Degree Of Comparison

“Listen to me, if you’re-“ “Shut up.” I was taken aback by his sudden choice of word. “Let’s get something straight miss Grey, I do not appreciate people talking to me, and I loathe it more when people talk back at me. Truthfully, you are crossing your limit and patience with me. So from now on, you’ll do exactly what I say and as I say. You understand me?” ………………………………………………….. Mystery. Romance. Deceit. Finding evidences of her dead brother’s whereabouts, Becky Grey believes that he is still alive. In pursuit to find her brother and restore her family’s remaining happiness, she encounters the infamous and Godforsakenly alluring Russian bastard Sinister Alexander Salvaltore and gets ensnared in his plan of capturing her brother. In order to attain his goal, he offers her a deal. However, the deeper she dives into the tangles of Sinister’s merciless world, she finds herself in a hauntingly farmiliar past. A past that she has been erased from- A past that she cannot escape. Unsettling secrets loom the air of her maddening relationship with Sinister. The question is, will she run from him? Or to him?

18th birthdays are always a milestone, but I didn’t expect mine to be THIS big of a milestone. Finding out my life isn’t what I thought it was, my parents aren’t who I thought they were, and my whole life got turned upside down. I have more family than I ever knew about, or honestly, I knew about but had my memories of them taken. Everything is about to change as my life fills with people and things I thought only existed in books and movies. Here’s to 18. It’s gonna be a bumpy ride.

Eliana Deere, the heiress of a powerful pack of vampires, being the only daughter of Ross, its long-running ruler. A bright and secured future for her is waiting. The only problem is that she have never desired to live that kind of life. Hugo Smith, in an intense competition with his own brother for power, willing to do just literally anything in order to beat the latter. And to him, it does not matter who he bump into or turn against along the way.

When a young girl named **Emilia** moves to an isolated, fog-drenched city in search of a fresh start, she quickly discovers that something is terribly wrong. The streets echo with silence, residents vanish without a trace, and time itself begins to twist and collapse. As doors appear in places they shouldn’t, and her own reflection begins acting on its own, Emilia realizes she’s trapped in a place that is not just haunted — it’s alive. Each chapter peels back a new layer of horror: shadowy watchers, eerie apparitions, underground tunnels, and ghostly echoes of past inhabitants. But the real terror lies within — the city seems to feed on fear, loneliness, and the feeling of failure. It reflects Emilia’s own anxieties back at her, warping her reality into a trial of the soul. As she searches for meaning, and later for escape, Emilia uncovers the city’s sinister purpose: it traps those most vulnerable and forces them to confront their darkest selves. With the help of other survivors — some real, some echoes — she must navigate psychological mazes and make impossible choices to survive. But survival isn't enough. Emilia must transform — not by escaping her fear, but by embracing it. In doing so, she becomes something more than a victim of the city. She becomes a guide, a witness, and eventually, a keeper of the door. *Trapped in the Hollow City* is a suspenseful, haunting exploration of inner demons, resilience, and the eerie beauty of choosing to become — even when the world seems built to break you.

Cara's life has changed since her father's lover arrived and destroyed her fantasy world. Her mother died because of the treason of her husband, Alpha Archer, who is also Cara's father. Being the only daughter of the Alpha in the Sinclaire Pack, she was forced to mate with the man of her father's choice. "Marry and make my daughter your mate, and I'll take you as the next Alpha!" That's the deal Alpha Archer, Cara's father, made with Zelos Caelestus Cyrus. But what if Zelos, her fiancé, betrays her? He has a lover and plans to coup her! Wouldn't her mother's miserable story come back to her? "We're mated for life, but you ruined my life, Zelos!" "...." "And I promised to the Goddess to ruin both of you!" How could her fiancé be planning a coup with her sister cousin? This was too painful.

Wynzlette was born without a father in the pack even though she is beautiful and sweet, she's always bullied because of having a single mother but she always reminds her that she is special. She never believe her mother not until her 18th birthday. Her inner wolf is looking for a mate and when the pack's leader, Jared, saw her for first time during her graduation ball and rejected her as his soulmate she almost died because it, however one unknown howl from the woods is calling her as his wife! How did it happened? Why is it that she have a two soulmate? Will she give the unknown werewolf a chance? What if he will just break her heart like Jared did to her?

Scarlett Shaw a born witch of the Scanthin clan witness the death of her sister Sara Shaw killed by someone from the Lauchair clan , while she also sustained an injury on her back trying to save her sister which left a scar running down her back . Even though she was just a child back then , she blamed herself for her sister's death and promise to revenge.This incident led to war and rivalry between the two clans . Her father therefore decided to marry her off to the Mcshane clan so she could procreate more witches as he got scared of the Lauchair's clan overpowering them.While Damon Hunt a born wolf ,the son of the leader of the Lauchair's clan is desperate to prove to his dad that he could lead the clan , he adopts Scar who was the only surviving witch of the Scanthin clan. Scar sought for revenge while at the hostage of the Lauchair's clan but will she be able to survive the power of love for revenge?

In the dystopian future, singularity is within sight, over half of the population is obsessed with a brand new psychoactive substance, and transhumans outnumber humans. Kaiser Vrix is a private eye employed to search out a computer jock with plans of taking down the whole government with one virus. With the assistance of his machine intelligence, will Kaiser stop the Hacker referred to as Thinker?

  Simula pa lang ay nagkagusto na si Kariel sa lalaking inampon ng kanilang mga magulang, na si Darrius. Minsan na rin niyang inamin ang nararamdaman rito. Ngunit dahil sa respeto at malaking utang na loob sa kinilalang magulang ay hindi siya binigyang pinansin nito. Ngunit na-realize ni Darrius na kailangan niyang ipaglaban ang kanyang nararamdaman para kay Kariel kahit labag pa sa kagustuhan ng magulang. Lalong-lalo na nang malamang ikakasal na ito sa anak ng kaibigan at kasusyo ng kinilalang magulang. At naisipan niyang pigilan ang kasal ng dalawa nang napagalaman ang totoong motibo ng pamilyang gustong ipakasal sa dalaga ng kinilala n'yang ng magulang. Nagtagumpay siya sa kanyang plano at sa wakas ay ipinagtapat niya sa huli ang totoong nararamdaman. Naging lihim ang kanilang relasyon. at kalaunan ay napagalaman din ang kanilang lihim at pilit silang pinaghiwalay ng mga magulang. Masakit ngunit kailangan nilang tanggapin ang kanilang kapalaran. Pinaghiwalay man ng isang sirkumstansya pero hindi sila nawalan nang pag-asang balang araw ay muli silang pagtagpuin ng tadhana para punan ang mga pusong nangulila sa matagal na panahon.

"What are you doing here?" Marahang humakbang papalayo si Cressida nang makita ang hindi pamilyar na pigura ngunit pamilyar na amoy na iyon. Ang lalaki ay tumawa ng malalim at nakakaloko, ang presensya nito ay tila isang mabigat na bagay na nakadangan sa kanyang dibdib. "Who the hell are you?!" Sigaw nya sa aninong nakatayo lamang sa kanyang harapan. "Your admirer," marahang sabi nito pagkatapos ay naglakad papalapit sa kanya. Oh gosh no! it can't be him! it can't be Arcturus! Nakalayo na sya dito, hindi na sya muling babalik! "Hello, my serenity."