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What happens when Death falls in love with the paramour he is gifted? Cursed to kill everyone he touches, beastly Lord Damien Casteel lives in anger and loneliness. During a rare game of poker, he wins the final hand against a petty criminal named Luca. The prize is a pouch of twelve precious gemstones. But Luca is determined to get the stones back, no matter what. Breaking into Damien's mansion to exchange the real gems for fakes, he is captured and threatened with death. Begging for his life, he strikes a deal: his freedom in exchange for his adopted son, Jemison, who will serve the lord as his paramour for twelve days; one day for each stone. Although he is reluctant to let anyone into his life, Damien is desperate to keep Jem away from Luca's abuse, so he agrees. What he does not expect is to fall for the tormented young man. Prompt used is number 46. We love broken, beautiful people. And it doesn't get more obviously broken and more classically beautiful than you. (Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid) My writing is AI-free. Any emdashes are here because I LIKE them. The poetic purply prose is here because I LIKE it. Computers don't write my stuff. The Muse inside my head who keeps me up till 3 AM and wants to drive me bonkers, does. Warning for: spicy situations, alcohol, some swearing, blood, abuse, and typical Christine darkness. There's no graphic sa, torture, gore, or animal abuse.

After the death of her husband, Edgar, Catherine returns to Wuthering Heights hoping to find the love she lost - hoping to find Heathcliff. This is my entry for The Wattpad "WutheringHeights" Movie Reimagined Contest. It is for all audiences. You will find a few cool quotes from the book. They belong to Ms. Brontë, I have just borrowed them and used them my way to highlight Cathy and Heathcliff's love.

✨️🥇First place - The Slowest Burning Romance Book in the Fabulation mini Awards🥇✨️ ✨️🏆 First place - Best original character in the Golden Ink Awards 🏆✨️ She wanted to save her favorite fairytale character, the derelict second male lead. To rescue the kidnapped princess, he went as far as sacrificing his one-of-a-kind magical companion. But at the end, she married the crown prince of the neighboring kingdom. Just because one was born as the king's son, he got the main lead position. The orphan stood at the second place, despite being a prodigy in swordsmanship. She could not bear to see the second male lead dying all alone and broken-hearted. So, I helped her change the fate of the second lead. *************************************************** Book cover by Lyuu @Lyuuxyv Thank you so much for your beautiful artwork, Lyuu! Dear readers, you can go check her amazing ongoing story: "ROYAL BONES - Shattering Tradition, Crowning Justice" Disclaimer: This story will contain depictions of child abuse, violence and death. Reader discretion is advised. I'm not a native English speaker. Please excuse the grammatical mistakes and do not hesitate to let me know if you find one! Best ranking: #1 second male lead syndrom (2025-11-06) #1 magical creatures (2025-11-11) #1 light novel (2026-01-07) #2 fantasy creatures (2025-11-06) #2 swordsman (2025-12-20) #5 phoenix (2025-12-20)

JennaBerry June is a mind-hacker living in a dystopian near future when all humans are obligated to become cyborgs, sidewalks in Los Angeles melt in the daytime, and inner city slums have been turned into penal colonies. Space elevators connect the Earth to the Moon, but all that technology may not be enough to save the world from a cataclysmic asteroid or the even more threatening solar storm activity flaring up from the Sun. When the solar system's most powerful MeglaCorp needs a solution they hope to recruit JennaBerry's rebellious creativity and freethinking innovative potential. She's recently been imprisoned for illegally growing three clones, primarily to help her work side-hustles, and a much harder life now awaits. She's offered her freedom in return for devising a plan to hack the underlying code of the universe itself, only she has much bigger plans to free all humanity. Only Hinka HellsPath, her corporate boss stands in the way, and possibly, one of her old clones, the one even smarter than herself. To defeat the all powerful mind-controlling cyborg networks, she'll have to reconnect with her outcast father and solicit the help of a super-sized human brain living in a giant fishbowl, and an AI consciousness cross-bred with the temperament of a canine pet.

Carried to a fantasy future by a dark-eyed, time-traveling stranger, can Leonor overcome the guilt that haunts her and fulfill her destiny... while navigating her growing attraction to her newfound protector? Leonor, a student at present-day Harvard, would do anything for the people she holds dear: her roommates, her beloved little brother - and the brilliant but eccentric Professor Mosey, the mentor to whom she faithfully delivers meals three times a day while he conducts secret chemistry experiments that have earned him the nickname The Batty Professor. One night, Leonor's world is shattered when mysterious and deadly spies arrive at Professor Mosey's office to steal the discovery he made just hours earlier: a chemical solution that, when consumed, allows humans to time-travel. When Leonor becomes the spies' next target, she has no escape - until a man with midnight-black eyes whisks her three hundred years into the future. There, she discovers a world whose most powerful figure harbors dark plans to use Professor Mosey's time-travel solution to transform all of reality: past, present, and future. Plans that can be stopped, if at all, only by a secret that Leonor possesses. To prevent her enemy's designs from taking shape, Leonor will need the help of the newfound protector who carried her to the future, a man defined by his rigidly disciplined nature. Together, the two must navigate a city of elites, servants, mysteries, and masquerade balls. Their quest will require them to confront painful secrets from their own pasts, but Leonor is determined to do whatever it takes to save the world from doom. To save her family and friends. And to save the man with whom she has begun to share an attraction as unexpected as it is undeniable and irresistible. *** The first few story parts are long, then the parts become shorter. Hope you enjoy it! ***

In this continuum of time and space, join me as we navigate through the inroads of thoughts and emotions they evoke along the way. Poem #7 is the winner of Cupid's Resolution Contest: https://www.wattpad.com/843933861-cupid-contests-prompts-cupid%27s-resolution-winner Poem #25 is the winner of the music drabble contest hosted by @music profile :) Cover made by the wonderfully talented @Gugus4682 :) Added by the WattpadAnthologies profile to their Poetry Collections reading list (14 Sep 2020) #3 in poetry out of 267K stories (2 Nov 2020)

England, 1960. As a closely kept secret threatens to swallow Liv Sutton whole, she finds solace in her best friend, Theo Callaghan, and his rising band. And as the gritty music scene pulls Liv and Theo into smoky clubs, ambition, and tangled dreams, something shifts between them. Friendship with Theo begins falling into something deeper, risking everything they've built together. She's been surviving for years, and falling for her best friend might ruin the only safe thing she has left. (Extended Summary Inside) Updates every Sunday . . . . "You know I sleep better when I'm with you," I whispered, my mind groggy as my muscles finally loosened. "I know," Theo said, his breath hot against my neck. His steady breathing and tight hold were already lulling me to sleep. And I wasn't sure if I dreamed his last words, but it sounded like he whispered, "I sleep better with you, too." . . . . This is a mature story, and as such, there is swearing, shagging, minor drug use, violence, angst, and explicit adult situations (all characters will be over 18). Please note the *trigger warning* for physical abuse in the early chapters. I do promise that happier times follow. . . . . Comments, feedback, and votes are always very much appreciated. I will reply to you as quickly as possible! Thank you so much for reading! xx

✨️🏆First place - Best blurb in the Whispers beneath the ice Awards🏆✨️ From a low and invisible position to the most evil throne, find how a modest soul was forced to walk a path of destruction. How a soft lotus got its petals drenched with others' blood. In an ancient Chinese fantasy world, some clans had magic powers. The Wangs controlled the light, the Baos manipulated the flow of time, the Bais used wind magic and the Xie delved into dark magic. Bai Tong Xin was a distant relative of the Bai clan leader but he could change the aim of his arrows. So, he was sent to the capital, Yuanhua, to trained at the Academy, with his maids, Nana and Susu. After an incident involving Bai Tong Xin and Susu, he ended up terrified and Susu severely punished. But her punishment awakened something hidden inside her. Something that would change her life and reveal dark secrets. ************** Disclaimer: This story will contain depictions of violence and death. Reader discretion is advised. I'm not a native English speaker. Please excuse the grammatical and structural mistakes and do not hesitate to let me know if you find some! Best rankings #1 Chinese fantasy (2025-11-07) #1 Eastern fantasy (2025-11-08) #2 xuanhuan (2025-12-16) #2 demonic (2025-12-21)