In my monochrome world I dreamed to see and feel colors again despite how intimidating and manly I look. Her. The woman who made me feel colors again with her love and made me see them using her smile. -Xavier Giovanni to Naomi Xyrin Valencia

DEVIL'S DESIRE SERIES #3 Astrid Selene Elizalde has spent years imprisoned in a single room, a life defined by walls and silence, with no answers to the questions that have haunted her entire existence. Her only yearning: to understand why. She has known nothing but darkness, and the relentless ache of unanswered questions, each day a reminder of the life stolen from her. But everything changes the moment she crosses paths with Cassius Giddeon, the fourth of the enigmatic Goldenthorn siblings. He is both the key to her freedom and the spark of a dangerous desire she cannot resist. In a world drenched in secrets, power, and obsession, Astrid discovers that liberation comes at a price. Loyalties are uncertain, motives are hidden, and the line between love and destruction blurs. She must navigate the dangerous allure of a man who can save her but may also be the reason she falls and breaks. In the dark heart of the Goldenthorn legacy, Astrid will learn that freedom is never simple, and desire is a weapon sharper than any chain.

Title : Mafia's Dangerous Obsession Genre: Romance, Thriller, Mature ☣ PROLOGUE ☣ I entered the club na determinadong kalimutan ang lahat. To forget the pain, the betrayal, this sadness na parang unti-unti nakong pinapatay. "Don't do anything stupid Stellar," Narinig ko ang boses nya. Mapait akong natawa habang kumukuha ng isang bote ng alak. "Wag kang gagawa ng bagay na pagsisisihan mo. I owned you, don't forget that." May bantang sabi nyang muli mula sa earpiece na suot ko. "I'm not my dear... I'm just doing this goddamn mission believe it or not so don't disturb me or who knows, I might be the one to kill you instead." I simply replied then ignored all the warnings he's sputtering. Ipinilig ko ang ulo ko at tinanggal na ang earpiece sa tenga at nilagay nalang ito sa loob ng suot ko. Binuksan ko ang isa pang bote ng alak pagkatapos kong maubos ang dalawang bote. I turned my head then I finally saw him --- My target.. Who would have thought that he will be this dangerously handsome in person? Such a waste to be a target.. Tiningnan niya ako, no, kanina pa talaga sya nakatitig lang sa'kin hanggang sa wakas ay nag pasya na itong lumapit habang hawak ang basong may alak sa isang kamay nya. "Why a seductress like you drinking here alone?" sabi niya. . I don't know if he continued talking but then the alcohol took over me. I kissed him and he kissed me back aggressively without hesitation and before I knew it... We are already in his room, in his bed.... Him.... On top of me... Claiming me.... Like I'm his g*dd*mn Trophy... He had me.... We had fun.... It was a satisfactory. But I have a goal.... "I killed him.... Mission Accomplished." I uttered on my earpiece then left. ..... WARNING: This story is unedited! Most chapters are in their first drafts!

"She married a man born of bullets and betrayal. And he claimed a bride who bleeds innocence like sin." Shanaya Gupta was the kind of girl men prayed for but devils hunted. Too sweet for the world she was forced into, too soft for the bed of a man who only knew how to ruin. Ishaan Singhania doesn't love. He possesses. And when he ripped her from the altar of a man unworthy of her skin, he didn't ask-he took. A forced wedding. A blood-stained sindoor. Now she sleeps beside the devil himself, unaware she married the reason the world burns. She's terrified of the dark. But he is the dark. And he doesn't care if she trembles when he touches her... as long as she never stops looking at him like he isn't a monster. But monsters get greedy. And when the sweetness he meant to destroy starts healing the hollow inside him, he begins to crave her. Protect her. Own her. Even if it means burning down everything-including her. She was supposed to be his weakness. Instead, she became his favorite sin. But when secrets bleed and scars resurfaces, when innocence meets obsession- what happens when the monster doesn't want to let his sunshine go? Enemies in a wedding bed. strangers tangles in fate. and a love so dark, it devours them both. A brutal, filthy, and painfully intimate descent into love, obsession, and the kind of darkness that doesn't ask for permission-it devours. This isn't a love story. This is a war. And she's both the prize and the battlefield.