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“Spread wide for your king, darling. Don’t be shy,” I urge her, pressing a delicate kiss to her knee. “B-be g-gentle,” she stutters, her face turning red. “Of course, love. I am a gentleman after all.” I’m not lying. She just doesn’t know I’m never a gentleman in bed. … My fated mate framed me for murder, then got my best friend pregnant while I rotted in a cell. Blind and broken, I thought death was my only escape. Until the Lycan King stormed in, ignored my perfect sister, and claimed me instead. He’s hiding something darker than his reputation. Every bride before me ended up dead. In a past life, I’m the one who cursed him. And now I’m cursed to die at twenty-two, the same age I once cursed him. He needs me to fall madly in love. Only then can he kill me and break his curse. But with the way this mad, possessive king touches me… I’m terrified I’ll beg him to ruin me first. … Warning: Contains explicit content, very dark psychological themes, and intense bickering. If you enjoy a thrilling plot, maddening tension and a sexy daddy who is unfiltered and obsessed, by all means… Dive the f**k in.

“Julian was born to lead. An Alpha’s daughter, fierce and untamed, destined to inherit power and command. But fate is cruel. In one blood-soaked night, her entire pack is slaughtered, her name erased, her legacy burned to ash. Forced into the shadows, she binds her breasts, silences her rage, and becomes a phantom hiding behind a boy’s name to survive the hunt. Until she’s captured by him. Lucian. The infamous Alpha King. A brutal warlord feared across the realm, dominant, unyielding and devastatingly lethal. He mistakes her for an assassin. She knows better. He is her fated mate and the one man her body burns for, the one soul she must never touch. Desire coils between them like a live wire, tempting fate with every stolen glance, every forbidden thought. But Lucian is cursed, dark magic coils through his veins, and Julian harbors secrets that could destroy them both. As lust ignites into obsession and deception turns deadly, ancient prophecies stir, and enemies circle like wolves in heat. Julian wasn’t born to run. She was born to conquer. And the Alpha King will either kneel at her side… or be brought to his knees beneath her.”

Alaric Thorn was just a blacksmith in the 12th century—a husband, a father, a simple man. Until the day everything was taken from him. His wife murdered. His daughters stolen. And he himself slaughtered, powerless to protect the people he loved. But death did not end his story. Dragged into a supernatural realm after dying, Alaric made a desperate bargain: power in exchange for completing a mission in the future. A mission he did not understand. He returned to Earth centuries later—only to realize his revenge no longer existed. Four hundred years had passed. His family long gone. Their killer long dead. And Alaric… could no longer die. Cursed with immortality, he wandered through ages and empires, trying every possible way to end his life—failing each time. All he wanted was to go back in time and fix what he had lost. But when he finally stepped into a time machine, fate betrayed him again. Instead of the past… Alaric was thrown into another realm entirely—a brutal world crawling with monsters, ancient races, and system-like powers. Here, strength must be earned through blood, each battle pushing him closer to awakening his true potential. In this realm, he is no longer just a wanderer. He is a rising lord. A conqueror. A man destined to build an empire strong enough to challenge a king— a king who bears the same name as the monster who destroyed his life on Earth. As Alaric fights beasts, defeats tyrants, and gathers allies and armies, he discovers the truth behind the mission he accepted centuries ago: To reclaim his fate… To break his immortal curse… To rewrite the destiny stolen from him… He must rise as the Immortal King. The true master of the Dark Realm he was fated to rule.

A story of revenge Lamia hot-blooded because of the brutality their parents went through for generations, they were denied their lives and lived as commoners till the day discovered Lamia discovered who he was “I’m me the Bloody Vampire King” he declared and became brutal and ruthless from that day onwards People don’t obey kind leaders instead they fear brutal leaders Lamia turned brutal with his human mate beside him they ruled the world in their time “behind these rocks is an evil place you won’t want to know Jonas said calmly Lamia we all are only surviving because of the rocks The hot-blooded vampire king of Venngreberg is now back to avenge and take back the throne of his father King Devin. Side by side he fought with his fated human mate The novel is filled with horror and monsters. The world is changing Don’t miss this fantasy

“Let’s go.” He ordered, and I crossed my arms, backing away from him. “I'd rather die.” I spat. “Commendable. Your people gave you up as a treaty offer. Do you think you have a choice?” There was no amusement in his tone, and I couldn’t help but shake slightly. “If you want to kill me, get it over with.” I demanded. He leaned in, and a shiver coursed through me. “I’m going to kill you alright, Prisoner. But a quick death has never been my thing. Your death will be slow.” His promise made my heart skip. “You wish.” I swore. He smirked. “I know. I’ll kill you with my own hands.” ••• I hate my parents. My sister too. And if I was given a knife, I’d stab them. No, I don’t long for family bonds, or for their love. I am the symbol of their mistake. And that’s all I’d ever be to them. The useless hybrid omega, cursed at birth. Doomed to die. A werewolf with two eye colors. All my dreams to run away and be free from my curse shatters one day, when my pack gives me out as a treaty offer to a dreaded pack. And a total stranger. A stranger who oozes pure danger and lethality. A stranger who makes me feel, for the very first time. And soon, I discover that the stranger is the most dangerous man to ever live. The Rogue King. At first, I didn't see myself falling for King Caelum. He’s an asshole, and a condescending bastard. But soon, my heart betrays me. Soon, I am forced to make one of the most difficult choices ever. Soon, I am forced to either kill, or be killed…

A mountain, once a towering monument to man's ambition, now sobbed rust and decay. Its skeletal skyscrapers clawed at a sky choked with ash, an endless darkness that reflected the desolation below. Here, where survival was a brutal equation of scavenged scraps and desperate violence, whispers clung to the crumbling ruins like the ever-present dust. Whispers of a legend, a shadow lurking in the deepest, forgotten heart of the mountain: a monster. They called him the Blood King, a name hissed with fear and reverence. Not just another vampire, but a predator whose power had once threatened to consume all of man-kind. He is said to be so great that no one was a match to his strength, his wrath so terrible, that the ancients themselves, the very inventors of their shadowed presence, had deemed him too dangerous to roam free. They imprisoned him, not in chains of iron, but in a cage of blood. A cage that could only be unlocked by the one whose essence was his destined key, his chosen one. A cruel contradiction, a punishment designed to bind him for eternity. Unknown to them all that the blood king’s chosen one was a human adventurer, who lived for the thrill and would do anything for a fearful adventure.