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(Original Series by Lucas Anderson) The first year of school had ended and now Leopold has decided to go back to his home village after finding out its location from the voice inside his head. However, some unfortunate events lead him down a path of finding the truth, both good and bad... Just what exactly does he find in this old home?

Descendants of Triumvir Mark Antony through his little-known first wife, young cousins, Victoria and Marcus, have always known they were heirs to a mixed-blessing heritage. Roman men were expected to brutally dominate their families and the world around them. Roman women were required to obey husbands and fathers, bear children and keep house, never drawing attention to themselves. Antonys found it impossible to fit the mold, instead using the opposite sex to further their own power. Victoria and Marcus were no different. They could command respect on their own merits with no need of deceit and intrigue. Intelligent and driven, with a flair for languages and a love of horses, the cousins set out for a life on their terms. With the support of their fathers, uncles and comrades, Victoria becomes a respected healer and later is named a medica to her father's legion, the Thunderbolt Twelfth, based in Antioch. Through insurrections, battle and garrison duty, she binds their wounds, births the camp's children, and becomes their Domina Victrix, Lady Conqueror. Marcus pursues his dream of becoming a skilled cavalry commander, scout, and tracker, the living embodiment of the Legion's eagle standard. But enemies are never far away. Men such as Herod of Judea and Pontius Pilate, who exploit the cousins' talents as it suits them, placing Victoria and Marcus as witnesses and key players in an execution that will leave its mark on them and the men of their family's Legion. Then, they face an even bigger threat from a crazed Emperor with scores to settle against them, their family, and their great-grandfather's legacy.

The sequel to Who's Watching You. Returning home too soon, where the ranch kids and grandkids run and work everything while their parents are living in Transylvania at the castle.

MEET THE SRIVASTAVA's👨👩👦👦 Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce to you the Srivastavas, a family that stands as a shining testament to the embodiment of nobility and regal stature. In their presence, you will find a blend of prestige, opulence, and an undeniable sense of completeness that is truly awe-inspiring. HARIDAY SRIVASTAVA:👨🦱 Introducing the charismatic Hariday Srivastava, a striking and dashing young man who happens to be the son of the illustrious business magnate Chandranath Srivastava. With a carefree and jovial spirit, Hariday is the embodiment of fun-loving enthusiasm. But don't be fooled by his playfulness, for beneath that carefree exterior lies an ambitious drive. He's destined to become the beacon of The Srivastava Group of Companies, aiming to prove to his father that he's the rightful leader for the future of their family's empire, and he will do anything to prove that. MAHALAXMI RAJPUT:👩 Introducing the remarkable Mahalaxmi Rajput, a striking blend of intelligence, beauty, and unwavering determination. She's the daughter of Iswarlal Rajput, the respected Sarpanch of Bangaon, also the cherished childhood friend of none other than Chandranath Srivastava. Mahalaxmi aspires to be a tour guide, but her life revolves around caring for her ailing father, showcasing her incredible sense of responsibility. In matters of the heart, she firmly believes that love should bloom after the sacred bond of marriage. 👫 The question that lingers is, as Hariday and Mahalaxmi's paths intertwine, what lies ahead for these two individuals from contrasting backgrounds? Will the stark differences between them give rise to a blossoming love story, defying the odds and societal norms? Can they truly experience the profound emotion of "SIRF" TUM"-the sense of 'only you' in each other's hearts?

There's a weird pick me girl in town named y/n doing whatever she wants without consequences, for she has been the protagonist since birth. But a weirdly complicated, not straight love triangle and a new, mysterious friend may change all that forever. Meanwhile, y/n's cousin, Riley, has been enjoying her perfect little life as a side character for the most part. At least until a seemingly unimportant fight gets Riley involved with magic, exiled characters, and some interesting lore. This is a world with the setup of a stereotypical y/n story with a protagonist so unreliable as a narrator that the side characters must be the ones to tell the story. And they have quite a bit to say. Author's note: This is a silly story loosely based on those y/n parodies. It's the first actual story I have written, meant to be something for me to play around and experiment with as an author. Therefore, the chance of it being great is not guaranteed. But I am trying my best to give a story that you might like. Also credits to google pictures for helping me make the cover.

"Of course I was mean to her, how else was I supposed to keep her away from me?" - Daisy is the perfect daughter, the perfect student, the perfect girl. Her perfection helped her at her old private school, but everything changes when she transfers a to a new school. A school where her perfection is neglected by the other students; Her new friends don't mind, they like her for who she is, but not Eros. Eros is far from perfect. He loves to party every weekend and to hook up with girls every chance he gets. He's so gorgeous girls fall to their knees for his godly features, but not Daisy; their hatred for each other is strong and it doesn't help that his friends happened to befriend her. What will happen next? Read to find out. ;)

Luliana Grace opened her eyes, a stark white ceiling blurring into focus. A wave of disorientation washed over her, a dizzying tide of confusion and fear. The sterile scent of antiseptic filled her nostrils, bringing back memories of... nothing. Who was she? Where was she? The questions pounded in her mind, a relentless drumbeat of uncertainty. As she tried to piece together the fragments of her existence, a shadow fell across her, obscuring the harsh hospital light. A man stood before her, his face a mask of concern. "Zylene," he said, his voice a soft rumble that sent shivers down her spine. "Don't worry. You're safe now. I'm Mateo... Your husband." A man called her Zylene? And introduced himself as her husband? Her mind reeled. Husband? She had no memory of a husband. No memory of a life. But the man's eyes, a deep, stormy gray, held a strange familiarity. A glimmer of recognition flickered within her, quickly extinguished by the crushing weight of her amnesia. She clung to his words, desperate for an anchor in the swirling chaos of her forgotten life. Mateo, a man of shadows and secrets, watched her with a mix of tenderness and something darker, more dangerous. He was the leader of a vast mafia empire, a man who wielded power like a weapon, a man who thrived in the darkness. But beneath his hardened exterior, a spark of vulnerability flickered, a flicker ignited by the woman whose memory had been stolen from her. He couldn't allow himself to fall for her, to let his heart betray him. It was too dangerous. But a part of him craved her, yearned for her, longed to protect her from the darkness that threatened to consume them both. He had a choice to make. A choice that could alter the course of their lives forever.

Some love stories are loud. Theirs was never one of them. Nitya has always been good at surviving-toxic silences, unfinished nightmares, memories that don't fully belong to her. She has built herself carefully, brick by brick, anger stitched into independence. People call her cold. She calls it control. Rivan has always been patient. He has loved her in the quietest ways-through unfinished sketches, stolen glances, and songs she never knew were about her. Twelve years of almosts. Of timing that never aligned. Of feelings that never faded. They grew up together in the mountains. They drifted. They met again. And somehow, nothing felt new-and everything did. But some pasts don't stay buried. Some doors, once locked, remember how to open. And some love stories are tested not just by distance... but by truth. In a world where everyone thinks they know them, only they know what they've survived. And maybe-just maybe -this time, they won't let go. ─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ─── ｔｒｏｐｅｓ • Childhood frenemies to lovers. ° He fell first and harder. ° Slow burn. ° Long Distance. ° unrequited ° soft romance ° Bestfriend

This story takes place in a fantasy world where demons, humans, and faunus (humans with animal qualities) fight for survival. A world where the rifle is shunned in favour for the sword and sheild. The Visean kingdom has recently defeated the Demon Queendom in a war and has secured a large amount of territory and also allowing other kingdoms to form such as the Empire of Japan with its famous samurai and the Spartan Kingdom with its legendary Spartan warriors. The king of the Visea kingdom was not a nice man. He had 4 sons. 3 were skilled warriors. However, the eldest, William, was looked down upon. While he was proficient as a sword, he served as a strategist for the Kingdom's armies. While the people loved him most of his family despised him. Therefore his father disowned him and exiled him to a distant village. Separated from the Kingdom as a separate country William saw this as an opportunity to build this village into a great empire. And on his journey he will bring concepts and ideas from his own world together. He will meet many people on this journey of revenge. And who knows maybe he will find love along the way? Disclaimer: my story is an alternate reality to the world we live in today, I may use peices of history in this story but I use history to fit my story not the other way around. So i may miss out weapon designs, blueprints or historical characters, etc. I may refer to this disclaimer in reply to your comments Awards: 19/10/2024 - #1 in japenese 23/10/2024 - #1 in deutsch 23/10/2024 - #1 in deutschland 23/10/2024 - #1 in luftwaffe 11/02/2025 - #1 in german 05/01/2026 - #27 in original 29/11/2024 - #1 in prussia 08/01/2025 - #32 in country 04/03/2025 - #1 in political 08/06/2025 - #8 in germany 27/11/2025 - #6 in summoningjapan

In the corridors of a bustling school, six lives intertwine-each carrying secrets, dreams, and scars they never dared to share. Meera, bold yet broken. Saransh, the silent protector. Nisha, soft-hearted but guarded. Dhruv, the joker hiding silent tears. Seema and Rishabh, the chaos wrapped in laughter and love. What starts as innocent classroom banter soon blossoms into deep friendships, unspoken crushes, heartbreaks, and the kind of love that lingers even in silence. As the group journeys from teenage pranks to grown-up dilemmas, they face the brutal beauty of life-unexpected confessions, misunderstandings that sting, sacrifices that go unnoticed, and a ticking clock none of them are prepared for. But life doesn't wait. And sometimes, love comes at the cost of time, truth, or even one's own heartbeat. Will these friends hold on to each other when everything starts falling apart? Will love win when fate has other plans? A tale of friendship, first love, heartbreak, and the aching beauty of growing up-this story will make you laugh, cry, and maybe even believe in the kind of love that stays... even when everything else fades. School teenage friends got separated by misunderstanding... after 7 years met by destiny again. What will happen when they will meet again. They were seperated when their friendship was on the verge of breaking. Will their misunderstanding break the remaining strength in the thread. Or a simple small knot will make their friendship even more stronger. After 7 years when they will meet each other with lots of complaints in their heart and sorries on their lips. Will they get forgiveness? Will they solve their misunderstanding and unit together?. What will happen when they will meet after 7 years? Will their faded feelings for each other bloom again? Or their misunderstanding will overpower them?. To know what happens in all their lifes let's dive into the story of school bestfriends batch 2015-16.

BASED ON A HAUSA LIFESTYLE Follow Manal through her journey as she moves to a new city to begin a new phase of her life, only to innocently Involve herself in a little family of three, along with that she finds herself entangled between two brothers. How will Manal find her way out of this? Through love or through betrayal...or both? Find out in 'Made for You'.

A streamer who had thousands of fans in Japan, who loved otome games, reviews them posting online and making a living out of streaming. One day one of her fans sent her a very horrible rated otome game but since she was curious and it was her passion to rate every otome game that ever existed, she downloaded it and played it for the whole day. "What the heck?! All the love interests are horrible on this game?!" The production company who made the game, [Love Lily Blossom Otome Game]. Such a long name by the way, made all the love interest have some sort of distorted personality and even if the heroine does end up with one of them, she'll be either locked in the love interest's mansion, exiled, or will be the love interest's slave?! Only the villainess was the only sensible one but even she got the worst ending too for being engaged with the crown prince- and dying at every route she's on. "The author of this game is... psychotic. Why invest a Millions of Yen in a game like this? I wish I could save the Villainess myself." One day, she suddenly dies and realizes she's not in her own body anymore. She was being pinned down by the Villainess in the wall proceeding to threaten her. "If you don't leave the crown prince alone. I'll have no choice but to use other ways to shut you up." she says coldly, glaring at the cowering girl. Well that was the Villainess thought but the former streamer was just so confused and excited she couldn't help but shout- "I-I'm the Heroine of Love Lily Bloom?!" The Villainess looked at her weirdly once the Heroine was eyed leveled with her gaze. Those pupils dilated and seemed to have formed heart shapes irises. "You-! I'm going to save you!" I, The Heroine Will Be Your Savior! November 2021: First Idea Made. April 28, 2022: Revised. Cover made by: Sage Auger

Tia Lives in a small town where everyone knows everyone. At least that's what they think, underneath all the southern hospitality lies a secret. The town is full of darkness and keeps trying to pull Tia under. Tia's only wish is to survive until graduation and leave this small town in the dust. Note: This is a parody of the vampire diaries

A young runaway arrives in 1980s London determined to escape from her past. However, the past is reluctant to let her be. Follow her through the ups and downs of life on the streets as she attempts to build a new life. Clients may come and go but her two best friends Lulu and Gayle are her saviour. Unfortunately nothing stays the same for long. The past is waiting and watching so she can run and lose herself in the darkest pit of the city but it is only a matter of time before she is found. There is a tangled web of events before a violent end that not even she could ever have expected. Kizzy's Reflection. Part 2. To look in the mirror you may not always like who you see. Kizzy is trying to build a life of normality and respectability. This proves easier said than done. None of it is helped by a new unsuitable friend and a serial killer Dad who takes her down paths she had tried to leave behind. She has a foster sister Benita who means the world to her. Only problem is Benita has a new mysterious boyfriend who is not all that he seems. In-between this and a new best friend life can go two ways and neither is looking good. But as you know Kizzy is a survivor and nothing can keep her down for long. Kizzy's Truth Book 3 As hard as she tries the past will not allow her to live a normal life. To top it all she finds out she is being stalked, Her sister wants to marry her brother and she herself, is turning out to be more like her Dad than she ever thought possible. It just wouldn't be Kizzy if there wasn't a dramatic conclusion. Hopefully this time she can go from the fire into the frying pan and just maybe let a little peace into her life. Kizzy book 4

After one night of partying, Theo's life is changed forever. After a fatal car accident, he's now stuck in a wheelchair, no longer the beloved athlete praised by peers and teachers alike. Delilah, the girl next door, was there when it happened; she saved his life. Now eight months after the crash, Theo is a shell of himself as he tries to get back into the world without his legs. He's given up on himself, but Delilah refuses to do the same. In an effort to show him that his life is still worth living, the two grow close. But how close can they truly get when between them, secrets still linger? Though intentions may be pure, the ugly truth remains hidden for a reason. Maybe by the end, Delilah will tell us why.

When Piper discovers she has hidden cybernetic implants, she is inducted into the secretive AmpCore Academy to master incredible gifts, in a place where the impossible and possible collide... WINNER IN THE 2024 WATTY AWARDS AND GRAND FAVOURITE IN THE 2024 AMBYS * || WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO EXIST? || Hadrian is a city split in two. One side lives under the iron rule of competing tech corporations. The other is a wasteland, destroyed in a schism between human and artificial intelligence, stalked by code-wraiths, mad AIs and berserk cyborg abominations. When streetkid Piper is attacked by a rogue codewraith from Hadrian South, she discovers that she has hidden implants that no normal person should possess. Not willing to tolerate such an anomaly, the corporate overlords of Hadrian rip Piper out of her life and send her to the secluded AmpCore Academy, where she is set on a new path, whether she likes it or not. At the academy it quickly becomes clear that the wraith attack was no accident. Someone, somewhere, tried to murder her. Plunging into the murky world of corporate politics, academy cliques and gangland wars, Piper has to find out who wanted her dead, and stop them before they try again. || AmpCore: Book 1 || - [COMPLETED] *NB. this story contains strong language.

As an avid- and fairly unsuccessful- writer of fantasy fiction, I know that dragons are pretty much the pinnacle of existence. I dare anyone to argue. So, when my mundane existence comes to an end and I am offered a choice of whatever race I liked upon reincarnating into a fantasy world, of course I chose dragon. Little did I know that my life as a dragon would take more than its fair share of twists and turns. But hey, I was a dragon... Everyone knows you don't mess with dragons. This is the next one to be added up on Royal Road in a couple days, once Broken's current chapters are done being added :)

When Louise is partnered with the inscrutable Luke for a crucial end-of-year project, she finds herself facing a seemingly impossible challenge. While Louise wears her heart on her sleeve, Luke is a closed book. As they struggle to work together, it doesn't take long for Louise to realise that there's something going on with Luke, something bigger than the both of them. If she could just get him to open up, maybe she'll realise they both need each other more than they think. (Its single POV sorry!) Louise, a college student at Silver Light university, has to overcome obstacles in the form of her assigned partner Luke, in order to finish her art project successfully. (Should this be called lukewarm)

"Rise for Atlantia. "

Following the horrid events proceeding his little sister's ballet recital, Jaxson Scott awakes into what he describes as nothingness and knows he's dead. Prepared to prematurely leave his near perfect life, Jaxson doesn't expect to receive a special offer before his final passing. He jumps at the chance of a brief return to life, accepting the task to aid, Lexi, a girl that he was destined to meet. Previously known to be confident, socially apt and part of the popular group, Jaxson Scott's rapid change to an easily flustered and love-sick fool is humorous and heartfelt. He experiences dating like he never has before. He comes to share deep, intellectual conversation with Lexi and finds himself fighting for any bit of extra time. Falling too fast, he struggles with the knowledge that he will soon need to leave Lexi, amongst the rest of his life, behind. Jaxson always believed in second changes, but will this second chance at life be worth the heartache?