Wake

My father loved silence. He believed noise was the mark of lesser people, so he installed a decibel meter in our home. Speaking above 40 decibels meant that we would have to pay him 10 dollars, laughing above 60 decibels meant 50 dollars, and crying or throwing a tantrum was a serious offense at 100 dollars per second. The year I turned four, I fell and broke my arm. I did not make a single sound. I bit down so hard that I cracked two teeth, but I saved thousands in noise fees. He praised me for it and called me a "high-value child," one that was worth the investment. I treasured that compliment and observed the rules carefully, keeping the house wrapped in suffocating silence. Then came the stormy night a thief broke in. He had a knife and was creeping toward my mother as she slept, and I watched it all from the gap in the wardrobe where I was hiding. I wanted to scream. I wanted to shriek and wake my father, to do something, anything. However, my eyes drifted to the decibel meter on the wall, and my hand found nothing but an empty pocket. I did not have enough allowance. One scream would cost hundreds, and I simply could not afford it.

As a zombie outbreak spreads across the world, my boyfriend insists on delaying our evacuation so his drama-queen childhood sweetheart can catch the last rescue chopper. However, this is the last evacuation after the outbreak, and our team's only chance to survive. When she still doesn't show up, I knock my boyfriend out and haul him onto the helicopter. In the end, his childhood sweetheart is devoured by the surging horde, while I seize the opportunity to escape and start a peaceful, quiet life with him in the safe zone. The night before I am to take command and lead a massive counterattack against the undead, my boyfriend laces my drink with a tranquilizer and dumps me into a swarm of zombies. Thousands of zombies tear me apart, and I die in excruciating pain. He stands on the fortress wall, a cold smile on his lips. "Had you not been so selfish, Esmeralda would've survived. Now, you'll experience her suffering and atone with your life!" Given a second chance at life, I wake up on the day my boyfriend refused to evacuate on time. Since he's so determined to stand by his childhood sweetheart through thick and thin, I'll make sure they both become zombie food!

"Listen to me girl, you will go to that pack one way or the other and I don't care how you do it but you will bring my that red gem of vitality. seduce him if you have to, kill him if you must but you must never return without that gem of vitality" Father let out in a growl, dark fury burning behind his steel blue eyes. ** Isla Dalton has lived in abuse all her life. Her father, the Alpha of Blue moon pack, treat her worst than he does an omega and eventually sells her off to a rival pack in a bit to retrieve the gem of vitality if she wants to see her sick mother ever again. Due to her refusal to to her father's bidding, Isla was beaten to a pop and passed out only to wake up to the realization that she has been sold off as a slave to Red moon pack. Isla is even more shocked to find out the man she is meant to steal from is none other than ruthless Alpha Alex and even more that he turned out to be her fated mate. Isla is now face with the challenge of betraying her mate in order to see her mother again or vise versa. It's a decision she had to make before her three months of staying in the pack runs out.

After receiving the news that her husband had died during a mission, my sister-in-law collapsed from the shock. When she woke up, she'd lost her memory. She clung to my husband and refused to let go. Our husbands were twin brothers. The doctor said she couldn't be triggered, so my husband and mother-in-law sat me down and begged me to play along until she got over this. Every time I brought it up again, they shut me down. "This is only until she gets her memory back!" So I watched as my husband and his widowed sister-in-law eat, sleep, and live under the same roof. Even our daughter could only stand by and watch her cousin call him "Daddy". One day, my daughter spiked a high fever and wouldn't wake up. I begged my husband to take us to the hospital. Unexpectedly, his sister-in-law went berserk over it and threatened to kill herself. In the chaos, I was stabbed in the heart by the scissors she swung around. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself back to the day my husband agreed to play the role of a substitute husband.

18+ I felt his finger tracing the side of my panty before forcing itself inside. “You’re so wet for me, baby,” he said, letting out a growl. Now that I was feeling his warm hand, the pleasure was even more intense. “Stacey,” he moaned my name. I threw my head back, letting him work on pleasuring me. “Stacey!” Wait. That was not Caleb’s voice. I woke with a start, my heart thumping. I looked around and saw Olivia standing at the door. “It’s time to wake up!” “What the hell?” I said. I didn’t know whether to be relived or annoyed that it was just a dream. *** On my 18th birthday, Alpha Liam chose and marked me. I was chosen to be his luna. Suddenly, his cursed twin brother returned from exile, claiming I was meant to be his. My wolf went wild the moment she sensed his scent. While Liam was warm and caring, his brother was cold and distant. But he watched me with a hunger I couldn't ignore. My wolf burned for him. I was drawn to the darkness. The more I fought it, the more I craved him. I knew that falling for the cursed twin was risking everything including the pack, but there was no going back.

What will you do if one day, you suddenly wake up with ears above your head and tails behind your back? What if you suddenly came back to how you were, 20 years ago, just with different eyes and hair color? Coming home from a late-night party, Tiffany George passed out as soon as she felt the softness and warmth of her comfy bed. She stinks of alcohol, explaining her carefree behavior, resulting into a deep sleep with her corporate attire on. On the next day, a phone call had woken her up. She massaged her aching temples and reached for her phone on the bedside table. She answered it without even bothering to look at the caller ID, her voice hoarse as she said hello. “Ms. George, what time do you think is it?” a cold voice floated over the phone, waking Tiffany out of her daze. She immediately hung-up the call and rose from the bed. But the moment she tried to reach the floor with her feet… she realized something amiss. She touched her face and felt her chest… A long silence ensued before her loud scream filled the entire room.

Behind the walls of St. Valen’s Academy, privilege and legacy are masks — worn to hide the rot underneath. For Althea Sombra, the masks are literal. Her family’s empire is built on secrets whispered in the dark, on powers that can never be spoken of in daylight. She was raised to obey, to charm, to control. But when the storm inside her begins to wake, even obedience can’t contain it. Noah Laurent was bred for composure — heir to a dynasty that trades in precision and power. Yet one glance from Althea cracks the ice he was born to wear. He knows she’s dangerous. He also knows he can’t stay away. Luca Ashford has always been the wildfire Noah could control. Until Althea arrives. Until jealousy and desire blur into something neither of them can name — and their friendship begins to splinter beneath the weight of her silence. When a ghost from Althea’s training resurfaces — a man who once called her his greatest weapon — the careful balance at St. Valen’s shatters. Fear tightens its grip. Loyalties fracture. And the girl with the storm in her blood must decide: to remain a shadow … or burn the world that built her.

My name is Ivy Lawson. At 3:00 am, I get a call from Christina McSpire, a parent of one of my students. "Hello, Ms. Lawson, I noticed Zoe only spent five dollars on her meal yesterday. Did she not eat any meat?" she asks. Pushing through my exhaustion, I reply, "Don't worry, Mrs. Street. I'll check on it tomorrow." Another half hour goes by, and she calls again. "It's supposed to rain tomorrow. Can you remind Zoe to bring an umbrella?" I can hardly keep my eyes open. "Got it," I reply absentmindedly. A few minutes later, my phone rings once more. "Please make sure Zoe brushes her teeth for three minutes. It's also important that she scrubs each side of her face at least three times." Suppressing my frustration, I calmly respond, "Zoe is in her senior year of high school. I'm sure she's capable of taking care of herself." I expect that to be the end of it, but when I wake up, my silenced phone shows over a hundred missed calls.

“Whenever I wake up, I feel that I had a vast and complicated dream"… But no! It was never a dream to begin with. Elin died in her first life with many regrets and then began her second life in a different world where people had magical abilities. Unfortunately she died again while fighting as a soldier for her country. Her third life began and she woke up when she was still 18 years old in her first life. Now, she must get rid of all her regrets and make sure that she protects her father and herself until the end. The Elin, who was once very odious in her first life started to live her first life again. “You should do what I want!” said a manly voice, his seductive eyes making her feel drunk but no!!! She mustn’t fell in love when love has always been her enemy in her every life. “Move back! I have no interest in you"… “But what should I do, I can’t let you go anymore. You let me have your kindness, so, let me have you, too".

She has wet dreams of him every night. But she never expected him to walk into her library. Every night, Elowen dreams of a world where she truly belongs, Eldoria. And her wolf-man, the mesmerizing figure that worshipped her body with his touch, leaving her to wake up breathless, soaked in cold sweat and dripping in warm sweetness between her thighs. Then he appears in the flesh. Khylon. Tall, cold, powerful, and watching like he owns her. He says they’re fated. Chosen by the Moon Goddess. But he’s not just a man, he’s the Alpha of a hidden realm of wolf shifters (Eldoria), and Elowen is the key to his throne, his Luna. With only weeks left in the lunar cycle, Khylon must make her fall for him and awaken the wolf inside her before his rival claims the crown. She doesn’t know who she really is, her powers confuse her, and dreams bleed to close to reality. Khylon swore he wouldn’t force her. But her scent drives him insane. And once she learns what she is, she might not want to be saved. She’s his little wolf. And she’s about to make this Alpha fall.