Scarredhero Stories

[Ongoing - 2 Chapters weekly] I was the Alpha of the Black Void, a man who lived in a world of shadows and silver laced pain. After a brutal betrayal left me broken and blind, I retreated into a cage of my own making, waiting for the darkness to finally swallow me whole. I was a monster in the dark, until I heard her voice. She arrived with the scent of jasmine and a power I didn't believe existed. Nini didn't fear my rage, and she didn't pity my scars. She was a healer from a world I had forgotten, a traveler with a light so bright it began to melt the ice around my heart. She was supposed to be just a guest. A temporary fix for a permanent problem. But as she pulls me back from the edge of madness, my wolf recognizes a truth I'm not ready to face. I've spent years fighting to survive the dark. Now, I have to find the courage to step into her light. Because the only thing more dangerous than the enemies at my gates is the woman currently mending my soul.

Available on Kindle Unlimited. Buy the whole story and the rest of the Sins of the Virtuous series at https://4thavenuepress.com.au/product/apathy-and-vigour or Amazon: https://a.co/d/afnSsIx Will the love of a woman save him from his own apathy? Tristen Brone lived a carefree life of wealth and passion...until it all came crashing down around him. The night Tristen's best friend died in a fire, Tristen tried to save him, but he failed. Not only did Jacob die, but Tristen is left with scars that make him feel like a monster. There are those in town who think Tristen is responsible for starting the fire, which includes Jacob's sister, the woman Tristen is in love with. The once confident, handsome, young man is now on a downward spiral of sorrow and depression. Soon after Amalie Fergus lost her brother in a fire, her father died and their family properties were repossessed. She had nothing left and no one to turn to. When she took a job as a maid for a wealthy gentleman she never expected that he would try to force himself on her, or that she would now be on the run for his murder. Running from the scene of the crime, Amalie collides with a man from her past who offers to keep her safe from the police on one condition-she return to Tristen and steal some property papers from him. When Amalie shows up at Tristen's doorstep, begging him to take her in, he's suspicious. Despite their passionate past, and the feelings he still has for her, all he can think about is how quickly she abandoned him. So why has she come back into his life after all these months? With the two former lovers reunited, it becomes obvious that the passion between them is still smoldering, but can they overcome everything that stands in their way, and will they ever discover who is responsible for the fire that changed their lives forever? Content Warning: contains sex, strong language, and some violence

Notoriously vicious leader, Jerry Villeti, of the largest crime syndicate in New York City, always collects a debt and Tom Shapiro owes one. TOM In order to sustain suitable treatment funds for his ailing sister, Tom goes to the only source he knows of, Jerry Villeti. However, after his sister dies he is unable to pay back the debt he's racked up. His only option is to run or give himself over to the syndicate, which he's unwilling to do. But what he wasn't counting on was the scarred and stoic enforcer to tilt his fragile world on its already unstable axis. BUTCH They don't call him Butch for nothing. Scarred and known for having violent tendencies, Butch is the best enforcer the syndicate has. He doesn't usually collect debts owed to his boss, however this certain case intrigued him, but he doesn't know why until he sees him. One look at the cute boy with sad eyes and he knows nothing will ever be the same. Butch won't let anything happen to Tom, but will they survive the fallout disobeying the boss will bring or will they be devoured by the flames.

Noah Kaine spent a lifetime kneeling-to bullies, to injustice, to a world that spat on his scars. His only armor? A kindness that refused to die. Susan Bennett was the wildfire no one expected-the society princess who tore his masks away with bare hands and whispered: "Let them stare. I dare you to be loved." But when tragedy strikes, Noah makes one final choice: to vanish into legend, leaving behind only orphaned laughter, unpublished novels... and a woman who will force the world to say his name. This story has parts of the author's real-life experience. Updates every 1 day

A coming of age story which servse as an allegory to finding one self in the world Temporary note: I am also posting this story on Royal Road under the username: Andrekirk .

Alessia Moretti, the ruthless "Pirate Queen" of her family's empire, would rather set the world on fire than marry Lucien Valencourt-the cunning, charismatic heir to their greatest rival. But when a forced union becomes the only way to save their crumbling dynasties, hatred and desire collide in a dangerous game. Behind the gilded facade of wealth and power lies a web of betrayal. The fire that scarred Lucien's body and shattered Alessia's trust wasn't an accident-it was a setup. Now, as they play the perfect couple for the public, their private battles ignite a passion neither can control. With enemies closing in and their families' darkest secrets unraveling, Alessia and Lucien must decide: Is this marriage their downfall...or the vengeance they've both craved? "Love is war. And war has never been this intoxicating."

"We won, but we lost everything." "Then maybe it's time the world learns what surviving really means." Three years after the brutal genocide and the birth of the Palestinian State, Gaza University opens its doors to international students for the first time. Suman Tiwari, an Indian girl, has always admired Palestine from afar. For her, being accepted into Gaza University isn't just education-it's a chance to meet the people she has long respected, and to fulfill her dream of representing Palestine on the global stage of architecture. Zayyan Khalil Al-Fayed, a boy from Gaza, carries the weight of survival and loss. To him, the arrival of international students feels like a cruel irony-where was the world when his people cried for help? How can he trust those who watched in silence? One girl with dreams. One boy with scars. Their worlds collide in a land still healing, where love, grief, and resilience intertwine-and where wounds, though buried, may never truly fade. "Why did you come here?" he asked, eyes burning with unspoken grief. "Because I wanted to meet the strongest people in the world," she whispered.

A young half-elf woman gets caught up against her will in a conflict beyond her wildest imagination. With her wolf familiar at her side, she navigates a world foreign to her and finds love along the way.

He was born in silence. Raised in shadows. Crowned in blood. Alpha Kael of the ShadowFang Pack is feared by all who whisper his name. Scarred from throat to chest by a battle no one dares speak of, and cursed with a voice he never had, Kael has ruled his pack through strength, fear, and silence. His gaze alone has ended lives. His presence can freeze a room. He does not speak-he doesn't need to. But even power has its limits. No woman has ever accepted him as her mate. Not one. They came for his wealth, for his title, for the hope of power-but the moment they saw the scar... the silence... they turned their backs. They feared bearing children like him. They feared the unknown. And Kael, the strongest Alpha in the region, was left with nothing but rejection, one after another. He stopped hoping. He stopped trying. He let the cold take what was left of him. Then came Isla. The unwanted daughter of another Alpha. Cast aside. Sold to the monster no one else would touch. She was meant to be a sacrifice, a temporary offering-fragile, quiet-looking, easily broken. No one believed she would last a day in Kael's world. They were wrong. Isla is stubborn, defiant... and endlessly talkative. She speaks to the wind, to the walls, to the flowers in the gardens he never visits. She hums while she works, asks questions no one answers, and smiles as if the world hasn't spent its whole life trying to crush her. Where others saw a curse, she sees a man who's been silenced for far too long. Where others turned away, she steps closer. He doesn't scare her. And that terrifies him. This is not a fairy tale. This is the story of a mute Alpha abandoned by fate and the girl who was never supposed to be chosen... but who might be the only one strong enough to hear the heart he never knew he still had. He is silence. She is sound. And when their worlds collide-nothing will ever be the same.