Gambling Stone

Chase Dawson and Ezaiyah Collins were born separately; yet are seemed to be fighting both uneasy battles. Chase Dawson— a man in his mid-twenties, an intelligent architect, but is grumpy and has a heart as cold as a stone in the middle of an icy cave. He's considering himself as 'cursed', cause who the hell would think that he's not? Knowing that he lost the woman he loved the most— not once, but thrice. And all of them suffered unexpected death. Ezaiyah Collins— a model in her early twenties, an orphan, mistreated by her stepmom and rejected multiple times by the man she loves the most. But what will happen if they are suddenly trapped on an isolated island, forced to live under the same roof? Is there a chance for them to change each other's point of view in life? Would they fall in love? Or they'll just let their time together pass and would just end their somewhat 'connection' still being each other's worst enemy?

He was known as the cold and ruthless boss of a deadly Mafia, and as one who is incapable of feelings. He lived his morning as the cold C.E.O of a multi billion dollar company who every lady wanted for even a night, and his night as the ruthless mafia don whose dark past keeps hunting. He kills offenders without a second thought. He is as hot as hell and so he doesn't have issues getting any woman he wants, but when she didn't fall for his charms and hates him instead , he was determined to to make her fall for him and break her heart as he does to the others. He finds out that she was something bigger than just the poor and helpless young lady everyone believes her to be, but it was already too late because his stone heart was crashing down bit by bit for a lady whose secrets was strong enough to make or mar him.

"I need to see Mr. Winchester! Please! My father--my father is dying I need..." "The world knows you are his mistress but Mr. Winchester does not entertain mistresses when he's working. Have some dignity and leave." ┌ Olivia Cabello has been the mistress to Ryat Winchester for two years. For two years she fools herself that the billionaire who's stone cold demeanor is well known by the press will one day love her and treat her more than just a plaything. She gets the shock of her life when Ryat gets engaged to a billionaire heiress and she is declared the other woman. A loose woman, they call her. A woman with no morals, they say. When the two red parallel lines on the pregnancy stick slap her with the bitter truth; it's time for Olivia to choose herself first. Except Ryat Winchester isn't letting go anytime soon. Not in this lifetime at least.

Elena once trusted Julian with her heart—and paid the ultimate price for her faith. Betrayed, abandoned, and left to grieve unimaginable loss, she struggles to rebuild her life among the powerful and ruthless elite of Black Stone Pack. But when secrets long buried come to light, Elena realizes that betrayal cuts deeper than she ever imagined. Caught in a silent war between duty and desire, Elena crosses paths with Ryan, a formidable Alpha who sees the broken pieces she hides behind her quiet strength. As passion and politics collide, Elena is forced to make a choice: remain a pawn in someone else’s game, or seize her fate with her own hands. Haunted by love, sharpened by betrayal, and strengthened by survival, Elena’s journey is not just about healing—it's about rising from the ashes and becoming a force no one saw coming. In a world where loyalty is fleeting and power demands sacrifice, trust is the deadliest risk of all.

Aria has never known love—not from her cold family, nor from the pack that shuns her. When the Moon Goddess reveals her mate to be the Alpha’s son, Aria’s heart swells with hope. But her joy is short-lived when he cruelly rejects her in front of everyone, shattering her fragile dreams. That same night, chaos descends upon the pack as Alpha Ronan, the ruthless Rogue King launches a brutal attack. In the midst of the bloodshed, he claims Aria as his mate, marking her and dragging her away to his pack. Torn between fear and an unshakable bond, Aria is thrust into a world of danger and secrets. As she glimpses the man beneath the Alpha Ronan’s icy exterior, she begins to wonder: can she melt his heart of stone, or will falling for him lead to her ultimate ruin? In a tale of betrayal, passion, and redemption, Aria must decide if love is worth risking everything—even her soul.

The CEO’s series; Book one(18+ mature scenes) Sebastian Drew is a 25 years old CEO, living a double life, one he can’t control even if he wants to. With a Heart as cold as stone and living for just two reasons: to get back at those who turned him into a monster and keep his secret safe till death point. Aurora is a 24 years old cancer survivor. She has been treated like a doll all her life until her parents forced her to get married to Sebastian Drew, someone who she had met a year ago as Eric. What happens when their past connects them together in more than one way? What happens when Aurora finally finds out that Sebastian is more than one person? Will she love him as expected? Or will their past keep getting in between their love story?

Aria Stone transfers to the Blood Ridge College with only one aim – to show her father, a renowned werewolf hunter, that she is capable of the same thing as her older sister. Hunting down wolves. But the moment she sets foot into the small mountain town, the wolves sense her, and the veil that has been in place for centuries, protecting the pack from hunters, is lifted. Alpha Darius feels it first. A strange pull that feels too much like a mate. Too much like a pulling apart. But the thing is, Aria doesn't even know she's part wolf. Trained to kill them since childhood, Aria believes that her new nightmares and her heightened senses are all signs of a curse that started when she set foot into the town. But when she crosses paths with the dark and possessive Alpha Darius, who feels too familiar, Aria realizes the truth. She wasn’t here to hunt the pack. She was sent here to destroy their Alpha.

"I am your master, I own you. Until your father is able to pay me what he owes, you are just a body for me to fuck and dispose of as soon as you give me an heir" His grip on my chin grew more hurtful as he said those words to me. His menacing scowl made him look like he would want want nothing more than to kill me on the spot. "I am going to pay you back, Tell me how much he owes you right now and I'm going to pay everything back, YOU SON OF A BITCH!" I scream as hard as I can into his face. My hand balling into a fist. His head snapped back as he erupted into a wicked laughter, you think you can pay me what your father owes me?" He released my chin then moved to steps backward. His voice dropped to a whisper, vibrating with restrained anger as he continue to speak, "I dare you to try. Your father owes me half a million dollars, but since you have decided to take on this debt, I give you a month." Rue; Freedom was everything I have ever yearned for, a time when I can finally breathe a breath of relief, a time when I can finally be relieved of the burden of my alcoholic, selfish and gambling addicted father. Until my father sold me to the ruthless mafia Don, Alessandro Vanillin as a payment of five hundred thousand dollars. It was stupid of me to think I was better away from my father.

Elena Vance made a fifty-dollar mistake that cost her her freedom. Believing her one-night stand was a high-end escort, she left cash and a mocking note on his pillow, only to walk into a boardroom hours later and realize the man was Adrian Blackwood, the ruthless "Ice King" CEO. Adrian didn't just hold her career in his hands; he held a cocktail napkin marriage license signed in a tequila haze and her father’s $200,000 gambling debt. "You belong to me for six months," he declared, trapping her in a fake marriage to secure a corporate merger. Elena entered the "gilded cage" of Adrian's penthouse expecting a cold, transactional war of wills governed by strict "no-touch" clauses. She remained loyal only to save her father, unaware that he would eventually betray her to their enemies. But the boardroom battles quickly turned lethal. Victor Kane, Adrian’s bitter rival from MIT, obsessed with erasing the Blackwood legacy, sold the company's debt to the Russian Bratva. Suddenly, the fake spouses were forced into a terrifying reality: becoming FBI informants. The "Ice King" melted into a desperate protector, and the graphic designer sharpened into a survivor. Their bond shifted from a business deal to a sacrificial love, forged in the fires of betrayal. But when a mission to plant a bug at a mob wedding ends in a massacre, they realize the FBI is compromised. Stripped of his billions and presumed dead, Adrian stands in the ashes of his empire alongside Elena. A secret brother watches from the shadows, and the Russian mob is closing in. "We have nothing left," Elena whispered, staring into the dark. Adrian gripped her hand, his eyes burning with a new, dangerous resolve. "We have each other. And now, we run."

What happens when people start going missing from a range of small towns in the middle of nowhere? The local police department have absolutely no idea what to think or how to investigate the disappearances or what to do with the body count piling higher and higher. Once again Mary wakes up outside the little wooden cottage naked and covered in blood. This always happens when something happens that ticks her off. Mostly it's her father not letting her do anything or never letting her leave the house. Constantly moving around also kind of defeats the purpose of going out and making friends if you are just going to be leaving the town in the next couple of months. Is Ryder really Mary's father and if he is where is her mother and why does he never talk about her? Should Ryder have told Mary that she is the Werewolf Princess? Should he have told her while she was growing up like he had planned before the accident or should he let her believe that she is a normal human being to help keep her safe and calm? Will they be able to help keep Dora and Mary alive when the time comes for Dora's forced marriage into slavery to cover her father's gambling debt with the goblins. Will Dora see her mate and have the curse removed? Why is Hera on the killing spree and what triggered it in the first place? Could it be Mary, her human who is afraid of what she is and what she smelt after her blood session as Mary had started calling her blackouts. Follow along and find out the secrets of the forest and what it hides in plain sight from unsuspecting humans and supernaturals alike.