The Story Of Mankind

The Forgotten. Massacre and regicide under the orders of an unspeakably evil priesthood decimate the ranks of the honourable Galadon Knights, and destroy the Royal family who the Knights are sworn to protect. Now outlawed and despised, the Knights are forced, for four generations, 120 years, to hide in secret as they regain their strength for their final confrontation with the religious order. But their biggest secret is that they also hide the last surviving member of the Royal family. Finally strong enough, the last surviving Royal is brought out of hiding and told of her heritage and true identity. Unfortunately a key part of her heritage, a mysterious and magical amethyst pendant, is lost and without it her legitimacy to the throne can not be proven. So starts a desperate quest to search for the pendant to prove the claim of Princess Astrid who must be crowned before the first full moon after her 21st birthday. As more of her heritage is discovered so is passionate romance, bloody battles, betrayal, magic and alliances with the mysterious Elves, Dwarves, Dryads and Mrawlers of the planet. With her 21st birthday quickly approaching, the amethyst lost and the armies are moving into position for a final confrontation, this is their last chance, and time is running out.

I had been secretly in love with my childhood friend for nine long years. When we finally got married, my family and friends thought I was the happiest person in the world. After I became pregnant, he used the excuse of "helping an old classmate" and invited the most beautiful girl from our class into our home. During the worst of my pregnancy, when nausea and exhaustion hit hardest, he took her to the hospital, made crafts with her, and watched sunsets with her. He even had the guts to accuse me of being small-minded and petty and acting like a bitter, jealous wife. Only then did I realize that it was just my foolish fantasy that I lived my dream of marrying my childhood sweetheart and had a happy life. I let go of the love I had for him and of the future I thought we would share. Now, however, he was the one who regretted it.

The company had just taken off when a project my wife, Lenora Peterson, was in charge of ran into trouble. To ease her mind during her pregnancy, I went overseas in her stead, spending ten perilous years abroad before finally returning home, barely alive. Instead of the joyful reunion I had imagined, she greeted me with cold detachment and thinly veiled disgust. "Why are you back?" Lenora asked. "Today is Nathan’s housewarming party," she added. "Let’s head there first—we’ll talk later." We rode in silence the entire way. When we arrived, a ten-year-old girl came dashing over and clung to Lenora affectionately. “Mommy, why did you take so long? Daddy’s been waiting for you forever!” Daddy? My eyes burned with rage—until I saw my old friend Nathan Grant stepping out to greet us with a smile. "Lily, come to Daddy. Mommy’s tired—don’t bother her now." When I met Lenora’s eyes, the guilt I saw there told me everything I needed to know. I turned away and texted my assistant, Morgan Williamson, to begin acquiring the company that, by right, had always belonged to me. He soon reported back. "Mr. Brooke, the acquisition process will be completed in three days."

This is a story of hurt , betrayal and going on a journey to find where you truly belong. ................. Living a life of hell in her birth pack, Serenity leaves after getting sick of being humiliated and tormented for years. When her mate rejects her in front of her pack and his, she finally decides to leave the life of abuse behind. Becoming a Rouge then finding a pack that accepts her, she starts to find herself and learns who she was always meant to be. With the help of new friends and an unexpected person who she never thought would help, she finds out that the life she knew is not true. That the lies of people can change her life forever. But with old enemies and new trying to find her and a fight coming that she needs to help prevent from becoming a supernatural war. Serenity needs to find out who she can and can't trust before it's to late. ****************** TRIGGER WARNING:THERE IS MENTION, TALK AND SCENES OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND VERBAL ABUSE. IF YOU HAVE A TRIGGER TO THESE SITUATIONS PLEASE DON'T READ THIS BOOK. THERE IS ALSO COURSE LANGUAGE AND SEXUAL SCENES IN THIS BOOK. This is my first story that I have written. All characters and places are all my intellectual property. While something's may have similarities to real life people or places, this is just coincidence or I have used real places in my story and the rest is my intellectual property. Thank you for reading and supporting my book.

This is a love story of two brilliant individuals who are made for each other. Dr. Niharika Sehgal, a badass businesswoman is ruling over the cosmetic industry. She is keen on funding a project for the production of organic anti-aging cosmetics. Born with a silver spoon, she is indeed, beauty with brains. Dr. Arpit Khandelwal, is a renowned botanist working over wide range of plants discovering their anti-aging properties. Being from a normal family and having sudied from Cambridge, he is indeed, a brilliant man. Interestingly both of our protagonists are graduated from same college. Let's discover the affectionate journey of Niharika and Arpit pulling up the strings of love. Let's began the rollercoaster ride.

Their first meeting was colored with blood, and so were the second and the third. Nevea knew then that it was a sign that Zach was a calamity in her life. Zach was a madman, the one she strangely longed for. Her feelings were constantly dancing around him. Hatred, passion, and lust for him built inside her, fanning the weak flame to grow wilder. Nevea wanted to burn with him so much that it hurt; however, her fear of losing something in her scared her. Accepting her feeling meant embracing the darkness she tried so hard to conceal. As she was trapped in the middle, Nevea discovered more things that led her into Zach’s arms, and she could not do anything but freefall into his chaotic life. This was Nevea and Zach’s story, a beautiful fairytale filled with misery, blood, dead people, and darkness.

A story of reincarnation. The Queen of the Arab world asks the help of an alchemist to create a potion for her King to fall in love with her. They, however, fall in love with each other and their forbidden love is threatened by the King's power. A gush of wind sends them to another time during their flight from the citadel. They come alive again in modern times, New York where they rekindle their love and protect it from the forces of the King, who has come down to end them as well.

"Shadows of the Past" is a story about *Natasha Fernandez* (26),the daughter of a billionaire who never enjoyed her childhood due to the loss of her mother and her father's busy schedule. She struggles with health issues and finding true love until she meets *Jamal smith* (29) who rescues her from a robber and becomes her friend, and eventually her husband. Years later, Natasha hires her childhood friend *Imade Martins*(25) a home tutor for her adopted daughter *Tessa* (3). However, Natasha is heartbroken when she discovers Jamal's affair with Imade, and she uses her power to frustrate Imade's business life. Unbeknownst to them all, Jamal is the biological father of Imade's daughter, whom she lost in the hands of a matron to an orphanage some years back. Imade leaves for another city where she falls in love with her boss, Mr. *George Henry,*(34) an influential business tycoon and a single father. Twenty years later, *Roy Henry,* George's son, falls in love with Tessa, Natasha's daughter. However, their love is jeopardized after a family introduction takes place, and complicated truths unravel, putting Tessa's life at stake. The story explores the drama and chaos that ensue as the characters confront their past and navigate their present relationships.

Naomi spent her summer reading books and planning how she will stay invisible so she can finish off her last year of high school drama-free. But all those plans go down the drain when an unexpected Asian family of a widowed mother and her teenage son moves in across the street. Even though Naomi tries to keep her distance from Hero so he doesn't find out about her heart disease, he seems to have taken a liking to her. Naomi's cousin Riley had called dibs on Hero but his interest lies elsewhere so she often blames Naomi for trying to steal Hero. Most of the girls at school fawn over Hero because of his good looks and height which spell problems for Naomi since he keeps hanging around her. The more Naomi tries to stay away from Hero the larger her curiosity grows and even though Hero has secrets of his own to protect from Naomi's prying eyes he can't stop himself from wanting to know more about her. The two try to deny their feelings to try and protect their secrets but jealousy starts to show its face when Josh asks Naomi on a date and Hero hooks up with a random girl at a party in retaliation. Who will break first? And spill their secrets?

This is the story of a woman deceived and killed just to claim things that should have been rightfully hers. Let's meet the main character, Ellaine Santiago, and how she faced a situation she could never undo. She became an orphan at a young age due to her parents' death in a car accident, leading her to live with her Aunt Amanda, who raised her until she reached adulthood. It was there that she also met a man who captured her heart, Dave De Guzman. They deeply loved each other, eventually planning to get married. Little did she know that this would be the beginning of a life-changing event, as her cousin Josephine, Aunt Amanda's only child, returned home. Unbeknownst to Ellaine, Josephine's vacation plan had sinister intentions to steal and seduce her fiancé, Dave. Dave fell for Josephine's seduction, leading Josephine to plot Ellaine's murder to completely win Dave over. In an unexpected turn of events, Ellaine almost lost her life at Josephine's hands, falling into a waterfall and losing consciousness. Presumed dead, Ellaine was buried by her family, and Josephine successfully took Dave away from her. Upon her return, Ellaine was ready to hold her cousin and those who wronged her accountable for her near-death experience. But is she truly ready to confront the people who were once dear to her and fight for her love with Dave De Guzman? Let's follow the story of Ella Santiago in the novel titled "The Revenge of Ellaine" by Jenny Agsangre.