"Your mate will appear at twenty." Nathan Hemsworth waited years for that moment. For one person. Mikhail Ivanov. His best friend. His first love. The one he could never have. So when Nathan turns twenty and sees Mikhail walk in with his mate, smiling like nothing ever mattered, he finally lets go of a love he's held onto since childhood. He drinks. He smiles. He pretends he's fine. Until the string appears. A burning thread wraps around his wrist-tight, inescapable. And it doesn't lead to Mikhail. It leads somewhere else. Somewhere worse. Right beneath a half-open door. Valentino Ivanov. Mikhail's older brother. The man Nathan has always hated. The man who looks at him like he's a problem. The man fate has chosen for him. Now bound by a string he can't ignore-and refuses to accept-Nathan is faced with a cruel truth: What if destiny doesn't care who you love? What if it ties you to the one person you never wanted? And what happens when the more he tries to cut the string... ...the tighter it pulls?

Mio lives like a ghost. Hidden under a hoodie, drowning in baggy clothes, masking his scent with heavy suppressants... everyone thinks he's just a gloomy, forgettable beta. No one knows the truth. Mio is an S-Class Omega - the rarest, most valuable, most hunted kind. A boy whose beauty is dangerous. A scent that can break alphas. A soul that's already been broken by the alphas who tried to own him after his parents' death. Now he hides. He studies quietly. He keeps his head down and never smiles. Because one slip... one wrong breath... one moment of exposure... would destroy the fragile life he built. His biggest fear becomes real the day he accidentally collides with Kane- the strongest S-Class Alpha in the city. Cold. Rich. Feared. An alpha whose very presence makes omegas freeze. Mio wants to run. Kane doesn't even notice him. But fate is cruel. Days later, Kane meets a mysterious masked model with rarest intoxicating scent and 99% compatibility - and falls into obsession trying to find him. He doesn't know that the omega he's searching for... the one he can't forget... the one who almost triggered his rut... ...is the same quiet "beta" hiding behind a hood in his college hallways. And when Kane finally connects the pieces, Mio's quiet world begins to collapse. Because an S-Class Alpha who becomes obsessed with his Beta identity, never lets go. And Mio is running out of places to hide. Can this alpha change Mio' s life?? Hell yes!!! Stay tuned to how Mio finds the real love 💬This novel explores dark and emotionally intense themes, including non-consensual situations and emotionally challenging moments. Some characters may behave in ways that are frustrating or flawed. Please read at your own comfort level.

【INCLUDES MATURE SCENES, READ AT OWN RISK】 Sex worker and escort, Milan O'Dair, knows all about rich people. He knows they're arrogant and extravagant and the men stink of cigars, while the women adorn themselves in the rarest of diamonds. They laugh at the poor, mock the needy and love to use him like a toy; fun for the time being but then easily forgotten. But that was the job, and at the end of the day rich people liked to flaunt their wealth to anyone who would pay attention, so they paid a lot for his services meaning the money was good and exactly what he needed. No one said it was easy to get by in the world, so if it took a bit of pain and tears then Milan was just going to have to tough it out. Besides, soon enough he would become a world famous painter, he was sure of it, he just needed to keep creating. And when living in a city like London and being very much estranged from his family, while also needing to afford expensive paints and canvases, so he didn't lose the only thing in his life that gave him any passion or meaning, money was a necessity and it helped to have it in excess. Then one day, Milan meets a mysterious man, at a gala dinner, who tips his world upside down. A God among mere mortals, who exudes such beauty that neither man, nor woman, nor other can resist his charms, a specimen like none other. No one knows anything about him, but that he is rich beyond belief and that you must never cross him. He is power, he is strength, and he is wealth. He is Valencio Osiris. ~~~~~~~~~ 'He looked like a lamb caught amongst wolves, but there was a fire in my little lamb's eyes, like he wouldn't allow himself to get eaten and I decided I just had to see if I could get a small bite.' ~~~~~~~~~ T R I G G E R W A R N I N G S: - mentions of sexual assault and trauma ~~~~~~~~

Liam is a low grade omega drowning in debt and surviving on scraps of dignity. The world has already decided he's disposable, weak scent, irregular heats, no value. He's at the absolute bottom of the heirchy. Then Tae Ashford walks into his life. Rich. Powerful. High-grade alpha with a presence that rewrites every rule that Liam thought he knew. Tae drags him into a world of glass towers and emotions Liam was never meant to feel. He complicates everything. He demands more. He makes Liam want things he has no right to want. Liam never planned for this. He never expected an alpha like Tae. And he certainly, never ever, expected to end up with the one thing he thought he'd never have... Someone who chose him anyway.

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"A mate will love you and only you. No other can compare to you and he or she will treasure you above all and everything in the world," mommy says to me as she kissed my forehead. I sighed dreamily. I can't wait till I find my mate. He'll be perfect and handsome and funny and smart and brave and beautiful and he'll love me... only ever me... and... and... Present This hurts so much. Seeing and hearing and knowing my mate, the one who's supposed to love me above all, me, only me is in love with somebody else. I'd hate him if I could. I'd reject him if I could... I wish I could. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Important My books are written explicitly for a MATURE AUDIENCE 18 YEARS AND OLDER. There will be some instances/scenes/suggestions of sexual acts, crude language, MPREG and will portray gay relationships between males. If you do not enjoy stories of this nature please leave now. I will not condone/defend/accept any sort of attacks on my stories, my characters or myself. It is well within your right to choose what type of entertainment you prefer but I will not be blamed for your curiosity. Read at your own risk. ******************************************************

Smoke and Mirrors (idiom): irrelevant or misleading information serving to obscure the truth of a situation Claude Hesita is an aviation student who needs to disguise as a speech therapist. Hindi siya maaring pumasok sa isang gulo na malalaman ng kaniyang mga magulang. It's a matter of life and death kumbaga para sa kaniya ang ginagawa niya. Kaya sa isang iglap lang ay nagbago ang ikot ng mundong kaniyang gustong galawan. Nagkaroon siya ng bagong katauhan sa mga kasinungaling lumalabas sa kaniyang bibig upang mairaos lang ang sitwasyon niya. Ngunit hanggang kailan niya mapapaniwala ang mga taong nasa paligid niya? Sa mga mababanggit niya, ano dito ang katotohan at ano ang mga kasinungalingan?

Might not. Probably won't. Maybe never. Unlikely. Doubtful. Despite being everything he could have been, Elize constantly settled in the dark, lurking with the impossibles and uncertainties. He believed that he would grow up and take the path of life in a single route with one straight line; no turns, no shortcuts. Perhaps it was because his one and only flesh and blood prompted him to think that if he didn't act like how he was made and how he was supposed to be, he would never reach the light at the end of the tunnel, or never reach his dreams, never be accepted, never be treated seriously...never be loved. The word "Always" was never in Elize's vocabulary-an exception with always doubting, always trying, always...just dreaming. But never the good kind of "Always". Then he tasted it, the bittersweet sensation in his tongue when his mother left him to work abroad. Elize then started to thrive, meet new friends, socialize, be a human...fall in love. For the first time, Elize felt free, felt genuine, felt...guilty? Guilty...was it because he felt glad his mother left, or because he met someone that made him start to feel the Always' in his Nevers? Regardless, he dedicated his whole life in chasing that assurance in his world of doubts, and he simply could not back out now. But when good things come to an end, the choice is yours if you want to let it go, or fight for it. If you choose the latter, make sure to draw blood and fight until you're dead. Just like Elize did.

PUBLISHED UNDER LIB Note: If you're not into flawed characters who make wrong decisions, don't read this. Save yourself from stress. Started: 09/09/2020 Ended: 10/07/2020 Solene Clemente was a typical Civil Engineering student who struggled to put up with her studies. Kung pwede ngang i-bake na lang ang napakaraming itlog sa test papers niya, ginawa niya na. At a young age, she experienced the harsh reality of life-poverty, abuse, and a broken family. But, as someone who could see the bright side of everything, she knew she could make it with only her mother and best friend, Duke Laurence Sanders, whom she secretly loved. Kahit pa naghihirap, basta kasama niya ang ina, kaya niya. Kahit pa madalas niyang hindi maintindihan ang lessons, ayos lang kasi may Duke naman na tuturuan siya. Na kahit gaano kalupit ang tadhana, patuloy siyang lumalaban sa buhay dahil may dalawang taong sumusuporta at nagmamahal sa kanya. She became too dependent on the love they could offer. But little did she know, like the sun she adored, she was destined to be alone.

❝ Objection, your honor... pero bakit puso ko ang kalaban? ❞ Si Ares Valdez, ang cold-hearted lawyer na walang pinapatawad sa korte. Palagi siyang panalo, palaging tama, at palaging kontrolado ang emosyon. Para sa lahat, wala siyang puso. Hanggang sa dumating si Kiel-isang simpleng, adorable, at sobrang kulit na lalaking walang effort pero kayang guluhin ang buong mundo ni Ares. Minsan sweet, minsan nakakainis, pero sa huli... siya lang pala ang weakness ng taong akala ng lahat ay bato. In a world full of rules and defenses, can Ares fight the one case he's destined to lose?