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Born a Slave has never been any comfort for Daisy. Every 10 years, an interval during a festival called Loma to celebrate the year they defeated and took over another territory, the most powerful pack of the country will give privilege to a slave (the most brilliant of them all) into the most prestigious college to learn. The Slaves pack is also known as the Whitewater pack, privileged to education only up to high school level, done in the most lowly place ever, doesn't change them from being nothing but a servant In a world where slaves are bound to servitude, Daisy, a brilliant Whitewater pack member, is offered a rare chance to attend KJ College. But with privilege comes peril. Will she risk everything for it? She has heard history about the past slaves giving that opportunity. And the history is that there is a ritual been performed, slaves are allowed to graduate dead.

Every third year, Mother of the sea demands her rituals to be paid, and He was on the wrong side of luck when he was chosen. His only fate was death, while was defiled on this day. After a terrible confrontation, the weakest mermaid is used as ritual to apease the gods for food and protection. Escaping and running from a great responsibility that open his colony to danger. Returning back to where he came from was a difficulty decision. Every where he goes, he is a potential threat, there is only one place he can be welcomed. The human land, yet he is a greater threat to human because he is a Merman. The struggle of blending in continues after he meet those who are instrumental to his struggles but he won't live with the fault that there won't be any consequences for his actions

Cursed by the moon goddess after her father dared to defy an ancient sacrifice ritual, Skylar White bears the weight of her pack's hatred. Destined to die alone and mateless, she resigns herself to a loveless marriage with an insane Alpha to save her pack. But fate has other plans. On her wedding day, the mysterious Alpha Devon storms the ceremony in a brutal display of power, slaying her soon-to-be husband. When their eyes meet, the impossible happens—the mating bond that should never exist blazes to life between them. Now Skylar must question everything she thought she knew. Is this a cruel game orchestrated by the vengeful moon goddess, or something more? As an ancient prophecy emerges from the shadows, Skylar faces an impossible choice. Will Skylar be able to forge through the prophecy that threatens to destroy her?

--- River Witch Some bloodlines are bound to water. Some debts are never paid in full. When Evelyn Blake returns to the remote riverside village of Elowen after fifteen years away, she expects grief and silence—but not the whispers that rise from the mist-covered water. As bodies resurface and ghostly lights drift through the fog, Evelyn uncovers a buried legacy: a pact made generations ago between her family and a nameless spirit that haunts the river. With the curse's final reckoning approaching, Evelyn must confront the sins of her bloodline, unravel the truth behind her ancestor’s forbidden ritual, and decide whether to escape the fate written for her—or embrace it. In a village where no one speaks of the drowned, the river never forgets. And it always collects what it’s owed.

Crown Prince Logan Alfredo has it all, strength, strategy, and a throne to inherit. But the one thing he’s cursed to never find? A mate. Until a single voice shatters his curse. Daciana Black, the nation’s most beloved superstar, is invited to perform at a royal concert meant to distract a terrified city. But on that electrifying stage, one look, one scent, and her destiny changes forever. As love sparks between the cursed prince and the luminous singer, darkness looms. Ruthless rogues, betrayal from blood, a secret born of dark magic and a seduction plot gone wrong that shifts the kingdom’s fate. When treachery erupts from within the palace walls and a deadly ritual threatens to steal everything, Logan and Daciana must fight for their bond, their kingdom, and the life of their unborn child.

He didn’t believe in love. She didn’t believe in fate. But the contract demanded everything. *** Alpha Carlos rules with power, fear, and desire. When a sacred ritual threatens to strip him of everything unless he claims a human mate before the next full moon, he makes a deal with the devil, one desperate woman. Sarah, drowning in debt, signs a contract: one year of marriage, no questions, no feelings just obedience and pleasure. She never expected her new husband to be a dominant, possessive werewolf and he never expected his heart to betray him. But Sarah isn’t just human. She’s the missing link to a lost bloodline. And when enemies come for her, Carlos will break every rule to protect the woman he was never meant to love.

In her first year of college, marked by loneliness and a desperate need for belonging, Lara, a young gothic girl with a witch heritage, resorts to an ancient blood spell to be desired by Dorian, her literature professor. What begins as a ritual to win his attention quickly turns into a spiral of sickening obsession that consumes them both. Dorian, a married and respected man, watches his life crumble as the spell corrupts his mind, transforming him into a dark version of himself. Possessive, violent, and unrecognizable. He abandons everything for Lara: his marriage, his career, his morality. But the more he surrenders to the obsession, the more the line between the spell and reality blurs. What follows is a dangerous dance of power and submission, where Lara discovers that some spells cannot be controlled.

Synopsis: No one can keep the Alpha King Rowan away from his mate, not even a binding curse by her malicious father who wiped away all her memories of him. ********* Anora Maddox, a Luna of the New Moon pack dreams of a life away from her overbearing father. Despite his brash ways of wanting protecting her—away from her arranged marriage with the pack’s new Alpha, Zayn. The night of the Solstice moon—and her mating ritual to Alpha Zayn. A sudden darkness erupts, one which shakes the New Moon Pack to the core. The King of The Blood Moon has arrived. To claim what was rightfully his—his mate. Rowan Phoenix was here to claim Anora.

I got pregnant at the same time as Sabine, my blood-mate Draven’s first love. But her child wasn't his. It was a werewolf mongrel—the spawn of our clan's sworn enemy. To protect her, Draven claimed the mongrel as his own. He named it the heir to our clan. And my child, a true pureblood, was branded a bastard. By his own father. "Isolde," he gripped my hand, his golden eyes pleading. "Sabine is alone. The Elders will execute her. This is temporary. Trust me!" I was a fool. I believed him. While he was gone, escorting her to safety, his parents dragged me to the ritual chamber. They forced the cruel "Blood Purification" on me. By the time he returned, I was gone. And our child was dead.

I am a doctor who specializes in treating infertility. People liked to joke and call me the "Life-Bringer." By day, I worked at the hospital, handling the toughest, most puzzling cases. By night, I used something called the Spirit Bride Rite, a long-lost ritual from ancient times to preserve a man's ability to have children, even after he had just passed. It was a method that went against nature and drained me dry, so I didn't take just any job. I worked for the wealthy. My starting fee was 600 thousand dollars. That day, I had barely taken a sip of champagne at a client's grandson's baby shower before an urgent request came in. If I counted right, this would be my 17th husband.