Higher Ground Hayden Christensen

"Dad, Mom, I've decided—I'll go through with the marriage arrangement with the Kingston family. I'll be back by the end of the month." Daphne Wharton made the decision in the middle of a camping trip with Luke Hardy. She curled into herself, pulling her scarf higher against the chill. For a moment, there was only silence on the other end of the line. Then, her mother's voice came through, thick with tears. "Daphne, we know this isn't fair to you. Our company is struggling, and the Kingston family is willing to help—but only if you marry their son. We've failed you as parents…" Her father let out a heavy sigh beside her mother. Daphne listened, her gaze unfocused. A faint, bitter smile tugged at her lips. "It's okay, Mom, Dad. This is what I should do. I'll be back in fifteen days—when their son returns to the country."

There's an earthquake. My husband, the captain of the rescue team, abandons me to save Wendy Smith, his true love. I don't stop him. I let him go. Why? Because when he was faced with the same choice in my past life, he saved me because I was eight months pregnant. Meanwhile, Wendy remained trapped under the rubble. She ultimately died due to a lack of oxygen after the delayed rescue. Later, on the day I went into labor, my husband brought me to Wendy's grave. He watched me coldly as I collapsed on the ground from the searing pain. He ignored my pleas. "Does it hurt, Yelena? Wendy's pain was a thousand times worse when she was trapped under the rubble!" I stared at him in disbelief as he descended into insanity. "You were safe that night—you were in the safe triangle zone! Wendy would never have missed the best time for rescue if not for you using your pregnancy to threaten me! I want you to experience all the pain she went through!" He forced me down on my knees and bumped my head on the ground before Wendy's grave. He ignored the blood that flowed down my legs. Ultimately, I died after major blood loss from a difficult labor. When I open my eyes again, I'm back to the day the earthquake happened. This time, neither I nor my child will wait for him.

For the nymph, Zephyra Callahan, unwanted attention is nothing new. But the mutilated animal corpses left at her favorite hunting ground takes things to a whole other level. Tensions are already running high between local humans and the aberrations, supernatural creatures like Zephyra. When suspicion falls on a newly arrived pack of wolf-shifters, Zephyra pleads with her ex, Wildlife Office Brady Shaw, into letting her in on the investigation. Zephyra is in for more surprises. First, an unexpected attraction to Ethan, one of the pack, and second, an unexpected jealous streak in Brady a mile wide. Tensions continue to rise and Zephyra must decide how much she is willing to sacrifice for her community and the men in her life.

After I got pulled into the horror game, my nearsightedness made everything blurry. I ended up treating the creepy girl in the blood-stained dress like my own daughter, the final boss like my husband, and the old creepy ghosts like my loving parents. The first time I met the boss, I grabbed his abs and said, “Nice body. Shame you’re kind of short.” He actually laughed in anger, picked up the severed head in his hand, put it back on his neck, and ground out, “I’m six-foot-one. Still think I’m short now?”

“I’ll keep you safe, Anya. Even if I have to lock you away.” * * Her brother kept her away from the Bratva’s bloody world. But the night he was killed, Anya Vasiliev was thrown into it. Straight into the arms of his best friend, Roman Sokolov. Now the new Pakhan, Roman swears she’s safest with him. But his protection feels like a prison… and his obsession, like chains tightening around her throat. He says he’ll burn Moscow to the ground for her. But will she ever escape the man who swore she’ll belong to him? No matter the cost?

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Fresh from a business trip, my husband swept me into his arms and pulled me toward the bathroom for a passionate shared bath. As our lips met in a dizzying kiss, I noticed something odd out of the corner of my eye: the toilet lid was down. Seven years ago, after reading an online article claiming that men urinating while standing could splash bacteria onto the seat, he insisted we always keep the lid up for hygiene's sake. In all our years of marriage, it had never been lowered until now. A chill ran through me. The bathroom was pristine, not a stray hair in sight. But then I noticed the shower's water temperature was set five degrees higher than the 98.6°F he always preferred. Men preferred cooler water, and women warmer. In an instant, I realized that Nick Doyle had betrayed me.

"I don't understand what is happening here, I know that I've always been strange but I never expected to be that strange." Alessia has always been queer, she was born half Alpha werewolf and half Dokar witch. Ever since she was born, she has been told that she has a higher calling, she lives a normal life until she turns eighteen and her powers manifest. Her powers are not the only strange thing to manifest in her life as she finds out that she is mated to four males, and that too not ordinary males. She's mated to one wizard, one Alpha, one hybrid like herself, and one human. How do you think she will be able to handle all four of them and how do you think they would be able to handle sharing her, seeing that and Alpha can get really possessive.

"Can you tell me who you are?" Devon's teeth were clinched. When he found his wife Amethyst lying on a ground Werewolf-like , he was taken aback. She had the body of a Werewolf except for her face. Amethyst whispered gently, her body was covered in fur, "I am a Werewolf." The plot revolves around Amethyst, a Werewolf with magical abilities who can turn into any human. She had accepted an oath to avenge her parents' deaths at the hands of the Felis family. But she fell in love with Devon, a pharmaceutical businessman. He was the Felis family's eldest son. Will Devon fall in love with a Werewolf who murdered his family?

There's no time for second chances with a guy who humiliated and took everything from you. Instead, just date his uncle. Cassie was in love. She would do anything for Trent, burn the whole world if she had to. But how did he repay her, he cheated on her with her sister. Trent sent her to rock bottom, ruined her image, and when he was done, he divorced her. After his betrayal, Cassie has to start from the ground up. She wants revenge, and when she meets her prince charming, they form an unstoppable team. Will their joint quest for revenge lead to a promising romance?