"Light up my darkness," he murmured against her bare flesh. His fingers trailed up her arm, leaving a blazing fire beneath them. His lips pressed softly against her shoulder and her eyes fluttered closed, accepting his touch. "Let go and I'll take away all of the pain." She desperately wanted to free herself from the torture of the heat, of the shift, of the sadness, but she pushed his firm chest away from her. She yearned to finally fulfill her place among the divine. She desired to guide and protect the species. She wished to eliminate the Challengers. The longer she endured the pain, the more power she would attain to help her fulfill her responsibilities. To the men who watched her ascend, it looked as if she was interacting with thin air, but she knew he was there with her. She smiled softly at him, caressing his cheek. "My Darkness, let the pain fester within me. I crave it." * The Betrayal is a part of The Marking Trilogy and cannot be read as a stand-alone book. The Marking must be read first.* Cover by @Finding_Bria

One Year, that's what they agreed upon. That's why she worked so hard to please him. That's why she did everything in her power to help him and his people. So she could live her second life, the way she wanted. In peace. One Year, they promised each other. To live a life as husband and wife. One Year, to convince everyone that they were a loving couple. One Year, to gather information on his enemies. One Year, to gather as much support and power from the royal court to his side. One Year, of playing pretend and fooling the whole Kingdom of their fake love story. Little did she know, it only took One Year for him to fall in love with her. Will he keep to his word of One Year? Or go back on it and break their promise?

She was born to be an empress. Beauty like immortal, talented in many aspects and a great politician. She married to the crown prince at the age of 11. Engendered two heirs for the kingdom. She really lives a perfect life. Shining crown and beautifully embroidered gown. Tingling hairpins on her head doesn't make her happy. Is it too greedy to ask for more? Is it insolent to say that she's unpleased with her life? Because the emperor never looked at her. Because he doesn't favor her, her days are full of sorrow. All she ever wanted is him.

ꦼ ᴅᴇsᴄʀɪᴘᴛɪᴏɴ: She has been drawn into the life of the phoenix, such fate - "The Emperor Swallow", but few days later she married the Prime Minister; she possesses beauty that overthrows cities and ruins states but also has a talented and virtuous mind, yet her husband is deeply in love with the Emperor's doted consort. On their wedding night, his face filled with guilt, says to her: Apart from love, I can give you anything... Though deep in nobility, her life is not monotonous, to pick up the new number one scholar from within the imperial palace, to rescue the Nu clan's prince in the back alleys, and with the young general falling off the cliff, with the Emperor engaging in a battle of wits over the inner palace... Many men were unable to conquer her beauty and wisdom, yet when trying to win the beauty, they cannot let go of their plundering desires in lust for power. Within the imperial court, there is an underlying turbulence of disputing fronts. On the battlefield, there is the slaughtering of armoured cavalry......the tender grace of a beauty, hearts fuelled with lust for power, which is it that is the burial of such heroes? Troubled times since the war, they survive in this strife, fighting to dominate this world, seizing the beauty that overthrows cities and ruin states... The world, because of this beauty, is in chaos; but who is it that this beauty charmingly smiles at? ꦼ ᴛʏᴘᴇ: Chinese Novel ꦼ ɢᴇɴʀᴇ: Historical Josei Romance ꦼ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ: Chinese ꦼ ᴀᴜᴛʜᴏʀ/s: Duo Duo Wu ꦼ ᴀʀᴛɪsᴛ/s: N/A ꦼ ʏᴇᴀʀ: 2006 ꦼ sᴛᴀᴛᴜs: Completed ꦼ ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇs: 红颜乱 ꦼ sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇs: Novel Online Full: (Prologue - Epilogue) Novels.pl: (Special Chapters) Novel Updates: (Tags) ꦼ ᴅɪsᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇʀ: This book is for offline purposes only. Furthermore, all the credits are solely belong to the rightful author/s and translator/s. Have

Definitely Not My Story!!! This is Machine Translated Novel!!! Link: https://novel.babelchain.org/books/jun-ye-can-t-help-but-tease-his-wife Author: Āotú mán / 凹凸蛮 Rumor has it that the empire's first general, Shen Chengfeng, has a quirk that does not allow anyone to touch his body! But on a certain day, not only did he touch people, but also slept with a certain person! ... For countless generations, it is rumored that the empire's well-known Xiao family only had sons who became generals. But the fact is, they actually have a daughter named Xiao Jing! However, she must dress as a man to become a young soldier. ... Anybody who will have a contact with Shen Chengfeng's skin will die. This is the secret of the Shen family that cannot be disclosed. Xiao Jing, however, was careless and touched the general's body everywhere! ... The Shen family is well aware of the fact that Shen Chengfeng's both hands are like strong sulfuric acid. Once touched, even the bones will not be saved. Xiao Jing, however, was not paying attention and touched him all over! ... The Shen family understood that the body of the imperial general is special and cannot have a wife and children in this life. However, one day, the general suddenly announced that he is going to marry a certain soldier! In other words... Xiao Jing didn't have a choice but to disguise herself as a man to become a soldier. Unexpected events led her to have physical encounters with the empire's most distinguished general, Shen Chengfeng. However, unknown to the public, this military master has a mysterious secret - anything that he touches would all turn to ash! Surprisingly, Xiao Jing was an exception! How will our hardworking Xiao Jing keep her little secret hidden when Shen Chengfeng is constantly keeping an eye on her? And how will our formidable general react when a certain soldier is not affected by his supernatural ability?

A stripper, destined to be lawyer and a man who only cares about himself meet in sinful circumstances. When one dance leads to another, it's hard for Roman to resist her and when one clue leads to another, Blake is thrusted into his world of violence. ~~~ Blake Myers is a stripper at a famous club, Play bunnies den. She's always dreamed of being a lawyer, even went to law school and got her degree. But it only put her in debt. After not finding one single law firm to hire her, she turned to stripping to earn money quickly. Roman Ferrari is a feared man in America. He looks incredibly handsome, but underneath that face is a true demon. He was raised to continue his family's business, nothing else. To him and everyone else, he has no soul, until she came and changed everything about him. *Mature and Violent content!*

He was powerful. He was terrifying. Said to be cruel and unjust. Terrifyingly possessive. He had the world, but to him she was his world. There was nothing he wouldn't do for his miraculum.

"What are you doing" I panted my eyes travelling towards his bee stung lips. "Tasting you" he said coming closer to bite my bottom lip. "And right now you taste too good to let go" ********* Aleena has always lived a safe life. she never wanted to enjoy the rush of danger and hadn't plan to, she had her life planned out for her the way she expected things to go. that was until her boyfriend decided to cheat on her, landing herself on a one way flight to Italy with Donatello, a notorious mobster. He was an unemotional, cocky, self- centred control freak, that let his rage get the best of him. after losing a bet in a game of poker, she was sent to Italy to keep his sister company to try and pay him back the money she owed. Until they both agree to play for her freedom. Donatello had no idea what he was thinking when he decided to play with Aleena. from the moment he saw those big round eyes he knew he had to keep her close no matter what. so when he decided to take her to Italy with him he knew it was a terrible idea. she was like a drug. a drug he wanted to taste. One he wanted to become addicted too. One he wanted nothing more but to keep all to himself. #2 empowerment #1 poker #1 mine #2 hot

"The Caregiver and the Mob Boss" ❦ Avelina makes her money by taking care of those who can't take care of themselves. When she is handed a case about a man who had needed a personal caregiver, she accepts. One thing Avelina never anticipated was the dangerous lifestyle he lived. Not only that, but she didn't expect for him to be so incredibly good-looking. Adrik Zolotov, the Russian mobster that everyone called "Mad Hatter". His insanity and crave for blood left him the most feared man of all. All he wanted was power and those around him to fear him. For a man recently diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, everyone believed him to be emotionally incapable of ever loving anyone. . . Imagine their surprise when he meets Avelina. ❦ "Mr. Zolotov, I have to make sure you bathe before I leave. It's apart of my jobs protocol," she said softly. The truth was that he made her feel nervous. There was so much coldness and evil in his eyes, it left a chill to run down her spine. "Fine," he stated before walking over to his bathtub. Her eyes followed his movements as he pulled off his shirt causing her to lick her lips and quickly look away. She could hear the sound of more clothes falling onto the ground until the sound of water running littered her eardrums. "You assist when asked, isn't that right?" He asked. Slowly, she opened her eyes to see that he had already gotten into the shower. "Yes," Avelina answered. "Bathe me." ❦ Dangerously far from cliché

give me your sins baby, let me be your devil - a story where an older man finds himself under the spell of an 18-year-old vixen ... - daily updates - *all character's are 18+*