In every story there are heroes and villains. They play the roles of both. Crescent Cafe is a nondescript cafe located at an alley, bringing in less than around 10 customers per day. Underneath the exterior of a failing business, the building masks the headquarters for 8 hired "couriers", doing jobs that range from menial ones such as catching a cheating spouse to skilled ones such as assassinating a gang leader. As long as it does not go against their principles and the pay's enough, the job is considered done. No one pays attention to them and only some know their secret identities. Han Byul is a recent university graduate crippling with student debt, fumbling around to find a part-time job that can at least sustain her until she finds a proper job. Frustrated after another failed job interview, she stumbled upon Crescent Cafe; she went in hoping for a cup of coffee and a peace of mind. What she got was a deadly secret that left the men with two choices: either kill her or take her in. But hey, at least the coffee's good. Action - comedy - romance... and many more in between. Hopefully. [Disclaimer: This story contains descriptions of sensitive themes, death, blood, violence and mild language. No explicit content. It will be as chaotic as ATEEZ.] © dreamperfection; 2019 Book cover credits: the amazing @HONGMAMON

" Sleep is no longer a healing bath, a recuperation of vital forces, but an oblivion, a nightly brush with annihilation. " Was called Sleeping Beauty

The past is a lesson, and no matter how much we hate ours, it's what has made us the people we are today. For some people it's more than a lesson. It's a curse. It will haunt them every time they close their eyes or let their mind wander a little too far. Our past is what makes us who we are, and it's inescapable. !DISCLAIMER! This is a side story to Online, not a prequel nor a sequel. It will simply give a story more focused on the things you don't get to see. So, please read up to chapter 32 of online as this book will contain spoilers

Embrace your scars, do not look to erase them; for sometimes answers lie within them. Following the fall of Queen Emira as Lucida's ruler, Akira Hwang has lived a quiet life in Nyla surrounded by the new people she has met and learnt to trust. What she doesn't expect next is to find herself wearing the crown and sitting on the throne, taking the place that she once thought was too high for her to reach. Meanwhile in Nyla, the pressure to become king lies upon the white-blooded prince as they unveil the dark secrets behind the existence of the Shadow King. For both of them, wearing the crown comes with heavy responsibility; they find themselves chained to the destinies written in their blood again, divided by the hierarchy set by the blood flowing inside them. Time is running out to set things right; in order to fix what's broken, they need to open up their past scars and embrace the meaning that lie behind them. [Disclaimer: There might be some scenes with violence, death, blood and mild language - but nothing too excessive or graphic.] © dreamperfection; 2021 credits for the amazing cover to @prodsanie

one glance upon the reaper's painting and he declared himself god ateez thriller/horror story

𝒐𝒐𝒐. "I didn't write this to forget who I am as a person nor did I write it for money out of desperation. I wrote this because I know, one day, someone will find this story in the corner of a library, squeezed between forgotten stories with a dusty appearance. Maybe they'll pick up this book, look at the hardcover of the scripted title and give it a read, and maybe they could relate to our lives; to our struggles, and maybe, they won't feel as alone. Despite the demons that never cease to exist as they will never go away, we will always remain together as 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 boys with our 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 different lives telling our 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 different stories tied into one in the year of 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎." 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚂: 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙿𝙻𝙴𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝟣𝟫𝟪𝟢!𝖺𝗎 © 𝙲𝙾𝙿𝚈𝚁𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃, 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟿

𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩. everything started with the mysterious illness that had brought death towards the king of zeeta. the choi siblings never imagined all the misfortune that had happened to them. little by little everything falls apart. 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝. 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙡. 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙. 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚. 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝. will justice be brought? who's blood will be spilled? love between the land and sea, which will prevail? ❛❛ i'll be the one who kills her ❜❜ -//- [ lowercase intended ] © staryng | 2019 / editing / -//- 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 • ateez - #1 • hongjoong - #1 • seonghwa - #1 • yunho - #1 • yeosang - #3 • san - #1 • wooyoung - #1 • jongho - #1 • yungi - #1 • pirates - #3 • royalty - #69 • parkseonghwa - #1 • choisan - #1 • jungwooyoung - #1 • choijongho - #1 • jeongyunho - #1

We are all connected, even though our paths have never crossed before. "Let's play a game, shall we? I will count to 20 and you can run away from me, but if I ever catch up to you, I will kill you. Sounds simple, right?" 6 men arrive at a villa, greeted by the owners who are a peculiar pair; one is a man with a smile that does not leave his face and another is a man who seems to only speak through his eyes. The trip takes a sinister turn when they are pulled into a game of horror, causing them to desperately try and escape with their lives. They are only given one chance to run away, but if they ever get caught... The answer as to why they are being targeted may go beyond what they can fathom; a connection they can't even begin to imagine. "I'm giving you a chance, so now... run." [Disclaimer: Rated mature for themes + scenes that might be very disturbing and potentially triggering to some so please read at your own discretion. NO SEXUAL CONTENT.] © dreamperfection; 2019 Book cover credits: the amazing @sanoirs

This is a world where your worth is as much as the colour of your blood. Akira is the queen's most trusted soldier and general. Being the highest ranked amongst others, she is ruthless in doing her job. She only has one weakness: she cannot see colours. The world only represents itself as black and white to her and she has learnt to use it to her advantage. She slashes people with her sword without even batting an eye - the blood splattered across is merely a liquid that holds no meaning to her. In the kingdom of Lucida, the people are divided based on the colour of their blood. Royalty bear white blood, noblemen take crimson, commoners live with blue while the servants, considered the lowest in the ranks, are left with yellow blood. No one is allowed to marry outside their ranks and no one ever dares to break the norm throughout the centuries. When the queen orders her to find the identity of the mysterious Shadow King, she sets out on a quest to find the real king. Her list is narrowed down to 7 men, all from different backgrounds. Blood has to be shed in order to confirm the king's identity but she has one problem: she cannot determine the truth with her own eyes. [Disclaimer: There might be some scenes with violence, death, blood and mild language - but nothing too excessive or graphic.] © dreamperfection; 2019 Book cover credits: the amazing @sanoirs

"It's fun to pretend you're someone you're not, and doing it Online makes it easier." --- Seo Yina would like to call herself fun and carefree, but when something tragic happens in her life, she moves house and decides to download a dating app - less for the dating, more for the friendships (as she would say) - to take a break from reality. On the app she meets eight guys, each being so different yet so alike, which leads to Yina developing a great friendship with them all. As time goes by, Yina starts to realise that maybe friendship wasn't enough for her and one of these guys, but there was something she didn't know. Each person had a dark past and they were not as pure as they seemed. As Yina starts to figure out what's going on with them all, she thinks maybe she shouldn't have trusted them at all in the first place. •Dating App AU --- [[started: 3/6/18]] • Ateez fanfic