Team Keeper (kotlc)

Alex is a poor kid on scholarship at a fancy hockey school. He’s great on the ice, but Damien, the rich, mean team captain hates him. Damien slams him hard, steals his things, and says dirty things that make Alex’s body feel hot even though he’s angry. Damien’s crazy childhood friend, Lila, wants Alex to herself. She has a collection that will ruin him if he says no. Then Jax shows up, a hot, kind hockey star. He really likes Alex and wants to save him from all the drama. Alex is stuck: One wrong play, and he loses it all. This is a steamy hockey MM romance full of obsession, hate-to-love heat, and a love triangle that will wreck you.

The Mother That Fed the Dark is a study of inherited guilt, ritual, and the long reach of a mother's choices. Amahle, a woman who practices the old rituals in secret, believes that her younger son , Sipho, was born as a spiritual "door" to be sacrificed for the sake of power and protection. During the ritual she performed , she got interrupted by the older son, Thando, who died instead. While the community believes Thando's death was accidental, Amahle knows better: it was the wrong son who died, and the ritual was left unfinished. Drenched in fear and resentment , Amahle raises Sipho as if he is the love of her life, while at the same time working to destroy him. Behind closed doors, she feeds the supernatural force from the failed ritual, which weakens Sipho, making him fearful and dependent. As Sipho grows, so do the misfortunes that follow him, and an unseen entity begins to present itself-first in dreams and whispers, then in the physical world . What we see is that the ritual did not bind to the house but to Sipho's bloodline. When Sipho leaves home, the haunting grows stronger. After Amahle's death, Sipho finds her secret notebooks , which reveal to him the shocking truth: that his brother's death was a mistake and, in fact, Sipho was never meant to die but to be the vehicle for the ritual, which he indeed is. Setting the family home on fire brings only temporary relief , but the curse does not break. In the final revelation, Sipho realizes that he is not the offering but the keeper, the living portal through which harmony, hardship, and magical power flow. Unlike his mother, he comes to the realization that he has a choice.

Born under the silver glow of the moon, Liora was marked with a mysterious birthmark and a destiny she could neither understand nor escape. Raised in the Beta household, her life was one of cruelty...scorned by her stepmother Mariseth and tormented by her sister Ravena, whose envy grew sharper with every passing day. Liora’s only solace was Kaelen, the Alpha’s son, her childhood sweetheart and the secret keeper of her fragile hope. But everything shatters on the night of the shifting ceremony. While Ravena blooms into a powerful wolf, Liora collapses under the weight of the Moon’s power, left motionless and declared wolfless. Whispers spread like wildfire, unwanted, useless, broken. Yet, Kaelen’s lingering affection keeps her spirit alive… until the truth claws its way into the light. The Moon Goddess has chosen. Drawn by an irresistible bond, Kaelen and Ravena discover they are mates, bound by fate itself. To Ravena, it is triumph at last, the ultimate way to crush the sister she loathes. To Kaelen, it is torment; his heart burns for Liora, yet the pull of destiny ties him to another. And to Liora, it is the ultimate betrayal: abandoned by the one she loves, broken promises and hunted by the jealousy of her sister. But Liora’s birthmark holds secrets far greater than anyone realizes. A destiny tied not just to a pack, but to the balance of wolves and the Moon itself. As love turns to obsession, and envy turns to violence, the question lingers: Will Liora rise from the ashes of rejection to claim the power meant for her, or will the wolves who betrayed her destroy her first?

Amanda has easily become the most dangerous woman in the dark world of society. Although there is no actual evidence of her birth and existence, everyone fears for their life when they see or even hear about the cruel things she does to her victims. Jason Hill on the other hand has always been known to be a very skilled assassin when accompanied by his team of professionals. Although his criminal name is known worldwide, every day he fears for his family's lives when he's forced to kill innocent people. Read along to see how these two accidentally meet and end up learning how to let down their walls and trust each other, despite having completely different views on the life they each lead.

Jordan is a young man of 29 years old, handsome, charming with a powerful aura but a detective, a successful detective with awards and a name to himself. Despite being a happy and successful detective, he couldn't bring himself to forget about his late wife Rachel, he found this soul knitted with hers despite she's no more. Dwelling on the past memory prevents Jordan from falling in love with another woman. He remained single with his daughter for many years until fate brought Tina his way. Tina is a detective and a team member with Jordan. What started as colleagues developed into something sweeter. Will Tina be able to kill the obsession in him and make him fall in love with her or she will fail and they would go their separate ways?

Because of the mysterious disappearance of his best friend, Uri Wayne has to ask for the help of Alex Dominic - the captain of the FBI task force team who is a talented man but cold, domineering and enigmatic. From there, Uri discovers a shocking secret: another influence exists parallel to humanity, possessing thousands of times stronger than humans. They are cruel, barbaric, and loveless. It's the Vampire World. Since then, Uri's peaceful life has been turned upside down. Like fate was destined, he and Alex would not stop being entangled. Two seemingly unrelated people are caught up in the whirlpool of crime and intrigue. A cruel conspiracy was meticulously planned. Who is the person behind it all? When night falls, that's when a crime is most obvious...

I was once the strongest warrior of the Cedar Pack. I was Alpha Killian’s fated mate. But Bianca, an omega who had always secretly loved Killian, saw her chance. While I was leading a team to claim new territory, she lured a pack of rogues to ambush me. They severely wounded me and left me for dead in a marsh. She sold our secrets to the rogues. Then she framed me for the slaughter that followed. Everyone thought I betrayed Killian and left. Killian believed it too. Bianca played the part of the gentle woman who saved him. She became his new mate. Three years later, my body was found. The moment Killian saw the pup inside me, his wolf went feral. His eyes bled red.

When Lena's wolf doesn't show up on her first shift, her life falls apart. She is left broken and alone after being rejected by her mate and held responsible for her family's bad luck. However, when rumors of an ancient curse start to spread, Lena embarks on a dangerous journey to lift the curse, regain her position, and discover her real strength. In a world where power is essential, she needs to depend on a mysterious and intimidating Alpha named Kaden, who controls her destiny. As a team, they will confront dangerous foes, deceit, and their own inner demons. But Lena must decide: will she trust the man who could save her, or will she fall into the danger her curse threatens to create?

I spent all my life hating him, being told stories of how perfect he is, but then his team flopped during the playoffs, one got injured, they needed replacement, and I happened to be the only one who could save it "You are good at hockey, everyone says that, so please don't let my dream be crushed" He knelt down, eyes on me, the same one popular jock guy was begging on his feet, he was dancing at my fingers, and I had all the control, but then I do something stupid, and let my hidden desires rule over me "Pretty boy, my dick is down there, not on my face" His eyes widened, and my lips twisted

Fated Dynasties Maya Rossi manages the Cape Town Falcons a hockey team that she will inherit,while hiding her father's criminal empire behind pristine PR. Exhausted by duty, she seeks one anonymous night with a stranger in a hotel bar, not knowing the person she's fallen for is an enemy. The Rossi and Zurri families have warred for decades over territory, power, and old wounds no one will name. When violence threatens to explode, both patriarchs propose an arranged marriage between Maya and Ryan to broker peace. It's a business merger disguised as romance,except Maya and Ryan can't stop wanting each other. They marry, testify against their fathers in a RICO case, and spend months restructuring the families' operations into legitimate businesses. For the first time, Maya feels free. She's building something clean with the man she loves. Then she finds the discrepancies. Financial records don't match. The assault that reignited the family war wasn't ordered by either patriarch. Following the money leads Maya to Pieter Smitt, a ghost from 1995 who was once her father's partner. Smitt has spent thirty years orchestrating the entire conflict, manipulating both families into destroying each other while he profits. Maya discovers Smitt murdered her mother when she tried to expose their smuggling operation. Her father and Ryan's father aren't guilty of the crimes they're imprisoned for,they're victims of an elaborate revenge plot. Before Maya can act on this evidence, she's taken. Ryan launches a desperate rescue mission with their hockey team as backup, storming a docklands warehouse to save his wife. The confrontation is brutal and violent, ending with an arrest and Ryan shot. Maya and Ryan's testimony frees their fathers and sends Smitt to prison for life.Two people choose love over legacy and survive to build something better.