A Breakthrough Brought By Forbidden Novels & Stories

"No. Adrian knows a little bit about it, including Phoebe. Some other werewolves might as well. I don’t know about it, but because I broke the code, I don’t think it would work for me anymore." "Broke the code? What do you mean by that?" "I raised you." He answered. "I broke the code by birthing you and raising you." "I don’t get." "It is forbidden, remember." He said, "You’re forbidden, alright? That is why." He hit the nail on the head.

First, it was his own father who had forbidden him from seeking Lia’s hand. After his father’s death, her father had forbidden him from even talking to her. Now it was the king forbidding him from being with his bride. Would the woman he loved for as long as he could remember always be forbidden to him?

He broke something in me I didn’t know could be fixed. Until Lorenzo. Until the man who never looked at me like I was too much. Who never made me feel small. Who never called me a freak when I asked for what I wanted, or needed too deeply, or felt too fiercely. Liam was a boy who broke me. Lorenzo was a man who held the pieces and asked, “Where do I start?” And I would never—never—trade one for the other. No matter how many apologies Liam wanted to spill. No matter how loud he knocked.

“But I don’t miss who I was when it controlled me.” He nods, like that’s exactly the answer he expected. Outside, the city wakes slowly. Someone laughs. A door slams. Life, unfiltered. I take a sip of coffee and let the warmth settle. For a long time, I thought forbidden meant wrong. Now I know better. Forbidden meant unexplored. Unacknowledged. Powerful enough to change me. And it did. Not by breaking me. By teaching me that desire doesn’t need permission to exist, only honesty.

But unstoppable. Therapy breakthrough over. Something deeper blooming.

The demon held her tightly, his muscles tense, and with every step, the certainty grew: This wasn't just magical poisoning. This wasn't demonic residue. This wasn't battle fatigue. This... was something else. And then—like lightning splitting the sky—an old memory struck him. A forgotten shard. Something he'd once glimpsed, before his exile. In the demon court's black corridors, in ancient scrolls, in blood-written notes... a single word: Breakthrough. A rare, inhuman transformation. Bodily pain. Inner pressure. And something that finally... rips itself free from the flesh.

"It felt like accuracy. Making the record accurate. Making it say what actually happened rather than what she needed it to say." He was quiet for a moment. "I came here," he said, "because the flash drive needed a channel. The documentation needed to go somewhere that would do something with it, and the channels that would do something with it were all connected to people who could be managed or pressured or — I needed to get inside the perimeter. Inside the specific radius where the documentation would be harder to suppress." He paused. "Morrison's deal was the way in. The information I had on Morrison was the leverage that opened the door." He looked at the window. "I didn't know it would—

“Break it?” He stood there, his chest heaving, jaw clenched . “Yes! I had to, because this—this damn thing—is what keeps you up all night. You never have time for me anymore!” For a second, I couldn’t even speak. My lips parted, but no sound came out. “You just broke the Moon Stone,” I finally whispered, disbelief slicing through my voice. “Do you even know how much it's worth? It’s the last piece, Ethan. My boss trusted me with it.” My voice cracked, tears stinging my eyes. “You’ve ruined my life !”

He could still feel the chill of the rain mixing with the heat of his blood as he fought to stay alive. Nikolai’s betrayal struck unexpectedly, breaking the fragile peace treaty and leaving Sebastian exposed and injured. As water streamed over his face, he closed his eyes, and her memory surfaced from the shadows. She had come like an angel amid the chaos. Sebastian smiled when he thought of Janet. FLASHBACK

Only Nova, who had looked up various information about the sect, knew the reason. A lot of Saints had emerged since the establishment of the sect. However, those people would either go into the forbidden area to train in seclusion before their breakthrough and never come out, or get summoned by the reputable elders after they broke through and then never come out upon entering the forbidden area. In short, everything was pointing to the forbidden area. There were too many secrets buried there. Now, the secret was about to be revealed. At this moment… Boom boom boom! A series of loud bangs interrupted Nova’s meditation.