Uniqueworldbuilding Stories

When Havenroot burned, Pyrope-known by most as Snowstep-ran until his lungs felt hollow. The raiders stole his home, his people, and the warmth he thought would last forever. All that remains is silence... and the strange, unstable power he doesn't fully understand. Lost and exhausted, Snowstep reaches the Neutral Zone-a floating market of travelers, merchants, and hybrid species who live between borders. Here he meets Rowan, a patient merchant, and Tidewhisper, a quiet wanderer who sees more than Snowstep wants to reveal. They offer him a place to rest. A place to learn. A place to heal. But danger follows the wind. Merchant codes warn of unusual beast movements. Giant wood-eaters are fleeing their homes. And smoke rises from the next village-the same pattern that destroyed Havenroot. Snowstep isn't ready to face the past. But the past is already walking toward him. A journey of trauma, hidden strength, and a found family traveling through a fragile world of hybrid clans and merchant routes.

Emotions are no longer something we feel. They are stored, catalogued, and archived - like history, like mistakes. In our world, no one truly feels anymore. Love, sorrow, joy, grief - they exist, yes. But not inside us. Instead, they live in capsules. Vibrant little spheres of memory and sensation. You can choose to experience a moment... then lock it away forever. I am a Guardian. A high-level archivist at the Central Sensory Library. I process thousands of emotions a day - without ever feeling a single one. That's the rule. Until the day a capsule appeared on my desk. Unmarked. Unregistered. Unauthorized. I should have destroyed it. Instead, I played it. And for a brief, burning moment, I felt him. A memory not mine. A voice I had never heard. A pulse, a laugh, a warmth that reached into the hollow spaces inside me. His name was Eiren. And now I can't stop reliving the feeling. The more I return to that capsule, the more I wonder: Am I falling for someone who doesn't exist- or someone I was never meant to find?

In a world where soulmates are bound from puberty-living, loving, and dying together-everything about them is unlike humans. Blake, Noah, and Aiden have always been inseparable, their bond deeper than words, their loyalty unshakable. But when Aiden begins to experience the rare and dangerous symptoms of longing, everything they've known starts to shift. As emotions unravel and shadows creep in, the trio must confront the truth about their connection-and how far they're willing to go to protect each other. Because in a world where soulmates mean everything, some bonds are tested by fate itself-especially when that bond is tied to a journey far from home, in search of something... or someone... missing.