Cry Silently

He’s the brooding bad boy with fists of steel. She’s the broken girl next door who sees right through him. But neither of them is ready for the darkness that binds them together. When Maya moves to Rosewood Hills with her abusive father and bedridden mother, she expects loneliness, not chaos. On her first night, she witnesses a violent street brawl—and realizes the bloodied boy being beaten is none other than Liam Parker, her mysterious, cold classmate... and now, her next-door neighbor. Everyone says Liam is dangerous. Unstable. Untouchable. But Maya sees something else: pain. Vulnerability. A silent cry for help. Even as Liam pushes her away, fate keeps throwing them together. And when he saves her from a group of violent bullies, something shifts. A crack forms in his stone-cold armor. But Liam has a secret—one that makes him more than just the boy next door. One that’s buried deep in scars, shadows, and a past that should’ve killed him. And when that secret is unleashed... Maya’s the only one who might survive it. A story of trauma, trust, and a love born from ruin. Not all monsters hide in the dark—some live next door. He was never just the boy next door. He was the storm waiting to happen.

“Go quickly, mark her. Her wolf still recognizes you as their mate.” His mother persuaded. Olivia’s life changes when she discovers she is mated to the alpha of her pack who is already set to mark another prepared for him by his mother as his chosen mate and luna. With Olivia's life on the line, Rowan ignores her cry for help. He abandons her to go spend time with his chosen mate who framed Olivia, putting her life at risk. Olivia is saved by a Lycan Prince who would readily give her everything she had always desired. Rowan panics as he loses Olivia to the Lycan Prince. What will happen when the Prince finds out that his mate is being captured and held against her own wish by her ex-mate?

Elena wanted to cry her heart out to whoever would listen, but her heart was dry. She couldn't even find it in her to do anything other than smile, nod politely and recieve the insults and abuse dished out to her. Afterall, she believed that there was nothing she could do. She was above the age of mating and she was still unmated. Each blood moon came and went and the moon goddess in some sort of joke or irony refused to grant her a mate. It wasn't just her lack of a mate, she also couldn't wolf out. No matter how much she tried, it just didn't work. What came to every werewolf so easily ran away from her. Elena felt tired and defeated. Even if she wanted to fight her uncle how would she do it? Physically she was almost the weakest in the pack. Malnutrition had told on her leaving her with extremely pale skin and a skinny body. Sometimes to herself she wondered how she was still alive.

Alvira, in a bid to find a lost lover, she was driven by life to the edge. She found herself involved with the Mafia and, worse, engaged to a man whose name was enough to shake up Mexico. Her pride, power, and businesses came to naught when he decided he was the one for her. In a cry for rescue, she finally meets the one she had lost. But what happens when he is married? Will Alvira be able to escape her misery with her lover against all storms? Or will her love get diverted to the one who holds her captive?

Jane is secretly in love with her best friend, Mike. She learns to silently cheer him on from the sidelines until one unforgettable night changes everything.

“Would you do anything for me my little wolf?” Alpha Alexandro asked, I nodded scared out of my mind. Saying yes to Alpha Alexandro is the only thing that keeps me from his punishment. He moved closer to me, his lips grazed mine, his hand traveled up my thigh. “Would you die for me?” He asked again, I froze… *** Valencia is an abomination that should not exist, she is the human-werewolf daughter of a hated outcast. This abomination, Valencia, is an orphan who is hated by all the members of her pack for being cursed. In order to get rid of her, her aunt sold her to a werewolf from another pack the day before she is supposed to be linked to her predestined mate. She moves to this new pack and is suprised to find out that it is actually the alpha of the pack, Alpha Alexandro who had sent for her. The ruthless Alpha tells her about his plan to have her killed and sacrificed to the moon goddess because only then can he get linked to the she-wolf he truly loves, Sheila. Valencia is terrified and helpless in the situation so she silently awaits her death. When Alpha Alexandro found out that Valencia is his fated mate he becomes furious and assures her that she would still be sacrificed regardless, however during the time before the sacrifice Alpha Alexandro spends some time with her, he slowly starts to get attached to her. Alpha Alexandro is left with just two choices, it’s either he continues with his initial plan of killing Valencia or he gives their growing love a chance. What would he do? Read to find out!

There is a medical dispute at the hospital. A patient's family member comes at us swinging a knife. Without hesitating, I push my husband, Maxwell Conner, out of the way. But then, he grabs my hand and pulls me in front of his beloved junior, Karina Burton. The knife plunges straight into my abdomen, killing the baby I had just conceived. As my horrified colleagues cry and rush me toward the ICU, Maxwell violently pulls me off the gurney. He barks, "Save Karina first! If anything happens to her, I'll fire every last one of you!" The doctors are stunned and furious. "Maxwell, have you lost your mind? Karina only suffered a minor injury. Your wife is the one in critical condition!" Clutching my bleeding abdomen, I nod slowly. "It's fine. Just forget it." Maxwell, I owe you nothing after this.

Born in the small town of Corsica, seventeen-year-old Belle Dubois, currently studying in NYC’s high school—holds onto her belief in love, dreaming of reuniting with her childhood crush. Despite her hopes, she finds herself drawn to Aiden Allen, a charming but bad boy of the school, a billionaire's son. Aiden, who once saw relationships as meaningless, becomes captivated by Belle's innocence and uniqueness, and chooses to date her. Unbeknownst to Belle, Ethan Wilson, an eighteen-year-old orphan, who's Aiden's close companion since childhood, doesn't believe in love. However, he has become obsessed with Belle since the moment he caught the glimpse of her beauty. Despite his obsession for Belle, Ethan silently watches her from afar. However, when Belle begins dating Aiden, Ethan's jealousy consumes him, and he starts hatching conspiracies to win her heart. Belle's relationship with Aiden threatens as Ethan's schemes to break their relationship grow increasingly. Belle, caught in the middle of these two best friends, begins to question her feelings and the sincerity of her emotions.  As tensions rise, misunderstandings and betrayals threaten to tear them apart. Will Belle discover her true feelings amidst the chaos and the drama? Will she find true love or will she end up getting her heart broken?

Charlotte is a traveling historian with a specific interest in old towns, which is what brings her to the forgotten Willow Creek. Her research takes a drastic turn when she discovers that the place is harboring a mysterious castle that belongs to an even more mysterious vampire Lord. She will do anything to unlock the secrets of the little town, even offering up her blood. However, Charlotte soon finds out that she may have bitten off more than she could chew. *** “So, what is it that you think you’re offering me that isn’t what you’ve already agreed to?” “If you can answer the simplest difficult questions for me, then I’ll offer you a living taste,” Charlotte said. Silently, he closed the distance between them. Charlotte’s eyes closed while he neared her neck, his lips just above her skin. “Drinking so savagely from anyone is just not the way I do things.” In The October Wind is created by Rachelle Keener, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

“Tell me, Thalia, does it hurt to be cast aside, thrown to the wolves?” I laughed harshly, “Is this what it feels like? To be nothing? To be forgotten?” “Ronan… please…” Her voice was so soft, so broken that it almost made me feel sympathy for her, but in an instant, I crushed that emotion. I couldn’t allow her tears to sway me. “Don’t you dare cry,” I spat. “Save your pathetic, fake tears. They mean nothing to me now, just like you should have meant nothing to me then.” Thalia Sinclair was once a respected Luna, but her life fell apart when her mate rejected her and sold her to the cruel Rogue Sovereign. Forced to toughen up, she learned to survive alone, with no one to trust. Ronan Kane has waited for the moment to make Thalia pay for the hurt she caused him. But when their paths cross again, anger and pain mix with something neither of them can deny. Can they overcome their broken pasts, or will their scars keep them apart forever? Betrayal cuts deep. Vengeance burns hotter. Love is the deadliest weapon of all.