sustenance, not transformation, rips Cassia from her human life. As the world reels from the sudden emergence of supernaturals, Mae makes a desperate, morally gray choice: she refuses to let go. To save her sister from the bite's slow, agonizing death, Mae offers herself to the same shadowy curse, binding them through a primal, possessive mate bond that feels less like destiny and more like a desperate, bloody claim. Now, both twisted by a hunger they never asked for, they must navigate a world unraveling, forever tethered to the creature who claimed them, fighting not just for survival but for any remnant of their humanity, and each other, against the encroaching darkness and their own burgeoning monstrous desires.
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Celestial Embers of Saphire
By @黑田三日月
In a dying world consumed by the Frost Scourge, where ancient magic freezes lives solid, twin sisters Elara and Lyra cling to each other, their bond a defiant ember against the encroaching ice. Elara possesses the forbidden Echo Soul, a cheat ability allowing her to perfectly mimic any magical skill she witnesses, but at a devastating cost. When Lyra is afflicted by a nascent Frost Scourge, Elara must master her volatile power to save her. Their journey through crystalline ruins pits them against the Dominion of Eternal Winter, zealots who believe the Scourge is a divine culling. Elara's only hope is a mythical Sunpetal Bloom, rumored to reverse the freezing curse, hidden deep within the treacherous Everwinter Peaks. Can she protect Lyra from both the world's ice and her own escalating power before their shared warmth becomes a memory?
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