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Alsava, who still wants to enjoy her teenage years, must be betrothed to a man her mother's choice of. At first she gave up when the ring attached to her finger. Until then she meets Adrian, a little cat-loving hoodlum who likes brawls. Together with Adrian, Alsava began to learn to enjoy youth. Do stupid things, study together, and share problems as friends. When Alsava believes love is starting to grow in her heart, the fiancé gets in the way. Dan Iswara will not allow Alsava to be seized by anyone, not because of love, but because he doesn't want his secret plan to be exposed and fail. Even though that plan risked the safety of the three of them.

I was nineteen the first time Cole Whitfield broke me. Not with cruelty. With a single word. Why. Not did you — why. Like the answer was already settled and he just wanted the story to make sense. I told him the truth anyway. He said nothing that mattered. So I picked up my bag, walked out of his apartment, and decided that a man who trusted a rumor over two years of me wasn’t worth a correction. I spent the next two years becoming someone I actually liked. New city. Graduate program. A published paper with my name on it. I was done with Cole Whitfield in every way a person can be done. Then I walked into Seminar Room 114 and he was sitting right there, gray eyes already on the door, like some part of him knew. I sat down. I opened my notebook. I did not look up. Here’s the thing about studying how people form beliefs: you understand exactly why he believed it. That doesn’t mean you forgive it. That doesn’t mean two years of silence disappear because he’s learned how to look at you like he’s sorry. He wants a conversation. I want my degree. But the campus is small, the seminar table is round, and the boy who broke my heart at nineteen is doing everything right at twenty-one — and I’m starting to understand that composed isn’t the same thing as healed. I hate that I still know the exact sound of his voice.

Porshia, the spoiled and arrogant Lycan Princess, lives life on her own terms. But when she assaults a mysterious slave, unaware of his true identity as Leviathan, the formidable Dragon King, her fate is forever sealed. Leviathan, fueled by rage and a thirst for retribution, demands Porshia's hand in marriage as his 20th wife, intent on punishing her for her transgression. Porshia, determined to resist, soon finds herself bound to her sworn enemy. As they navigate the treacherous landscape of their arranged union, Porshia and Leviathan must confront the darkness within themselves and the secrets that threaten to destroy their worlds. But as the flames of hatred fade, a forbidden passion ignites, challenging everything they thought they knew about love, loyalty, and the true meaning of power. Will Porshia and Leviathan surrender to their hearts, or will their pride and prejudices tear them apart? Dive into this epic tale of love, revenge, and self-discovery, where the line between enemy and soulmate blurs, and the stakes are higher than ever.

He was still looking at me when he swiped his tongue over his lips, licking my juices slowly as if it was the sweetest dessert and it took all my self-restraint not to pull his head back. “Do you make sounds like that for him too?” he asked haughtily, his fingers in me as he played me like a toy while watching me intently, and even though I hated it, I couldn't stop the moans from escaping from my lips. ******* When Alpha Arnold, the most powerful Alpha in the whole of Silvercrest hears of the untamed beauty of a coming-of-age girl in his territory, he's quick to swoop in and claim her as his and take her into Crescent Valley. What he didn't expect was to become blindsided by her beauty and fall for her till he wants her as his Queen and future Luna and so he decides to wait till her 18th birthday which was just a few months away to claim her because he's certain she'd be his mate. Ethan, Arnold’s cousin driven to years of bloodlust and maniac killings who had roamed the past ten years of his life due to a curse that was placed on him returns to Crescent Valley after his ten years exile as the strongest wolf that Silvercrest has ever encountered and when he discovers that his cousin's future Queen is his mate, all hell broke lose, sparking a deeper rivalry between the two rivals because Ethan would be damned to allow Arnold take what belongs to him and that includes Layla and the throne. All these while, none of them knows Layla's identity as a witch that's destined to bring ruins to the kingdom once she's of age, an identity that even she isn't aware of.

"You think you have a choice?" Alberto's voice was low and lethal. "I am Alpha Supreme. What I decide is law." Akira, trembling on her knees, looked up at him through tears. “You can punish me all you want. It won’t change the truth. I love Gonzalo.” His jaw tightened, he could feel his blood boil from so much anger. “You are bound to me by fate, Akira. You’re mine, whether you like it or not.” But Akira didn’t flinch. Her heart belonged to another—and she refused to live in fear. Alberto’s cold smile returned. “As for my dear brother… he’ll pay for touching what’s mine.” Torn between fate and forbidden love, Akira must face the wrath of an Alpha scorned. Will Alberto’s obsession destroy them all, or will love defy destiny? When bloodlines, betrayal, and prophecy collide, only one truth remains—love may be a choice, but survival is certain.

‘The daughter of a traitor will always be a traitor also.’ Before the age of twenty and almost taking a big step of her life, the truth about Inez’s life was revealed to the world and she was put in a chokehold. Not to talk about the three Alphas that she is bonded down to and she is to pick one before her birthday. But who could she possibly choose? The Alpha that is bipolar and has no say for himself? Or the Alpha that thinks he runs the entire world and doesn’t care a bit about her feelings? Or the Lycan Alpha that showered her with love, even at his weakest point? Join Inez as she unraveled her long story journey.

Noa’s love for masked Diamond was real. Their chats were honest, but everything changed after Max’s injury. Believing Max's lie that Noa was responsible, Leon decided on revenge. However, revenge became complicated when Leon realized Noa was nothing like the arrogant captain he imagined. Behind Noa’s cold reputation was a boy drowning in debts, working himself to exhaustion, and hiding painful secrets. What Noa didn’t know was that Diamond and Leon were the same person. Now trapped between vengeance and desire, Leon found himself falling for the one person he swore to destroy. Their rivalry ignited into stolen kisses, secret nights, and a forbidden relationship. That could cost them everything, especially when enemies began uncovering the truth. With betrayal and dangerous secrets, Leon and Noa must decide if love is worth it or if the ice between them is too deep to break.

Raya is the daughter of the town’s drunkard, her father had a dirty habit of gambling and losing money. He blames her for everything miserable that has happened to him, including her mother abandoning them. Raya wanted to see her mother again and ask her why she left her at the mercy of her father. When she got mated forcefully to Alpha Toph, her father saw it as a way to pay off his debts and start afresh, even when the psycho alpha didn’t love his daughter. Alpha Toph treated Raya worse than anything she has ever seen and Raya made up her mind, she was going to run away. Her escape attempt led her straight into the hands of her second mate, Alpha Toph’s half-brother and worst enemy. Alpha Nikolai. Alpha Toph would do anything to have her back and Alpha Nikolai isn’t ready to let her go.

Susan is a human girl who was blessed with the gift of prophesies. In the state of Kansas, it was believed that everyone who was born with this gift was possessed by a demon. When her family figured out her reality, they sold her to Father Antoine of the Catholic division. It was believed that whoever was sold to a reverend father for a period of seven years, would end up being free from the demonic spirit. This was so strange, and many of the gullible has been sold over. Susan Theodore will be a part of this circle. She carted off her things, and went to stay with Father Antoine. Things were really good. She was allowed to do so many things kids her age did. And she didn’t miss her parents all that much. To Susan, it was like a home away from home. Things changed exactly three months later. Susan had a dream as real as breathing. She saw the Father having sex with a woman called Lily Wolfe. Susan remembered seeing her at a time. She was so pretty. And, always seemed in a hurry. She couldn’t keep the affair in her head, owing to the fact that the Father had informed her to always tell him about her dreams. It will make it easier to deliver her from evil spirits. So, after the confessions on a cold Saturday morning, she summoned up the courage to talk to the Father. Father Antoine was wrath. For the first time, he saw what her family had been complaining about. This girl was truly possessed. In his rage, he striped her of the respect she had been accorded, and made her nothing but a slave.

18+ CONTENTS "You thought you could just disappear, Selene? Run away and leave me behind? You really thought I'd never find you?" Lorenzo asked, his voice deep. "I had to," I choked out. "I couldn't breathe," "And now? Can you breathe now? Knowing I'm here and you're in my grasp?" He asked, tracing my jawline with his fingers. "You can't escape me. I'll always find you." And he was right. Lorenzo will always find me. And the most sickening part of it all? I desired him as much as he desired me. But at the sametime. I loathed him with every fibre of my being. - Selene ran away from Lorenzo. Her mafia boyfriend, six years ago, pregnant and terrified. Now, her son is dying, and she's forced back to the stripping club where she hopes to earn enough for his life saving surgery. Now, Lorenzo is back, more dangerous, more possessive, and offering her a deal she can't refuse: be his mistress for six months, and he'll give her three million dollars. The price? Her freedom, soul and body all to him. But the secret she guards more fiercely than her life or freedom was their children- twins- a boy and a girl. Children he would likely kill without a second thought, confirmed by his own chilling words: "Children are weaknesses, Selene. I don't tolerate weaknesses, no matter how precious, I'll get rid of it...unless it's you." But as the stakes rises, another ghost from her past emerges. Robert, her abuser, the man whose death was the beginning of her hatred for Lorenzo. He's back, fueled by vengeance, ready to claim what he believes is rightfully his. Will Selene survive the crossfire of two dangerous men vying for control, or will the past consume her? Bookcover madeby@BilliePatsy. Copyright©Avalone Wilde2025.