It's the second part of the "The Devil's Crown", making it the second instalment of the Devil's Trilogy. Hence, not a STANDALONE! It's a dance of desire and destruction. A battle of surrender and control. Obsession and ruin. I am a woman marked by regret, haunted by demons of my past. An escaper, running from everything that binds me. Then I met him. Zyran Zakharov. A devil in silk, with cold blue eyes that promise nothing but pain. The kind of man who doesn't just take but consumes. The moment our eyes locked, I knew I was doomed. I was going to sin. I was going to fall into his darkness, and nothing could stop me. Every touch, every word, pulls me deeper into his world consuming me whole. He doesn't want to save me, he wants to own me. Possess me. And once you're in his grip, there's no escaping. Only falling further. I thought I was prepared. But I wasn't. He doesn't want my heart. He wants my soul. A soul of destruction.

○°●°☆•°~ She turned around after cursing her life out and froze. If a soul ever left a body without dying, it was in that moment that happened for Zara. For a moment she forgot how to breathe and her eyes widened in shock. There, sitting in her living room, were seven unfamiliar people. Three of them sat on her couch, two on the chairs from her kitchen, one was sitting on the floor while one was sitting on the only recliner she owned. They were all staring at her with different emotions and Zara felt her blood run cold. -_-_-_-_- Zara Romano, a fifteen year old sarcastic ball of intelligence, is thrown into a whole different world after discovering she has brothers and a father. The young teen whose main struggles were to get through school and pay rent on time is now faced with situations she never anticipated. From a big family to people after her life, you name it. Follow her on this journey of guns, family, sibling fights, coding and baking. And oh, don't forget her hedgehog, Nugget.

A once happy family, now drifting apart. People who hate him with a burning passion but love his twin. Just what happened to make them drift apart and why do they hate him? Aren't they supposed to love each other? Aren't they supposed to be family? Join Leonardo on his journey of abuse and suffering at the hands of his own family, who despise him with every fibre of their being. What happens when they cross a line? Will they be able to fix what has been broken?

|Completed On Scrollstack| Kainaat Sharma was finally settling into Trinity, making peace with its air of power and deception. For the first time, she felt like she belonged-like she had carved a place for herself amidst the chaos. But beneath the illusion of control, the strings had always been pulled by someone else. The game was already in motion long before she stepped onto the board, and she soon realised she was nothing more than a pawn. But Kainaat is done being a piece in someone else's hands. With every secret she uncovers, the shadows around her grow darker. Loyalties crumble. Truths shatter. And the past refuses to stay buried. The deeper she digs, the closer she comes to the one secret that changes everything. And just when she thinks she's found her silver lining, she realizes it's only a key to another secret. A secret immersed deep in blood. A secret so lethal, it made her question her entire life.

Copyright © 2024 by xphoenixo BEAUTIFULLY DESTROYED ELIXIR SERIES | BOOK 1 ××× Everything around her was chaotic. Lights were flickering on and off, casting wild shadows across the room. Sparks flew from broken wires, and the stench of burning plastic filled the air. But through it all, she heard the sound of slow footsteps approaching her. A pair of black boots stepped into her blurry line of vision. She tried to lift her head, but it felt like it weighed a ton. All she could do was lie there, soaked and shaking, staring up at the figure that loomed over her. He crouched down, his cold dark eyes gleaming with a twisted kind of pride. The one who smiled when she screamed. "Finally," he whispered, his voice smooth and calm, like he was congratulating her on passing a test. "My beautiful creation... ready to take on the world." Evelyn's heart pounded in her chest. She wanted to move, to fight, but she was too weak. The power that had burst out of her was gone, leaving her empty and drained. All she could do was glare up at him, her vision fading as exhaustion swallowed her whole. The last thing she saw before the darkness took her was his cruel smile, and she knew - this was far from over. He had won this time. But deep inside her, there was still a spark. And one day, that spark would become a fire that would burn him and all the monsters like him to ash. But for now, all she could do was survive. And wait. Because she has nothing to lose but him?

"You're a thorn in my side." . . . The bane of my existence has always been Alessandro Silvestro. He's the reason my blood boils every time I'm in the same room as him. The reason why I do things out of my character. He brings out the nasty, rotten side of me. He was my first love. First enemy. And if that wasn't enough, he's also the identical copy of my best friend. The person I hate the most also has the face of the person who means the most to me. And he'll stop at nothing to see me crushed and wither in front of his eyes.

---▪︎ A Wattpad featured story ▪︎--- Twelve years ago, an incident changed my life. I was sent to London by my father with a new identity; all alone, away from my family and home, away from everything that was me. With a new persona as Jennifer Ryson, I rose from the ashes and became a force to be reckoned, a name to be remembered, the richest businesswoman in London. Alas, past is like a haunting spirit who follows you until you face it square in the eye. Twelve years later, that's exactly what I'm forced to do. Unravel a mystery that changed my life. The only problem? The key to find out what exactly happened that night is by taking the help of my nemesis who I'd rather butcher in his sleep. Lykas freaking Vitallis. My business rival, my sister's to-be fiance and a connection to my past I do not want to acknowledge. But beggars can't be choosers afterall.

In which a teenage girl sets her sights on the mafia don, and innocently seduces him. . . . . . . . . . . She gets what she wants because no one dares to refuse the Principessa. But when they can't give her the one thing she wants, she gets it herself. . . . . . . . . . . 19 year old Giana is beautiful, sweet and convey's innocence. Giana is also bratty, spoiled and manipulative. What happens when she's sent to live with La Famigilia after her own family dies? She craves the one man she can't have. The man that is to take care of her. The man that will always give her what she wants, yet the same man that tells her she can't have him. But like the brat she is, she doesn't listen. . . . . . . . . . . - Forbidden romance - Age gap - Dark mafia romance - Explicit sexual content Highest Ranks #1 in Spoiled #1 in Seduction #1 in SpoiledBrat

I finally found him. And this time, he can't escape-not before I get my answers. But the truth doesn't just cut deep-it eviscerates me. Because in his story, I am not the victim. I am the villain. The monster who set his world on fire just to play in it's ashes. And now, as I kneel before him, stripped of pride, begging for redemption, all he has for me is hate. Cold, raw, merciless hate. He wants to break me. Ruin me. Destroy me in ways I never imagined. And by any means, anything for my obsession. My Kairos. I'll let him carve his vengeance into my skin, tear me apart piece by piece-until there's nothing left of me but the wreckage of his rage. Because he can ruin me. He can rip me to shreds. He can kill me, and I will still crawl back to him. I am his sickness. His curse. His obsession. ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ There's no owd or cheating trope involved!

In the heart of the perfect Qureshi family lies a graveyard of secrets, where smiles veil unspoken sorrows and silence masks secrets. Each member battles their own inner demons, but now, Zeher, driven by an insatiable curiosity, seeks to unravel the threads that bind their fractured souls. Will the truth set them free, or shatter the illusion they've so carefully crafted?