"Sometimes I think about what my life would be like without you." "Then leave."

(poly seventeen×Y/N arrange marriage au) Forced into an arranged marriage with thirteen distant, sarcastic men, Y/N faces an uphill battle. She's the youngest, the outsider, and no matter how hard she tries, it feels like they'll never accept her. They scoff at her attempts to be part of their world. But Y/N isn't the type to back down. With every insult, she grows stronger, determined to make them notice her - even if it means breaking down every wall they've built. In a house filled with denial, one thing is clear: feelings are starting to change. •Mature content is going to be present•

❝Magic isn't just a spark; it's the way the soil breathes before the first bloom of spring.❞ .̩₊̣.̩✧̣̩˚̣̣⁺̣‧.₊̣̇.‧⁺̣˚̣̣̣̩⋆·̩̩.̩̥·̩̩⋆̣̩˚̣̣⁺̣‧.₊̣̇.‧⁺̣˚̣̣̣̩✧·.̩₊̣.̩ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡- 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐀𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐋𝐔𝐙𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐎 is the definition of grounded. A girl from a rainy valley in Washington, her life was measured in shifts at her mother's garden shop, science fairs with her dad, and the comfort of her Italian-Hispanic home. After a tiny graduation and a local Associate's degree, she never expected her first travel abroad to be a one-way ticket to the mist-shrouded peaks of Romania. WELCOME TO NOXMERE ACADEMY. Situated on a Limen-Point, a thinning of the veil between the human world and the infinite Aetheria Dimensions, Noxmere is a Gothic labyrinth where trees whisper in Latin. In a sea of Luminals with wings and fangs, Maristella is a mundane anchor in a world that defies gravity. At the academy's heart sits the Hexad, six royal heirs bonded by a dormant, primal magic. They are the apex predators of the realms, waiting for a celestial queen to complete their power. They don't know that Maristella is their Septimus-Soul, their fated mate. To them, she is an impossible puzzle; a fragile human who smells like the first day of creation and makes their instincts scream for a possession they can't explain. ⏾ Tom & Matheo Riddle: Umbra-Kings with the dark fire of the Void-Dragon. ⏾ Draco Malfoy: The Glacial Aristocrat wielding lethal Crystal-Frost. ⏾ Blaise Zabini: The Helios-Weaver, a master of Solar-Alchemy. ⏾ Theodore Nott: The Echo-Demon who hears the Hum of the Universe. ⏾ Lorenzo Berkshire: The Astral-Seeker who hunts for her in his dreams. They rule the realms. They command the elements. And they are about to be brought to their knees by a girl who misses the Seattle rain.

She's barely getting by when he appears in her life, only focused on one thing. Neither would suspect their paths would cross again without the four walls of his hotel room. Can she uncover the real him, even if she hasn't uncovered the real her yet?

I froze. A man was slumped against the graffiti-covered brick wall, blood blooming across his side. His white shirt was soaked through, and there was a gun just inches from his open hand. My heart slammed against my ribs. Run, Skye. You should run. But I didn't. Instead, I dropped my bag and took a cautious step closer. His head lifted. Piercing, icy blue eyes met mine, sharp even through the haze of pain. His face was all sharp edges and shadowed scruff, blood trailing from the corner of his mouth. His accent was thick and rough, like broken glass. "Leave." I shook my head slowly. "You're bleeding. Bad." "Not your concern." His voice was lethal, but he flinched hard when he tried to move. "You're gonna die out here," I whispered, kneeling beside him. My hands trembled as I pressed a napkin from my apron against his side. "I'm studying to be a nurse. Let me help." He stared at me like I was something he couldn't comprehend. A stranger. A softness he didn't trust. Then his hand, heavy and warm, clamped around my wrist-not rough, but firm. "What's your name?" he rasped. "...Skye." A beat passed. Then another. "I am Mikhail." His eyes darkened. "And you shouldn't have found me."

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Bryce had been a good kid. A better than good kid actually, with his sense of justice and high morals. He wanted to be a police officer and do good things for his community and the world. But then he was kidnapped because of one of his many good deeds, and worse yet, he had dragged his girlfriend, Krissy, into the dangerous mess he had made for himself. Their kidnapper was a woman, a mother, who blamed him for her son's imprisonment and later death. The woman's goal was to torture him, break him, and turn a good kid bad. It wouldn't have worked if not for Krissy - the good kid's one weakness. The one thing he would do anything for, including becoming a Monster.

My husband, after four years of marriage, suddenly pushed and pushed for an open marriage. I resisted, but he kept at me until I gave in. Then I discovered he never intended for me to partake -- only he would. He thought wrong.

Esme Things can become clear in a second. When I found Tanner in his office with that woman, so many things became obvious. Tanner's always held himself back from me, but now, secrets and lies come tumbling out into the light. He's never loved me and he never will. I'm no longer willing to be a placeholder in his life, and I have to end our marriage. Tanner I'd been married for four years to someone I didn't believe I loved because I thought I still loved another woman. A woman I had to give up when I chose to marry my wife after I got her pregnant. Now, the other woman's back, she's divorced and is telling me it's our time to be together. Just as soon as I divorce my wife, who's pregnant with our second child. The allure of the past was impossible to resist, so I gave in, met her at my office and my wife found us just...after. So many things became clear to me even before I looked into my wife's devastated eyes. What had I done? I knew what I'd done, and now I had to prove to my wife that she's the one I want.

REVERSE HAREM Rhya, Rhy, is working for the largest law firm in the city when four of New York's most powerful men come strolling in. Colter, Cillian, Ryker and Dane have all come from the very streets they know own. They fight hard and love harder. When Rhya walks in to their world, will it change them? Will her dark past compliment theirs? Is there venom running through her veins afterall? Find out in this spicy, thrilling, gut wrenching reverse harem.