𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲. 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻.
Keng Vorranai doesn't believe in softness - only in power, loyalty, and silence. His empire was built on the blood of men who dared to defy him. But the night a terrified, bruised beauty falls in front of his car, everything changes.
Namping has known nothing but fear - sold, betrayed, and silenced by the world that was supposed to protect him. Yet in the eyes of the coldest man in the city, he finds something he never thought he deserved: safety.
But in the mafia world, love is never pure. It's a debt.
And Keng has never learned how to let go of what belongs to him.
"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓, 𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈... 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖."
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𝗛𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝗛𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱.
Tle Vorranai, the empire's strategist - smart, merciless, and addicted to control. He can break a man without lifting a hand. But when Firstone, got dragged into the mafia world, Tle finds himself caught between duty and obsession.
Firstone isn't fragile - he's defiant, reckless, and too pure for the life Tle lives. Yet every glance, every accidental touch feels like a war Tle can't win.
Between bullets, secrets, and loyalty, love is the most dangerous weapon of all.
"𝑰𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔, 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑱
When Arianna marries billionaire Zach Price to save her family, she doesn't expect to fall in love with a man who'd always consider her a second choice. An unexpected turn of events brings the couple closer together, but can a marriage based on lies and deceit ever survive?
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When Arianna's older sister, Olivia, decides to run away on the day of her wedding, Arianna is forced to take her place to save her family from ruin. But her new husband is angry, heartbroken, and seems to hate her guts. The cold, elusive billionaire Zach Price has never quite struck Arianna as the kind of man she'd want to spend her entire life with. She was more than content with her sweet, thoughtful boyfriend Noah, but when circumstances force them together, Zach and Arianna's hearts get entangled in a way she never saw coming. As the couple grows closer, they must battle the demons of their past and of the lives they left behind - especially when Olivia returns and decides she wants Zach all for herself.
Content/Trigger Warning: This story contains scenes of violence and sexual abuse, and mentions abortion and miscarriage.
[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
Cover designed by Ren Tachibana