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He was born royalty a tri-breed prince, the first of his kind. She was just a human girl with fire in her heart and no idea the supernatural world even existed. But the moment he found her, the bond snapped into place; wild, forbidden, and far too early. She couldn't remember. He could never forget. He watched from the shadows, hungered in silence, torn between the duty of a king and the pull of a mate the universe marked for him. She grew up not knowing he'd already chosen her. But the heat between them only smoldered, scorching beneath every stolen glance, every gift left without a name, every moment she didn't understand and every one he couldn't stop himself from creating. Because some bonds don't wait. And love like theirs? It burns before it blooms.

Valerie was never meant to be his. But Henry has never been good at letting go. Drowning under student loans, rent she can't afford, and a future slipping through her fingers, Valerie answers a newspaper ad that feels almost like a joke- a live-in maid at a private estate, no questions asked. She expects an eccentric old man. She does not expect him. Henry is hauntingly gentle, painfully isolated, and untouched by the human world he has kept at a careful distance. Raised in secrecy and self-imposed exile, he has spent his life trying to suppress the monster his blood demands him to be. Letting Valerie cross his threshold is a mistake he knows he should not make-and one he cannot bring himself to undo. What begins as shelter turns into fixation. Protection becomes possession. And lust sharpens into something dangerous enough to draw blood. Dragged into an ancient underworld of vampire royalty, ruthless power, and unspoken cruelty, Valerie finds herself bound to a man who would destroy anything that threatens her -- even if that threat is the world itself. Escape is no longer simple. Survival means choosing who you are willing to become a monster for. Because in Henry's world, love is not gentle... and it is paid for in blood. New chapter daily

For a century, the Peace Spell held the monsters at bay, trading bloodlust for a fragile truce. Then, in one neon-lit nightclub, a single gunshot shattered the pact. Now, the hunters have become the hunted. As the moon turns a bruised red and the city is fed a televised apocalypse, the line between guardian and monster dissolves into chaos. Jacob is caught in the middle of a war he never wanted. He is forced to choose: his father's cold, calculated logic or his ex-girlfriend's dangerous secrets. He is blind to the fact that the woman he is protecting is the key to the very truth his father has sworn to burn down. ​✌️ Peace is broken. 📱 Hunt is live. 🔥 Truth is Blurring. One Night. One City. No Mercy. In a city where every broadcast is a lie, the most dangerous thing you can do is trust the wrong person. Witness the first installment of "Peace Grows Thin" Author's Note: Peace Grows Thin is the new title (formerly The Chaotic Night Of Broken Peace Spell). Same pulse-pounding mystery, just a sharper look!

Moonlight bathes the brooding chateau on the hill-a place where balconies have caught falling tears and a quiet fountain has watched an unwavering love grow. She yearns for him the way the sun longs for the moon. Yet, hidden away in his dark fortress, he no longer knows how to love. "Tell me you don't love me and I'll walk away from you forever" said Emery with tears in her honey eyes. I'll close the most beautiful chapter of my life. The one that made me feel alive because for once I felt something" Alex turned away and with one tear falling down his eye whispered a broken "I don't love you, I never did. I don't know what love is Emery." Standing in his silent manor, she watched love pack its bags and disappear, haunted by the love she never got the chance to show.

My palm cracked against his cheek before I even realised I'd raised it. He froze, then smiled-slow, cruel, like he saw something ugly inside me I tried so hard to hide. And then his hand shot up, fingers sliding into my hair.... enough to make me meet his eyes. Enough to remind me how easily he could close the distance between anger and something darker. "You think this makes you brave?" "No," I said. "It makes me done being scared." "Do that again," his breath touch my cheek, "and I'll make sure you never forget how I'll ruin you." I laughed breathlessly. "You already did. You've been ruining me since the day I stepped into this place." He smirked. "If that's what you call ruined, Sunshine, you haven't seen anything yet." "Obsessed. Psychotic. You can't stand not being in control, can you?" He leaned in, voice cutting. "Control? No. I just hate losing. And I hate you more than anyone I've ever met." "Leave me alone... demon," I managed, "stay out of my life." hating the tremor in my tone. He stared at me. "Demons never let go of their prey." his thumb brushes on my lower lip. "Until you do what I say." He stepped back and took off his jacket and held the jacket out between us. "You want me to leave you alone?" He said slowly like a challenge disguised as mercy. I crossed my arms. "What are you doing?" "Making it official." "Official?" He stepped closer, so close I could feel the faint heat still clinging to the leather. "You'll wear this," his grey eyes locked on mine. "You'll wear my jacket. Every time you feel it, every time someone looks at you, you'll remember who made you take it. You'll remember me and I'll stay away." For a heartbeat, I stared at him, hated him for how much I understood his madness. How he twists me, questioning my own sanity, using every crack in me as a weapon. Would Elara choose peace over him? Tale of vengeance, obsession and defiance. Dark academia aesthetic. Morally heroes, slow-burning romance. Enemies-to-lovers.

Bella Callahan has spent every holiday at Briar, quietly in love with Carter Fletcher, the boy who has never noticed her. College at Sparrow should be a fresh start, a chance to escape the lake, the memories, and the ache of wanting him. But everything changes when she runs into Carter's best friend Jasper at her new school. Handsome, charming, and completely unexpected. Suddenly, Bella is caught between the boy she has always wanted and the one who makes her heart skip in ways she never imagined. A trip home for fall break brings Bella back to Willowbend, where her heart collides with Carter in ways she never thought possible... but Jasper isn't far behind, and the tension between past and possibility threatens to overwhelm her.

"She was like the Kadupul flower... Blooming in the darkest hours of my life, filling my shattered world with her fragrance. But I never realized that, just like the midnight bloom, I would lose her by the time the sun rises..." 🥀 Vihas has everything a man could want-wealth, power, and success. Yet, behind his cold and ruthless exterior lies a broken soul, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Desperate to escape his suffocating reality, he seeks refuge in his secluded, mist-covered mansion in the mountains of Nuwara Eliya. There, he meets Ama. The caretaker's granddaughter is everything he is not-warm, pure, and resilient. Despite carrying her own invisible burdens, her smile holds the power to heal his deepest wounds. In the dead of night, hidden from the judging eyes of the world, a fragile and unspoken love begins to bloom between them. But reality is a cruel dawn. Bound by their entirely different worlds and an impending truth, they are running out of time. Can a love meant only for the darkness survive the breaking of dawn? Or will it fade away with the shadows? A heartbreaking tale of love, healing, and sacrifice. ✨

Evelyn never wanted to be special. She also never wanted to be eternally bound to an egoistic jerk for eternity, but here she was. Evelyn always wanted a happily ever after. It was what she dreamed about as a kid, but all that changed when a secret came to life. One that was irrevocable. Now, because of some stupid oath her father made when she was a baby, she was stuck with Mr. Arrogant forever.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- When Azara Rezaei's life is turned upside down after the tragic death of her abusive parents, she moves to New York and encounters a boy she can't seem to stay away from. His intense, melancholy gaze stirs feelings within her that are difficult to describe. Is it interest... or perhaps love? Rain Covrus is not the type to keep a girl close, especially one with bright green eyes and a sharp tongue. Yet he finds it impossible to resist her bubbly personality. It doesn't take long for them to succumb to their attraction; all it takes is a fiery moment on a balcony and a loss of control. This is a romance story about two broken teenagers seeking belonging and love. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮?" "𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐇𝐚𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮." ˚｡𖦹 ⋆｡°✩ Hai is a humble gardener with no family nor friends, living quietly on the edge of a bustling town. But when a charismatic, sharp-tongued noble with secrets of his own discovers her, she's whisked into a world of glittering ballgowns and masked nobles, becoming an unlikely pawn in a dangerous web of lies. To survive, she'll need to become someone else entirely, but just how far is she willing to go? ₊✩‧₊˚౨ৎ˚₊✩‧₊ A slow-burn romantasy story featuring: - Regency-inspired setting - Banter + forced proximity - Political intrigue **Status: Ongoing (w/ weekly updates)**

Iroryn, 1824 Lady Avyanna is a dreamer and one to bend the rules. When her match is finally announced, she has to come to terms with her fate as the future wife of the most unpleasant man in all of Iroryn. Declan is an angry man on a mission, determined to get revenge by any means possible. In this case, to kill Lady Avyanna. However, the night of the masquerade causes difficulty for Declan to execute his plan. Can they both get what they want, or is fate stronger than pure human determination?

"We are stars. What happens if we cross each other?"

Seventeen-year-old Eliana Shaw thought she understood where her life was heading-until her father died and her stepmother demanded she sign away the only thing her late mother left her. Running from London with nowhere else to go, Eliana shows up at the Miller farm in Willow Creek... the one place she swore she'd never return. Because going there means facing Gabriel Miller. The boy whose mother abandoned him to marry her father. The boy who looks at her like she's the shadow of every wound he's never forgiven. Eliana only asks for six months of safety. But can a girl who has always been treated like an outsider find a home in a world that was never meant for her? Can she prove to Gabe that she isn't her stepmother's puppet-or will her presence reopen scars neither of them are ready to face? As friendships form, secrets unravel, and feelings blur the lines between past and future, one question remains: Is half a year long enough to change everything... or will fate break them both again?

When Lucy mysteriously inherited the Hawthorne Estate, she had no idea what she would be getting herself into. The inconceivable amounts of money, sure, she could expect, but she would find a blonde haired, blue eyed boy named Grayson Hawthorne who would sweep her off her feet.

In a world divided between the human realm of Ebrue and the magical fae realm of Xathulia, a young woman ventures into a mysterious forest, drawn by a force she doesn't understand. Her path crosses with a brooding fae prince who is tasked with uncovering the source of a growing darkness threatening both realms. As danger looms closer, the two are reluctantly bound together, uncovering secrets about themselves and the world around them. With an ancient power stirring and an unseen enemy pursuing them, their choices will shape the fate of both realms.

1803. --- The summer months passed, procuring into fall as the leaves began their wilting manifestations into the oily hues of browns and oranges. Being a year since my last visit to Gimmerton, I descended returning upon the desolately beautiful acreage of Wuthering Heights. . .

*At Boston university, three Girls named- Sarah Austen, Ashley Brontë and Lily Hoover. Sarah Austen and Ashley brontë are two scholarship students with talent and rivalry that burns hotter each passing day in campus. Sarah sharp-witted and driven, is determine to prove she is the best while Ashley equally briliant and cunning refuses to let Sara outshine her. Meanwhile Lily Hoover, the richest and wealthiest of all and effortlessly charming daughter of a major Boston University that provides the donation for Boston, rule over everyone but the contrast between the father and daughter is that lily is soft hearted and kind and care about everyone all she wants is genuine friendship and she's set her sights on bringing peace to the war between Sarah and Ashley. *Across campus, three rich and famous businessmen's sons also attend the university. Henry Wilson, Tane Hoover and Maxton Hall the epitome of popularity, good looks and rich family connections. but beneath the surface they are more than just campus royalty. *These three couples learn that love is complicated, full of challenges, and deeply rewarding as they support each other through the ups and downs of life and love.

A buried skeleton in Poland is found with a sickle pressed over its throat, placed as a trap to keep it from rising. As the excavation unfolds, the blade shifts on its own, footprints appear in the soil, and the grave begins to show signs that whatever lay beneath was never meant to be disturbed-nor meant to stay buried.

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A collection of dark poems and haiku from award winning author Cynthia Ruby, 3rd place winner of the West Texas 100,000 Poets For Change 2013 event in slam poetry and grand prize winner in the haiku category that same year. These works are very diverse in their subject matter and style and were written over a 20 year span. This volume includes pieces previously published in anthologies and academic literary magazines. Rubies From The Heart: Dark Poetry was a nominee in Metamorph Publishing's 2016 Summer Indie Book Awards. Some select pieces in this work have been performed as live spoken word by Cynthia. Physical copies of this collection are available upon request of the author.