Atul Gawande Being Mortal

On the day my husband married my younger sister, I once again heard the divine message from the Astral Sanctuary: if I sever all ties to the mortal world within three days, I can reclaim the astral power I relinquished and return to the Astral Sanctuary. On the first day, I publicly cut my hair to symbolize the severing of love and signed the separation letter, ending my three-year marriage to the man I once loved. Holding my sister in his arms, he looked at me with disdain. His words dripped with mockery as he called me petty and jealous, claiming that sparing me the title of an equal wife had been his greatest act of kindness. On the second day, I drove a blade into myself six times, severing my bond with my cherished elder brother. He stood by, cold and unfeeling, sneering that I was nothing more than a desperate fool, resorting to theatrics to compete for his affection—a devotion he reserved entirely for my sister. On the third day, I clenched my teeth and carved through my own flesh and bone, severing my connection to the parents who had given me life. Enraged, they called me ungrateful and declared I was unworthy—not just of being their daughter, but even of being compared to my perfect sister. In the end, I succumbed to exhaustion and blood loss. My spirit ascended to the Astral Sanctuary, where I reclaimed my true identity as an Astral Maiden. When my family discovered my lifeless body left behind in the mortal realm, they all descended into madness.

You shiver when you always think of, A werewolf in the night, They eat human flesh so yuck and sticky, But it’s just in your mind You might think there’s a creepy castle, Lost somewhere in time, You might think it has ghosts all around, But it’s just in your mind. Do you believe in vampires? , Those creatures with long white fangs, You might think they drink human blood, But it’s just in your mind. You might believe in witches, They laugh with a scary look, You might think they have black cats, Or a bat to cook for food. You can imagine all sorts of creepy things, That makes you shudder with fright, But please don’t yell mommy when you see them, C’ause it’s just in your mind, "Or is it ?!" That was the most paramount question in Athena's mind. Meet Athena a mere mortal and the Elected one who is meant to save her pack from the black werewolves/ vampire . Being a mere mortal will she be able to fulfill this prophecy and how ?!, In this quest to save her people would she find love ? And what will this love make her?. Join this intriguing ride to find out.

After spending her whole life being tortured, Faye Aster runs away from home and ends up living amongst the mortal enemies to the Werewolves— the Lycans. She meets her mate, the most powerful Lycan to exist- one who despises Werewolves more than anything. However, Faye holds more secrets and power than she lets on, a power that may finally help the Lycans avoid their prophesied doom and destroy the Werewolves once and for all. In a life where all she has faced is rejection and torture, what will be her fate in this new world, her new identity and with the handsome but terrifying Emris Rune?

A banished princess had been staying in the mortal lands after her father, the King, dismissed her from the Immortal world because she fell in love with a mortal man. After the death of her husband, she frequently changes her home. After a few years, her cousin who accompanied her to the mortal lands told her that her mother was dying, which was shocking, since the elves were immortal and couldn't die. Princess Aelanor decided to go back to her home and meet her mother, but the journey made her realise that there was some dark plague going around which harms even the immortal races. She decided to go on an adventure to find the source of the evil, finding friendship and love along the way in the unlikeliest ways possible.

The Guardian wolf of Devine Flame, Caden, killed The Moonlight Princess' parents revealed by the Ethereal Mirror. To Avenge, the moonlight princess Elara betrays him by marrying the Guardian wolf of the night, Valen. Brokenhearted, Caden managed to remove his heavenly spiritual heart to become a Demon Alpha God. Elara realizes her mistake and tries to stop him but she halfway succeeded. But, Caden is still determined to become a Demon Alpha God. To follow the process, he jumps through the demonic portal to be born in the mortal world to accumulate anger, fear, sadness, resentment and suffering. He must do evil and die full of misery. Then Elara wanted to sacrifice herself, to bring back Caden to the Heavenly Werewolf realm. She retrieves his spiritual heart in the Aztarion Abyss and places it within her own spiritual body. To restore Caden's heavenly spiritual heart, in the world of mortal wolves, he must love and kill her, that's the way how to prevent him from being heartless. But if Caden's spiritual heart is only half, how can he recognize her as his mate? And because of his half spiritual heart was inside her causing him to feel the pain she feels, how could he bring himself to kill her in the end?

COMPLETED. WARNING: Mature Contents! Fana wasn't your ordinary vampire. Oo nga't nag-uumapaw ang kanyang taglay na kagandahan at hindi nakikita sa kanyang pisikal na kaanyuan ang totoo n'yang gulang pero isang katanginan ang naglalayo kay Fana sa kanyang angkan. She hates human blood. She would rather starve herself to death or drink animal blood than imbibing mortal's blood. Ngunit isang ordinaryong binata ang nagpabago sa kanyang panlasa sa dugo. Si Reiner, isang mortal na s'yang kumuha sa pansin ng bampirang si Fana. Makulit, maingay at bastos–gano'n n'ya mailalarawan si Fana. Naiinis s'ya rito pero may parte sa kanyang hinahanap-hanap ang dalaga. For the hundreds of years living in the mortal world, hindi pa naranasan ni Fana na magmahal pero sa pagdating ni Reiner ay hindi maipaliwanag na kiliti ang bumuhay sa kanyang nagyeyelong puso. Is it just pure lust... or is she truly in love? What happens when a pervy vampire and a timid mortal stumble into each other’s lives—and slowly fall?

Eleanor Goodway is a girl living a perfect life with her parents. She has the perfect boyfriend, Lucas, and is well-liked at school due to her excellent grades, beauty and kind personality. But all of a sudden, her lover, promising to tell her something, disappeared without her being told where he was going. Confused and worried, Eleanor waited for him for months, but suddenly, she was dragged into an unknown world. A world where everything she thought didn’t exist, existed. A world that is too challenging for her, encountering different kinds of problems and revelations. A world that made her feel emotions that she had never felt before. But how will she adapt to living in a strange world while missing her normal life in the mortal world?

"I don’t know who you are but… wait, what are you eating? Why are you not sharing it, ah? Do you treat this big sister as a stranger?" One of the most powerful and devilish beings in existence wakes up in a body of a little mortal girl in a humble place that's a far cry from where she came from. After thousands of years of waiting for reincarnation... seems like even the underworld had kicked her out for all the troubles she caused. But why didn't they put her soul into an immortal's body?! Well, beggars can't be choosers. She would just have to cultivate back to the peak. Watch as she tries to keep herself from destroying the world... try being the keyword.

After falling in a great war with the dark realm that had lead to the death of a god, many gods and goddesses had come up with a plan to appoint their subordinates, 'the deities'. Aubrey was a mortal that had been visited by the god Hades and given the chance to become a god and live a life of immortality. Despite not loving the idea of being immortal, Hades forces him into it and gives him purpose. Aubrey later finds boredom aimlessly protecting his realm and kingdom and decides to find his soulmate. The oracle of life grants him his wish, however, his not the only one she belongs to. There is another identical soul to Aubrey within the dark realm. An identical soul filled with hatred and obsession in wanting to kill his original and take over his soulmate and life as Hades's deity.

What happens when the most innocent being is mated with the most treacherous?. For Adeena Rye, the last born of four daughters to the Moon Goddess Selene, she was raised up in the safest way possible, shielded from the acts of not only mortal men, but also the supernatural. That all changed when Alpha Kalan Enzo came to visit her palace. Alpha Kalan Enzo, one of the most feared Alphas in all of the werewolf world. With a beast lurking inside of him, he prayed to never find his mate until it's tamed, now he was bewitched by his mate. For some reason, the Moon Goddess decided to pair her youngest and most shielded child with a man who was broken beyond repair. In hopes of what? Read to find out!