Chapter 1

What would you sacrifice to bring back the love of your life? Is there a price too high to pay? Your life? Someone else's? Your soul? When the man she loved dies in a sudden, senseless accident, Areti's world shatters beyond repair. Grief becomes obsession. Obsession becomes a whisper in the dark. And when that whisper answers back, it comes with a contract written in blood. A demon offers her the impossible: one chance to reclaim the man fate stole from her. But resurrection is never a gift. It's a bargain. When hope fades and every miracle demands a sacrifice, what remains of someone who has already given everything for love? Note: All the pictures I've used in this story are not mine; they belong to their respective owners. The cover, moodboards and banners are made by me.

---{𝕎𝔸ℝℕ𝕀ℕ𝔾 - - 𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓼 𝓿𝓲𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓽, 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓸𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓴... 𝓘𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼, 𝓷𝓸 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓼 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓹𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓫𝓵𝓮...}--- ••• 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠, 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚝𝚑, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚗𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎... 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠. 𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝... 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜... ••• 𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓭 𝓲𝓽 𝓷𝓸

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. . . . . . . . . . . We've all heard the tales of good and bad, the tales of innocent deceit and her hero, the tales that despite their nature, show us the beauty in contrast. But it's the tales of pure evil that get swept under the rug. The tales of deception, where cruelty is rewarded. The tales that have you questioning who the real villain of the story is. There's a simple philosophy to most thing in life; two wrongs 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 make a right. So what ensues when you put two of the worst kinds of people together? Loyalties transfer, lines blur, and hatred ignites complete chaos. She's cunning. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴. She's dangerous. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴. She's evil. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦. Or so that's what we're told. The devil is always worse. But maybe, just maybe, she's the devil in disguise, playing his advocate... . . . . . . . . . . - 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 - 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. -

It was an eerie night when the devil came to town. The wind blew quieter. The birds stopped singing. The streetlights stood, half-lit. The people slept soundly in their beds, unaware of who-or what-had just arrived. By morning, whispers had spread. By nightfall, lives start to unravel. Because the devil doesn't take souls by force-he takes them apart, piece by piece. Status: Complete ❤️comment your theories (I read them all) ⚠️discretion notice: This story contains themes of manipulation, emotional abuse, and suicide. reader discretion is advised © 2025 MiseryWriter. Do not copy, translate or adapt this story without permission

Mafia Romance Book 1 of "The Veiled Desires" Series Ranked #1 in intriguing _______________________ 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫? _______________________ They say to fear the Devil. They say to pray to God in hopes of keeping the Devil away. But they don't know that the Devil can hear their prayers too. They say there is only good and bad. They say there is both a Devil and a God. But what happens when only the Devil, two negatives of the same kind become one? Not knowing that the other is also a Devil? She has a high pitched voice everyday. 𝑇𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡. He wears suits. 𝑇𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑. She's famous to the world because of her dad. 𝑆ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑘𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑒. He is the most ruthless. 𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 She never opens her heart. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 _______________________ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 D𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰? _______________________ 18+, read trigger warnings. Tropes : Dark Romance Arranged Marriage Enemies to Lovers

Warning: DARK ROMANCE Story contains detailed mature scenes possessing dubious consent not recommended for age group below 18 years old. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Prologue Shadows engulfed his angelic features oozing devilish intentions. It wasn't until he took a step towards her did the gravity of situation descended upon and even then she couldn't do anything but shake in fear. She knew making a run for it won't do a thing, calling was not an option and if she screamed...she opened her mouth to shrill but a meek plea came out. Her body's lack of response terrified her, tears gathered in her orbs with horrible anticipation. With his each step nearer she gripped the frame of her window tighter hoping to keep her balance. It took him three steps to be inches away from her body. He slowly took his suit jacket off, making himself comfortable as he amusingly watched her shaken face. She was so horror-stricken to even look at his face. She gulped as his hand cupped her neck in a gentle grip, guiding her eyes to his. His eyes slipped from the hold of her eyes to her lips in a second. She grew self conscious all over again. His heated gaze on her lips was unwavering. In the moment of bewilderment and growing self awareness her tongue unconsciously wiped her lips wet and it was all it took for him to descent on her lips. Description Had it been upto him he'd have broken her down to pieces and never put her togather, instead, he let her build herself, he watched her collapse and stand, die and live, float and drown all the while playing her body like a putty in his hand. Her husband had never been gentle, his ways was one of his kind. He read her like a book and used her spells against her. She was vividly aware of what she was getting herself into but nothing could prepare her for the don who brought everyone on his feet and she was no exception. How would she survive his ways or even would she?

I decided to write a whole poetry collection that concurs everything that has been happening in my years on this planet. I've been going through things good and bad. I'm so happy to put this out on short occasion but I'm ready to get this out.

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LEMON/SMUT 🍋 READER POV Read first PAGE please to be more informed of this story! BLACK BUTLER A regular high school girl was transported through a fictional book from her schools library. Staying is an option.. do you take it? More things start to happen, planting your existence into this world, you've become... powerful. "All black devilish stand tall husband, and his wife is 10x more cruel." Victorian England, 19th Century. Updated Description for Pt2: They come for you and your family. You fight to protect. Waking up back into reality, "snapping back" wasn't taken lightly. HE can help. "We start fresh and new somewhere else. Far far away." Read it and weep, twists and turns that'll make you pause and bite your nails. Slow Climax, POVs, and more! Pt3? One shots. Comment who's first? Story Rankings #1 LemonGerard #3 WritingContest #1 WritingChallenge #1 POV #15 SebastianMichaelis #1 Ciel Phantomhive