For My Derelict favorite

He hated them. Zadicus Snyder, the criminal wizard, hated that whole country- especially 'her' who neglected him and got him exiled. He wanted to ruin them, ruin her. He ruled empires from the shadows but amid this sovereignty, she never left his mind. Not even once. Persephone Sage. The army commander of his ex-homeland. The one who put him in the state where he was consumed by darkness. Evoking a fire of revenge in his heart against Persephone, the person he once called his lover.

I was born into hardship, but my beauty led to my adoption by the Maddox family. When I was 18, they brought home two boys. Dustin Holland, a piano prodigy, quickly bonded with my sister, who was the darling of our social circle. Nathan Holland remained in the shadows. He didn't like to talk, laugh, or even show the normal emotional fluctuations of a person. His stubborn, wooden gaze was like that of an abandoned stray dog. Diagnosed with emotional detachment disorder, he became my project. I vowed to heal him. He locked me in a dark room, scarred my face with a branch, and encased my favorite doll in plaster. I forgave it all, thinking he was just traumatized. The elite in the circle mocked us, urging me to abandon him, but I kissed him publicly, declaring, "I love Nathan. Anyone who hurts him will pay." Then a fire tore through our home. Nathan stepped over my broken body to save my sister, his eyes wet with rare tears. Turned out, his disorder had a cure. It was just not me. Reborn on the day they arrived, I looked at the taciturn boy and sneered, "Dad, must we take in every stray?"

For a man who has spent years without any emotional attachment due to the nature of his work and because he saw them as distractions, he fell pretty hard for Nova. Years of restraint down the drain at the mere sight of the gorgeous black woman, that soon became his maddest obsession. Even though I tried to stay away... "She's like the strongest addiction, She's my obsession" He's a stranger "She belongs to me. Her very being, and just like every cell in her body will call out for me soon enough." "He makes me feel things, that I've never felt before" "She's mine to do as I want, She's mine to ruin" "In the end, I was only His To Ruin"

I lost my best friend because of a mistake I made as a child. Years later, he returned and took everything else. Once inseparable, we were torn apart by one irreversible choice. I had buried the past until he appeared at my university: charming, popular, and untouchable. Everyone loved him—except me. Except me. He’s cold and distant, watching me like this is a game he plans to win. With every friend he makes and every room he dominates, it feels intentional, like he’s here to dethrone me. I won’t let him. This is a story of buried regret, silent rivalry, and a reunion that turns into a war where pride is a weapon, the past is dangerous, and surrender is not an option.

JULIAN "You are mine. Every part of you is mine. Your body, your smile, your kisses, your love and your soul. I own you, even if I am not here now, you will be mine forever. fetch my young lady, I beg you to wait for me." -With all my love, Julian. "Even without being by my side, you occupy my thoughts, my days, my weeks, my life. It's as if every 'I love you' was little close to what I felt. Since the day I met you, the days gray and rainy became my favorites. I've always been yours..." -Yours, Eloíse. BONUS AGNELO After a heartbreak, Olivia falls in love again, but this time, it's different from anything she's ever felt, because it was from the first look. However, Agnelo is a cold man who does not believe in love. However, after an unusual and very hot encounter in a car, the two can no longer think of anything but to do it again.

He threw her away like she meant nothing. She buried his secret and rebuilt herself from the ashes. Now he's back — as her new boss, and the one man she can never escape. Three years ago, Ethan Blackwood handed Nora a divorce paper on the same night she lost their child alone in a hospital room. No explanation. No apology. Just silence. She survived. She rose. She swore she'd never be weak again. But when Nora walks into her new job and finds Ethan sitting at the head of the table — cold, powerful, and staring at her like she's a ghost — she realizes the universe isn't done with them yet. What he doesn't know could destroy his entire empire. What she's hiding could destroy them both.