Apex Future Martial Arts Novel

ACADEMY OF THE DAMNED: BRIDE TO THE ABYSS. When I died, I did not expect to be haunted and chased by a group of people that called themselves the school for the dead. Wait? I died??? I do not think I am dead, but I had a NDE. Unfortunately, that means I belonged to the school of the damned now, a school where supernatural beings like fae, demons and witches attended and guess where it was located. In hell. So when I, Alexandria Nicole Thompson wound up in this school, I was an anomaly. Human. A human never became part of the damned, and the demons made it clear to me that I wasn't welcomed. I had to fight for my life every minute, from being spell bound, to being bitten by a raging vampire with a hard-on for me, and the fallen angel, cold and bitter, angry at everything in the world, yet I was drawn to him, and finally, there was Cassiel, next in line to be herald of a plane, a ruler of demons who hated me with every breath and declared me unwanted from the school. I had to grow a tough hide....or skin

> “Stay still, Little Thorn… I want to taste you slowly.” His voice was velvet and ruin. His mouth, a weapon. And I—fool that I was—leaned closer. Before death wore a suit and called itself a lover, I used to believe in beauty. Before the blood. Before the runes. Before I painted the image that killed my parents—I believed my art could save me. Now I know better. I was just weeks from graduating when the painting came to me like a fever. I didn’t choose it. I didn’t plan it. My hands moved, possessed, dragging symbols I’d never seen and a face I’d never forgotten—his. Eyes red as wine. A crown pierced with thorns. And a girl in the center… me. Offering herself. I signed it with a mark I didn’t recognize. I sold it to a stranger. And days later, my parents were dead—no wounds, no reason, just... gone. The police said stress. I say fate. Now I’m being hunted by a world I didn’t know existed. Vampires with ancient courts and older grudges. Symbols that whisper in my blood. And Lucien D’Aragon—the vampire who says I summoned him with my brushstroke. That I belong to him. He says I’m his prophecy. His ruin. His Little Thorn. But I’m not just prey. Something is waking in me. Something hungry. Something I was never meant to survive. If I give in, I lose everything. If I fight, I might finally learn the truth. About my art. About my bloodline. About what really happened that night. And why he keeps whispering that I was painted for ruin... but made for him.

When Alex's mother is kidnapped, his ordinary life shatters, revealing a hidden world of werewolves, vampires, witches, and werecats. Rescued by the enigmatic Jason, Alex learns of his werewolf heritage and is sent to an elite academy where these factions coexist under an uneasy truce. Thrown into this unfamiliar world, Alex struggles to fit in while forming bonds with those who challenge his perception of loyalty and trust. But beneath the academy's strict rules lies an undercurrent of tension as old prejudices simmer and alliances are tested. As Alex navigates his new reality, he must come to terms with who he is and the responsibility that comes with it.

Marley and Jeremy have been together since her freshman year of college. He’s the only man she’d ever dated and though he’s abusive to her, she can’t bear to leave him. After a particularly rough night, she runs into a man named Bryce who takes her home in the pouring rain. She finds her father, who has a gambling problem, being held captive by an intruder. As the intruder goes to assault her, Bryce bursts into the house and whisks her away to his home. There, she meets his two brothers, Cody and Jake. There’s something off about these men, but she can’t figure out what. Every time they touch her, sparks fly, and she soon finds herself spending all her extra time with them. Marley is unable to leave her abusive relationship with Jeremy and soon finds herself cheating on him with these three men who make her feel bliss she’d never felt before. Can she move on from Jeremy and have a real relationship with not one, but three men she barely knows? Fast Paced/Contains Cheating Trigger Warnings: DubCon NonCon Sexual Assault Abuse/Assault Language Blood/Blood Play DISTURBING CONTENT

❝I was supposed to be engaged to the love of my life… Instead, I was sold to a crippled stranger on my wedding day.❞ Jamie Zach had been the family’s shame—an omega male in a world where only alphas mattered. Used and discarded by his fiancé, betrayed by his own sister, and left pregnant after a night of cruelty, Jamie had lost everything. To save face, his family forced him into a hasty marriage with Sir Lucien Von Nightshade, a man who never showed his face, a crippled, masked nobleman rumored to be cursed. But his new husband was not what he seemed. Beneath the mask hid a monster… and a king. As Jamie fought to reclaim his life, Lucien watched him from the shadows, dangerous and possessive. While the world mocked Jamie, his husband silently destroyed every enemy in his path. Until one night… when Lucien’s carefully guarded secret was revealed. He was never crippled. He was never weak. He was the last of the pure blood vampires, a mafia. And Jamie… Jamie was his mate. Now pregnant with a child that could change the supernatural world, Jamie is caught in a war of power, love, and obsession. And his once-crippled husband? He will burn the world down to keep Jamie by his side.

Vampire and Wolf alike lowered their heads in his presence, but I looked him directly in the eyes, not at all intimidated by his beast or strong sex appeal, or so I thought. This is my story of how I tamed a feral beast of a man. But he was the one who changed me. I'm Jade Pinkerton, and this is my story...

"You think I chose this?" he growled, voice low and rough against her ear. "I was sent to destroy you, Aurelia. But I marked you instead. You're mine now—and there's no undoing that." Aurelia's world shattered the day her mother and brother died. Moving to a new city was supposed to be a fresh start, but it only led her into the arms of a monster. Abaddon Black is cruel, untouchable, and devastatingly magnetic. Everyone fears him. No one dares cross him. And somehow, he's chosen her. What begins as blackmail becomes something darker, something that feels a lot like obsession. She hates him. She wants him. And when he finally saves her from a nightmare she never saw coming, she learns the truth: he was never just a boy. He’s a vampire—ancient, powerful, and bound to her by blood. She is his mate! Worse, her own father betrayed her to the very creatures who killed her family. Now, trapped between a dark love and a twisted legacy, Aurelia must face who she truly is and what it means to be Abaddon’s girl.

On her 21st birthday, Mara dies—then her heart begins beating again. Born from a forbidden union between a vampire king and a powerful witch, Mara was smuggled into the human world before the Court could slaughter her. Raised in foster care, she never knew her lineage… or the enemies waiting in the shadows. Captured at sixteen after her magic exploded into existence, she became servant to the vampires she secretly despises. And when her abilities prove too dangerous to ignore, she’s claimed as personal property by Valen, the ruthless Vampire King with blood-red eyes and a smile sharpened on secrets. He’s cruel. He’s commanding. And he has no idea she’s the lost heir destined to destroy his world. But when her immortality awakens in his arms and her magic binds itself to his, one truth becomes impossible to deny: He’s the monster who should fear her. And she’s the girl who can’t stop wanting him. Enemies. Fate. Desire that could drown them both. Some promises are written in blood.

Orion Cristos, a cold, duty-bound vampire lord, has always pushed away Caramia— a frail, scorned human he’s secretly drawn to. But when he learns she’ll die by dawn, he can no longer deny she’s his mate. Offering his blood to save her, he faces her broken trust and a society that sneers at her “impure” roots. When lies drive Caramia to flee, Orion will stop at nothing to chase her back— even if it means defying his world. Love vs. legacy. Redemption vs. doubt. Will their bond survive the shadows of his past and the cruelty of their present?

One bite didn't turn her-it awakened her. Tatiana Sanguine thought she was human. She was wrong. When a vampire attack triggers a terrifying transformation, Tatiana discovers the truth: she's a pureblood heir to a forbidden vampire bloodline-one the Council thought they destroyed. Now hunted and bonded to the assassin sent to kill her, Tatiana must choose between embracing her deadly legacy or destroying it... before it consumes her heart, her power, and the man who was never meant to love her.