Demosthenes is king. A role that comes with responsibility, a palace, a kingdom and an ego the size of of it all. It takes little more than a miracle to raise his interest in anything, let alone anyone. Elpis, a humble fisherman and women's son, really has no intentions of searching for more than silver coins inside the walls of Euphranor, but when, completely by the accident, the Moirai saw the two happen upon each other, he is drafted into a world that is so far from his own, by a man who's soul is much darker than his own.

In the beginning... he was like a storm: violent, dangerous, and perfectly capable of destroying everything in his path. He'd gotten his hands on everything needed to pin me in his trap. My home... my belongings... my life -- he could have taken any of them at any time, and I wouldn't have been allowed to so much as let out a single protest. In the end, though, what he ended up wanting more than anything else in the world was something I swore up and down I wouldn't ever give him. Me. 🌺👑💛👑🌺 Aerin Vanderhill is uncertain of who he is on the inside and what he really wants out of life. For seventy-five years, he's lived very quietly in a small but futuristic American town, sleeping during the day and occasionally meandering around at night, basically just wondering at his own depressing existence. His family is long dead and everyone he once loved is gone, so for him, all that's left is the silence of being alone... of mimicking life because its there and he has it. Its boring, but what's an awkward, socially inept vampire who's only true form of human contact comes through playing online video games supposed to do? Nothing. That's right, nothing. Because doing something would make him spiral. That's why he sticks to his routine, no matter how pointless it feels to him. Unfortunately, his simple way of living comes to an immediate end when a dangerous, beast-like man with strange powers and even stranger origins comes gallivanting into town, hunting for the so-called "leech" who lulls his victims to sleep before preying on them. Aerin is soon certain he's going to be murdered, but fate might just have other plans. (This is a story featuring male only romance. LGBT+) TRAILER INSIDE! Content warning: Please note that this story contains: - very, very mild sexual/sensual scenes and references (much later) - violence - abuse - depression Copyright © by Aaron Ledgers. All rights reserved.

⚠️Fun news coming soon!⚠️ Loving someone who doesn't love you back super sucks. What's even suckier? If that someone is a superhero...and your best friend. Noah has known his oldest friend, Abe, for years. He is also the only person who knows that Abe is secretly a member of the world-famous superhero team, The Fleet. Noah may be powerless but has never minded watching from the sidelines as Abe saves the world. Not to mention, Noah has his own hands full with surviving high school. Maybe it is his constant brash decisions like flirting with the school's mysterious new kid and humiliating the class bully. Trouble is always looking for Noah, so is it really surprising when he is approached by a dangerous team of anti-heroes who want his help? Nah. But what is Noah to think when the vigilantes tell him that The Fleet has a devious plan to enslave mankind? Now, Noah is stuck between his best friend and discovering the dark secrets of the most powerful beings on earth.

Vampire mafioso Nino's addictive arrangement with human Ben is upended when Nino's sister drops her young daughter into their care, forcing them to masquerade as a happy family - or risk the child becoming a pawn in a high-stakes vampire divorce. Standalone in the Picky Eater series *** Everything between vampire mafioso, Nino, and a human with high-quality blood, Ben, has been about feeding, sex, and a place for Nino to stay in the city. The deal is simple - In exchange for paying Ben's living expenses, Nino can drink Ben's blood whenever he wants. Their routine is comfortable, and slightly too addictive, until Nino's sister, Bianca, crashes into their lives on the run from her ex-husband...who also happens to be a powerful vampire mobster. When Bianca offers Ben a better deal he can't refuse and drops Nino's niece into their laps, Ben and Nino must pretend to be a happy family before she's used as collateral for the century's most dramatic vampire divorce. Season 1 of Picky Eater WARNING: This story contains mature content that may not be suitable for some readers.

This is a FREE book with PAID exclusive chapters. The Whitlock Curse has finally taken Luke's grandmother, leaving him all alone in this world. And now that she's gone, all her secrets are pouring out, including the one where she stole from A DRAGON. Cassian Alwyn, a rare black dragon has come to take back his Fortress Ring, so he can hibernate for the next thousand years... problem is, Luke doesn't know where it is. Forced to work together, Luke and Cassian butt heads immediately and finding the ring seems impossible. It doesn't help that Cassian holds Luke's grandmother's thievery against him, but after fighting off a witch with similar ambitions, slowly the two men get to know each other and find that there's something better than being alone... being with each other. Cassian wonders if he can forgive while Luke hopes that a dragon could survive the Whitlock curse, but when they get closer to their prize, it proves more difficult to change their plans especially when Luke and Cassian only put each other in more danger. ~ Enemies to Lovers ~ Forced proximity ~ Slow Burn ~ "I hate everyone but you" trope

When Charlie gets away from his drug dealing father and is sent to live with his grandparents, things aren't suddenly okay. Charlie's broken. He's not sure he ever wasn't broken. When things get unbearable, the only thing that helps Charlie feel grounded is music. What can he do when he runs out of batteries for his old walkman? At school crowds of people gather to watch Travis perform, but when he goes home his only company is his cat. He escaped his abusive parents, but now he lives with his older brother who is usually away working. Will the strange, quiet boy he finds sitting on his porch trying to listen in on his music put an end to his loneliness?

This normalcy is what he had always wanted, but it comes at a cost. Tom the wolf is well-acquainted with living alone. University has brought him warmth, but that isn't enough. Sometimes, life still drags him to the depths of the alleyways to remind him of his story. It's a regular scenario of harsh reality until he meets a German Shepherd named Max. Little by little, he finds the world slowly changes for the better as warmth begins to seep in. Does it for Max, though? Not quite. As Tom shows him other sides of life, he finds himself torn. Even when he's graduating from university, Tom shows him that there are still things about himself that he must learn. Whom should he believe in? The answer kept coming a resounding "himself". With the wolf to guide him, he's willing to learn and accept the change, even if he himself can be at stake. This homosexual furry romance story contains heavy themes of homosexuality and slight homophobia, physical and psychological abuse, disturbing behaviour and scenes, violence and blood, PTSD, and multipersonality. Read at your own discretion. Appropriate warnings will be placed in the respective chapters. If you like long stories, I hope you will find this book enjoyable. Votes and comments as well as constructive reviews are highly welcome! Word count as of 01/09/21: 203.725 words in total, 3827 words on average per chapter.

Trigger Warnings: Creative spanking, light consensual power exchange but not necessarily BDSM. Gun violence, fist fighting. Mention of sexual assault in the distant past that is not described in any detail or used as a tool for character growth. John has a hidden talent. With a little focus, he can see up to thirty seconds into the future and glimpse what is about to happen around him. He's used this ability to make a name for himself as a bodyguard that always keeps his clients one step ahead of danger. When he's hired by a rumored crime boss for the night, he hopes for an easy gig. What he gets is the start of a completely unexpected obsession that grips his heart and doesn't let go. Ambrose is a man with a purpose. He knows what he wants from life and gets it through patient planning and bloody work. On the night he is scheduled to take over and absorb one of the smaller crime families in the city, he hires a third-party security consultant that he heard about through the grapevine, John Finch. When John turns out to be anything but ordinary, Ambrose finds himself engrossed in the pursuit of a love unlike any other. Kinks: obsession kink, praise kink, a little bit of 'daddy' used as a term during sex, dominance/ownership kink inside the bedroom, gape kink.

Lucas has been hiding for his entire life. Cursed by what he is, eeking out a living on the fringes of wizard society, he has one foot in two worlds. His birth should have been impossible, and yet, he is alive; part wizard, part shapeshifter. He's managed to live under the radar and settle himself into a comfortable life. And if he's still lonely sometimes, well, that's just something he will have to get used to. But when his mother needs help and calls Lucas, he meets the most powerful Alpha shifter in North America; Gabriel, a wolf shifter of the old blood. In an attempt to save Gabriel, Lucas accidentaly becomes his mate. Gabriel is overjoyed, despite thinking that Lucas is only one-quarter shifter, three-quarters human. He's polite, gentlemanly, sexy-as-sin, and determined to pry Lucas out of the shadows his secrets have shrouded him in. But a war between shifters and wizards is brewing, and Lucas knows his secret will make him a target for both sides. And his birth father - Midas, head of the Wizard council and most powerful magic user in the world - is making plays for power. Almost thirty years ago, during the first paranormal war, Midas created Lucas in an attempt to create perfect, controllable soldiers of his own blood. If Midas were to ever find out where Lucas was, he would stop at nothing to get to him, and he'd even go through Gabriel to get what he wanted.