Waking The Dead

Sequel to Claimed - Anna's parents were killed the night before her mate Collin finds her half dead in a human city alley. Collin wasn't looking for a mate, but when he finds her in this state, he can't help himself. He has to save her. Will these two people find love after tragedy?

Beta Max and I were at the Civil Affairs Bureau, ready to register our marriage. We were just waiting to take the final photo when he got a phone call and left. He abandoned me right there at the marriage registration office, leaving me stuck in an impossible situation. I called him—no answer. I messaged him—no reply. In the end, I had no choice but to call his childhood sweetheart’s number. Beta Max answered. “Louis, can you stop being so annoying? Grace twisted her ankle—I need to take care of her today. Stop calling and waking her up. We’ll reschedule the registration.” I bit my lip and murmured into the phone, “This makes it the seventh time we’ve rescheduled.” “So what? The Civil Affairs Bureau isn’t going anywhere—it’s not like it’s going to disappear!” My face was blank, but it felt like my heart was being carved open. A staff member looked at me with pity and asked, “Alpha Louis, are we still doing this?” I gave a small nod. “Yes. Let’s go through with it.”

“I-I Denise Soleil Shadowstone, r-reject you as my mate,” she uttered candidly, lowering her head. Cole’s eyes widened in disbelief, “Repeat! Say it again!” Gentle clasps turn into possessive ones, waking up the dominant Alpha in him. “How dare y—” “I reject you,” she firmly said. Facing him with a full decision and denial of their mate bond makes Cole rage furiously in anger. Grasping tightly on her shoulders, he pinned her to a tree. During their staring contest, Denise saw how Cole’s eyes turned red. Then out of a sudden, her eyelids closed like its intentionally shut down by him. The last she felt was her own body collapsing, held by those cold arms of his. Denise Soleil Shadowstone, with her ambition of becoming the first female alpha, would take the risk. Independent woman that swears to never ever be needing a man in her life. For the war they must win, will she learn to accept their mate bond? Can love change her principle? In a war of truth and deceptions, unexpected twists and turns, would you step in?

“One night, no memories… and now she’s his fake fiancée.” Emily Carter was already late to the biggest break of her career—an interview with the untouchable tech tycoon, Baek Jin. But nothing could have prepared her for waking up in his bed with zero memory of the night before. Her dream interview? Gone. Her reputation? Hanging by a thread. And Baek Jin—the cold, impossibly handsome billionaire who hasn’t spoken to the press in ten years—has a shocking proposal. He’ll give her the exclusive every reporter would kill for… if she agrees to be his fake girlfriend. His family wants him to settle down. She’s the perfect cover. And what starts as a contract drags Emily into a dazzling world of private jets, penthouse dinners, a flirty rival billionaire—and a dangerously magnetic man who isn’t as heartless as he seems. But the longer she plays his girlfriend, the harder it becomes to ignore the sparks between them. And when fake kisses start to feel real, Emily has to ask herself: What happens when the contract ends… but her heart doesn’t want to let go?

For five years, Elara was the "peasant" wife, the woman who gave her kidney to save Shawn’s life, only to be rewarded with his cold indifference and his family’s verbal abuse. She was the dutiful housewife, hiding her true identity as the world’s most feared cybersecurity genius, and the secret heiress to a global empire. She stayed for love. She stayed for the hope of a family. But hope dies in a cold swimming pool. When Shawn pushes a pregnant Elara into the water to save his mistress, he not only breaks her heart, he kills the only thing she had left to love. Waking up in a hospital bed with an empty womb and a frozen heart, Elara is done playing nice. As Shawn prepares to discard her for his mistress, he’s met not with a weeping wife, but with the arrival of five of the most powerful men in the world—Elara’s brothers. Now, the "peasant" is the predator. While Shawn’s empire begins to crumble under a mysterious cyber-attack, he finds himself desperately chasing the woman he once despised. But Elara has already moved on to a man who never had to be taught her value.

A female CEO died in a unexpected way but life give her second chance. She woke up in a strange magical world and the most strangest thing is that she is their wife. Yup.'their'! She have 4 husbands and they all hate her. Will she find love? Will she survive in a world where almost everyone hates her and want her dead?

WARNING: THIS BOOK IS NOT SUITABLE FOR UNDER 18. IT CONTAINS MATURE AND SEXUALLY AROUSING CONTENT BETWEEN FIVE MEN AND A WOMAN. *** “Why is she not waking up?” “Because you used your force on her.” “I only used two percent of my force. Damn it. I didn't know that she's this weak.” “She’s not weak. You know who she is.” “What if she's not her?” *** 5 mates. 1 girl. She thinks she can suppress her irresistible cravings, but the alphas want her consumed by them. Juno, an 18-year-old half-blood, was bullied and disregarded all her life, and never seemed to belong anywhere. After mistakenly using magic to kill her only brother who had belittled her her whole life, Juno’s life changed forever. She received the Calling to join the supernatural and otherworldly Academy, called Blackcroft. But now, she had to resist compelling temptation from five powerful men, who were set to claim her for different reasons. As she pursues her ascension to the Apex, these Alphas introduce her to the world of passion, power, predation, and magic.

"You can never be a mother. Your womb cannot carry a child" the doctor announced to Catherine after so many miscarriages with unknown causes. "Now you are pregnant with twin daughters" the same doctor told her again. She couldn't believe her ears. She went for another test and it came out positive. Arthur, her husband, is overjoyed but keeps the babies a secret until they are delivered. Now the babies are born, one is dead and the other has Autism. Catherine thought she couldn't be more shattered until she looses her husband as well and is taken into captivity by an unknown man who claimed to be responsible for her miscarriages. Will she ever find out that her daughter Mara isn't dead? Will she come to know that Mia isn't ordinary?. When two sisters are separated will they ever meet? And what if they do ? Why would fate be so cruel to put one in the position to choose between her job and the life of a lookalike stranger and then make her find out she is a lost princess?

Getting hit by a car should have ended my story. Instead, it was only the beginning. Waking up in a strange new world ruled by werewolves, I’m given a mission by an AI-like voice: Find Thorne—the broken, outcast alpha—and stop him from becoming the monster destined to destroy this world. Saving him should have been simple. Stay close. Win his trust. Change his future. But I wasn’t prepared for the fierce, wounded man behind the scars. I wasn’t prepared for the way his golden eyes watched me like I was the only thing he needed to survive. And I definitely wasn’t prepared for how my heart began to betray me, falling for the very man I was sent to save. Now that Thorne has risen to power, he refuses to let me go—body, soul, and heart. I came here to change his fate. I never expected him to claim mine. And if I can't find a way to choose between my old world and the alpha who would burn down kingdoms to keep me, I might lose both.

Fire and plague. Certainly no strangers to London Town.But when legions of living dead rise from the Thames’ fetid waters to feast upon the living, the city teeters on the brink of antihalation. And while floaters seek blood, another army takes advantage of the chaos. Boiling out of their rookeries of crime, marauders swarm through London’s affluent neighborhoods looting and burning.©️ Crystal Lake Publishing