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~𝐄𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞." ____________________________________ From the very first meet his eyes held a familiarity she couldn't understand. He knew too much, Notice too much, and appear in her life too perfectly. Coincidence? She wanted to believe so. But some glances towards him felt like memories. And some peoples don't enter in your life for the first time when you meet them. As the distance between them disappeared one question always lingered in her mind. "𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦?" Until one day she realized something far more unsettling. He isn't the only one watching her. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨. Not out of love. Not out of Obsession too. But for a reason, Far more dangerous one. This is a story of 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝.

She likes cappuccinos. He likes chai in steel tumblers. She knows hospital corridors. He knows mountain trails. Adrija Pandey has spent her whole life in Dehradun - surrounded by city chaos and the comfort of knowing every street by heart. She's a doctor, certain her love story will be nothing like the small-town romances her mother keeps hinting at. Agastya Joshi is an Indian Army officer from the quiet hills of Almora - the kind of man who can fix a roof in the rain, find the sweetest kaafal on the slopes, and loves to sleep under a sky full of stars. He's as theth pahadi as they come... and the last person Adrija expects to be paired with for an arranged marriage. But when two worlds - lattes and laaltains , collide and sparks fly in the most unexpected ways. Between misunderstandings, stolen glances, family drama, and the unmistakable charm of the mountains, Adrija begins to wonder... Maybe love isn't about where you're from. Maybe it's about where you're meant to belong. Now, between lattes and laaltains, Adrija must figure out if opposites just clash... or if they fall in love. "You belong in the city, Adrija." "Then why do the mountains feel like home... when you're there?" *********************************************** "So... where do we fit? In your city cafes or my mountain nights?" "Somewhere in between, Agastya...𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨."

နယ်စားမင်း ဦးခွန်ကျော်စွာနှင့်သူ၏Omegaလေး ဝီလီယမ် ရှိန်ဝါတို့ရဲ့ Arranged Marriage။ Paid Story

The mask is off, the secrets are shared, and the wolf has finally claimed his partner. In the wake of a harrowing raid and a soul-baring confession in a forgotten graveyard, Kev is no longer just the "mysterious human assistant." He is Fang's partner, a role that brings as much danger as it does devotion. Maffa and the Council are no longer just fighting over property lines, they've set their sights on the ghost in the system... Kev himself. Act One was about Kev finding his footing and falling in love. Act Two is where the world pushes back. We're moving from 'Fish out of Water' to 'The Phantom in the Machine.' Expect more politics, more action in the park, and a deep dive into the trauma that built the club. Expect more "real-time" day by day goodness, every breakfast, every shave, every drink in the VIP booth with the enigmatic wolf-man Fang.

The night air was thick with dust and fear as a young girl in a bridal red lehenga ran desperately along the Mathura highway. Her hands trembled uncontrollably, almost as if the blood had drained from them. She looked no more than nineteen. Her eyes, swollen and red from endless crying, searched the darkness behind her. Her breath came in ragged bursts as panic consumed her. She ran faster, stumbling over loose gravel, her anklets clinking with every step. Just then, as fate would have it, she darted straight into the path of an oncoming car. The driver slammed the brakes. The tires screeched against the asphalt, sending sparks into the night air. The car came to a sudden stop, inches away from the girl. The door swung open and a young man stepped out. He was around twenty-six-handsome in a reckless way. His eyes were bloodshot, heavy with alcohol, but sharp with an instinct that cut through the haze. The girl, without hesitation, rushed toward him, falling at his feet. "Please... please save me!" she sobbed, clutching at his arm. "They're after me... those people... they'll kill me!" Her eyes darted wildly toward the shadows creeping closer from behind. She froze. Terror took hold. She turned toward the sound-figures emerging from the darkness, fast approaching. Without thinking, she flung herself behind the man, clutching at his back and shutting her eyes tight, whispering prayers through trembling lips. The men reached them and snarled. "Give her to us!" one barked. "We don't care about you! We want the girl!" Curiouss???? Read the storyy...

𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗅 𝗂𝗍, 𝗂𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺． 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 ＆ 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗇 ✰. - ❛ notti, just give me 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 .ᐟ ❜

Iracema, an Indianist novel by José de Alencar published in 1865, is a poetic myth about the foundation of the Brazilian state of Ceará. The story follows the "virgin with the honey lips," a Tabajara priestess who guards the secret of the sacred jurema, and Martim, a Portuguese warrior. Their forbidden love breaks tribal taboos, triggering a war, isolation, and the birth of Moacir-the first native of Ceará, symbolizing the tragic union between the Indigenous and European worlds.

Book 1 of Sinauri series.

Adrielle Jane, seorang mahasiswi yang meminati fotografi dan sejarah, mendapat peluang keemasan apabila hasil karyanya mendapat pujian daripada profesor pertukaran dari Itali. Bakatnya membawa Adrielle ke Florence selama tiga bulan untuk menyertai projek universiti yang dibiayai sepenuhnya. Di sana, dia dipertemukan dengan Luca Valdieri, seorang ahli sejarah Itali yang bijak tetapi angkuh, yang ditugaskan untuk membimbingnya sepanjang projek. Hubungan mereka bermula dengan pertengkaran dan salah faham. Perlahan-lahan, musuh bertukar menjadi sahabat, dan persahabatan mereka berkembang menjadi perasaan yang tidak pernah dirancang. Di sebuah kota asing, Luca menjadi satu-satunya insan yang Adrielle cari ketika dia memerlukan seseorang. Namun, tiga bulan di Florence tidak akan kekal selamanya. Bagaimana jika cinta yang ditemui di Florence adalah cinta yang paling sukar untuk ditinggalkan?

Matthew Hale works at an OmniCart returns counter in Chicago, where every unwanted item comes with a convenient explanation: wrong size, defective, changed my mind. Then a box arrives without a tracking number. Inside are a black-and-white cat called Barcode and an old ledger marked MANUAL REVIEW. Soon the system begins revealing the real reasons behind every return: a red dress sent back by a woman afraid to feel beautiful, a microphone rejected by a father terrified of speaking to his son-and finally, Matthew himself. As the mysterious cat becomes an online sensation, OmniCart moves to erase the evidence. Matthew discovers that years ago he helped turn private human pain into a profitable advertising campaign. Now he must expose the company without using those same people all over again. A darkly funny, tender novel about the things we abandon, the lives we postpone, and everything that refuses to stop belonging to us.

Back-cover Blurb Kathiravan Vedhvardhan is the heir to a powerful political family in rural Tamil Nadu-a man shaped by tradition, pride, and a belief that a wife's place is beside her husband, without question. Malarvizhi Nivetharaj is everything his world doesn't know what to do with: a final-year medical student, fiercely determined, sharp-tongued, and unwilling to surrender the life she's built. When an old family tradition turns their names into husband and wife, Malar's dreams become the first thing Kathiravan expects her to sacrifice. But marriage doesn't give him ownership of her. And Malar isn't willing to become another silent woman in the Vedhvardhan household. As family honour, political ambition, generations of tradition, and a dangerous obsession collide, Malar must decide how much of herself she is willing to fight to keep. Because sometimes the hardest battle isn't leaving a powerful man- 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎.....

Humanites Torch. Is a story about the discovery of an alien found on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, in 2028. In this timeline, Earth has a divided reaction to the terrifying discovery of aliens. Geopolitics is now dominated by widespread hysteria and radicalism as Earth tries to answer the question: What now? (THIS IS A VERY ROUGH DRAFT PLEASE EXCUSE GRAMMAR MISTAKES AND SPELLING ERRORS)

Raised to believe she was serving good, she realizes too late about her trainers history. Now, her former mentor will hunt her down to keep her in line

𝗥𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗮 and 𝗦𝗲𝗷𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲 have known each other since Grade 9. From school corridors to late-night conversations, they slowly become something neither of them expected. 𝗦𝗲𝗷𝗮𝗹 falls first, 𝗥𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗻 falls later, and for a while, everything feels almost too easy. Until it isn't. Years later, life brings them back to the same place-older, different, and definitely not over everything that happened between them. »»--⍟--«« 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.

The story follows the Protagonist, a girl named Flora who follows a normal life until she finds out about the world and steps into danger and realizes the reality build in her future including fellow family members and rulers all among the world. Are humans the only existence? Ofc not! Not in this world! But how will Flora find that out and whats gonna happen? Her Grandmother, someone very dear to her has the answers, her past his now Flora's future. This story is originally made up by me and all the characters also are mine!

"Bache, Bhude aur Kahaniyan" is a captivating collection of stories that bridges the gap between youthful mistakes and the wisdom of experience. This book delves into the innocent missteps of the young, juxtaposed with the life lessons offered by those who have lived through the trials of life, including individuals on their deathbeds. It offers readers a rare glimpse into the invaluable advice passed down from the experienced to the new generation. Whether you're seeking a lighthearted tale of youthful folly or a deep reflection on life's purpose, this book provides both, encouraging readers to learn and grow from the mistakes and wisdom of others. Story Glimpse Raghav was just a simple village boy with a simple life. But life has a way of changing everything. From childhood memories and unexpected friendships to love, heartbreak, responsibilities, family, and the silent lessons that come with growing older, Raghav's journey is filled with moments that may feel strangely familiar. Some stories make you smile. Some make you remember. And some quietly teach you something about life. This is Raghav's story. A story of people, relationships, memories, and the lessons we often understand only when it is too late.

Warda Wambai never believed in love, and Amir Fema never had time for it. They came from two families where everything was already planned-except them. What begins as a simple family connection slowly turns into something neither expected. Between stubborn hearts, family drama, laughter, jealousy, and unexpected moments, Amir and Warda discover that sometimes love doesn't need to be searched for. Sometimes, it simply finds you.

Welcome aboard Zonder Zorg, a restored 1908 Friesian skûtsje, as we explore the European inland waterways. We're a retired Canadian couple, still thirsty for adventure after years of wild and remote sailing. Zonder Zorg means 'carefree' in Dutch, and it reflects our attitude and lifestyle.

The hardest thing Khadiey ever lost wasn't love. It was trust. After one painful moment changes the course of her life, she chooses a quiet existence surrounded by family, purpose, and carefully guarded walls. Then she meets Zaid. A man who listens. A man who remembers. A man who proves that the gentlest love is often the kind that lasts. A story about family, healing, quiet love, and finding home.🫶🏾

The bond was tied, witnessed, and ordained. For a young woman whose hand was placed in another's, not out of longing, but for protection and responsibility. Though their marriage was abrupt, each passing day carved a path toward emotions they had never known before. Not desire, but faith.