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However After

InsomniaChupacabra

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Reads 13
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Parts 2
Time 12m

InsomniaChupacabra

fairytale fencing fighting humor monsters romance royalty slowburn

A reversed upside down and absolutely backwards fairytale. 
      The land of Cadaecus is in chaos. The much beloved king Myron has just been brutally killed in a violent coup. Bandits and outlaws roam the formerly peaceful lands, monsters walk the earth, nowhere is safe. Out of sight, dark magic festers and grows. 
     Isolated, a young prince is confined to a castle awaiting rescue, convinced he is destined for love. 
     A legendary gladiator wanders the borderlands, her life in shambles and her heart set only on her next payment in gold. 
      The threads of fate interweave in strange ways. Paths cross where some should and some that will not be easy. There is never a guarantee of happy endings.All Rights Reserved

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Forgotten by crystalbooks24

//He had my hands pinned tightly above my head as I squirmed beneath him. The blade twisting between his fingers. He held it up to my throat. I was afraid but refused to show it. "Hurt me." I said between gritted teeth. He just gave me a sorrowful glance before driving the dagger into my flesh.// This is no story of love and happiness. This is a story of death and destruction. One of a man and woman who met one night and not only changed the lives of themselves, but the lives of a whole world of people. One was fire and one was water. They were perfectly balanced. Until one night when the sun fell just below the tip of the tallest castle, the balance faltered, and all hell broke loose. Fire on fire. This is no memorable story that was told on for generations after. No. This is a story of the forgotten. ------------------------------------------- The prince and princess are forced to marry out of their fathers hatred for one another. Yet, there's a falter to the plan and murder gets involved. Will the two be able to put aside years of pent up hatred, or will love conquer all? #2 in tragiclovestory Socials: @0fficialcrystalwebb on tiktok

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[COMPLETED] She can save them all. Her people. Her kingdom. Her family. But only if she marries the king of the enemy. Hell breaks loose when 𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐆𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐔, princess and heir to the throne, is forced to marry the king of her enemies--a man she despises with her heart and soul. When her protests to the betrothal are rejected by her father, Imogen searches for other ways to cope with her newfound fate. Naive and a little reckless, she finds herself escaping the castle grounds to forget that her life has been signed away. Little does she know, she never has to leave the grounds to find the remedy she longs for. He's everything that a princess should avoid--a mischievous, dangerous thief with a sword. 𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐒 runs from a life he once had. When his past catches up with him, he's offered a way to get back what he lost: sneak inside the castle. With the legend of his thieving reputation crossing the lands, he knows nobody will be able to catch him. No one but a sneaky princess equipped with a bow and arrow. Only in the night do the two come to life. Hearts yearn and emotions run wild, but can their love survive the turbulance of the kingdom's war and her unwanted betrothal?

The Fallen Heir by AshwoodLore

Betrayed by blood. Abandoned by love. Sent to die. Prince Edric was cast aside-exiled to war by the very man who should have protected him. He fought, he survived-only to return home and find the ultimate betrayal: his wife, now queen, married to his father. Love is a weakness he will never bow to again. Then he meets Adelina-a blind woman fleeing a past more brutal than his own. She is untouched, unclaimed... until him. What begins as chance turns into obsession-hungry kisses by the fire, forbidden touches in the dark, a longing so fierce it could destroy them both. But Adelina is a woman who believes she is unworthy of love, and Edric is a man who has vowed never to need it again. When she chooses the safety of a monastery over him, he rides away-until her desperate cry shatters the silence. She runs after him, reckless, breathless, hungry for more than the life she was given. Now, with his father hunting him and his enemies closing in, Edric must fight for the one thing he swore he'd never need again-love. The Fallen Heir is a tale of revenge, obsession, and unrelenting passion-where desire is a dangerous game, and surrender is the ultimate victory.

Winter's Rebellion by echopen

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Not My King (BxB) by DarkSparx

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All I Need ✔️ by Chronically-Chaotic

"You're playing with fire Safania." "Good thing I don't burn." The last words he spoke before throwing me onto my bed sounded like a threat, but felt more like a promise. "You will." *** Don't get caught. Those are the three words Safania has lived by for the past five years. As a marked woman - easily identified by intricate bronze marks on her back and unpredictable special abilities - she has spent the past five years running from anyone who might exploit those abilities...especially the royal families who tortured marked women to build their empires. Starving, exhausted, and frozen, she collapses by the bank of a river just to wake up in her worst nightmare: the chambers of a prince. Prince Cassius is his father's first choice of his three brothers to ascend to the throne. He's smart, strategic, and stoic, unlike his corrupt and depraved brothers. There's just one problem: he has no interest in any of his proposed marital matches, and the King will only pick someone as his successor who he knows will carry on the family line. But once he meets Safania, he finds himself unable to imagine ruling the kingdom without her by his side. Can he convince her to trust him? *** Warning: this story contains mature and potentially triggering themes including domestic violence and sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised.

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Loyalties Lie by DragonRose25

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//He had my hands pinned tightly above my head as I squirmed beneath him. The blade twisting between his fingers. He held it up to my throat. I was afraid but refused to show it. "Hurt me." I said between gritted teeth. He just gave me a sorrowful glance before driving the dagger into my flesh.// This is no story of love and happiness. This is a story of death and destruction. One of a man and woman who met one night and not only changed the lives of themselves, but the lives of a whole world of people. One was fire and one was water. They were perfectly balanced. Until one night when the sun fell just below the tip of the tallest castle, the balance faltered, and all hell broke loose. Fire on fire. This is no memorable story that was told on for generations after. No. This is a story of the forgotten. ------------------------------------------- The prince and princess are forced to marry out of their fathers hatred for one another. Yet, there's a falter to the plan and murder gets involved. Will the two be able to put aside years of pent up hatred, or will love conquer all? #2 in tragiclovestory Socials: @0fficialcrystalwebb on tiktok