Stakes Stories

Marichoy Hernandez was born into wealth 💎and power, groomed to be the perfect heiress for her family - but behind the privilege lies an unhappy life.🥀 When a major fall shakes her world, she finds the courage to fight for her freedom. Along the way, she falls into a forbidden love, facing countless obstacles as she struggles to choose between true happiness and family duty. 🥀 🥀💎 Can she finally live her life on her own terms, or is it all too much to bear?🥀

"No, Lana! You will not be a part of this mission." I slam my hands on the table in frustration. Lana is practically vibrating with anger. "But Iris, I want to help! You expect me to just sit by while you all go charging into battle?!" I groan, leaning back in my chair. "Lana, you're sixteen! If the King finds out you're part of the resistance, you might be sacrificed. As your mentor, it's my job to keep that from happening." Lana stands up, her chair scraping harshly against the stone floor. "Fine!" she says angrily before storming out. "Lana!" I call after her, before sighing and rubbing my temples. "Iris, you did the right thing. She's too young," says a voice from behind me. "I sure hope so, Mister Wulfric. I sure hope so," I say, looking up at the grey-haired man sadly. I stand up, shaking off the doubt. "We need to get ready. The ritual starts in a few days; there's no time to waste."

Clematis Richards is not the regular, peppy teenage girl she might be compared to if seen walking down the street someday. And to be honest, she likes it that way. If she was normal, life would be boring. So really, the vampires are doing her a favour, right?

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The Last Score - A High-Stakes Thriller by Sumit Shaw In the heart of New York City, five elite criminals come together for the ultimate heist-a meticulously planned operation to steal millions from Manhattan Trust Bank. But when betrayal strikes, their perfect plan turns into a deadly game of survival. As they go on the run, they discover they've stolen more than just money. Hidden within their loot is a hit list tied to a global conspiracy, making them targets of the most powerful criminal mastermind-Sebastian Cross. With mercenaries hunting them and a former ally turned enemy lurking in the shadows, the crew must fight back. Cyber warfare, brutal assassinations, and mind games push them to their limits as they dismantle Cross's empire piece by piece. But Cross isn't just another criminal-he's untouchable, and he knows their every move. As loyalties are tested and blood is spilled, Ace, the mastermind behind the heist, must face his greatest challenge yet: stopping Cross before he wipes them out. But in a world where trust is dead and betrayal is currency, can anyone truly win? Packed with action, deception, and twists you won't see coming, The Last Score is an adrenaline-fueled thriller that will keep you hooked until the very last page.

When princess Auro is kidnapped in the dead of night, she thinks her life is over, but on a journey to discover the truth she learns that it's only just begun. The world is wider and wilder than she's ever believed, and that her destiny is too. Sirens, serpents, curses and champions. Who will win this fight for the future?

once there was a girl who hated vampires. in a world where humankind lived side by side with them. "never again. never again. never again. never again. never again. never again. never again. never again. never again. " "I will purge this world."

"Some families raise you. Others bury you while you're still breathing." Aditya Sardeshmukh was born into a legacy of power, but he grew up in the shadow of rejection. Disowned at thirteen. Forgotten by design. His name erased from family portraits. His story locked behind a door no one dared to open. For fourteen years, he lived without them, constructing a life from scratch. Code became his language, while silence served as his defence. Yet amid the pain, the voice of one girl singing in Kensington Gardens sustained him. A girl he never encountered, a memory he could never shake off. Now, out of nowhere, the past calls him home. A birthday dinner. A father's gesture. A seat at a table he was never meant to return to. But nothing in the Sardeshmukh house is what it seems. The mother who never wanted him still wears her mask. The brothers smile like allies but count the knives behind their backs. And somewhere beneath chandeliers and champagne, A reckoning waits in silence. Aditya doesn't know why they've summoned him. He only knows this: The house that broke him is opening its doors again. And not everyone wants him to survive the welcome.

Benjamin Ardent, the Duke's son and feared Lion of the Void, wields unmatched swordsmanship and nihilitic magic. Bound to the brilliant mage Seraphina Valehart through an arranged alliance, they navigate the treacherous halls of the Royal Academy, where rivalry, politics, and deadly secrets lurk. Rumors, jealousy, and tsundere tension ignite as they combine magic and steel, uncovering powers and bonds that could change the kingdom forever.

"Looking for an epic anime-style story? An ultimate world where tech collides with magic, awakenings blow your mind, and RPG battles hit like firestorms?-yeah, this is it."

It's the tale of a young college girl who falls in lust, is stalked by an idiot who is under the impression that he is "swagalisious" and is pined for by a vampire who makes a root canal sound fascinating. A bildungsroman of sorts that will take you into the paranormal world of creatures of the night in a hopefully new and interesting way.

When Jack is in trouble with the law he is sentenced to Community service hours at North Lake stable . When he comes across Haley the world class Show jumper . When Two worlds collide and she must choose between Show Jumping and the boy .

Trapped high atop a construction crane as a deadly storm rages, Aaron Grady must battle the elements and his own fears to survive the night. Forgotten by his coworkers and surrounded by chaos, each decision he makes could mean life or death. But fate has a cruel sense of humor, and survival is only the beginning of his story.

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In the year 2145, technology has advanced to the point where messages can be sent back in time-just once, to a specific moment in the past. When reclusive scientist Elara Forsythe receives a desperate message from her future self, she is thrust into a high-stakes race against time to prevent an impending global catastrophe. The message is clear: follow these precise instructions to avert disaster. But Elara is reluctant to trust the cryptic warning until she's forced to team up with Alex Cooper, a charismatic historian with his own hidden agenda. As they work together to decipher the message and uncover the truth, they discover a dangerous AI set to trigger a global crisis. Their differing approaches and personal conflicts lead to tension and mistrust. As the deadline looms, Elara and Alex must navigate a web of secrets, betrayals, and unexpected revelations. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, they must confront their own demons and decide whether they can trust each other-and their own future. "Echoes of the Future" is a thrilling sci-fi romance that explores the consequences of time travel, the power of choice, and the transformative nature of love. Dive into a story where every decision echoes through time and the future is shaped by the courage of two unlikely allies.

In the Empire of Elyndras decades after the great war between, the Godly monarchs, the kingdoms, the relays, there a group worked together and sealed the relays, sent the monarchs back to there planes. Until decades later there deep within the mountains of Elyndras a gate opened letting out a vengeful Dragon that destroyed the villages nearby, in desperate attempt to kill the Dragon before it reaches beyond the mountains the Emperor seeks anyone willing to take the job, there in a rural village a group of misfits these misfits are called the Fuck ups by everyone around them, they take on the job unknowingly that the Jon is about an ancient dragon, there at the edge of death they defeat the Dragon only to have an old women tell them of an Prophecy that the world's end is near, that they only have 3 months until the Blood eclipse, they must find the ancient artifacts, one will die, an enemy in disguise, trust no one. Can they stop the world's end?

In New York 1813, Sybilla Charstein, 17, is bitten by a mysterious woman in the dark one Saturday night. When she is turned into a Vampire, she then roams the ports looking for new victims to feed her vampiric Vampire lusts. When Doctor Stanford Melcek, MD, investigates the murders, he decides to stop the Vampire before she attacks more people in the City that never sleeps. The novel is the genesis of the Charstein Vampire saga that will cause your heart to stop...and your blood to freeze in terror. Rated PG-13 for strong, bloody violence, sex scenes/references, strong, adult themes, strong, supernatural themes. Warning: FOR READERS 13 YEARS AND OVER. HAS DISTURBING IMAGERY/CONCEPTS.

How does a bond became a stock? Moments became just times. Best friends became strangers. And people, with no humanity. Betrayals, its funny how others tend to make it a diversion or a reason. They advocate ones itself then turns out to be an all time irrelevance. ~ She loved him so dearly with adoration, yet get tripped at and been broken in many times by him and his group. Will he realize? Will he be forgiven? Will she cast out of this madness? It all started with a bet.