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POV: Jarrah The scent hit me before my boots even crossed the threshold, the unmistakable, iron-heavy tang of freshly spilled blood cutting through the ambient cedar and polished leather of the penthouse corridor. My hand moved purely on muscle memory, my custom suppressed Sig Sauer clearing my holster before the heavy oak door had even finished swinging inward. My pulse didn't spike; it hardened into a cold, dense mass in the center of my chest. In my world, blood meant an intrusion. An intrusion meant blood had to be repaid in double.

She guided me to the center of the yard where moonlight pooled like water. “Kneel.” I obeyed. She stood before me. Lifted a blade from nowhere. Pressed it into her palm. Blood spilled like liquid lightning. Silver-red. Glowing. She raised her hand. I trembled. “Drink,” she whispered. I hesitated. Then obeyed. The instant her blood touched my lips— Fire. I screamed. The world fractured. She began chanting, her voice echoing unnaturally through the air. **“Sanguis antiquus, voco te…”**

* Trigger Warning, this book contains violence, dark fantasy, abuse, death, murder, and trauma* Prologue Blood was everywhere, on the ceiling, the floors, the bed. The coppery smell of the warm red liquid filled the air, making my nose wrinkle in disgust. I rubbed my blood-covered hands through my hair. The rage simmered as the adrenaline left my body. It was like I was stuck in a haze. Why was I covered in blood, and who did it belong to?

Betrayal seeded through blood and oath. A creak in the corridor. She snapped her lantern low—heartbeat thrumming. Someone approached. Voice (calm): “You found them.” Lyra frozen—tensing. The stranger stepped inside—same silver hair, same cloak. Lyra (quiet): “Do you deny being among the living?” The stranger's lips curved. Stranger: “I am here by choice.” She moved closer, lips cool with resolve: Stranger: “They rebuild—chapters hidden in blood and ritual.”

Mismatched Mates #2.6 First Blood Chapter 1 Convenient Most people couldn’t smell blood until it was on the outside of a body. But I could. Rich, metallic, and flavored with the unique essence of whoever it was inside. This blood had a tartly sweet fragrance to it, light and refreshing, like oranges. It was pumping fast, the heartbeat of whoever owned it ratcheting up as I tipped my head and tried to get a bead on how far he was and in what direction. I couldn’t hear his heart from this distance — and I knew it was he, not she, because instincts didn’t lie — but the scent intensified as if he'd flushed, his body’s autonomic responses sending his blood rushing to the surface of him and the sm

Hello, everyone! The problem about the second Chapter 179.5 now is solved. It is now turned to chapter 180. The chapter is different as I already edited it. You can now read it. I will update later. The 'Guides' chapter would be updated tomorrow with a few details for this story. So that no confusion will happen. As you all know, the guide chapter for all of you to understand more about this story and Soheila's world. I also made it so that if I missed a detail or forgot something I can just look at that chapter. Tomorrow it will be updated.

“I smell blood---!” “Call 911!” I cut him off, clinging to him like a lifeline. “Hurry! Please! Please---!” The dark spots grew and grew until I was sucked into a darkness from which I couldn’t escape. My body became lethargic and heavy, unable to fight on. The rest of it all became a blur…

Chapter 15 ~~~~~~~~~~ Tessa stumbled down the grand staircase of the mansion, her hand gripping the banister slick with her own blood. Every breath tore through her chest as she forced herself deeper into the darkened hall. Behind her, footsteps echoed—slow, steady, deliberate. Hunting her. “Enough hide and seek, Tessa…” The voice slid through the shadows, cold and amused. Tessa pressed herself behind a marble pillar, clamping a trembling hand over her mouth to quiet her sobs.

Curves of the Alpha Pack Chapter 1: The Storm’s Arrival The rain pounded against the tall windows like impatient fingers demanding entry. I stood in the dimly lit foyer of the old mansion, my soaked coat dripping onto the marble floor. My heart hammered as if it wanted to escape my chest entirely. This was supposed to be straightforward. Sign some papers, sell the crumbling estate my distant relative had left me, and walk away from the mess. Yet the moment I stepped inside, the air grew thick and charged, carrying a wild energy that made the hairs on my arms stand up.

"Thomas, please. Do you really think someone like me would ever choose someone like you?" Fifteen years ago, Thomas Santos swapped his newborn daughter with the child of the woman who broke his heart. Her name was Victoria and since high school, Thomas had always had a strong obsession towards her and after he had his heart broken by her, he sought revenge by all means. His daughter Kiara grew up in a mansion with everything she could ever disguised as Victoria's daughter while Victoria's real daughter Ivy grew up in poverty, beaten and abused by Thomas, the man who was supposed to be her father. Now the girls turned fifteen and happened to study at the same high school. When Thoma