Sabrina Reed is Nathan Alden's wife, but not by his choice... EXCERPT****** "I found her like this, sir," the guard announced. Sabrina stirred at the voice, blinking groggily and rubbing her eyes to chase away the blur clouding her vision. A towering figure stepped into focus. "What are you doing out here, Sabrina?" Nathan's voice was sharp, cutting through the fog of sleep. His jaw was tight, words pressed between clenched teeth. She blinked again, brushing hair from her face as she sat up. "What are you doing out here?" he repeated-louder this time, more demanding. He stood before her in a jet-black suit and white button-up shirt, sleeves rolled just enough to expose forearms clenched across his chest. His eyebrows were drawn tight, his eyes narrowed. "I came back late last night and... the guard was gone, so... I just fell asleep," she said softly, eyes lowering under the weight of his glare. He dismissed the guard with a silent nod, then stepped closer. "Where were you last night?" he asked, voice taut with suspicion. She yawned, trying to blink herself fully awake. "I've been volunteering at the animal shelter." "Get up," he ordered, tone clipped and harsh. "You expect me to believe that? Don't animal shelters close at a decent time?" She remained seated, her legs too stiff to move. "Yes, but-" "Get up!" he barked.

Jin-Woo x Reader | Enemies to Lovers | Slow Burn | solo leveling AU She was never just another S-Rank. Raised in the shadow of tragedy after losing her family in the Jeju Island raid, she grew up believing her power came with a price-isolation, control, silence. The world called it talent. She called it a curse. "If this is strength," she once whispered, "why does it feel like I'm always bleeding?" But what she doesn't know is that her strength isn't just skill. It isn't luck. It's something far older. Something forgotten. And now... it's waking up. Credit of the WEBTOON solo leveling : chugong and jang-sung rak

Fifteen-year-old Ainsley Myers doesn't look like someone who's afraid. She's quiet, loud when needed to be, flat, and sarcastic. The kind of girl who fills silence with humor and defiance, who keeps people laughing just far enough away that they never get too close. Where her twin sister Athena learned to move gently through the world, Ainsley learned to hit it first, using noise, wit, and distance as armor. Athena was protected. Ainsley was not. Athena grew up kind, soft-spoken, and trusting, never fully knowing the depth of what her sister endured, only sensing that something was wrong. Ainsley never told her. Not because she didn't love her, but because she didn't know how to explain it. Because the worst parts didn't feel explainable. Because silence felt safer than truth. When their current foster dad is arrested, everything they believe about their lives collapses. They weren't abandoned. They were stolen. Waiting for them is a family that never stopped searching: a father who left space at the table, brothers raised on stories and hope, and a home built on patience instead of punishment. For Athena, the return feels like a chance to finally breathe. For Ainsley, it feels like danger. Because sarcasm doesn't survive gentleness. Armor doesn't work in a house built on patience. And distance becomes impossible in a family that refuses to give up on you. As Athena begins to settle into safety, Ainsley resists closeness with jokes, walls, and emotional deflection. But the longer this family stays, the harder it becomes to pretend she doesn't care. The harder it becomes to keep fighting a world that no longer looks like a threat. Surrounded by people who don't demand, don't push, and don't leave, Ainsley must face the one truth she's spent her life outrunning: That maybe she doesn't have to be loud to be safe. That maybe she doesn't have to be sharp to survive. And that love doesn't have to hurt to be real.

Liliana has always had a bad life. Ever since she was five, her mother would date the wrong people who would corrupt her, and she was the one who always got hurt. The abuse was usually mental, but then Liliana turned ten, and that's when it became physical. Four years later, she finds out that her mom died in a car accident and has to go live with her older brothers who she has no memory of. Will her brothers welcome's her with open arms? Will she learn to let them in? Will they find out the truth of her childhood? TRIGGER WARNING: includes abuse and mental health like anxiety, depression, and self harm

Raised to be holy. Born into something far more dangerous. Seventeen year old, Evienne Ellery spent her life preparing for heaven. Sent away to a secluded boarding school in the Swiss Alps by distant, unfeeling adoptive parents, she was raised by nuns and priests to be obedient, submissive and small. Behind stone chapels and cold classrooms, Evienne learned early that love was conditional, punishment was holy, and suffering was something to be endured quietly Her future was simple: be good, be faithful, and one day do her duty-marry a man who would secure her family's interests. Her life was planned. Controlled. Perfect. Until it wasn't. When everything she knows collapses, Evienne is torn from the only world she has ever known and sent to live with her biological family-six brothers who are loud, vulgar, violent, and unapologetically criminal. They don't pray. They don't obey. And they certainly don't believe in God the way she was taught. They believe in blood. With them, she learns the truth of who she really is: The lost princess of one of the most powerful mafia families in the world. Her brothers have been searching for her for years, and now that they've found her, they refuse to lose her again. In their world of power, crime, and betrayals, Evienne learns that love doesn't always look gentle-and protection often comes with a body count. But as old family feuds resurface, enemies close in, and the past she was hidden from begins to reach for her, Evienne is forced to confront an impossible question: What happens when the people you love will never be welcome in heaven-and you're no longer sure you want to go without them?

When seventeen-year old Riley Quinn moves from sunny California to the frostbitten small town of Maplewood, Minnesota, she's ready for one thing : a quiet restart. After a humiliating year and one very public mental health crisis, she just wants to blend in, keep her head down and spend as much time as possible on the ice. Alone. But fate has other plans. Asher Kane is Maplewood High's golden boy, hockey captain, and walking embodiment of "I don't do relationships." With a reputation for breaking hearts and noses in equal meaure, he's the last person Riley wants to deal with... Until she accidently outskates him at open rink night and becomes the new school obsession. Now Riley's fighting rumours, feelings, and a terrifyingly persistent Asher that keeps showing up outside her window. Asher's trying to figure out why the girl who doesn't want attention is the only one he can't stop looking at. And in a town where gossipp spreads faster than frostbite, keeping secrets might be the hardest trick of all. STARTED - 21.10.2025. FINISHED -

*Mature Content; Soft DDLG* New to Houston, medical school, and struggling with her anxiety, Dania gets a little lost in her own world. Luckily, Reyn, a hotshot corporate lawyer, resolves to make her the center of his. ***** I squirmed when I felt Daddy approach from behind. His hand settled around my throat, directing my cheek to press against the window. His other hand pushed against my ass before moving up and grasping my waist. "You like being on display like this, my princess?" He roughly whispered against my ear. "Let's show everyone who you belong to, hmm? Tell me, who do you belong to, baby?" "I'm yours, Daddy," I responded softly. I jumped when he smacked my ass. "I didn't hear you, little one. Speak up," he chided. "I belong to you, Daddy," I raised my voice a little more this time. "That's right, baby." Started: Feb 24, 2021 Finished: Sept 12, 2021 Para leer esta historia en español, vaya a @serpientenegraa

Kayla becomes an inter at Knight Industries not knowing she'd meet third generation mafia leader, Aris Knight. The man that she can barely talk to without mumbling over her words. When she becomes her intership consist of being his personal assistant. She becomes tangled in his world. Will she break if off once finding out who he is? Or will their love be strong enough. Aris Knight, determined to find the killers of his unborn brother. At first he was cold with his new intern. knowing can't have any distractions. Though soon enough Kayla begins to break down the walls he worked so hard to build up. She slips through the cracks and he caves. Will he have his happily ever after? Or will he break his and Kayla's heart and forever? #7 in slowburnish - 07.07.22 #5 in caretaker - 12.27.22 #1 in slow burnish - 12.27.22 #4 in caretaker - 12.28.22 #2 in caretaker - 02.18.23 #4 in violent - 03.19.23 #1 in caretaker - 10.08.24

A man claimed by the devil. A woman claimed by no one. Until him. 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐎 is a monster. His family relies on him to torture and kill. It's his birthright, curse, and the most delicious punishment for a gluttonous sinner. He's no stranger to violence and depravity. Soldier of the Romano crime family, he might be stranger to everything else. 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐄 is an outcast, the hidden gem of the Genovese crime family, shunned by her father and forgotten by the world. She's utterly alone, until she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Kidnapped by the man with dark eyes, tattoos, and a soul to match. And he isn't planning on letting her go. The deviant killer with the angelic name, her intended torturer, the devil of the underground. Santo is quickly becoming something to Nina that seems impossible, something that neither of them are ready for. She threatens to uproot everything he's always known and been, and when secrets are revealed, when demons come out to play, it's not only a matter of how willing Santo and Nina are to salvage something that seems to be the only beautiful corner of both their worlds. It's a matter of whether any kind of beauty can survive in a world so dark. ✚ Dark Saint is a slow burn, enemies to lovers, dark mafia romance with mature content and dark themes. Read at your own discretion. [ Book 1 in the Romano Brotherhood Series | COMPLETED ✔ ] Featured on @Romance Featured on @StoriesUndiscovered

TRIGGER WARNING: NON-CONSENSUAL marking (as in biting the nape of the neck to claim someone as your bonded mate.) When the Wolf King, Malachai, meets a mysterious young woman in the gardens of his keep, her warmth shatters the cold iron of his heart. She speaks to him and teases him, unaware that the man before her is the very ruler whispered about in fear: the king rumoured to have murdered his own fated mate. For the first time in years, Malachai feels alive, until her world collides with his in a way neither of them could have foreseen. Lillybelle has always been the outsider, the half-breed daughter of a beta and a human. Her life has been a careful balance of obedience and invisibility. But when her childhood friend and secret love, Rylan, publicly rejects her in front of the entire Royal Summit, her world fractures. Betrayed, humiliated, and stripped of the one bond she dreamed of, she's left standing alone, until the cold, dangerous king steps forward to claim her.