When Alistair Melek gave his life to the sea, a various degree of things changed. For starters, his love for bloodshed was exemplified. Bolder. He was drawn to the clash of a sword, blood spiling below to floorboards, like a moth drawn to a flame. And this love was damned to spread through his crew as some treacherous disease, claiming any and all who joined. But he knew this was the price he'd pay. The price for the sea itself. So when his crew completes another standard loot and pillage from a merchant ship, he allows his men a bit of fun. He liked to give them an audience, rounding up those who didn't fall victim to the blade during battle, and forcing them to beg for their lives. To prove how much they really wanted to live. Alistair had ruled the sea for some years now. Killed thousands, maybe tens of thousands. Destroyed hundreds, maybe thousands of vessels. And yet, each feeble human was all the same. There was not one man he threatened that didn't beg for their lives with all they had in them when faced with the wrong end of the sword. Each feeble human was always the same. Or so he thought. And yet, he also thought that this would be one standard job. A treat for his men after a night of good work. But this particular survivor, the one with long white hair and dead looking eyes... He wasn't a merchant. He couldn't have been. More important, there was no hesitancy when Alistair asked the fairly built man whether he wanted to live, and the man replied with a simple no.

Jared Abitol is ugly, past his prime, and desperate for love. Years of being hyper-aware of his own looks have made Jared develop social anxiety. When you look like Jared, love isn't easy to find. Jared might not have the looks or confidence, but he has the money, so giving up on love and settling for the next best thing, physical intimacy, is all he can do. With the help of a colleague, Jared reaches an agreement with a college-age youth called Darnell Miller. Jared pays his college fees and rent, while Darnell puts up with shitty sex with an older man. Sounds simple enough, doesn't it? It's not. - Cover by @nolakepner [NaNoWriMo winner, November 2018.]

"Laurent, it will do you well to understand that Salina is not yours anymore. She is mine. These insults you throw her way, they affect me. These," he gripped Salina's face a bit roughly. Squeezing her cheeks and tilting her chin to show the tear stains on them, glistening in the light. "These tears, they are mine. Choose your next words carefully in reference to my woman." •• Dominik Ivanov needs a wife. Or rather, does he simply want one? The Russian Devil is feared by many and known by none. When the devilish man is searching for a wife, Salina didn't once assume it would be her. But when she ends up in a courthouse signing her life away, she can't help but wonder if there's a bright side to this all. ~ When the devil finds himself obsessed, what more can he do but corrupt her? #2 in dangerouslove |10/23/23|

{SUPERNATURAL FLUFF SERIES} Simon's only purpose is to raise his pups to be the best individuals in the world. to be there for them in every way. being a widow is hard, especially when suddenly you find yourself crushing. hard

𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐠𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐲/𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 ꕤ One mistake costs Astoria her future completely. At twenty-three, she is getting married to a man she has never seen before. But she has made peace with it. When she enters a marriage with Theodore Cappell, she thought she knew what to expect but she might be completely wrong. Astoria soon discovers that being with Theodore might be the biggest challenge for her yet. ꕤ

Carlisia ran as fast as her sore legs would let her. Her top was ripped and her knees scabbed from all the time she had tripped on the rough patchy ground. She tripped again, blood dripped from the corner of her mouth as a stone bust her lip. She quickly got up, and continued to run. She could feel his presence. Not chasing her, no. Observing her. He was amused how she thought she could run away. Carlisia's knees buckled underneath her again, she was so tired and in so much pain. A sob escaped her lips, she couldn't take it anymore. Sniffling, she took deep breaths, trying to get up but her legs wouldn't let her. They were just too bruised. She sighed, this was it perhaps. She rolled onto her back and pushed herself up against a tree, just as a figure emerged in front of her. "Tired I see?" The dark voice said after a moment of silence. "P-please just let me go." Carlisia whispered. Her throat was dry from all the screaming earlier. "Where would you go Carlisia? Hmm? There is no where to run to." He mused as he casually strolled in front of her. Clearly amused by the situation. "Well, there are places." He said sarcastically, swatting his hand in the air for emphasis. "Just not ones where you can hide." He tusked finally looking at her straight in the eyes. "There isn't a place in this world, no nook, no cranny, where I can not get you from. I need you to understand that love." He said as he crouched in front of her and tenderly brought a strand of her loose locks to his nose and took a deep breath, momentarily closing his eyes. "I will find you from any depth of this universe." he breathed out. Tears fell from Carlisia's eyes as she looked at the side, trying to push her face away from him, breathing as if a deer caught in headlights. "Well, not that I will let you leave in the first place." He chuckled, tugging at the strand as he finally opened his eyes. They were once again golden. Copyright 2021 ©

After a fatal accident, Aidan wakes up in a hospital with more broken bones than one. His critical condition leaves him under the care of the hottest person he'd ever seen, so much that one look at his doctor almost gives him a heart attack. As he tries to control his attraction to the annoyingly professional man in scrubs, he forgets that he is slowly recovering until it's too late. Will his feelings be reciprocated? Or will he leave the hospital more broken than when he'd first come in...

One night stands should only remain one night stands... When Blane finally decided to find a good lay for the night, he was approached by the mysterious Ashley Debres; a man with an especially dangerous air about him. Every instinct still screamed at Blane to grab him and take him home. The only problem was that just by looking at him, Blane knew the man was obscenely younger than he was. But Ashley didn't seem like the person who usually took no for an answer, and when attraction quickly turned into obsession, only destruction awaited at the end of that tunnel.

» 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 « ~ The Salieri's are so venomous in this world that people in this city don't dare to touch us but you, Aletheia... You made me sink my teeth into you and people shall know that - Donovan Salieri. ° ° ° ° Aletheia Sokratés isn't what you call sweet or innocent - She's a proficient pickpocket thief who is careless of others and doesn't care what anyone thinks, She steals and lies for a living however there is always a price to pay and Aletheia must finally succumb to that when she happens to steal from a notorious mob boss, 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐢. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐢 is her biggest punishment yet and Aletheia is on a forever wild ride and maybe an illicit affair? _________ 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 » 𝐴 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 ⚠︎ 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝:12/30/2022

Mr. Billionaire makes a proposal of marriage to a beautiful baker woman. She is to be his wife in a loveless marriage, as he, her husband. ••• Giovanni Brown was born into a successful and wealthy family. He is to be the successor of his father's company. That was until his personal unhidden affairs began to earn him a reputation. His father gives him an ultimatum to find a beautiful woman to settle down with, as far as the meaning of marriage, or get stripped away from becoming CEO of the company, Brown Enterprises. Taking his father's words seriously, he takes a getaway trip to Las Vegas to visit an old friend and enjoys the little time he has as a bachelor. He expected his fun but never did he expect a beautiful stranger to save him from nearly dying. Hardworking bakery owner, Kira Sanders, had expected to see many things on the street of Vegas but never did she expect to save a man, unknowingly the wealthiest billionaire that's all the way from Phoenix, Arizona, from near death. Of course, she gets him to the hospital on time but when he wakes, she is introduced to who he really is though a stranger. A rude, handsome looking man with an arrogant and self-confident personality causing her to retaliate out of reaction. She finds herself taken off guard when he makes a proposal of marriage of one year. Faking a love marriage is one thing but faking attraction is something these two can't seem to do. I|Word Count : 60,000-70,000|I