This is not a story about what happens. It's about what almost does. At an Ivy League medical school, Isabelle Laurent is known as the Ice Queen-brilliant, distant, untouchable. No one gets close. No one stays. Alexander Whitmore was never supposed to be different. Charming, privileged, and infamous for never staying longer than a few weeks, he understands desire. What he doesn't understand, until Isabelle, is restraint. She believes he doesn't want her. He knows wanting her openly would destroy everything. So they choose the most dangerous thing instead: friendship. "The most dangerous thing about Alexander Whitmore was not his reputation, nor his charm, nor the power he would one day inherit. It was the fact that he never asked for anything from me, and somehow, without realizing it, I had begun to give him everything that mattered." Slow burn • Dual POV • Consent • Emotional intimacy

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐫. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟. • • • 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝. On paper, she's untouchable. But perfection is just a cover for a ruined family, a dark past, bloody hands and a poisoned heart. Everyone buys the act. Not him. The devil from her childhood. Luc carries a guilt that drives him into sex, illegal racing and fights, acting like nothing left to lose. He thinks he knows what destroyed his life. He has no idea his guilt is the same as Riah's tainted soul. Being forced together? It's vicious. Two killers in a bed, where lying is keeping the other alive. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞-𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞. • • • 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞

Jaro Moretti left Cairo with a promise on his lips and the face of Noura Vidal engraved into his memory. But she only knew his first name. Now, as the newly crowned Don of the Moretti empire, he rules with an iron fist. He never expected her to walk straight into his stronghold. Working undercover for the government, Noura Vidal's directive was simple: infiltrate the syndicate, pull the threads of their operations, and bring the Don to justice. She has spent her entire career dismantling men who think they are above the rules. But the moment she steps into the Don's office to face her target, the air turns to ice in her lungs. The ruthless kingpin she is assigned to destroy is Jaro-the mesmerizing stranger from Cairo. What follows is a chaotic game of cat and mouse where neither plays nice. Jaro is determined to protect his empire, and Noura is wired to dismantle it-until he discovers the secret identity behind her name and realizes she has been lying to him from day one. But then, Noura makes a reckless choice to wipe Jaro's slate clean.

🏆 x5: 1st Place for the Crescendo Award in the Nocturne Awards. 2nd Place for the Fantasy Category, Best Character Introduction and Best World Building in the Creative Cauldron Awards. Special Mention Award for The Original Muse Awards. ***This Book covers Act I and Act II*** (Progress: Act I Completed, Act II Arcs Completed 0/5) Updated Weekly either Wednesdays or Thursdays Join Rio Castro's crew as he begins his EPIC 5-ACT science-fantasy-adventure to find the Eco Orb! "Will there be bananas?!? I'm starving!" Rio asks. "You ate enough on the ship! Let's get a move on!" Sir Lachlan chirps. This is a serialized novel so here is what to expect: 1. A Found Family: A crew of characters that you'll fall in love with. 2. A unique magic system called Eco (it'll make sense after the first few chapters) 3. A Shonen Style format for Story Arcs (WEBTOON artists hmu) 4. A slow-burn romance? (No spoilers here) 5. Action Scenes that hit hard and emotional moments that hurt. 6. Villains you'll love to hate 7. A prophecy, rebellion, and a world to save 8. And yes Rio, more bananas 🙄 Disclaimer: The Orb Seeker's rating was changed to mature due to violence and dark themes in later chapters (no smut). Full Disclaimer is present in the first part of the story.

Naele was never meant to survive. Ever since she was young, she has ignored the will of the gods. Not by choice, but because no priest can decipher the life path marked on her skin. Yet they all agree on one thing: ignoring it means certain death. Naele isn't planning on dying anytime soon, though. She's far too busy for that. Running a medicine shop in a bustling town is hard work. But when death marks start appearing on the skin of the villagers, it becomes clear fate is catching up with her. 🗡️𝗔 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀. 🗓️ 𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆.

𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐋 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐂 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄-𝐕𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 Title will change once all Awards for 2026 are completed. ⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆ "𝗔𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 & 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹｡" For Amelia, a museum curator exhausted by one bad date after another, it feels like a final attempt before she gives up on romance entirely. For Alexei, it's never been about dating at all; he's been sent to get close to her because of an artefact tied to something old and dangerous. But as their meetings turn strange and violent, Amelia realises the city she thought she knew is hiding secrets far darker than a failed love life. And somewhere in between, Alexei finds himself losing control of the one thing he was meant to keep in check: His distance from her. ⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆⋆♱✮♱⋆ Tropes: Supernatural/Paranormal Adventure, Action & Thriller, Slow-Burn Romance, Forced Proximity, Morally Grey MMC 💋, 1/3 Body Horror, 1/3 Gore and 1/3 Sexually Explicit COVER DONE BY CANVA PRO, ARTWORK BY PINTEREST © 2026 by eleeyjs (EJ Chow). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means-including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods-without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations used in critical reviews or scholarly work.

Copyright © 2026 by Darkrai_X When the world ends, survival begins with ordinary people. Tomorrow never comes. As a mysterious outbreak tears through the city, everything they love vanishes in a single terrifying day. Thrust together by chance, five strangers must learn to trust one another while navigating a world where the dead no longer stay dead, and the living can be even more dangerous. But as fragments of the truth begin to emerge, one question becomes impossible to ignore: Was the end of the world really an accident? Day Zero is the gripping first installment of a post-apocalyptic trilogy about survival, sacrifice, found family, and the hope that refuses to die, even when civilization .

"𝘼 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚." Sebastian wanted an escape. For years, he had treated his mother's basement as a shelter, hiding from a small town that felt like a cheap video game with a predictable script. He was almost done trying to find a reason to stay-until Violet arrived. The Zuzu City girl with the mismatched eyes who didn't play by the rules of the valley. For a year, their friendship consisted of silent observation, shared secrets, and mutual fixation. Until the night Violet vanished without a trace. But three months later, Violet walks right back into Stardew, and claims to have no memory of where she's been. Now, caught between the life he tried to rebuild and the ghost of the only girl he ever wanted, Sebastian is about to realize that whatever climbed out of the Mines didn't return to save him-it came to drag him into the dark.

Death should have been the end of Aerlene Ray. Instead, the seventeen-year-old girl-afflicted with single-sided deafness-awakens from the brink of the afterlife. She returns with senses sharpened beyond human limits, and an invisible wound etched deep into her soul. Beyond the mirror of her mind, unfamiliar whispers call her name. Shadowy entities linger at the edge of her breath. When the skies fall silent and darkness begins collecting the debt of the souls, Aerlene must traverse forgotten realms. Her only guides are an immortal cursed by Heaven, and a spirit summoner seeking his own redemption. Together, they must uncover the shattered fragments of an ancient relic, visible only to those who have died and returned-shards of power capable of shaking the foundations of fate... or erasing it entirely. In a world where destiny carves its price into the soul... What is free will when every path leads to the same end? And who truly holds dominion over life and death: God, the Devil... or beating drum of your own heart? (Originally write in Bahasa Indonesia) New chapter updated is around weekend (Friday-Saturday) Sincerely, Elin H. Marlene (Author of Iyrin : A Veil of Wings & Whispers) Iyrin is not a story about defeating darkness, but rather about understanding why light and darkness both exist, and then choosing the path to take between them. A metaphysical gothic dark fantasy about memory, death, and the burden of love.

Stargate meets Percy Jackson in this action-packed Greek Mythology re-writing! Lieutenant James Barnett never expected his first major assignment to be a time travel mission to ancient Greece-but with humanity's future hanging in the balance, the 1st Strategic Recruiting Battalion will take any opportunity they can. Tasked with assembling the ultimate team from history's most legendary beings, Jim and his soldiers cut a path across 1400 BC, striking deals with gods and recruiting monsters. None of their recruits prove quite as surprising as Medusa-fearsome, misunderstood, and far more than the myth. She becomes the heart of their growing team, guiding them through ancient rivalries while helping Greece's cities with their problems along the way. But not every god welcomes their presence. One has it out to destroy the band of outsiders. The newly formed ragtag group of legends must stand together against a divine onslaught, with the fate of two worlds on the line. Book one is complete, stay tuned for book two! 🥇1st Place - Best Action/Adventure (The Purple Fairy Awards 2026) 🥇1st Place - Best Cover (PurBean Awards 2026) 🥇1st Place - Best Fantasy (Celestial Awards 2026) 🥇1st Place - Most Original Concept (Best of Wattpad Awards 2026) 🥇1st Place - Best Prologue (Triquetra Awards 2026) 🥇1st Place - Best Action/Fight Scenes (Golden Ink Awards 2025) 🥇1st Place - Most Original Story (Unification Awards 2026) 🥈2nd Place - Most Unique Setting (The Olds Awards 2026) 🥈2nd Place - Best Fantasy (Writer Awards 2026) 🥈2nd Place - Best Ongoing Story (Wattpad Gems Awards 2026) 🥈2nd Place - Best Creative Concept (Flowers Garden Awards 2026) 🥈2nd Place - Best Hook (Summertime Dreams Awards 2026) 🥉3rd Place - Most Creative Concept (Spring Fling Awards 2026) 🥉3rd Place - Best Ensemble (Starfish Awards 2025) Winner - (Unification Awards 2026) Entered Wattys 2026