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"Rather than serving you, I prefer to die." The Outsiders have been subjected to the oppression of the king's soldiers for centuries, especially during the annual Purge, where every fifteen-year-old person - now an adult - is kidnapped. Ystal is only a child when, during his tenth Purge, is bought by a mysterious man. He says his name is Sylien and that he is an Alchemist, the only known survivor of a population that has now been destroyed. He claims to be looking for an assistant, and that Ystal is the right person. Through mysterious spells, ancient books of lost history and unknown feelings, Ystal will make a journey, in search of true freedom, against a tyrant who, for years, has reigned supreme.

She gave up a throne for love. He threw her away like trash. Khione was born to rule continents—a silver wolf heir to the Primal Alpha. But she abandoned her destiny for Kieran, a nobody Omega she built into a billionaire Alpha. For ten years, she played the dutiful wife while he climbed to power on her hidden connections. Then he came home with another woman. Pregnant. And called Khione worthless. Big mistake. Now she's back to claim what's hers, her magically gifted twins at her side and vengeance in her heart. But reclaiming her throne means accepting a new bodyguard—Emrys, a maddeningly persistent warrior who sees past her titles to the woman beneath. He notices when she's tired. Remembers how she takes her tea. Looks after her in ways no one ever had. She can't afford to fall again. Especially when she discovers Emrys is the Alpha of her enemy kingdom—the one responsible for her sister's murder. Especially when she's betrothed to that same enemy Alpha to broker peace. Especially when she realizes they're the same man. As a shadow villain orchestrates war from within her own family, Khione must decide: can she trust the mate bond pulling her toward Emrys, or will letting someone see her again destroy everything she's fought to reclaim? Some wolves are born to lead. Others are forged in betrayal.

I hid behind the study curtains, heart racing with a fragile, trembling joy. In my hands: an ultrasound photo—two heartbeats—and a no-limit black card. Alessandro had given it to me last night, his lips on my neck, calling me his Donna, his queen. Tonight, I was going to tell him about the twins. "The Petrov family needs to see my good faith," his voice drifted in, smooth as velvet. "Vittoria arrives Thursday. I’ll announce the engagement then." My blood froze. "What about Elena?" someone asked. "She’s been with you three years. She manages the books, dug that slug out of your side herself. Is this fair to her?" "Elena?" He leaned back in the leather chair, cigar smoke curling around his jaw. "She’s like a trained hound, Salvatore. After the Rossi family got wiped out, I pulled her from the gutter, gave her a gun and a bed. Have you ever seen a hound leave its master? I could kick her, and she would lick my boot and ask for another." My nails sank into my palms, crumpling the ultrasound. "Aren’t you afraid she’ll leave?" Marco, his Capo, asked. Alessandro paused. Then he said: "She would die for me without question. How could she ever leave?" Those words struck my chest like two 9mm rounds. I didn't wait. I ran through the cemetery, past the tombs of dead Dons, and hurled that card into the Hudson. I vanished into the night with his heirs in my womb and three years of lies in my throat. "I'm sorry, my babies," I whispered to my belly. "Mommy was a fool." But I wouldn't be a fool anymore.

The Secret Wives of The CEO and The Billionaire is a series of two books, CEO's Secret Wife and Billionaire's Secret Wife. CEO'S Secret Wife This is the story of Adhyansh and Adwitiya and how she fell into the deep well of his fake love and trapped in the web of his revenge, She expected love, and he gave her hate. She expected her warm embrace and he gave her cold eyes. She expected peace, he ruined her peace. But this is not what it looks like, and neither was innocent nor he innocent, he made mistakes and she did the same. Both are at fault, they aren't perfect neither they want to be. Join me in the story full of betrayal, revenge, pain, and tears of the CEO and His Secret Wife. ___ Billionaire's Secret Wife She was forced to marry him.. she just did this to save her mother She thought he hated her but what happened when everything around her just lay and she was trapped in it? She was his Obsession and He could go to any extent to get her. He wants her all for himself. She was His Secret Wife The Billionaire's Secret Wife and She was trapped in The Web of Lies Stuck in the Dirty Game Of The Billionaire. "YOU ARE MINE SHARANYA ONLY MINE AND I HATE SHARING" Mr.A Join me on this journey of Billionaire and HIS SECRET WIFE full of suspense, heartbreak, betrayal, and Love. _________

​The Price of Peace is the final showdown and book three for the No Regrets crew, where the masks come off and the bills finally come due. Shane O’Brien is done playing house. He’s been living his life like a "glorified roommate" with his wife, Isla, ever since she broke their vows with her best friend's husband, but now the cold war is turning hot. While Shane finds a temporary sanctuary with Maya Cruz, Isla is weaponizing their children trying to save a marriage that might already be lost, but will she realize this too late, or burn the whole house down. Speaking of Maya, she has a few secrets of her own, one that involves Mayor Rogers and a scandal that could level the city. ​In the courtroom, Crandon Morgan is fighting to keep his name clean after a very public mental meltdown. He’s looking for a comeback, but he finds a distraction in Tempest Summers, a new law junior associate with a haunted past and a hunger for a kind of justice the law books don’t cover. ​Meanwhile, Kole Michaels is trapped in a different kind of nightmare. A past mistake named Akeisha is using a legal loophole to pin a child named Urmagisty on him. With his relationship with a different Keisha on the line and his daughter Mabel watching, Kole has to prove he’s being set up before the lie becomes his life. ​In this game, peace isn't free, you have to pay for it in blood, truth, or with everything you own.

“Some—body will see us he---re,” I whispered through gasps, afraid any teacher will catch us making out in the school’s hallway. “They cannot put the Alpha King in detention,” he smirked, burrowing his face again in my neck and gently sucking my lips until I bit my tongue to not moan loudly. “One day, I will mark you mine Serena!” the moment he said my sister’s name while pressing his lips against mine, I felt betrayed. .. Serena Majestic is the next in line to be the Alpha of her pack. Born to lead and has lived a perfect life with everything she could have ever wanted. Loved by her family ✅ A perfect mate ✅ Respected by her pack ✅ Pretty looks ✅ Dream wedding ✅ She was loved by everyone, except for her twin sister, Arlene Majestic, who she always regarded as the villain of her life. What happens when she suddenly wakes up in her twin sister’s body as the villain she once hated on the day of her wedding? Helpless, she is forced to watch her sister get married to her mate. Arlene challenges Serena to mend Arlene’s life. It was the only way for Serena to get her body back. Fighting every day to make her sister’s life better to get her life and body back was her only goal. But what happens when she falls in love with her sister’s mate in the process? What will Serena do when she discovers the shocking truth about her sister’s life? Will she succeed in getting her life back or forever struggle in her sister’s body? Read now to find out.

“Don't leave me, Prisley,” Heather pleaded. Prisley was Heath’s assistant and contract lover. Heath saw her as a substitute for his ex. When Heath's ex came back, this once obedient girl tried everything to leave. Only then did Heath realize that he had fallen deeply in love with her. He would never let her go. But Prisley couldn't stand Heather's obsession and controlling nature. She would rather run away with her pregnant belly. Later, Prisley was harmed by a villain, and her fate remained unknown. Heath went crazy looking for her. Will she come back?

The novel is mainly about the forgotten British poet/writer named C. J Richards who lived in Burma/Myanmar in colonial times and he believed himself as a Burmophile. He served as I.C.S (Indian Civil Servant) and when he retired from I.C.S service, he was a D.C (District Commissioner) and he left for England a year before Burma gained its independence in 1948. He came to Burma in 1920 to work in civil service after passing the hardest I.C.S examination. He wrote several books on Burma and contributed many monthly articles to Guardian Magazine published in Burma from 1953 to 1974 or 1975. Though he wrote several books which had much literary merit to both communities, Britain and Burma (Myanmar), people failed to recognize him. The story has two parts: one part is set in the contemporary Yangon (then called Rangoon) in 2016 context and a young literary enthusiast named “Lin” found out unexpectedly the forgotten writer’s poetry book and there is surely a good deal of time gap that led him into a quest to know more about the author’s life. The setting is quite different comparing to colonial Burma and independence Myanmar (Burma), early twentieth century and 2016 which is a transitional period in Myanmar. The writer’s life is fictionalized in the novel and most of the facts are taken from his personal stories and other reference books. It is a kind of historical novel with a twist and it has comparatively constructed the two different periods in Myanmar history to convince readers, locally and abroad more about history, authorship, humanity, colonialism, and transitional development in Myanmar today.

The Shadowed Alpha Series: Bride Of The Shadowed Alpha Book 1 Marked By The Shadowed Alpha Book 2 "I will give you the most pleasurable pain you’ve ever had. You like pain, and lucky for you," his smirk deepened, his gaze dark with promise, "I know how to give pain until you cry for me." The villain wasn’t meant to be emperor, nor was he supposed to be handsome. Yet for reasons I can’t understand, he hates me. At the Academy of the Arcane, I became untouchable, unstoppable. My beauty was both a weapon and a curse, a cruel reminder of the life I lost. But none of it mattered to him. Tharros. The Emperor of Shadows. The unchallenged ruler of witches, vampires, werewolves, and fae. His gaze burned with something raw, something personal. "You made me this way." he growls. I stared at him, confused. "I don’t even know you." His laughter was slow, cruel. "Then I’ll make sure you never forget." Days later, I woke up as his bride. Bound to him by marriage, a punishment, a prison. Now, I must untangle the truth of his hatred, uncover the past he swears I buried, and face the dark memories that lie in wait. Because in this game of vengeance, I am both his prisoner and his beautiful prize, one he will break. He craves my pain, but I crave the way he gives it. Book 2 My name is Obsidian Sigil of Liora. They say he’s cruel. That no one knows where he came from. But I remember how he looked at me, like I was the only thing he ever wanted. And I ruined him. I betrayed him. But this my second life, I will make it right. Warning: Extremely Dark Romance | Rated 18+

Maturity Warning ⚠️ This story is a dark romance intended for mature audiences (18+). It contains explicit sexual content, predatory behavior, power imbalances, blackmail and taboo themes. Reader discretion is advised. **He's my Professor. He's my Step father. And he's the only man who devours me at night.** I am a science student who failed every course and was hated by my professor. But on one faithful morning my mum announced a heartbreaking information. She was going to marry the professor I lusted over. The one man I had imagined one day he would pin me down to his bed. Mr Chadwick is cold, brilliant, and sexy. He hated me for being dull and feminine but behind those eyes filled with fury, his darkest desires loomed around me. In public, Mr Chadwick is the perfect academic and the perfect step father. But behind closed doors of the study, he is a predator who had discovered my darkest secrets: a sketchbook filled with obsessive drawings of him. Now, the lessons have changed. Chadwick doesn't want me to study books; he wants me to study him. It was supposed to be a punishment. He curses me on the outside but claims me like a hungry lion every night. Under my mum's roof. It was supposed to break my spirit. But he found out, he lusted over the very thing he hated.