The Illusion Of Choice

TITLE: Bred by the Vortan Alphas. STORY BLURB: She was supposed to be a bride. Instead, she became a captive. Princess Melissa Thornhart's world shatters days before her royal wedding when a devastating betrayal sends her fleeing from everything she knows. But safety is an illusion—especially when she wakes in the hands of the enemy: a ruthless Alpha with a vendetta, and a punishment unlike any she imagined. To survive, she must submit. But survival becomes something else entirely when her body begins to betray her... and her heart becomes entangled between two powerful men—an Alpha and his son. One wants her obedience. The other fights a bond he can't escape. In a pack where secrets are currency and loyalty demands flesh, Melissa must navigate dangerous desires, forbidden passion, and a power she never knew lived inside her. Because the men who captured her may just become the ones who break her… or worship her. And when war calls her name again, she'll have to choose between the love that saved her—and the one that set her free.

She signed on to save a life. not lose her heart. For sixty million pesos, Fiona Generys signs on for a deal she never thought possible pretend to be the loving wife of tycoon Charles Billion. It's business. He wants a bride to inherit his grandmother's estate. She requires the money to rescue her adopted child from cancer. The rules are simple: no emotions, no attachments, and walk away when the contract ends. But the heart has no rules. Behind the cameras and expertly choreographed affection, something hidden starts to happen. Charles, who was once cold and calculating, starts to melt. Fiona, who was supposed to protect her heart, starts to imagine a life that might be real. Then Marie is lovely, serene, and inseparable from Charles. with a little girl who addresses him as "Papa." Jealousy seethes. Secrets unravel. And when Fiona discovers the truth behind Charles's carefully constructed illusion, the line between love and betrayal is broken. Was it all just a transaction? Or did she accidentally become the one thing he never planned for his greatest love?

On the day Nick Grange and I hold our marking ceremony, he hands me a three-year agreement. "Our mate bond is only to solidify the alliance between the Lycus and Lunaria packs," he says. "The one I love is Zora. If you sign this contract, the mate bond will dissolve automatically after three years. When that time comes, I'll let you go." Without hesitation, I sign it. This union is something I made happen because from the moment I met Nick, I fell deeply in love with him. For three years, we live in harmony. Nick treats me well, making me form the mistaken belief that he might love me back too. But that illusion shatters. Nick brings Zora Knott, who has just returned to the Lycus pack, to his birthday banquet. Even without Nick bringing up our agreement, I know it's time for me to leave at that moment. I leave to set him free. But why is he searching for me everywhere after I'm gone?

By day, Rabbit Ashby is invisible. A model student draped in oversized hoodies and quiet obedience, he survives university life by keeping his head down and his secrets buried. To his peers, he is forgettable. To his notoriously strict professor, Noah Caldwell, he is nothing more than another name on a class register. But by night, Rabbit becomes Nyx—a mesmerizing dancer who commands the stage with intoxicating grace, hiding behind a mask as he sells illusion to pay for a future he cannot afford. Two lives. One dangerous secret. When Noah Caldwell encounters Nyx under the glow of neon lights, he is captivated by the dancer’s haunting presence. Cold, composed, and impossibly disciplined, he prides himself on control—until he discovers that the object of his fascination is the same timid student who sits silently in the front row of his lectures. What begins as curiosity soon spirals into obsession. As the line between professor and student blurs, desire clashes with restraint, and secrets threaten to unravel them both.

“On your knees,” Caspian ordered, his voice leaving no room for debate. Her legs gave way, the plush rug coarse against her skin. She looked up at them, four gods of her new, twisted world, each holding their cocks, hard and ready for her. “This is your punishment,” Caspian said, his hand moving slowly on himself. “For letting other men look. For being a naughty stripper .” “And your reward,” Raphael purred, his thumb swirling over the head of his erection. “For being so fucking perfect.” “Open your mouth,” Jeremy instructed, his voice thick. “Open your eyes. And don’t you dare look away.” Lyra became Jade, the faceless Stripper who could make men forget their names.But when four familiar faces took over the VIP booth, the illusion shattered. And instead of walking away, they bought the club that night—bought her stage, her contract, her secret. Four stepbrothers. One forbidden secret. She was their sin before she became their obsession.

Can two completely different people fall in love? They say opposites attract, but what happens when one is scorned by love while the other sees it as a second chance? To Imani, love is nothing more than an illusion A cruel trick. Betrayed by her father and forced into an arranged marriage with a man who sees her as nothing more than a trophy, she has no faith in love. To her, it’s a burden, not a blessing. Grady Jabri, a billionaire with everything except the one thing he truly desires—love. After losing the love of his life once, he swore he’d never let another chance slip away. And now, he’s found her. But there’s just one problem, She doesn’t remember him, and worse, she doesn’t believe in love at all. How can he make her see that love is real? That he is the one for her? And most importantly How can he win her heart without scaring her away? A story of love, trust, and the delicate dance of relationships.

Leading a double life, multimillionaire CEO Mark Molt has to choose wisely! Having an affair with his secretary turns into in to a trap that he can’t get out off. Things take a turn when both worlds collide. Will he make the right choice or will he live in regret? Is there a right choice? When there are 2 woman both bearing his children!!!! His wife and his mistress!

There is a Past and then there is a Present. What should be our choice? To go along with the Past, feeling the familiarity of it or to go along with the Present, wishing for something new and hoping it to be amazing? With Past, we already know what to expect and know that it will not hurt the same if something goes wrong again. With Present, we don’t know what to expect and also feel that it may hurt even more than ever. So, should we let go of the past or ignore the present? With all these confusing and unanswerable questions there are a few people who are ready to tell you their story. This is the story of one among such people who has a tough but again, not so tough choice to take between past and present. Hope whatever choice that person takes will be near to perfect one, or at least far away from worst.

Since childhood, Erish is the one Angela loved dearly and her dream came true when he proposed to her on their last day of graduation. A few years later, the wedding finally took place and she became his wife. By marrying him, she felt like she had achieved everything. Her love story is just like a dream. Now she needs nothing from her god. However, soon she realized everything was her illusion… The man she's married to is not the same one whom she fell in love with. He is not Erish but his identical twin brother Eric. He is the one who married her. And this realization hit her hard. Her world was destroyed and she felt betrayed by her own second family. Now, what would she do? Will she leave him or forgive him? Can she fall in love with her husband after knowing his identity? What would be her response when she came to know Eric always loved her? Even before she knew what true love is!

Veronica Hart has always been in love with Sasha Neville-Talbott. She went from infatuation to love almost without noticing. When she finally found the courage to confess her feelings to Sasha, his cruel words crushed her heart, killing every illusion, every emotion, every chance of being happy together. A few years later, Veronica must meet him again. And even if it’s work-related, she cannot help but feel the way she did that day. Still ashamed by her teenage infatuation with him, Veronica knew it was important that Sasha understand they were now meeting on equal terms. She would do her utmost to play it cool and distant and let him know that all they shared now was a purely business relationship! Even if everything was different and she was acting tough, one simple glimpse of him let her know nothing had changed… Veronica's body still ached for his. Maybe Sasha would never come to love her, but still, she knew she'd do almost anything for just one night in his arms...