International Stories

Amara Johnson Focused, disciplined, and quietly brilliant, Amara Johnson is an American nursing student in Italy determined to keep her life on schedule. She believes care is as critical as cure, and her intelligence shows in the way she centers patients where others see data. Guarded with her heart and certain she won't stay, Amara treats love like a distraction she can't afford-until it challenges her in a language she can't ignore. Dr. Lorenzo De Luca Reserved, incisive, and effortlessly authoritative, Lorenzo De Luca is a surgical research fellow whose precision leaves little room for uncertainty-or emotion. He values efficiency, restraint, and control, both in his work and his life. But when his carefully ordered world collides with Amara's unwavering compassion, he finds himself questioning everything he thought he understood about healing-and attachment. In the halls of Italy's oldest university, academic rivalry turns into an uneasy partnership, where sharp debates blur into long looks and unspoken tension. What begins as intellectual opposition becomes a slow, dangerous closeness-one neither of them planned for, and neither knows how to walk away from.

|| Authors: BlackSilenceVerse & Earth2aidan || Harukai Kemmoci was never meant to live an ordinary life. Forged in the fires of discipline and war, his dream was to become a Master Samurai-but destiny had something far more brutal in store. When the world began to rot with corruption, demons, and warlords, Harukai didn't run. He sharpened his blade and made a vow-to hunt down every evil force that dared to breathe. No mercy. No second chances. Just silence before the storm. From the blood-soaked streets of Japan to the frozen wastelands of Antarctica, from ruthless gangs in America to cursed realms beyond human reach-he cuts through all of it. Driven. Unstoppable. Feared by all. They don't call him a hero. They call him Black Silence-the last samurai, the executioner of evil, the world's deadliest warrior.

A Japanese intern student comes to the big apple! He can nearly use a bit of English, so a student helps him around.

Yolotl, a young traveler from Mexico, arrives in Peru seeking a new beginning. While Sisa, a local resident whose life is bound to secrets she cannot yet name. Though their worlds are vastly different, fate entwines them in a reality that grows stranger with every step. Shadows stir at the edges of their journey, whispering of forces long forgotten. An ancient power begins to awaken, carrying truths that could shatter everything they thought they knew. As Yolotl and Sisa struggle to understand the impossible, they discover allies in unexpected places-and realize that survival may depend on trust forged in the dark. ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʙᴀꜱᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀɪʟᴇʀ "ᴀᴘᴜᴋᴜɴᴀᴘᴀ ᴋᴜᴛɪᴍᴜʏɴɪɴ-ᴀ Qᴜᴇᴄʜᴜᴀ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ "ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴅꜱ", ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴇxᴀᴄᴛʟʏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏꜰꜰɪᴄɪᴀʟ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ. ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴇxᴘʟᴏʀᴇ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ ᴠɪꜱɪᴏɴ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀɴꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ᴍʏ ᴀᴛᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛ ᴛᴏ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍʏꜱᴛᴇʀɪᴇꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴᴄɪᴇɴᴛ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇꜱ ʜɪɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴀɪʟᴇʀ, ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʜᴏɴᴏʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ʀᴏᴏᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ ꜱᴏ ᴜɴɪQᴜᴇ. I hope you enjoy this interpretation as much as I enjoyed creating it, and maybe even feel a spark of curiosity about the legends and stories that inspired it.

Intehaan means extreme or anything beyond limits. It also refer to love and intensity. It is said that if love has power to mend anything then it's opposite hate has power to destroy everything. If love is cure then hate is poison. This same similar situation too occurs when Aaryaveer and Riddhima who were poles apart of each other met. Their meeting was not normal in fact it reopen the pages of long - lost buried forgotten love story that was erased from this world. There union could only bring disaster yet they met again to fulfil their incomplete forgotten love story. This is the story of a Hell King and a Divine Girl who were total opposite of each other in every circumstances. If one was destroyer then other was protector. Their world, their life, their thoughts, their powers and their goal everything was beyond different from each other, yet they met and fell in love with each other crossing every boundaries and rule not caring anything other than their love but they both forgot that if someone broke the rule then they had to pay the price of their actions be it anyone they had to pay. They both too know this rule and were ready to face anything which will come at them. Their path was not normal in fact it was filled with thorns yet they both cross every hurdles and became one for eternity.

Ella Iversen, a quiet but confident international soccer player, packed up her bags and moved to Mission, Alabama to play college soccer. Follow along as she navigates college life in a completely different country and environment than what she is used to. Maybe the coach's good Christian daughter will mess it all up for her?

As Chloe struggles to understand her new reality, unknown forces begin to stir in the shadows, and an ancient power awakens, bringing with it secrets that could change everything. Yet, in the midst of this looming storm, she turns the key to a small café on the corner-its warm lights spilling into the night. Meanwhile, her friends begin uncovering mysteries of their own, each discovery pulling them deeper into a world far stranger than they imagined also dealing with other strange things. Together, they must navigate the unknown, even as the lines between truth, myth, and destiny begin to blur. ∙∙·▫▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼ ℙ.𝕊. ᴼᵒ▫ₒₒ▫ᵒᴼᵒ▫▫·∙∙ ᵀʰⁱˢ ˢᵗᵒʳʸ ⁱˢ ⁱⁿˢᵖⁱʳᵉᵈ ᵇʸ ᴬᶻᵗᵉᶜ ᶜᵘˡᵗᵘʳᵉ, ᵃⁿᵈ ⁱᵗ ᵐᵃʳᵏˢ ᵐʸ ᵛᵉʳʸ ᶠⁱʳˢᵗ ᵃᵗᵗᵉᵐᵖᵗ ᵃᵗ ʷʳⁱᵗⁱⁿᵍ ᶠᵃⁿᶠⁱᶜᵗⁱᵒⁿ. ᴵ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ᵐᵃʸ ᵇᵉ ᵃ ᶠᵉʷ ᵐⁱˢᵗᵃᵏᵉˢ ᵃˡᵒⁿᵍ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃʸ, ᵇᵘᵗ ᴵ ʰᵒᵖᵉ ʸᵒᵘ'ˡˡ ʳᵉᵃᵈ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᵖᵃᵗⁱᵉⁿᶜᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵉⁿʲᵒʸ ᵗʰᵉ ʲᵒᵘʳⁿᵉʸ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᵐᵉ. I'll do my best to make this story stand out from others. It will include Spanish, a few Nahuatl expressions, and some French, each with translations provided for your convenience. 🔥Contains elements of fear and some violence. ᴺᵉʷ ᶜʰᵃʳᵃᶜᵗᵉʳˢ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵇᵉ ⁱⁿᵗʳᵒᵈᵘᶜᵉᵈ. ᴺᵉʷ ᵖˡᵃᶜᵉˢ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵇᵉ ᵉˣᵖˡᵒʳᵉᵈ. ᴼᵗʰᵉʳ ᵉˡᵉᵐᵉⁿᵗˢ ʷⁱˡˡ ᵘⁿᶠᵒˡᵈ ᵃˡᵒⁿᵍ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵃʸ. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔, but I am intrigued writing about Paris. From here on, the remaining chapters will unfold entirely through dialogues.

𝐀 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥. 𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞.

This is a collection of recipes and reminiscences from over sixty years of boating and cooking aboard. A large part of my inspiration comes from visiting eighty-five countries and experiencing their cuisines. Though I have no professional training, I was an instructor in a major culinary school in the mid-1980s.

there's a feeling, deep in my bones my tongue is tied, but it always feels like I'm home the next step season 1 - 4 james x fem!oc - season 1-3 noah x fem!oc - season 3

Sori Esmeralda Isla Copper was never meant to stay a princess. Not after the revenge tour. Not after the coronation. Not after the world learned her name in 38 languages. Now she is something more. A House. A Dynasty. A Weapon. Hollywood wants her. Asia claims her. Europe crowns her. And the industry waits to see who she will destroy next. With Mira sharpening her teeth, Marvel on the phone, the labels at war, and the tabloids watching for the first crack in her new marriage- Sori must choose what kind of legend she wants to become. Wife. Actress. Popstar. Mother. Icon. Why not all of them? Book 2 of the P.I.M.P. trilogy. I OWN EVERY RIGHT/IDEA THAT IN THIS BOOK WHOEVER TAKES ANY IDEAS OR EVEN NAME BUSINESS, ETC. WILL BE CONTAINED FOR !!COPYRIGHT!!

"Not a Flower" made it to the Top 50 Finalist in Harlequin's Writing Contest #SYTYCW15! I'm so excited and honored. So please read, vote, and share with your friends and family via Facebook, Twitter, email, any way you want. Appreciate it! SYNOPSIS: What is love? A chance meeting at the hospital is the start of an unexpected friendship between a charismatic young lawyer and quiet med student Grace Madison. For her, it was a tangled and complicated introduction to love. Grace's heart was broken when Duval, oblivious to her feelings, fell for her beloved older sister Elizabeth instead. When tragedy unexpectedly falls and Elizabeth is taken from them, Grace is shattered by the loss. It's not until she receives a wedding invitation from Duval many years later, that she realizes her life has been frozen in limbo. Determined to finally find closure and truly move on, she decides to attend the wedding. Grace's plan is disrupted when she meets Adrian Roussiard; a fascinating and brilliant man with an enigmatic agenda of his own, he is the black sheep younger brother of Duval. Mercurial and complex, alternately blunt and charming, he seems to delight in nothing more than to annoy her. But haunted by dark shadows from his past, his secrets could overturn everything Grace has ever thought she knew. Drawn to each other, Adrian becomes Grace's unlikely ally as the simple quest to find closure instead becomes the catalyst to finding herself. "Not a Flower" is a woman's journey to self-discovery with a powerful love triangle along for the ride; weaving the lives of three people who despite their outward successes are broken in some essential way. It's about understanding the lies people tell themselves in order to move on, and what comes of living those lies.

International patent filing is essential for inventors, startups, and businesses looking to protect their inventions beyond domestic borders. As innovation-driven companies expand globally, securing patent rights in multiple countries helps prevent unauthorized use, strengthens market position, and supports international commercialization. What Is International Patent Filing International patent filing refers to the process of obtaining patent protection for an invention in more than one country. Since there is no single global patent, inventors must file applications through international systems or individual national patent offices to secure rights in targeted jurisdictions.

Every generation leaves behind a wound and a whisper. But for them? It was desire unfulfilled. ~◇ ~ Suvarna Dutta She was a chaotic poetry- loud in laughter, quiet in pain. She loved too much and felt too deeply. Her world wasn't kind- parents who broke each other...and her, a home that echoed the shatter of broken plates and hatred more than love and laughter. But hoping was something she never compromised with. Neither was loving. Her tears carried stories, her smiles carried the warmth of a sunshine that shone the morning after a kalboishakhi storm. She was written in her own ink- messy, misplaced yet non-smudgable. She was unsavable- she knew that. She just wanted someone who wouldn't flinch at her truth. Aditya Aryan Chatterjee Taylor Aditya wasn't carved out of cold stones and still waters- He was a storm and a ray of sunlight at the same time. Warm and gentle in his gaze, fierce and relentless in his determination. His smile understood pain, his eyes didn't just look- they consoled, comforted and assured. His steps were kind and his strides- seldom confident. Torn between bloodlines and belonging, he was lost- often trying to fit into unstitched worlds. But in the end, his heart- it didn't belong to a country, it bled for one. ~◇~ They were the children of promises- promises that lingered amidst glances across the two terraces on lazy afternoons, of locked orbs in pandal crowds, in the folds of black and white sarees and Tussar silks. Promises might as well be forgotten, but memories? They stay. They haunt. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦.

In 1990s Bristol, the lives of three musicians intertwine after the death of a prominent venue owner sparks an investigation into their local scene, unveiling a startling connection between other unsolved murders, disappearances, and an ongoing drug trafficking scandal. ******** Much to his own horror, Billy Holmer -- the frontman of a rising industrial rock outfit known as Black Madonna -- is deemed liable for the murder of Tatum "the Boss" Doherty; the owner and co-founder of a notorious underground music venue rooted in drug hysteria and sexual deviance. Approximately twenty-four hours later, Billy gets an opportunity to clear his name, but at a shocking cost: he must betray the trust of his closest confidantes, fellow musicians Sean and Donna, in order to secure not only an alibi but a reasonable warrant for their arrest. The problem is, Donna's survivor's guilt makes her an unlikely suspect, especially considering her current relationship with a former victim. And Sean guards a secret with emotional walls that are far too strong to penetrate, leaving Billy with no hope for redemption. That is, until a single chronological error unmasks the truth behind their individual involvement in Tatum's death, and leaves Billy with the realization that in an industry like this, one must break all the rules in order to rebuild them into their own.

He belongs to millions. She belongs to his secret. The life of world-renowned idol Joon-ha-the "Nation's Golden Boy" whose every smile is a headline collides with the quiet world of Lucky, an international student just trying to survive the pressure of university life in Taiwan. Their paths were never meant to cross, until a chance encounter in a silent library leaves Joon-ha with a face he can't forget and Lucky with a secret she didn't ask to carry. When the cameras stop rolling and the masks come off, they find themselves trapped between the blinding lights of fame and the dangerous reality of a hidden connection. In a world where "fame watches and secrets follow," Lucky must decide if she's willing to be the girl behind the idol, or if the price of his world is too high for her to pay. This is not a love story meant to be seen, but in the age of the spotlight, can any secret stay hidden forever? Disclaimer! This story is a work of fiction. All characters, events, and settings are fictional. Any resemblance to real people is purely coincidental.

In order to afford her sick son's heavy medical expenses, the desperate mother, Esther Han has decided to work as a maid for her ex-husband, Cosmo Chan, in his billion dollar mansion. Six years ago, Esther Han thought that her biggest achievement, throughout her entire life, was married to the love of her life, Cosmo Chan, despite him came from the bottom of society. Their time together did not last long. After the court adjudicated her father's company bankrupt, Cosmo broke their three year-old marriage as he revealed his true identity-the richest man in China, and most importantly, Esther's family is his biggest enemy. The bankruptcy of Esther father's company and break Esther's heart were parts of Cosmo's revenge plan. Due to the event, Esther suddenly became an outcast, and her life was like a shooting star that has fell to the rock bottom. In order to survive, Esther was then forced to marry with her non-blood-related cousin while she was secretly pregnant with Cosmo's child. Cosmo Chan, an America born Chinese billionaire, who is deeply in love with Esther Han. But because of the rivalry between two families and confrontations, he did not realize how deep his love to was for Esther until three years later he met her again in his house...... Will Cosmo open his mind to Esther and find out that he has a son? Will Esther forgive him? Or will her hate for him destroy their relationship forever? *WARNING* This book contains grammatical mistakes, strong language. Only update during the weekends*

For Mr. Takahashi. Freshman college student and damn good duelist, Yulia Kato does her best to adapt to a new college life as the world is seemingly being ended around her. Students, Pro-Duelists and even the Gods of Duel Monsters themselves want a piece of her... but the real question is... will she ever be able to finish her homework?

"you can't blend in when you were made to stand out." in which colleen sái falls hard for the biggest player in a-troupe. (james tns x oc)