Bastard Stories

Westeros remembers its wars. Willowmere remembers its dead. Elara Mistfen is the keeper of names, sworn to a land where weapons are laid down and grief is never hurried. She has learned to listen more than she speaks, to witness rather than judge. When Jaime Lannister arrives at her lake-disgraced, maimed, and haunted-he expects hatred or absolution. He is offered neither. Bound by ritual, silence, and memory, two broken souls are forced to share the stillness of Willowmere. As war closes in and old loyalties threaten to drag Jaime back into the man he once was, Elara must decide whether remembrance is enough to save a soul-or whether loving the Kingslayer will cost her everything she has sworn to protect. BOOK 1 of THREE

She is the Empire's last defense. And its most dangerous weapon. At seventeen, Viviann Marie Evans called a council of generals fools to their faces - and saved thousands with nothing but her wits. By twenty, she was the youngest spymaster in history. Feared. Brilliant. Utterly irreplaceable. But when the King she serves falls dangerously in love with her, and a young man with grey eyes and a hidden past steps out of the shadows, Viviann faces the one enemy she cannot outwit: her own heart. Dark SpecFi. Slow-burn romance. Absolutely morally grey heroine.

Dante Moretti was never meant to inherit the Moretti empire. The bastard son. The forgotten heir. The man who learned that power isn't given-it is taken. Cold, calculating, and dangerously patient, Dante has spent years building his own empire in the shadows, waiting for the perfect opportunity to claim what he believes is rightfully his. And then he finds the key. Natalia Luciano. Mafia princess. Heiress to one of the most powerful families in the city. Wild, reckless, and utterly impossible to control. So Dante does what he does best. He makes a plan. He arranges a marriage between them, manipulating two powerful families into an alliance that will put Natalia-and everything she stands to inherit-within his reach. He knows exactly what he wants from her. Her name. Her power. Her empire. What he doesn't account for is Natalia herself. Because Natalia Luciano doesn't bow. She doesn't obey. And she certainly doesn't intend to become the obedient wife of a man who planned their marriage like a business transaction. Dante wants control. Natalia wants freedom. Neither of them is willing to surrender. But when two dangerously stubborn people are forced into a marriage built on secrets, power, and lies, the greatest threat to Dante's carefully constructed empire may not be his enemies. It may be the woman sleeping beside him. Because Dante arranged the marriage believing Natalia was the key to everything he wanted. He just never considered that the key could lock him in too.

Aeipathy - an enduring and consuming passion Evaline was never the kind of woman men chose. Kael was never the kind of man families accepted. But when her uncle starts arranging suitors she doesn't want, she finds herself reaching for the one person she was always told to stay away from....a man whose presence was never welcomed in that city, a man who has been watching her for a number of years, waiting for permission that was never going to come Evaline! Don't you dare! "There is no daughter in this family for a begotten man like him. You will not dare to stain our family name with his presence."

❝So who are you then, love?❞ ❝I'm nobody, sir.❞ ❝Well, we both know that's not true. Everybody's a somebody.❞ ❝Not me. I was born a nobody and I'm destined to die a nobody.❞ Being born and raised in the sixteenth century as a bastard lowborn was exhausting and painful for anyone, and Calliope Connard was not an exception. Having never met her true parents and being a servant for the Staple family, Callie has already experienced betrayal and agony by the time she has adulthood, and when she and her friends are informed of the arrival of another noble family, they expect the same to happen once again. Only to find herself meeting and intriguing the one and only, Niklaus Mikaelson. Callie's bastard status and her outspoken silent personality interested the Original more than he cared to admit, and as she finds herself falling for him more and more with each day, she gives her heart and more importantly, her trust, over to Klaus, in a way that she never had before. But loving a Mikaelson has never had anyone any good and Callie is no different. She will do anything and everything to save her family and friends from what she believes might be an early death-but how can she save them when she cannot even save herself? [BOOK ONE OF THE CALLIOPE CHRONICLES] [PRE-THE VAMPIRE DIARIES-S4] [KLAUS MIKAELSON

A young woman lives her life on earth before being transported to a different world in need of her special and magical abilities. The new world, Astriel includes magic and dragons and maybe even a new lover for Madeline. Madeline crosses from Earth to a new world called Astriel, to a country stuck in a cold war with well basically the rest of Astriel. Soon after she arrives the king dies, thrusting young Anthony onto the throne. Paired with his bastard brother, Greyson the two run the country fiercely. With her two friends, Cam and Brooke, Madeline learns and helps lead the country and navigate the cold war, riding alongside Greyson on her dragon.

*Chapters 1-14 fully updated as of August 2026* What if Gael's bastard child lived? Born in late 99 AC, Gaelys is the orphaned bastard daughter of Princess Gael Targaryen, the tragic 'Winter Child' that was once the love of Daemon Targaryen's life. After her mother's mysterious death, Gaelys is raised blessed with the sisterhood of Rhaenyra and the tutelage of Rhaenys. With no place at court as a bastard, the Targaryen princesses are the only real family she can count on as a child. As a young maiden Gaelys pledges her unwavering loyalty to become lady in waiting to the heir and so she supports her cousin as crown princess while she helps raise the next generation of Targaryens. Unrequited feelings eventually leads to a years long love story with Harwin Strong and a complicated relationship with her mother's lover. Taking place throughout 111-135 AC Daemon Targaryen works subtly in the shadows, because the dragon must have three heads in order to alter the fate of his house's dynasty.

"My mother sold her body for scraps, but I'll burn this kingdom to the ground if it means I'll never be a slave to anyone." Iskander, the bastard son of a slain king and a prostitute, rises from the gutters to lead his broken nation to victory in a war fought on both fronts. Crowned by his people, he is hated by the world's rulers who see only a bastard usurper. But when Iskander falls for Araceli- the daughter of his father's killer - he must choose between vengeance, love, and the fragile future of his kingdom.

Two heirs of the mafia king find themselves in front of a cruel execution order from the man who was supposed to be their father. An empire built on years of absolute loyalty collapses in a single night. A secret bloodline, buried deep in the shadows decades ago, has started hunting again. As a lethal war breaks out on the borders, the crown falls onto a blood-soaked floor. Lifelong trust shatters, dark family secrets unravel, and an unbreakable wall of hatred divides them from within. The countdown has reached zero. Who will be the next victim, and who is the executioner?

A short story of Maelys the Monstrous, how he came to be, his life in his own words, his thoughts, why he did the things he did, and the years before the battle of the Ninepenny Kings.

When young lady Reina Eversong leaves her home she finds herself at the Iron Ridge; home to her family's liege lord, Ian Stormwind, for his son's eighteenth name day. Her mother hopes to form a marriage pact between her and the young lord Martyn Stormwind. But Reina has eyes for his bastard brother, Tristan. Who will she choose? Will she choose duty or love?

So I wrote this kinda for my birthday so I can have something out. I really enjoyed writing this collection because it's about the pain and longing to be happy again. It was really fun to dive down deep into my own personal trauma and hatred and I'm very excited that people get to experience these with me as well. I really hope you enjoy this. Can't wait for the next collection, but until then, here's this! -Riley Written By: Riley Valentine. Produced By: Dennis Maxfield. Co-Produced By: Mark Pointe

As the fate of Westeros lies in her hands Taliya must undergo challenge after challenge at Castle Black. Join her as she learns about her true self and the battles of love. This story follows the series and has some of my own original characters and some from the series. *- quotes are directly from the series🐉

HI IN THIS THE STORY THE FEMALE LEAD IS TAKING PLACE AS HIS BROTHER AS CEO BECAUSE HIS BROTHER IS MISSING SHE WAD TRAINED FOR THAT HIS FATHER WSS ABUSING AFTER THAT SHE EXPLORES THE WORLD AS CEO AND BECOME POWERFUL AND GROW THEN SHE DISCOVERS HER FAMILIES SECREAT AND ALSO MEET HER LOVE MAFIA IN BETWEEN

Some things can be healed by talking, others need a little more and even when some things seem as if they are fixed, a new twist may surface. Blood, Gore, & The struggles of being a Urban, Young rapper from Ladera, California. Started:Sep 30, 2014

~Reign Oneshot~ Why would he do this? Why would he do this to her? The wife he claimed to love more than anything in the world, and he does this? Why would he put her in so much danger? After all they had been through, all she had sacrificed for him, he does this to her? Why? Why?

Visenya Targaryen, bastard daughter of Daemon Targaryen. Cousin of Rhaenyra Targaryen and beloved niece of King Viserys Targaryen and Queen Aemma Targaryen. <><><><><> Rhaenyra had been through enough. I just wanted to make a happy ending for her. pls my baby can't take more of this. whatever she does next- justified.

1 Woman, 3 Impossible Choices! Layla Shea is three month away from her dream wedding and everything is going exactly as planned. Until suddenly her whole world begins to unravel. Layla finds herself torn between 3 impossible choices. Her first love, NFL MVP, Jackson? Her true love, salt of the earth cop, Noah? Her dangerous love, broken mysterious billionaire, Aidan? Life is full of choices. Which one will Layla make? *********************************************************************************************** If you enjoy Choices please don't forget to vote for the Chapters you like!! Leave me a note I LOVE connecting with other readers and writers and notes pretty much make my day! Lots of Love XoXo ~ Kitty ***********************************************************************************************