Kenji Futakuchi is an underrated character and needs to be recognized. The complexity of childhood friendship is, well, complex. After years of being apart, you never know where you stand with a person. You can learn things about a person all your life but never really understand where they are going or how they really feel. If friendship means being this close to the person you care about, maybe, just maybe, we can tolerate our differences. **Disclaimer** NOT ALL the characters are mine!!! All rights are from Haikyuu, and a few are made up. The story, however, is mine. Given the context of the characters, the setting has changed to meet what I understand from a school setting. Let your imagination flow! Accuracy is definitely flexible depending on experience.

The heirs of the Five Kingdoms have a lot cut out for them as they are forced to work together to defeat the Witch. Will the Kingdoms be able to put aside their differences, or will they fall to desire instead? Thea has one of the most substantial powers within the Kingdom of Althea. She's fierce and refuses to let anyone run her over. But even with strong capabilities, Thea has yet to find a balance between her responsibilities and falling in love. What will happen when Thea is faced with the difficult decision of what to do? Or even who to choose. This book has it all! Love, mystery, fantasy, and a love triangle so tricky, even you can't choose between... "With every living creature, there is war. War caused by troubled emotions of human beings who seek power. Power to rule, the power to save, the power to concur. Power is death. Nonetheless, we are born into this world to find a purpose; but the purpose to live is to die. And somehow, in the midst of living, we are built to fight. Fight to survive."

Enitan Alaide, a 24-year-old dreamer, believes she has found the love of her life in Nathan Adakole. Swept off her feet by his charm and grand gestures, she envisions a future filled with love, marriage, and family. But love, she soon learns, is not always what it seems. Nathan, 28, is Africa's golden boy-Forbes 30 Under 30, heir to the multibillion-naira Avalon Group, and a man with a very grand ambition. When the weight of his legacy comes crashing down, love is no longer at the forefront-it becomes collateral damage. Forced to choose between the woman he claims to love and the empire he has spent his life preparing to inherit, Nathan's world unravels with shocking revelations. His father, the man he wants to become, is not only corrupt but also attempts to murder Enitan. His mother is not his mother, and his entire existence is built on a lie. As the sins of his family threaten to destroy everything, he is given an impossible ultimatum-marry his ex, Annabelle, to save Avalon and keep his father out of prison. Caught between duty and desire, Nathan must decide: Is love worth sacrificing everything for, or is power the only thing that truly endures? Enitan, meanwhile, comes to a heartbreaking realization-she was never Nathan's love story, just another conquest. In a world where love and ambition collide, where betrayal is a language the Adokole's speak fluently, Nathan and Enitan must navigate the blurred lines between devotion and destruction. But when the dust settles, only one truth remains-not all that glitters is love. 📚Cover is subject to subsequent change.