Protection Runes

Elara Moretti, 22 ans, voit son avenir d'étudiante en art s'écrouler lorsque son père s'endette auprès de la famille mafieuse des Vannucci. Pour solder la dette, elle est forcée d'épouser le terrifiant jeune Capo de la famille, Damian Vannucci. ​Damian est froid, impitoyable et incroyablement puissant. Leur mariage est un marché sans amour : elle obtient la sécurité de son père ; il obtient une épouse docile et une couverture politique. Cependant, Damian impose une règle étrange : ils partageront le même lit, mais il n'y aura aucune consommation, maintenant une tension physique insoutenable entre eux. ​Alors qu'Elara lutte pour conserver son identité et sa dignité dans la prison dorée du Capo, elle découvre qu'elle est loin d'être un simple pion. Damian est un homme hanté par un passé violent et son mariage est un bouclier complexe contre une rivale redoutable : la Périza, l'épouse d'un Capo ennemi qui veut sa place et qui semble détenir la clé du secret de Damian. ​Prise entre la peur, l'attraction inattendue et les violents conflits du monde mafieux, Elara devra choisir si elle se bat pour sa liberté ou si elle apprend à aimer l'homme dangereux qui est devenu son maître. L'histoire est celle de l'éveil d'une innocente au pouvoir et à la passion, alors qu'elle découvre que l'ombre du Capo pourrait bien être sa seule protection contre l'ombre qui menace tout le monde souterrain.

My mate Garrett inherited the Alpha position after his brother, the former Alpha of the Silver Claw Pack, was killed in the war against the Rogue wolves. And along with it, he inherited his sister-in-law Sarah. From that day forward, he gave me his love, but gave his resources and privileges to his sister-in-law. He claimed she would face cruelty from pack members without the protection of an Alpha, so he took her to Moonhaven Sanctuary—the most secure settlement in the entire Northern Territory—while leaving me behind in the abandoned, low-ranking wastelands of our pack. Every month, he wrote me five letters expressing his longing and affection, yet gave all hunting spoils and money to his sister-in-law. When Rogue wolves invaded, my mate dispatched the pack's strongest forces to protect her and her two children, while my two pups didn't even wait for my return from the hunt. They died cold and hungry, torn apart and devoured by Rogue wolves. Later, I finally managed to wait for my mate Garrett's return. He didn't shed a single tear for our children and told me he wanted to break our bond. "Ember, Sarah can’t keep Luna position anymore so that she can't enjoy the privileges that come with it. My brother died protecting me, so I must protect his widow and her children. " "Don't worry, once her children grow up safe and strong enough, I'll break the bond with her and re-establish our mate bond, because I only love you." He continued. The backlash from the broken bond tortured me until I was barely alive, and I ended my own life. When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to the day my pups were brutally killed. This time, I didn't leave my children to go hunting. Instead, I took them with me to claim everything that rightfully belonged to us...

Peter's eyes pleaded. "I'm sorry for what I did, but—" Dominic cut him off. "If I had not married your daughter, you would have fallen here in pieces by now." Peter's voice barely audible. "I'm sorry..." Just then, the office door swung open. Valerie's soft voice interrupted the tense scene. "Dinner is ready." Every head turned towards the door. Valerie's eyes widened as she took in the room's atmosphere. "Dad?" Dominic's expression remained stern, but a flicker of warning flashed in his eyes. He nodded subtly at Kael. Kael strode towards Valerie, his movements fluid. "Vel, let's go." Valerie's voice trembled as she asked Kael, "What's going on? Why is Dad kneeling there?" Kael's expression softened, but his eyes remained guarded. He offered a gentle smile. "You don't need to worry about him, Valerie." Valerie's concern deepened. "But what's happening?" Kael's tone turned cold. "Anyway, that man doesn't deserve anyone's concern." Valerie's eyes widened. "That man is my father." Kael's jaw clenched. "That man was neither a good father nor an honest man. He's getting what he deserves." Suddenly, the sound of a bullet firing cracked through the air. Valerie's eyes went wide, and she took a step forward, but Kael grasped her hand, holding her back. "Don't go there, Valerie," Kael warned, his voice low and urgent. "The boss is very pissed off right now. It's not safe." Tears welled up in Valerie's eyes, spilling down her cheeks. "He was my father," she whispered. Valerie, wife of mafia king Dominic, faces danger when Viktor, seeking revenge, targets her and their unborn child. Despite Arthur's protection, Valerie is kidnapped and brutally attacked by Viktor, resulting in the loss of her child. The tragedy unleashes Dominic's darker side, transforming him into a heartless and cruel leader, driven by vengeance.

After Raven Fuentes's Childhood sweethearts Lyra Ross is taken by rogue wolves, Raven Fuentes hates me with everything he has. He'd rather spend his nights patrolling in the cold and drinking himself numb than face me, his mate. I care for him, try to please him, do everything I can… but all I get in return is his icy rejection. "The one you wronged is Lyra. If anyone should've been taken, it should've been you—not her." His words crush me. My heart breaks completely. And yet, when I'm attacked by a pack of rogues, it's Raven who throws himself into the fray to save me. He dies under their savage claws. Even in his final moments, he won't look at me. "If I had a choice, I'd never want to be tied to you again." At the funeral, Raven's mother faints on the stone platform holding his body, sobbing uncontrollably. "I should've never forced him into a mate bond with you. I would've rather he ended up with Lyra!" His father strokes his face one last time, his voice shaking with rage and grief. "He saved your life three times! This time, it cost him his own. You owe him three lives, and not even death can repay that debt!" Raven was the captain of the protection force. He spent his life shielding others. Everyone calls him a hero. The only tragedy, they say, is that he married me. And honestly, I agree. They forbid me from attending his funeral. They won't even let me say goodbye. Not long after, I hear the Silvermoon Pack has developed a time-travel device. Without hesitation, I pay the price so that I can go back in time. This time, I'll do what everyone wishes I had done. I'll cut all ties with Raven and stay far away from everyone.

Et si le hasard, déguisé en panne sur une route oubliée, devenait la clé d’un amour impossible ? Et si l’homme le plus dangereux que vous ayez jamais rencontré était aussi celui qui vous sauverait… à sa manière ? Jade Carter, 20 ans, est une jeune mécanicienne farouchement indépendante, élevée par son père dans la petite ville d’Elkridge Falls. Elle vit pour son garage, sa liberté, et les routes qu’elle répare plus qu’elle ne parcourt. Grayson Elias Blackwell, 32 ans, est le PDG impitoyable d’un empire technologique et sécuritaire. En pleine mission secrète, sa voiture tombe en panne — sabotée — au cœur d’une forêt isolée… où le destin lui met Jade Carter sur la route. Ce qui aurait dû être une rencontre brève devient une collision frontale entre deux mondes. Jade sauve Grayson d’une embuscade mortelle. Puis, plus rien. Il disparaît. Jusqu’à ce qu’il revienne, des semaines plus tard, quand son père s’effondre et que Jade n’a plus d’issue. Grayson lui propose un contrat : un an de mariage en échange de l’opération vitale de son père. Dégoûtée, brisée, elle accepte. Mais Jade n’a jamais été une femme qu’on possède. Et Grayson n’a jamais voulu aimer. Entre secrets, trahisons, protection et passion, un jeu dangereux commence où les règles ne cessent de changer. Et quand un bébé entre dans l’équation… la donne explose.

After being forced to go to rogue wolf territory to exchange my mate's kidnapped childhood sweetheart while three months pregnant, I was tortured to death. Before my death, my eight-year-old daughter begged her father three times. The first time, my daughter took her father's hand and said, "Daddy, mommy is pregnant with my little brother. She can't go to the rogue territory." The alpha wolf let out a cold laugh: "How dare your mother teach a pup to lie." Then he had his beta guards drive my daughter out of the pack house. The second time, my daughter grabbed his sleeve and told him the rogue wolves were torturing me with silver. The alpha frowned: "These rogues were hired by your mother to kidnap Willow. How could she really be tortured?" The guards stepped forward and once again pulled my daughter out of the room. The third time, my daughter lay on the floor, desperately clutching his pant leg, crying that I was dying in the rogue wolf territory. The alpha finally lost his temper. He slapped her away with force. "I told you, Ava won't die. She's strong. If you come running back here to disturb Willow's rest again, I'll definitely throw both of you out of the pack territory." To save me, my daughter gave her most precious possession to the most powerful warrior in the pack—the healing gemstone I had given her for her birthday. "Please, can you use this to help save my mother? I don't need protection anymore. I just want my mother to live." The warrior took her healing gemstone, but before he could leave to rescue me, Willow stepped in his way. "Sorry, little pup," she smirked. "The warrior needs to stay here to protect my dog. Your father was afraid I would be sad if anything happened to my pet."

My father was critically ill. I begged my fiancé to keep his post-wedding promise—to withdraw emergency funds from the medical trust fund he had sworn to protect me forever. He refused. The next day, he announced his engagement to Pera. Overnight, I became the laughingstock of everyone. In my deepest despair, my childhood friend Seamus— The heir to a long-established Mafia family— Knelt down in the park and proposed to me in front of everyone. That night, he transferred a large sum of money to my account. I said yes without hesitation and rushed to the hospital to pay for my father's treatment. But he never woke up again. The hospital said he had suffered "unexpected complications." Everything after that—the lawyers, the funeral, all the arrangements—was handled by Seamus. Under the Mafia family's protection, everything went smoothly, and my father was able to be quietly buried. The wedding proceeded as planned. Years later, I overheard a conversation between him and the doctor who treated my father. “Seamus,” the doctor said in a low voice, “You tampered with the organ allocation priority list. You delayed Shirley’s father’s transplant so that Pera’s father could receive an organ transplant in time. You falsified the urgency level. Do you know what will happen if this is exposed?” “The list itself was legal,” Seamus replied after a pause. “I just…adjusted the urgency level.” “You committed medical fraud,” the doctor said sharply. “You ruined his only chance to live. All for Pera. Don’t you regret it?” “I don’t regret it,” Seamus answered without hesitation. “I would do anything for her. Even my life, even the honor of the Mafia family.” “Throughout our marriage, I’ve been trying to make up for everything I owed Shirley. That should be enough.” My vision blurred. Only then did I finally understand— The woman he truly loved was always Pera. "If that's really the case," I thought numbly,"Then I should leave."

Around the seventh month of my pregnancy, I overheard a conversation between my mate, Zane Andrews, and Ciara Phillips, the she-wolf I had taken in out of compassion after her family was brutally slaughtered by rogues. In a sultry, flirtatious tone, Ciara purred, “Zane, my love, if your wife discovers that the fertilized egg I planted in her womb isn’t truly hers by blood, she’ll be devastated—perhaps to the point of despairing suicide, don’t you think?” Zane snorted, his voice dripping with disdain at the mention of me. “It’ll work for us if she simply dies from heartbreak. Damn it. I can’t shake the worry that she might sever our bond and leave me with nothing. Let’s keep this under wraps until our child inherits all her assets. Only then will we reveal the bombshell, plunging her into darkness.” Ciara giggled, praising Zane for his cunning. My claws itched to lash out, but I held back, knowing the time for confrontation wasn’t yet. My heart sank as their betrayal cut deep. Years ago, I had defied my pack elders’ warnings about Ciara being a potential threat, taking her in and grooming her into our pack's doctor, funding her education out of sheer empathy. Now, I regretted every moment of my kindness. To think that my mate, who had once begged for my protection for his fragile pack, had the audacity to betray me. If not for my support, his pathetic pack would have crumbled long ago, leaving him nursing his wounds in a dark corner, fretting over survival. After a long moment of contemplation, I made my decision. I would feign ignorance to their schemes and play along by giving birth to Ciara’s baby. Two decades passed. Ciara’s child grew up, bearing the name Simon Andrews. Aware of their treachery, I still transferred all my assets to him. Once the paperwork was completed, Ciara boldly approached me in front of the entire pack, a maternity DNA test in hand. With a smug smile, she declared, “Leia Holland, look at this! I am Simon’s biological mother. Leave h

Sybil est un vampire de sang royal, plus précisément la sœur du roi, après qu’une sévère épidémie a frappé son espèce, celle-ci se retrouve presque éteinte, comme si cela ne suffisait pas quelques disparitions injustifiées des siens s'en sont ensuivi. Dans le souci de préserver le peu d’entre eux qui sont encore en Vie, son frère le roi décide de faire venir dans leur royaume Draegan l’Alpha Suprême des lycans dans le but de passer avec lui un accord, lui donner des territoires en échange de sa protection pour son espèce. Cependant, nul n’en ignore la haine générationnelle entre ses deux espèces, depuis la nuit des temps les vampires et les loups-garous se voue une haine acharnée, Sybil n’est pas de cet avis et ne compte pas se plier et s’abaisser pour quémander l’aide d’un « gros chiens ». Toute fois, elle n’avait aucune idée de à quel l’arrivée de Draegan va bouleverser son quotidien, du jour au lendemain, deux personnes au caractère bien trempé se retrouvent lié à vies, car celui-ci s’avère être sa source et elles sont âme sœur. Comment leur union sera-t-elle prise dans ce monde ou les deux espèces se hait profondément ? Comment vont-ils à leur niveau gérer ce lien indésirable que ni l’un ni l’autre ne veut partager ? leurs haines pourra-t-elle résister face au feu brulant et puissant qui va alimenter leurs passions ?

Abigail, une jeune femme modeste, est trahie par sa sœur manipulatrice Zoey et par son petit ami Liam. Pour fuir un mariage arrangé, Zoey séduit Liam ; enceinte de lui, elle provoque un scandale qui force Abigail à épouser Elijah Williams, héritier d’une puissante famille, afin de sauver la réputation des Williams. Le jour du mariage, Abigail découvre qu’Elijah n’est ni handicapé ni faible comme Zoey le prétendait : il est riche, séduisant et mystérieux. Elle accepte ce mariage de convenance dans l’espoir de financer les soins de sa mère malade. Mais Zoey, jalouse, s’éprend d’Elijah. Rosalia, la terrifiante matriarche, oblige Zoey à avorter et l’installe chez le couple pour semer le chaos. Des secrets explosent : Elsie, ancienne amante d’Elijah, prétend qu’il est le père de son enfant ; le mariage d’Abigail et Elijah n’était qu’un contrat ; Jason, le père adoptif d’Abigail, est en réalité son père biologique. Accusée à tort de vol par Rosalia et Zoey, Abigail frôle la prison. Lors d’une confrontation dramatique, Zoey est blessée par balle et apprend qu’elle n’est pas la fille de Jason ; abandonnée de tous, elle s’effondre. Grâce aux aveux du détective Reese et à la protection d’Elijah, Abigail est innocentée. Libérés des mensonges et des manipulations familiales, elle et Elijah choisissent enfin l’amour véritable. Abigail prend tendrement leur fils dans ses bras : ensemble, ils tournent la page et recommencent, plus forts que jamais.