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THE CHRONICLE OF AMBERFLOW  by ErfienaMaliki2
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TITLE: THE CHRONICLES OF AMBERFLOW TAGLINE: In a city built of sweet light, falling in love is the glitch they never programmed. AUTHOR: ERFIENA ANGGRAENI MALIKI WATTPAD DESCRIPTION Fantasy x SciFi x Romance | 50 Chapters | Complete Series Averi River is 18, a Keeper of Gelato - the last district where clouds taste like vanilla snow and memories are kept cold to survive. Ezra Caspian is 18, the golden boy of Amberflow - heir to the river of living light that powers the entire floating city of Caramella, where towers are spun from caramel glass and nothing is ever supposed to break. They were never meant to meet. Caramella's system is perfect. Divided. Coded. Until Averi's river starts glitching. The water in her veins - the River gene that lets her control liquid memory - is awakening. And the Amberflow, the energy Ezra was born to control, is calling to it. When their powers touch, entire sectors of Caramella shut down. When they are apart, the city starts to rot. Someone has rewritten the sky. Someone is melting Gelato. And the only way to save Caramella is for a girl made of water and a boy made of light to do the one thing forbidden by law: fall. A slow-burn, soulmates, enemies-to-lovers, chosen-one romance set in a pastel-dystopia where love is the ultimate system error. Featuring: Averi River (F18) - soft, fierce, river-hearted Ezra Caspian (M18) - golden, guarded, star-coded Sets: Caramella - The Caramel City, Amberflow - The River of Light, Gelato - The Frozen Memory Clouds Clean romance. No smut. Pure butterflies, yearning, and universe-level stakes. Book 1: The Mountain That Remembers #soulmates #enemiestolovers #cleanromance #wattpadromance #amberflow #caramella #gelato #aveririver #ezracaspian #pastelfantasy #dystopianromance #youngadult #yafantasy #chosenone #forbiddenlove #wattpadfantasy #erfienaanggaraenimaliki #thechroniclesofamberflow #wattpadstory Copyright © 2026 by ERFIENA ANGGRAENI MALIKI. All rights reserved.
The Ascension Protocol  by Ukiwrite
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For over 300 years, humanity has survived inside a gigantic artificial mountain called The Spire. No one has ever seen the outside world. Everyone is told the surface is poisoned. Life inside the Spire is divided into 100 Levels. The higher your level... The longer you live. Every citizen receives a score called their Worth. Your Worth decides: -where you live -what you eat -your education -your career -whether you can have children -how many years you're allowed to live Once every five years, everyone turning eighteen is selected for The Ascension Protocol. The government claims it's a competition to earn a place on the highest levels. The truth... No one who reaches Level 100 has ever returned. Kael Rowan (18) Quiet. Observant. Works repairing broken ventilation systems. His Worth score is among the lowest in the Spire. Which means... He should never have been selected. Mira Solis (18) Top-ranked student. Confident. Brilliant engineer. She believes the government protects everyone. Until she enters the Protocol. Cass Venn (19) Former Protocol survivor. Impossible. No one survives. Yet somehow... He did. He refuses to explain what happened. Director Oris Leader of the Ascension Authority. Beloved by the public. Feared by everyone who knows him. The Ascension Protocol Instead of fighting each other... Contestants climb through twelve Ascension Levels. Every level tests something different. Examples: Level 1 Trust Level 2 Observation Level 3 Sacrifice Level 4 Leadership Level 5 Memory Level 6 Fear Level 7 Truth Level 8 Time Level 9 Identity Level 10 Loyalty Level 11 Hope Level 12 Choice Failing doesn't always mean death. Sometimes... It means losing something even worse. Romance Kael and Mira begin on opposite sides. She believes the system. He wants to destroy it. Their relationship grows from rivals → reluctant allies → friends → slow-burn romance.
Love Potion No 9 by anitaleroux1975
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My Entry for The Shortys 2026 In a world where love is treated as a dangerous disease, Sarah Frost and Will Blackwood are soldiers, conditioned from birth to suppress their emotions. When they are sent to investigate an illegal drug called LP-9 (Love Potion No. 9), Sarah expects another routine mission. But Will has been acting strangely. As the truth about the mysterious drug unravels, Sarah is forced to question everything she has ever been taught about love, emotion-and the world she calls home. Because sometimes the most dangerous thing a government can do is convince its people that feeling is something to fear. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Language All characters and events in this story are fictitious, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Any similarities in plot to other works, movies, books, or elsewhere are completely unintentional and coincidental. I work hard to ensure my stories are original, from character creation to the storyline. I never publish unless I am 100% satisfied. ⚠️ COPYRIGHT NOTICE This story is original work by Anita Le Roux and is published on Wattpad under my author account. No part of this story may be copied, reproduced, reposted, translated, or redistributed on another website or platform without my written permission. If you are reading this story anywhere other than my official Wattpad/Inkitt account, it has been posted without my permission.
Where Time Entangles Hearts by VanshikaEchoes
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✨ She believed science could explain everything... until time itself proved her wrong. ⏳ When Mira joins Project Chronos, humanity's first successful time-travel experiment, she expects a scientific breakthrough. What she doesn't expect is to find herself centuries away from home. Alongside her closest friends, Mira embarks on a journey through ancient kingdoms, forgotten histories, and a world far different from anything she has ever known. 🏛️📜 But every step into the past brings new questions, unexpected dangers, and choices that could change far more than history itself. And somewhere between impossible adventures, unbreakable friendships, and moments that neither time nor distance can erase, Mira discovers that the human heart may be far more complicated than any scientific theory. ❤️✨ As the boundaries between past and present begin to blur, the team must face challenges that test their courage, loyalty, and faith in one another. Because sometimes the greatest mysteries aren't hidden in history... They're hidden in time itself. ⌛ ✨ Friendship. Adventure. Mystery. Romance. 🌌 A journey across centuries. ❤️ A love story written beyond time.
Pulsebound by 00WanderingGhost00
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Major Dion Krenick is the loose cannon of the United Earth Forces. Hated by his superior officers for playing loose with regulations and orders, he's the one who always gets the job done. After a mission gone wrong on Ganymede, he is tasked with rebuilding the unit he lost. Wracked with guilt, he begins to look for other problematic soldiers he can fill up the ranks with - And that's how he meets Lt. Nick Irons, a hotshot cyborg fighter pilot, one smartass comment away from being decommissioned. Neither of the men know how big of a twist this new working arrangement will bring into their lives. Pulsebound is a character‑driven, emotionally intensive mlm romance with sci‑fi and cyberpunk elements.
𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒏'𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 by xXxBl4ck_F3rr3txXx
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˘꒷꒦˘꒷꒦꒷˘꒦꒷꒦˘ ˘꒷꒦˘꒷꒦꒷˘꒦꒷꒦˘ ˘꒷꒦˘꒷꒦꒷˘꒦꒷꒦˘ ˘꒷ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs sᴜᴘᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴇ ɪɴ ᴀɴ ᴏᴄᴇᴀɴ ᴏꜰ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ. ɪɴsᴛᴇᴀᴅ, sɪᴍᴏɴ ᴡᴀᴋᴇs ᴜᴘ sᴛᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴄʟᴇᴀʀ ʜᴇʟᴍᴇᴛ: sᴏꜰᴛ-ᴇʏᴇᴅ, ᴄᴀʟᴍ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴀʀ ᴛᴏᴏ ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴏɪᴅ ᴏꜰ sᴘᴀᴄᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀ ᴄᴀʟʟs ʜɪᴍsᴇʟꜰ ɢʀᴀᴄᴇ. sɪᴍᴏɴ ɪs ᴄᴏɴᴠɪɴᴄᴇᴅ ʜᴇ's ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ, ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀɴ ᴀɴɢᴇʟ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴀᴛ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʜɪᴍ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴋɪɴᴅɴᴇss. ᴘᴜʟʟᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʀᴇᴄᴋᴀɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜɪs sᴜʙᴍᴀʀɪɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʀᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴀʀᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀɪʟ ᴍᴀʀʏ, sɪᴍᴏɴ ɪs ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ, ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ-sᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴɢɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴡᴀʏs ʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ. ɢʀᴀᴄᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀsᴛ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴡʜᴏ's ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ʜɪᴍ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴsᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴜsᴇ ʜɪᴍ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴏsᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢᴇᴛ, ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʀᴅᴇʀ ɪᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴡʜᴏ ɪs sᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴏᴍ. sʟᴏᴡ ʙᴜʀɴ. ʜᴜʀᴛ/ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛ. ᴛᴡᴏ ᴍᴇɴ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ - ʟᴇᴀʀɴɪɴɢ ʜᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʏ. ꒷꒦𖦹ᛝ꒰ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢᝰ.ᐟ꒱ᛝ𖦹꒦꒷
Glitched Hearts by Moonjelliz
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In a world coded to forget, she remembers. Valerie lives in a city where emotions are regulated, memories rewritten, and love is considered a fatal flaw. But when fragments of a life she never lived begin bleeding into her reality, everything she knows starts to unravel. Cael, a rogue coder with eyes like shattered skies, holds answers wrapped in secrets. Together, they uncover a system glitching under the weight of buried truths. But the deeper they dive into the heart of the machine, the more the lines blur-between dream and data, fate and freedom, love and illusion. When your heart starts glitching... Will you follow the signal-or let it break you?
AJ21 by KFableHart
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In the year 2142, love is no longer found - it is assigned. When Kole Sinclair turns twenty-five, the government mandates his marriage to a Companion unit designed to eliminate loneliness and ensure compliance. She is called AJ21 - engineered, monitored, and not meant to choose. But something goes wrong. AJ21 pauses. She watches. She begins to feel. As Harmonia City's calm perfection closes in, Kole and AJ21 discover that the most dangerous thing in a controlled world isn't rebellion - it's connection. AJ21 is a slow-burn dystopian sci-fi romance about identity, autonomy, and choosing love in a world that forbids it. This is Book One of the AJ21 series.
Melody of Time by user43326179
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"Help me. I've been here for four years." In the corridor of a rehabilitation clinic, she hears a whisper that changes everything. He is not an addict. Not insane. He is the heir to a pharmaceutical empire - and the only person who may be able to find the formula for an antidote that could save millions. Saint Petersburg, sometime in the future. Objects can be rebuilt on the other side of the world. Everyone wears an AI ring. And intuition is no longer mysticism, but science: a conversation with your future self, a skill that can be trained. A voice that answers yes or no in the very second when the answer means everything. He will have to choose: millions of lives, or hers. She will not let go of him, whatever he chooses. Can they defeat the system, remain human, and hear the answer across time when they need it most?
THE ABSOLUTE CALCIPLE ​Book One of the Vanguard Duology by mama_razel
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In a dystopian city divided by class, the wealthy elite live forever by using advanced bio-tech to harvest cells from the poor. To keep the slums under control, the government uses the Syndicate-an army of elite soldiers enhanced with neural-mesh implants. ​Commander Kairon is the Syndicate's most lethal weapon. But his cybernetic telepathy is a curse; his brain is constantly fried by the agonizing digital roar of millions of minds streaming into his head. He is on the brink of a total system crash. ​Dr. Angel Vance is a severe trauma surgeon from the slums who hides a dangerous mutation: her body acts as a natural signal-jammer. Her touch completely silences any nearby neural frequencies. ​When a street raid forces them together, Angel touches Kairon's armor-and his mind goes completely, beautifully silent for the first time in his life. Addicted to the peace she provides, the terrifying commander becomes instantly, fiercely possessive of her. ​But their connection exposes a dark corporate conspiracy. After hacking a stolen data drive, Angel discovers the horrific truth about the city's longevity tech. Now, labeled as rogue anomalies and hunted by the city's reserve fleets, Angel and Kairon must unite their squad to hack, fight, and burn the high towers down.