What if none of it was worth it? Monet spent every day of her high school years searching for the bricks she believed would build the perfect future. Academic success, a family, a budding career in STEM, and childhood love. It all felt so close, she could almost taste it. Clinging to the future she was convinced was hers, one night of chaos destroys everything in its path. Seven years later, parts of the life Monet dreamed of remain intact. Some things... she had to let go of. What other choice did she have? Then, one day, a familiar voice with an unfamiliar request threatens to unravel all her hard work. Are some things better left in the past? Now, Monet faces two choices: try to rekindle what was lost or allow herself to be loved by someone new. TW This story contains mentions of strong themes, including violence, loss, and substance use. All subjects were handled with the utmost care and consideration.

Elena has a mind at war with itself. Vittorio hides secrets no one should discover. When he chooses her as prey, she decides not to run. Some love stories are born in blood. ​▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ​Her mind is a parliament in permanent revolt: voices fighting for control, personalities seizing the wheel without warning. She has learned to survive by wearing masks, navigating a life that has never felt like her own. ​Vittorio is the highest-paid lawyer in Milan. Impeccable. Controlled. The man the guilty turn to when they want to become innocent. But behind the mask of perfection hides something far darker. ​When one night he chooses her as prey, Elena discovers she doesn't want to run. She discovers that terror tastes the same as excitement. And she discovers that perhaps, for the first time, someone truly sees her. ​This is not a redemption story. This is not a story about victims. This is the story of two predators who recognize each other in the dark. ​⚠️ Explicit content: violence, sex, death. Adults only.

Welcome to the Sanctuary, a place of spiritual rebirth nestled in the barren desert. At least, that's what the recruitment videos promise. The truth is a lie wrapped in hope. The compound is a prison, sealed by fencing curved inward-not to keep intruders out, but to keep souls in. It is ruled by a man known only as The Messiah. Charismatic, beautiful, and utterly psychotic, he commands absolute obedience through a twisted faith of fear, "Juju," and bizarre sexual rituals. He is a god with a temper and a severe cocaine addiction , and his followers are the broken masses who worship the ground he walks on. In this hell, Mercy is the exception. Wearing the red robe that marks him as "favored," Mercy is the Messiah's most prized possession-his gatekeeper, his advisor, and his sexual plaything. But where others are broken, Mercy is a weapon. He has never truly surrendered his will and is playing a dangerous game for survival. He is surrounded by a hierarchy of rivals: Prince Terrence: The ruthless second-in-command in black, a "personal bitch" to the Messiah who is consumed by jealousy. Elder Mother Supreme: The 83-year-old head cook in green, a sadistic and powerful advisor who handles the compound's "dirty work" and buries its secrets. Headmaster Oakley: The obsessive educator in yellow, responsible for indoctrinating new minds into the cult's twisted ways. All of them want Mercy . But their desire is a vulnerability he can exploit. When a brutal power struggle with Elder Mother Supreme escalates from a slap to a poisoned pie, Mercy must use his enemies' obsessions against them to survive. In a world where escape means public execution and unauthorized sex is punished with acid, the only way to win is to be more calculating and more brutal than the monsters who rule. In the Sanctuary, mercy is just a name.

You live in a small town. You don't believe in love - or in magic. You make up a boyfriend just to get people off your back... and then, one quiet autumn afternoon in a bookstore, you meet the very boy you invented. Agatha Carroway has always preferred to stay out of sight - cozy rituals, quiet mornings, her favorite little bookshop, and a complete absence of romance. A fake boyfriend was supposed to be a harmless white lie, a polite way to stop her family and neighbors from asking questions she never wanted to answer. But when a stranger walks into the shop looking exactly like the perfect boy she once described - the same smile, the same eyes, the same inexplicable warmth - Agatha's carefully ordered world fractures. And when strange things begin happening around her, she can no longer ignore the truth she's denied her whole life: magic exists... and it's waking up inside her. And with that magic comes everything she's been hiding from herself. Now Agatha must figure out who this boy really is, why his appearance is tied to the changes stirring within her, and why feelings she buried long ago are suddenly returning. All of it unfolds as autumn settles over Seven Oaks - golden leaves, quiet mysteries, and the soft kind of magic that alters everything. A cozy fall romance about impossible encounters, awakening magic, and the moment love finds you - even when you don't believe in it. 🍂✨🍂

In the year 2099, Earth is finally healing after many years of chaos, but peace is fleeting. Once again, mysterious creatures return from the depths of deep space, and humanity's fragile hope is in ruins once again. Childhood best friends Ezra Addison and Maliha Chisaka are enjoying a fun, sunny afternoon by the lake when disaster strikes all around them. A blinding light radiates from within one of the beasts and consumes his best friend, vanishing without a trace. Ezra's world is ripped into pieces. Determined to uncover the truth and avenge his losses, he embarks on a relentless journey through a transformed Earth. Many years pass, but somehow, hope and strength endure. Then, in the most unexpected of ways, Maliha returns - physically and mentally changed - but alive. Together again, Ezra and Maliha must navigate through their shattered pasts. Learning how to heal, still remaining strong and focused in an everchanging, war-torn future. As they uncover the invaders' true intentions, they rise as unlikely heroes in a final battle for freedom, revenge, second chances, and the fate of their planet. - WARNING: This story will contain blood, gore, possible suicide, talks of severe PTSD, panic attacks, sexual scenarios, and more. Please read at your own risk :) Thank you ❤️

A cataclysmic event changed the course of history forever. Meteors charged with magical energy crashed into Earth, ushering in a new era. As the global superpowers raced to study them, they unearthed the remnants of a buried past: a pre-human civilization, and with it, the ancient "Shard" technology-powerful, reality-warping, and forged from the meteoric fragments. The world was never the same. A global war reshaped power, erased borders, and gave rise to new hierarchies. Then came the discovery that changed everything: A supreme force capable of rewriting reality itself-an ancient legacy that once triggered a catastrophe so great, it erased an entire civilization from history. That power was thought to be lost. But now, it has returned. In the towering ruins of the future, two survivors fight to stay alive. Raiga, a boy with no memories and a power he doesn't understand. Liara, his childhood friend-smart, quick, and just as broken. Together they survive in Zenithar, a dystopian megacity ruled by factions, machines, and forgotten gods. They steal. They fight. They run. And they dream of escape. But one mission gone wrong changes everything. Raiga unleashes a force no one has seen in centuries. The kind of power people would kill for. The kind of power that should never exist. Now hunted by the Church of Eternity, global elites, and post-war military factions, Raiga is pulled into a conflict far older than he imagined. A war buried in forgotten ruins. A truth erased from human memory. To survive, he must uncover who he really is. To save what's left of the world, he may have to become what destroyed the last one. The war never ended. It only forgot its name. Welcome to Fireborn X: Heaven's Descent. A myth reborn. A future shattered. Reader's Notes: - Introduction: Chapters 1-10 - Update Schedule: 2 chapters per week. Comments and reactions are always welcome. Your thoughts shape this journey! Follow the Author! - NikkoTenkai

Her love is a weapon. It's killed before. And this time, she's sworn it won't happen again. Everyone at Blackthorn University thinks Kara is just another human girl juggling midterms, frat parties, and overpriced lattes. No one suspects the truth: that she's a Phoenix shifter, hiding in plain sight in a world ruled by werewolves and lycans. Even her closest friends don't know the fire simmering beneath her skin. But Kara isn't just hiding from them, she's hiding from fate. From the one thing she dreads more than anything else: her mate. She's done letting her love be a death sentence. She won't survive another loss. The scars she bears run deeper than flesh. So when Ryker, the dangerously magnetic lycan General, realizes Kara is his fated mate, she does exactly what she swore she would. She pushes him away. Again. And again. And again. But lycans don't walk away from their mates. And Ryker? He's dominant, possessive, and utterly relentless. He's a storm she can't outrun, a flame that won't go out. And every heated glance, every stolen moment, threatens to shatter the walls she's spent years building. As secrets ignite and her past begins to unravel, Kara must face the truth: Can she let herself love again, knowing it could destroy them both? Or will her lies-and the deadly curse entwined with her love-be the very thing that dooms them forever?

Zohra's life takes a devastating turn when her father forces her into a marriage she never wanted. Bound to a man she barely knows, she is unaware of the dark secret he hides-he is not just her husband-to-be, but the one who plans to sell her to a fate worse than death. As Zohra struggles against the invisible chains of her family's decision, a stray dog, Max, enters her life-a dog who can hear human thoughts but cannot speak them. Max knows the truth. He knows the man she is about to marry is a monster. But how can he warn her when she refuses to see beyond the facade? With betrayal lurking in the shadows and a love she never expected waiting on the other side, Zohra must make a choice-will she fight for her freedom, or will she lose herself in the arms of a man who never deserved her? And when the final twist unravels-the biggest secret of all-nothing will ever be the same again. 💔 Forced Marriage. A Silent Savior. A Heart-Wrenching Betrayal. #Thriller #Mystery #ForcedMarriage #Betrayal #UnspokenLove #WattpadExclusive