Loyalty Stories

When an Imperial Decree demands that every noble household send their eligible daughters to the palace for the Xuancai (Imperial Selection), the Nangong Marquisate faces a dilemma. To protect their favored daughter from the risks of the inner court, they send Ning Xiang-the ignored, illegitimate daughter born of a lowly maid-alongside her legitimate sister, Nangong Bi. Bi is arrogant, haughty, and convinced she is destined to be the next Empress. Ning Xiang, however, enters the palace with only one goal: to survive long enough to eventually earn her freedom and find her mother. The young Emperor Li Zhao is a man of sharp intellect and deep isolation. Haunted by the fact that he has no heirs, he is surrounded by women who view his lap only as a stepping stone for their families. At the center of the web is Empress Xiao, a woman whose elegance masks a ruthless, calculating mind. She maintains her power by ensuring no consort stays in favor long enough to threaten her position. Beside her are the "Four Consorts," each more insidious than the last, turning the harem into a battlefield where a single wrong word can lead to execution. From the cold chambers of a Cairen to the silk-lined halls of the Huang Guifei (Imperial Noble Consort), Ning Xiang transforms. She sheds her innocence, learning that in the Daming Palace, one must either be the predator or the prey. As she stands one step away from the Empress's throne, she must decide if the power she has gained is worth the soul she has traded for it-and whether she can finally protect the empire from the schemes that threaten to burn it down. "In this garden of peonies, only the one with the sharpest thorns survives the winter."

A boy crossed the frozen plains to find a general - and walked into war. The Boy of Haran When Taiyuan fell to the northern riders, one boy survived. Across frozen plains and wind-scoured wastelands, he walked alone-carrying nothing but his father's last command: Find General Jin Mugwang of Haran. He was not a warrior. He had never drawn a blade in battle. Yet he crossed a land where even soldiers would not travel in winter. In Haran, at the edge of the frontier, a war waits. Armies gather. Old loyalties fracture. The border does not forgive weakness. The boy who arrived half-frozen at the gates of the northern campaign will grow beneath banners of war. But survival is only the beginning. In a fractured age, he must learn when a blade must be drawn- and when it must remain sheathed. A story of war, loyalty, and the making of a man.

Three years ago, Freya Whitmore watched Cole Vassallo kill a man. Sirens followed. Chaos followed. And in the space of a heartbeat, the boy she loved decided she'd betrayed him. Cole disappeared, sent away by his father while Freya was left with the memory, the damage, and a truth she never got to say out loud. Now he's back, enrolling at her university before he takes over his family's criminal empire. Freya wants distance. Cole wants control. He acts like she's the enemy, like she's a mistake he can't afford, yet he's everywhere: watching, interfering, stepping in whenever anyone gets too close. Freya despises his world. Cole swears she has no place in it. So why does he keep pulling her into his orbit... and calling it protection? Because people are starting to notice what Cole Vassallo can't hide and when they realize Freya is the one thing that gets a reaction, they don't come for him. They come for her. And Cole has to decide what's stronger: his need for revenge... or his cruel devotion.

At eighteen, Taehyung is out of options. An orphan who ran away from the orphanage at the age of ten with his best friend Jimin,because of abuse they suffered . He works endless shifts at a diner ,barely making enough to keep the lights on in the apartment he shares with Jimin. Dreams of becoming a writer feel far-fetched when survival itself is a daily battle So when desperation pushes him to an unthinkable choice. Selling the only thing he has left,his virginity. Taehyung steps into a world of strangers,secrets, and sacrifices. What begins as a simple transaction quickly turns into control,obsession, and testing Tae's heart,his morals,his self-worth. THE BOY WHO SOLD HIS VIRGINITY will have so many secrets, twists and turns,journey of love,self-discovery,friendship tested. And overall test of LOYALTY............

"Play with me woman, it won't bring you love." Before fifth year starts a mother takes pity for the fifteen year old boy and the family decides to adopt the boy. In a new environment could potentially lead the boy's fate to a different course, wouldn't it? Or would it lead him a route where he would actually be successful in his dark plans?

In the depths of darkness, where shadows dance and nightmares reign, Yasmeen's world hangs by a thread. Haunted by the ghosts of her past, she's trapped in a labyrinth of pain and guilt. But when Abdallah Malik Hassan, her best friend's cousin and secret obsession, enters her life, the lines between loyalty and desire begin to blur. As the walls close in, Yasmeen must confront the demons that haunt her... and the heart that beats within. Will she find solace with him, or will the scars run too deep? Beneath the Scars... where truth and love await, but at what cost?

_____දඩබ්බර කඩවසම් යෞවනයෙක් , කාර් රේස කෙනෙක්, ඉන්ජිනේරුවක් 💚___ _____අහිංසකයෙක්, හුරතලයෙක්, කලාකාරයෙක්, වෛද්‍යවරයක් ❤️____ කම්කටලු මැද එක් වේවිද??? ~ හන්තානෙට පායන සද ලස්සනයිද කියන්න මා නොදකින ඒ පුර සද ඔබට හැකිය දකින්න ~ ~ ඔයා නැතුව ඒ ලස්සන පේන්නෙ නැහැ පන මන් උබ එනකන් බලන් ඉන්නවා ... මන් ආදරෙයි ❤️ ~ 2026.02.08 itZzMe🌷

I never believe in love at first sight. It always seemed like something out of a fairy tale, too fantastical to be real. But then, I met Cassandra De Luca and everything changed. I've always been used to be the one turning heads, especially among girls. No one has ever made me stop dead in my tracks, my heart pounding so hard it feels like it might burst out of my chest. Until I saw her. PS: It's a slow burn story Cttro of the cover, I got it from Pinterest https://pin.it/5knE5wHMx

Decenter Men is a raw, intimate AI co-created novel about a woman who realizes that her exhaustion with dating isn't confusion-it's clarity. After surviving a first love that felt like duty, competition, and emotional labor, she stops treating romance as rescue and starts building a life that doesn't require male approval to feel real. Set against family chaos, grief, art spaces, and hard-won self-respect, Decenter Men follows her shift from performing love to protecting her dignity-choosing creation, faith, and freedom over relationships that shrink her.

Tall, dark, and handsome. Chocolate eyes that make you melt the second you look at him. Arms covered in tattoos that scream trouble. That's Nikolai Greyson in a nutshell-and Crystal Danclair is definitely not his type. For three years, Crystal has loved him from a distance, admiring him from across the hall and living for the moments when he looks in her direction. But the fantasy becomes a reality when Nikolai does the unthinkable: he claims her. Before she can catch her breath, he's told the entire school they're a couple. But being Nikolai's girl comes with a price. To the outside world, his family runs an established business, but it runs deeper than Crystal could ever imagine. Will the truth be too much to handle, or will she fight for a love she never imagined she could have found? Without hesitation. ***d(>•<)b*** Authors Note: As you go move along from chapters, if you realize the writing style has changed. It's because it has. This story has been in my drafts since I was a teenager. I only stumbled upon it a few months back and decided to continue writing it. The more recent chapters are a little more well written, please bear with me. I was too lazy to rewrite the chapters that were written when I was a teen. Do enjoy Without Hesitation UNDER HEAVY CONSTRUCTION

Twisted Obsession is a dark mafia romance where love is a weakness and obsession is currency. Adrian Vescari rules his world with control, precision, and fear. He does not fall in love. He owns, protects, destroys. When a woman enters his orbit and refuses to bend, fascination turns into fixation, and fixation into something far more dangerous. Adrian doesn't want her affection. He wants her surrender. Behind him stands Marco Santini, his loyal right-hand man, sharp-witted, observant, and hiding far more than he shows. Loyalty binds him to Adrian, but desire has a way of slipping through the cracks, especially when Lila Costa is involved. She is fire where the mafia demands silence, and her presence threatens to unravel carefully built lines. Isabella Vescari, Adrian's elder sister, watches everything. She knows the cost of loving monsters because she grew up with one. She understands power, secrets, and the price women pay in a world ruled by men who never learned mercy. As alliances shift and enemies circle closer, obsession blurs into possession, loyalty clashes with desire, and love becomes the most dangerous liability of all. In a world where trust is fatal and weakness is exploited, the question is never who will win. It's who will survive loving the wrong person.

Two hearts brought together by friendship and fate-though strangers now, will they learn that love can bloom unexpectedly? Will their souls, once cautious, find a harmony that turns companionship into forever?

Alain Monteil never liked drawing attention to himself. After everything that had happened when he'd allowed himself to get caught, made him wish he'd gotten himself killed. Minhyun had mercy on Alain, asking him to do him a favor. He was dying and he needed someone like Alain to take over for him. With Tae-won running for president with bad intentions, Minhyun could only protect the crime world with a trustworthy adversary. After his fake public execution, Alain was transported to the mafia's most protected hideout in the world. It didn't take long for him to win the favor of every leader he'd ever lost trust with. He used this to his advantage, convincing them all to make him their leader. With him as the man they all had to obey, he could do what he needed to do without anyone suspecting him. Asher doesn't know what's in store for him. Soon, his dead father will explain to him everything that's been happening. Why Minhyun didn't find him even after "killing" his father. Alain prepares for the end of his time on earth, and summoned for the most powerful figures in America to join him at the hideout for one last meeting. Who all will be there? ©️ 2024 ⚜Author-nim⚜ Start date: August 27, 2024 End date: Ongoing***

𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞? 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞? 𝑬𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒕 𝑯𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐀𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫; 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨. 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝; 𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑫𝒆𝒘, 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒖𝒔, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒔. 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬...

When a strange sickness tears through the world and the rain changes everything, a small group of survivors clings to each other in the ruins of what used to be normal life. Fear, loyalty, and the will to protect the people they love become their only compass. In a world where every choice matters, survival isn't just about staying alive - it's about holding on to who you are.

Viremont Academy stands where the mountains swallow the sky. Black stone towers. Snow-laced cliffs. Stained glass that never looks the same twice. And above its iron gates- The Red Eye. It watches. It remembers. It waits. Every student who arrives feels it. Most choose to ignore it. But this year is different. Auren Solis walks through the gates like someone returning home to a kingdom long buried. Lucien Virelle feels something fracture inside him the moment he looks up. Kael Draven prepares for battles he doesn't understand. Caelum Ardent senses storms before they break. Some students come to study. Some come to rule. Some were here before. And beneath the academy's quiet traditions, something ancient is stirring- not loudly, not violently- but inevitably. Because the Eye does not open for no reason. And when memory returns, so does war. RANKING:- #1 hiddensociety #2 Strategist #3 dark academia #3 ancientsecrets #5 protective ML #6 powerawakening #10 mxmxmxm #10 romantic tension

One night. One massacre. One mother's scream echoing through flames. Aditi watched her world burn. Her husband Mahir bleeding in her arms. Her daughter Mahira crying in fear. Her family falling one by one while betrayal stood there smiling. Harsh didn't just attack their empire. He destroyed their bloodline. And Daksh made sure no one survived. But death wasn't her ending. Aditi wakes up in the past. Before the war. Before the betrayal. Before the blood touched the marble floors. Mahir is alive. Mahira doesn't exist yet. And the enemies are still pretending to be allies. This is not fate. This is a second chance. This time, Aditi won't beg. She will protect her husband. She will save her daughter. She will expose the traitors. And she will destroy anyone who dares to touch her family. Because love makes you soft. But loss? Loss makes you dangerous. And a mother with nothing left to lose is the most terrifying force of all.

A beast split in two. A village rebuilt on lies. And a girl who refused to be forgotten.

Like all great children's tale, there lies truth beneath the myth

Milia Fallyna Jenius - a Zentraedi warrior and elite pilot - doesn't only fight enemies. She fights the weight of what she is... and what she chooses to become. Max anchors her with steady devotion. Lap Lamiz claims her as a possession and a weapon. And when Quamzin unleashes chaos, the city of Macross tastes war again. The first defense begins at Hangar 3. A serious, character-driven story of humanity, mature love, identity, loyalty, and the life they choose to protect. Written to be enjoyed even if you're new to Macross/Robotech. Non-commercial fanfiction based on Macross/Robotech.