Before the First Mistake At ninety-three years old, Elijah Carter dies a success. A self-made billionaire. A respected businessman. A man whose name opened doors across the world. But as he takes his final breath, one painful truth follows him into death: He built an empire. Yet he never built a family. No wife. No children. No grandchildren. No one sitting beside his bed when the end came. Then he wakes up. Not in his younger body. Not in the past. But inside the life of a complete stranger. Marcus Hayes is a struggling police officer drowning in debt, frustration, and resentment. His marriage is hanging by a thread, and according to the memories Elijah inherits, tonight is the night everything begins to fall apart. Tonight is the night Marcus raises his hand against his wife for the very first time. The first mistake. The first scar. The beginning of a future filled with pain, regret, and a broken family. Elijah refuses to let that happen. Armed with a mysterious Family Legacy System and the billions he somehow carried over from his previous life, Elijah sets out to rewrite a future that was never his. Instead of building corporations, he'll build trust. Instead of chasing wealth, he'll chase happiness. Instead of becoming a great businessman, he'll become a great husband. And someday, a great father. As he supports his wife's dream of opening her own bakery and slowly transforms a house filled with tension into a home filled with love, Elijah discovers that the greatest investment isn't money. It's family. Because this time, he isn't trying to leave behind a fortune. He's trying to leave behind a legacy. A heartwarming slice-of-life rebirth story about love, healing, second chances, fatherhood, and the family we choose to become. Sometimes changing the future starts with avoiding one mistake.

Jeremiah Smith fan fiction

At twenty-three, Kori thought she had love all figured out: steady boundaries, clear intentions, no room for chaos. But then there's Three. Three's twenty-five with a heavy past and an even heavier heart. The streets taught him to move ruthless, but one look at Kori had him rethinking everything. What starts as a friendship becomes calls that run too long and rides that don't end at the curb. Three falls first while Kori keeps drawing lines he's ready to cross. He's learning to heal. She's learning to trust. Together they're walking a line between danger and devotion. Where every laugh, every glance, every silence feels like more than it should. This isn't just a love story. It's a slow burn in real time with two hearts circling the fire, daring each other to step closer.

Jujutsu Kaisen OC -- A girl born with the power to devour curses learns too late that the greatest strength is choosing to remain human even when love, memory, and self must be sacrificed to protect it. -- Will have manga and anime spoliers *You've been warned* -- Love Triangle Megumi x oc x Yuji (xSukuna 😉) -- Characters are not mine, story is not mine, the only thing that is mine is the OC and everything around her. I've based on manga and anime and changed the story to fit the character. Artwork is not mine: https://ie.pinterest.com/pin/651051689927592267/ -- First story, very open to feedback or tips to make reading experience better. Story is way too long but I've no other hobbies 😜

After a deadly raid leaves her ikran dead and her clan gone, a young Mangkwan girl drifts alone across the ocean on a makeshift raft. Found at the edge of Metkayina waters by Neteyam Sully, she is spared, despite being the enemy. Alone, she learns that strength is not just surviving the fire that tried to consume her. _____•• #1 Neytiri #1 Jack Champion #1 Mangkwan #1 Rotxo #2 afaa Start: 1/1/25 Finish: 2/12/26

Before Eve, there was Lilith. Before the apple, there was fire. Long before memory shaped into myth and scripture carved stories into stone, there was a first woman-wild, unyielding, and free. Formed from the same earth as Adam, she was not made to serve, but to stand beside. And when the heavens demanded her submission, she chose exile over obedience. Centuries passed. Worlds crumbled and rebuilt. Names changed. Languages died. But some souls cannot forget, no matter how many lifetimes they wear. In this life, Adam wears a collar and stands behind a pulpit, preaching peace while wrestling with the echo of a storm that has never truly passed. Lilith, ever the rebel, lives in glass towers and bank vaults, calculating numbers by day and suppressing dreams she doesn't understand by night. They meet again. Not in Eden. Not in exile. But in the space between-where memory stirs, and destiny waits. This is not a love story. It is a reckoning. A return. A rewriting of the tale they were never allowed to finish.

"I fear I still do not have a name to match the beauty before me." He began. "Must that always be the only thing you wish to know?" She sighed heavily, looking over to her right where the king and queen sat on their thrones, watching the couple with hopeful stares. Two fingers under her chin brought her attention back to him and despite the mask blocking her view of his brow, she could see the spark of fire in his eyes, "I have plenty of time to know you, my love." He smirked, "as I said, I tend to take the things I want." "You can not steal a woman." Katerina spoke confidently, "Her heart may be locked away." Prince Alexander lowered his lips to the shell of her ear, each syllable tickling her skin, "Tell me where to find it then." ~•~•~ After the death of the queen, the king, overcome by sadness, begins to lust after his own daughter who is an exact replica of her mother. He plans to marry her but she manages to stall the wedding long enough to be able to escape. After escaping from her home and her grotesquely deranged father with three dresses and a cloak made of every pelt in the royal forest, she is lost. Taking refuge in a hollow tree she doesn't realize she has wandered into another King's territory... Warning: When the story begins a disturbing theme of potential sexual assault is mentioned, but this is not the main or entire plot of the story. The main female lead is 20 years old and the main male lead is 22-25. It is not clearly outlined in the novel I don't think. This is based on a fairy tale. Started: 2/5/21 Completed: 3/12/24 #1 fairytale #forcedrelationship #grimmbrothers

Dark Romance! "Forgive me, father. For I'm going to abduct this little sinner." The holy father watched stunned as the tall guy yanked the girl out of the confession box and stomped out of there. ~~~ Innessa Laskin is a good girl by all means. She's kind, innocent, and goes to church. Love her parents and sister. She studies hard and aims to be a successful psychologist one day. She is a simple and ordinary girl from a small town who got a scholarship to the top Grand Elite academy. Issac Knight is a mysterious man. The handsome man with cognac brown eyes would soon turn her life upside down. He's mean. Wicked. A deadly underground boxer. What will happen when he accidentally helps her one night? The guy she thought was nice turned out to be far more dangerous. Issac never does anything for free. He'll exploit her, corrupt her in ways she could never imagine. He always does what he wants. Issac isn't the knight she thought he was. He's the sinner her mom used to warn her about. The naive Innessa would be shoved into the world of sinful pleasures.

𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤 & 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 '𝙣' 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙥 ... SPINOFF of SUSPICIOUS MINDS *disclaimer, I experimented with AI to fix grammar, spelling, and language errors. as i've gone through this story, some things do in fact read more so as an AI's voice rather than my own so I will be rewriting this soon*

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘮𝘺𝘳𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄.