Zao Where Blood And Fire Bring Rest

Aria Stonemore is a quiet and naive omega who lives the life of a slave despite being born a queen. Going about a day in her sorrowful and miserable life, Amy, her inner wolf, revealed before her and Alpha Talon that they were both fated mates. Aria thought that her life was about to turn out as a fairytale, ‘from grass to grace’ but unfortunately, she gets insulted and rejected in the most humiliating way possible before the members of the pack. After the heartbreaking incident, a tired and miserable Aria encountered an alpha who she suddenly eloped with. The alpha portrays himself as a perfect man. What is the purpose of this encounter? Will Aria face the same rejection and humiliation or will she finally get to live the life she had always dreamed of?

He inherited billions… but not the family name. Noah Quinn was just a broke mechanic—until a dead billionaire claimed him as his son and left him everything. Now thrust into a world of boardroom sharks and backstabbing heirs, he’s got one rule: trust no one. Especially not Lena Vale—the billionaire’s ice-cold stepdaughter who wants him out, humiliated, or dead. But secrets don’t stay buried forever. And in this empire of lies, power isn’t given… It’s taken.

My name is Themis and I am not supposed to be alive. I survived the hunt, saddled with a husband and still I have to waddle my way through so many things to remain alive at the end of the day. The one person I can count on other than myself is my new husband who saved my life from the get go. And my gift of prophecy. Maybe, just maybe, it is also enough to save the Dar Empire too. My name is Themis and this is my story.

A dark romance, vividly grotesque, morally questionable, fate-defying, vampirically induced tale of happily ever after. With a little bit of dark humor, of course. ****** Tessa was one of the best assassins for hire, she lives for the thrill of the kill. The blood of her victims never tainted her subconscious. Until one day there was a threat to her life. She had three months to live. Tessa was doomed, she had tried everything and she knew she couldn't get out of her impending death. And what did Tessa do when she only had three months to live? She made a bucket list. She had been busy with her lust to kill that she didn't get to live a normal life, after all, she was a psychopath. Within weeks numbers were being crossed off from her list, from having tacos for breakfast, the morning after sex, and somewhere on the list was falling in love. Tessa wrote that as a joke, but deep down she wanted to feel it, she wanted to be able to love someone before she died. Fun fact: Psychopaths are almost incapable of truly loving another. Will Tessa manage to cross everything on her list? ***** The Angel of Death, that was what they called him. Nero Severus Xerxes was a vampire King who was among the oldest. Nero had taken lives, he had taken humans, vampires, and other supernatural beings. Yet none would challenge him. He was a possessive bastard, he was a ruler, a sadistic male who protects what was his. One day Nero was faced with the most beautiful woman with a strange view of death. She even had a bucket list. As a vampire King who had lived a thousand lives her careless attitude intrigued him. Will Nero fall for her?

After the rising of humankind, creatures of the night were forced to fallback when they were almost faced with extinction, driving them into hiding. Many years have passed and a new creation emerged from death, roaming the new world with vague memories, trying to remember who she is. But little did she know her DNA was the key to end an ancient war, and a power source humans envied.

Amelia Roberts has only ever known pain. Stolen as a baby and raised by the people who kidnapped her, she’s endured years of cruelty and control, hiding the strange powers that flare when she’s angry or afraid. She doesn’t know the truth — that her real parents are supernatural royalty: a rare werewolf–witch hybrid mother and a vampire lord father who believed their daughter was lost forever. When Amelia’s abilities erupt in public, three powerful strangers feel her presence for the first time. Mateo Mason, Jason Grim, and Dimitri Moore — werewolf/vampire hybrids and lifelong best friends — have spent years searching for their fated mate, never imagining she would be the same girl Dimitri once saw but couldn’t save. Drawn to her by an unbreakable bond, the three men will stop at nothing to protect Amelia from the danger closing in. But Amelia’s past won’t release her so easily. Her kidnappers know she’s unlocking her powers — and they have their own plans for what she can do. Torn between fear and an irresistible connection to her three mates, Amelia must decide whether to run from the supernatural world… or claim her place in it. Because her bloodline makes her the most dangerous being alive — and the key to a war that could shatter everything.

How does a blood thirst vampire catch a hideous unknown human mate? With only the blood as his tracker and his speed as his transporter, will he be able to bump with her?   Dash Slaughtrus Vandelion is a mighty and cold prince of Vandelia palace. She has a human mate whom he have always been searching for. An unlucky situation brought him to her and he has decided to just leave her alone and just be back for her when their palace is already safe and he can already ensure her safety in the vampire world.   Will Rosella Hasneka wait for the come back of the only man who is a vampire, who made her heart beat erratically and made her feel secure? What will happen once she enter the world of vampires and the mystery of her blood and why her father died resurface? Will it be her dangerous path she will ever take or will it lead her to be in the arms of the vampire she truly love?

Maeve Edgar's life plan was simple: survive until Selection Day, then disappear forever. As the pack's favorite scapegoat, she's spent years perfecting the art of being invisible. But when she gets kidnapped and dumped in front of the most dangerous prince in the kingdom, invisible stops being an option. Prince Riven is everything the rumors say - cold, lethal, and absolutely not interested in playing nice. So why does he choose her for some mysterious academy that nobody's ever heard of? And why does being near him feel like remembering something she never knew she'd forgotten? Turns out the Blood Moon Academy is where pack heirs compete in brutal trials to earn a place in the Royal Court. Now she's stuck fighting alongside the same spoiled brats who used to torment her, trying to prove she belongs somewhere she was never supposed to be. The connection between them grows stronger with every moment they're in the same room. It's the kind of bond wolves used to have before the Great War - the kind everyone says is just a myth now. But people are asking questions about her family, her past, her dreams of faces she's never seen. The wrong kind of people. And some of them seem very interested in making sure she doesn't get the answers she's looking for. The Academy was supposed to be about earning her place in the world. Turns out it might be about remembering who she used to be.

Seventeen-year-old Elara Ward has spent her life being forgotten and shuffled between foster homes and small towns that never remembered her once she’s gone. But the dying town of Willowmere is different. The air hums with whispers, the lake no longer reflects the moon, and something ancient is stirring beneath the willows. When Elara follows a strange light into the woods one blood-red night, she crosses the veil and a boundary between the human world and the Lumenwild, a realm of living moonlight and haunted shadows. There, she’s marked by an ancient power known as Moonfire, a symbol burned into her skin that pulses with the rhythm of the twin moons above. Saved by four mysterious men who are named Cael, their golden-eyed Alpha; Kian, the lightning-tongued rogue; Auren, the silent watcher; and Nyx, the shadow who walks between worlds and Elara learns that her arrival has reignited a prophecy buried in legend. The Riftborn, creatures of bone and smoke, are returning, and the mark she bears is both a weapon and a curse. In the heart of the Lumenwild’s glowing forest lies the Sanctum, a stronghold where wolves walk in light and the Moon’s will is law. There, Elara begins to uncover the truth, her crossing was no accident. The veil didn’t just let her in but it had called her home. As the moons draw closer and the bond between Elara and the wolves deepens, she must choose whether to embrace the power that could heal a broken world… or unleash the one that could end it. Because the Moon is awake again and she remembers her chosen.

My wife forces my sister to accompany some men for drinks so she can help her first love get investments. My sister finds an opportunity to run but gets harassed by other drunken men. As she tries to break free, she has a heart attack, and she dies. I'm devastated as I handle her funeral alone. That's when my wife calls and snaps, "Tell your sister to apologize to Claude! Do you know how much trouble she's caused for him?" I don't know how much trouble he's in. All I know is that one must pay the price for the things they've done.