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Bound By Blood and Shadows

When Princess Yuyan is gifted a strange, ancient book by her father, she never imagines it would unravel everything about her previous life. The tale within speaks of an era erased from history—a forbidden love between a witch princess and a vampire prince, torn apart by their difference, bound by blood, and buried in time. But what begins as mere legend soon begins to echo too deeply. Her dreams grow vivid. A prince with silver hair calls out to her from the shadows. And piece by piece, Yuyan is drawn into a story that feels achingly familiar… Centuries ago, the vampire realm was ruled by a merciless tyrant who killed his own brother. But the witches saw hope in the fallen vampire prince __the last prince born with light in his blood, and struck a terrible bargain to protect him. Raised in secret among them, he grew up beside the witch princess and a young love bloomed between them, unaware that fate had already chosen them. Until a mark—a bite—bonded them forever. As time passed, and a prophecy warned of a dark cursed age, a forbidden spell was cast. To save the prince and preserve destiny, the bonded witch sacrificed herself. The vampire prince was sealed in sleep for a thousand years, waiting for the one who would awaken him: the Seer. Now, as Princess dives deeper into the story, she doesn’t yet realize she is reading her own past. The bond she shares with the prince stirs once more, and the prophecy begins to move. Her younger brother—quiet, haunted by visions—is actually the key that will unlock everything. But as the bond weakens and shadows rise again, the world edges toward the very darkness the prophecy warned of. Will fate reunite the vampire prince and his witch princess once more? Will he fulfill the destiny written in blood? And what exactly is the Time of Darkness… and who survives it?.
Mimi_emyior · 42.4k Views

The Gem War: The Infernal Conviction

In a world where gems are more than power—they are law, humanity has risen to dominance by mastering socketed gemcraft, shaping civilization through the Gem Security Agency (GSA). But when the refugee alien race known as the Luminia arrives seeking access to Earth's gem reserves to restore their dying homeworld, a fragile alliance is born—one that could unify or shatter the planet. As Earth prepares to sign a historic treaty granting the Luminia limited gem access, tragedy strikes. A terrorist attack decimates the summit, kills the human representative, and steals Earth’s most prized gem collection. The peace deal collapses in a single blaze of invisible light. GSA field agent Elias Vasselheim, wielder of the legendary Oathgem, Saber of Conviction, is assigned to investigate the attack—alongside his younger sister Naia, a gifted gemcrafter haunted by past trauma. Forced to partner with the serene but secretive Luminian envoy Elira, tensions rise as Elias wrestles with his vow to protect Naia—especially from the very race that cost her an arm. But as the trio follows a trail of stolen gems, falsified resonances, and black-market socket rings, they uncover a conspiracy far deeper than terrorism. Human syndicates and militant Luminia have joined forces in secret, planning to rewrite the balance of power across the entire planet. When tension sparks, old wounds bleed, and the more they dig into the past, the more it becomes very obvious how fragile the treaty between both races is, and the closer they get to the spark that could lead to the very war Elias, Naia, and Elira are trying to avoid. Hey, Guys, if you're enjoying the story, please consider supporting through Powerstones or commenting if you have any questions. You can connect with me here on my Discord server: https://discord.gg/8ZnTtK9d or my Instagram account dan_c.j._orion.
Daniel_Orions · 3.2k Views

Alpha’s Daughter: Bound To The Enemy And Marked For Sacrifice

“You want me back now, Ethan?” I laughed softly, though it sounded nothing like joy. “After your pack chained me, called me a spy, and nearly executed me? After you marked me by deceit, caged me, treated me like a slave, made me believe I was nothing—and after you almost killed me for your sacrifice?” My voice broke for a heartbeat before hardening again. “I gave you everything, Ethan—my loyalty, my trust, my heart—and what did I get in return? A dagger through it.” His eyes glistened, his voice cracking. “Soraya, please… let me make it right.” The wind shifted. The Moon’s light brushed my face like a cold touch, painting silver over the tears I refused to let fall—its glow crowning me in quiet defiance. “You can’t fix what you destroyed,” I said, my voice steady now, sharp as the edge of a blade. “You wanted to own me, Ethan. But the tide has turned.” I stepped closer, and the earth seemed to tremble beneath my bare feet. The air thickened, my power humming through it like a storm waiting to break. “I belong to no one,” I whispered— and the night bowed to my voice. Silver flames erupted, curling and dancing across my skin like living fire. It wasn’t pain—it was power, pure and ancient, claiming me as its vessel. My eyes burned with silver light, bright enough to cut through the darkness. Ethan stumbled back, his breath hitching as the weight of my power pressed against him. Slowly, his head lowered—not out of command, but from something deeper. Reverence. Guilt. Surrender. The Alpha bowed to the force he could no longer control—to the woman he could never again break. --- Once, Soraya believed in love. Once, she thought Ethan Vander—billionaire CEO and cursed heir of the Silverfang Pack—was her destiny. But love became a cage, and destiny became a curse. Ethan was born with a curse: any wolf who bonded with him was doomed to die. Yet his father, desperate to end the curse, demanded a sacrifice—his mate’s life in exchange for the curse. The blade was already chosen. Soraya had already been marked. On the night of their bonding, fate revealed its cruel truth. The Moon priestess exposed Soraya’s hidden blood—she was wolf-born, the Alpha’s daughter of Blackwood, the pack that once hunted her from birth for carrying the mark of the moon which they called a curse,and also a rival pack to Silverfang. Branded a spy, she was claimed as Ethan’s prisoner… and there, she discovered the final cruelty: She was carrying his child. But when the Moon finally answered her call, Soraya awakened. Her power rose like silver flame, divine, ancient and unstoppable. The gift once called a curse became her crown. Now, both Blackwood and Silverfang want her—one to tame her, the other to claim her. But Soraya belongs to no one. And neither Silverfang nor Blackwood was ready for what Soraya became. --- Soraya’s journey is not just one of survival, but of awakening—of a woman who refuses to be broken, of a wolf who will not be caged. This is a story of betrayal and curses, but also of love, sacrifice, and the fire of a mother who will protect her child at any cost. --- Reader’s Note: This book contains mature themes, including intense romance and occasional erotic scenes. Reader discretion is advised. If you’re ready to step into a world of forbidden love, blood oaths, and a heroine who will rise from exile to shake the foundations of two rival packs—then welcome to Alpha’s Daughter.
King_Cherry_01 · 64.6k Views

RHOHAR THE SUNBORN BASTARD

Rhohar had learned the art of survival in the only way a bastard could—through sharp wit and sharper defiance, wearing his illegitimacy like battered armor against a world that would never grant him mercy. The highborn whispered when he passed. The lowborn spat. He belonged nowhere, claimed by no one, save for the red amulet his mother had left him—a relic older than Arazon itself, warm against his chest like a dying ember that refused to go cold. He could not remove it. He had tried, gods knew he had tried. But the amulet clung to him as his mother never had, pulsing with whispers of fire and memory, of ancient tongues he did not understand and promises written in ash. Then came the night the assassins struck. They came as shadows, blades kissed with poison, eyes cold as winter iron. And when steel met flesh and Rhohar's blood touched the amulet, the world caught fire. Golden flame erupted from the relic, searing through cloth and skin, branding him with a mark that blazed like the sun at dawn—the sacred sigil of the Sunborn, a title thought dead and buried with the old kings. The mark had not appeared in three generations. Not since the Nozak Brotherhood rose in righteous fury and cast down the bloodline kings, establishing the Law of Noz: that leadership must be earned through merit and devotion, not inherited through the accident of birth. The Sunborn were heretics, tyrants who had claimed divinity. History said they deserved their end. But history, Rhohar would learn, is written by those who survive to tell it. His blood carried the purest royal line, descended not from mortal kings but from Ninaarsita himself—the lion-headed god of flame and dawn, who once walked the world when it was young and the sun obeyed no master. The priests called his mother a chosen heretic, a runaway who defied the sacred order and abandoned her duty for lust and shame. Each word he spoke, each spell he wove, demanded a price the amulet was eager to collect. Memory burned away like parchment in flame. The scent of bread baking. His own name, nearly forgotten, hovering at the edge of his mind like a ghost. The amulet was not a gift. It was an inheritance that devoured from within. The Nozak Brotherhood would stop at nothing to see him dead. Their entire order—three centuries of law, ritual, and carefully constructed power—rested on the lie that the Sunborn line had ended. If Rhohar lived, if he claimed what was his, their temples would crumble to dust and their priests would be revealed as usurpers cloaked in holy vestments. But the Brotherhood was not his only enemy. In the shadows beyond Arazon's borders, the exiled nobles stirred—those who had once ruled as demigods, wielding shadow magic like breathing, bending the world to their will. They saw in Rhohar not a threat, but a key. A weapon to reclaim the godhood they had lost, to rebuild their empire of darkness and subjugate the lands once more beneath their terrible glory. And beyond all this, the world itself was fracturing. Kushna, proud and unconquered for a thousand years, fell beneath Meroe's iron legions. Khrma's temples, where priests had once spoken with the voices of gods, now stood silent and hollow, their altars cold. And far to the south, in the ruins of Atlantis—ancient, cursed, beautiful.
Mona_Selah · 1.5k Views

Dear Friend You must Marry Me

"You did the same thing to me three years ago, it's time you pay back," he said as he stared at me harshly. "But I never meant to, I never meant to destroy your relationship with my best friend," I said as I pulled up the sheets trying to cover my naked body. "But you did, you made her hate me, made her call off the wedding and made me a laughing stock to everyone." "But that was never my intention?" I said trying to justify myself. "It was your intention and so don't worry my dearest cause I'm here to do the same thing to you and whether you like it or not, you must marry me. I mean it when I say it and you will marry me." His footsteps were slow and deliberate as he crossed the room towards me, each oneof his steps reminding me how he'd pinned me down the entire night in this bed, I felt like a crab on the plate waiting to be devoured. The sheets in his room were silk, a true ironic luxury in this moment of my utter imprisonment. I tugged the silk sheets higher, but it was futile. He wasn't looking at the fabric; he was looking at my bare chest that I was about to cover out of his sight. "You think covering yourself now erases what you did then or what we've done the entire?" His voice was sarcastic as it dropped, losing the sharp edge of anger and gaining something much more dangerous: a predatory warmth. That is it, it was predatory eyes. He reached at the side of the bed, his shadow hovering above me. I could feel the heat from his body before he even touched me. "Mr Qin, please," I whispered at him, my plea tasting like ash. "It was my mistake. A moment of weakness." That's a lie, even my ancestors wherever they are can vouch for me it's dead lie if I wasn't head over heals with him "Mistakes have consequences, Li Qingya," he murmured, and his hand settled on the edge of the mattress, boxing me in. His eyes held a chilling mixture of pain and triumph. "And my consequence is you." He didn't push the sheets covering me away, nor did he immediately try to possess me again. Instead, he simply leaned down, his face close enough to me that I could see the tiny, fleeting flicker of the man I once loved beneath the hard mask of the man seeking revenge. "You ruined my engagement back then," he breathed, his gaze intensely locked on mine. "Now, you will wear my ring. You will answer to my name. You will forget that soft accountant you were planning a safe life with. Because this time, I am staying. And you, my dearest, naive Lilya, are going to learn what it means to be utterly and completely mine." He straightened himself just enough to signal his dominance over me, not with aggression this time, but with absolute certainty. He was damn sure. The air between us crackled, filled with the last three years of not seeing each other, betrayal, and the terrifying promise of a future I was being forced to accept. The marriage was not going to be about love; it was about ownership, a twisted, agonizing exchange of pain. "You owe me everything, Lilya," he stated, his voice final. "And tonight, we start collecting the debt."
Cra4_Writes · 1.5k Views