In the year of 1180, the young Alyza was torn by an internal battle between hate and loyalty. The loss of her beloved father, considered a traitor to the King, consumed her like a burn, engraved on her heart. Her thirst for revenge swallowed them completely, while her devotion to the King bound her with bolts of steel, merging into a devouring obsession that pushed her to the very limits of the soul.

I've been locked in this mysterious mansion for ten years. Cleaning and following the rules of a Lord whose face I've never seen. Rule 1: Don't walk the halls at night Rule 2: Never leave the property Rule 3: Don't ask about the Lord of the estate Once you leave the mansion, you can't come back. My mother tells me I should be thankful because only crime and death remain outside the gates after the war. But after ten years of cleaning the same halls and reading the same books, after ten years of unanswered questions, my curiosity got the best of me. I snuck out of the mansion and went to the nearby town: a crime that could get me banished. I began asking about the mysterious Lord, and tonight, I will walk the forbidden halls and hope to catch a glimpse of him. This is a 15-chapter sample. The Complete story is on patreon.com/ancientt

Running from hell isnʼt easy. Especially when someoneʼs dragging you back down into it. Belligerent, brash and always in shades of black, Freya is hardly a lady. Hidden away by her father, sheʼs lived a normal life despite being born into the dark waters of New Yorkʼs underworld. Heʼs cold, cruel and calculating, with a proclivity for destruction. Feared by even Made Men, Torren is the boss of the stateʼs most leachorous crime syndicate. Freya hates his crudity and possessiveness, but she canʼt deny the way her breath hitches at his rough touch, the deep timbre of his voice, and his dark, heated gaze. Torren hates her disobedience, her recklessness, and her chaos. To him, sheʼs only something to be tamed. And after he slips a ring on her hand, snatching away her future, she makes only one vow---to become his biggest torment.

Avelyn Harrison, now going by the name Faith Emerson, had the perfect life one could hope for, with a wonderful husband and a faultless existence...or so she believed, until everything came crashing down one day after catastrophic secrets were revealed. She is then compelled to flee and never look back, but what happens when her past life unexpectedly catches up with her and she is forced to deal with the repercussions of fleeing with the billionaire's twin babies. __________ Unedited. Exclusively signed to wattpad.

Leila Aliyev grew up with her abusive step father and neglectful mother and had only herself to rely on. When Leila was sixteen and her mother died of a drug overdose, she was forced to run away or be 'taken care of' by her twisted step father, Paul. With that thought, she packed her bags and fled hoping she'd be free and be able to live a normal life. She was wrong. Almost four years later Leila had worked from house to house as a maid. She was bought and sold by many different people, some sane and some insane, so being an 'object' was the only thing she'd ever really known. When her most recent owner decides to get rid of her, she is once again put on the market waiting to be bought once again. Little did she know the next person to buy her was one of the most dangerous men in the world... Dante Constanzo the leader of the Italian Mafia. Despite his God-like looks, he was terrifying. He was everything Leila was not; intimidating, authoritative, controlling and he got everything he wanted. When Leila catches his eye at the bidding, he wants her and what Dante wants he gets. Will Leila be able to cope in the midst of Dante's formidable life whilst having her past constantly torturing her mind, or will she leave? After all she seems to be...Maid to Run. WARNING: This book will contain a lot of strong language, mature content, violence and content that may be triggering or upsetting to some readers. Read in discretion. *VALENTINA ROSE IS MY PEN NAME - NOT MY REAL NAME

|ATTENTION: ceci est la suite de Vénus a froid. Il est NECESSAIRE de lire cette première partie pour comprendre celle-ci| Faolàn est dévasté lorsqu'il découvre le corps de Freyja sous les falaises. Dévoré par ses regrets, il fuit ses anciens tortionnaires pour finalement être rattrapé par le passé. Alors qu'il croit que c'est fini pour lui, il croise des yeux bruns qu'il connaît bien et pensait ne plus jamais revoir : mais Freyja ne semble avoir aucun souvenir du passé...

When I found out he was my mate I knew he wouldn't leave her for me...I just hoped. She was beautiful and sweet and not in the fake kind of way either. He was the future alpha and she was the best fit for his future Luna. They looked and worked perfect together. He said the words that hurt me the most, "I can't be with you Elena, I love her." Fast forward six years... What happens when she goes away to college and comes back a new woman? Just how much has changed over the years? Read and find out! (Cover designed by @jullianreeds74)

Une nuit d'hiver, le village de Freyja est dévasté par des guerriers sanguinaires qui mettent tout à feu et à sang. Persuadée qu'elle va y laisser la vie, elle attire néanmoins l'attention d'un des hommes : Faolàn. Il l'emmène dans son camp, l'entraîne dans sa vie pleine de violence. Mais événement après événement, entre le sang, le froid et la haine, se forment des sentiments qu'aucun des deux n'auraient pensé possibles...