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THE DEVIL I CALLED HUSBAND:Bound in Blood and Vows

She didn't plan to summon a demon. She planned to survive the night. When Lyra Voss watches her own fiancé marry her sister at an altar she was supposed to stand at — then gets arrested for a crime her uncle spent months building against her — survival stops being a figure of speech. Framed, abandoned, and locked out of everything she ever called home, she finds the only thing left in her possession: her grandmother's journal, a summoning ritual, and the desperate kind of courage that doesn't feel like courage at all. What answers her blood isn't what she expected. Kael is ancient, impossibly still, and bound to her side for one year by a contract written in her own blood. He speaks like a lawyer and moves like something that has never needed to hurry because it has always been the most dangerous thing in the room. He promises her two things: her name cleared, and everyone who touched her life made to regret it. In exchange, he wants only one thing from her. The truth. Always. What neither of them anticipates is what a year under the same roof does to indifference. How pretending becomes practicing. How practicing becomes real. How a woman who stopped trusting her own heart learns to read his — and discovers that a creature who has lived three thousand years in perfect, ruthless control has never once in all that time felt anything like this. The contract has an expiration date. Their feelings don't. The Devil I Called Husband is a slow-burn paranormal romance about the bargains we make when we're broken, the people who stay even when nothing requires them to, and what happens when the fine print of a blood contract turns out to be the least binding thing between two people who were never supposed to fall in love. Some deals change everything. This one changes both of them.
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A Girl Between Realms: Secrets of the Veil

She has always been different. Raised in the quiet forests of Sylvaria, unloved and overlooked, she has learned to move through life carefully, keeping her thoughts and powers hidden. Even the faint hum of magic inside her is a mystery she cannot yet understand.Then an unexpected invitation changes everything. She is summoned to a school unlike any she has ever imagined—a place for the gifted, where children from across the realms come to discover their abilities. For the first time, she steps into a world alive with wonder, where power is respected, secrets linger in every corridor, and destinies are quietly shaped.At the academy, she finds friends who offer warmth, rivals who challenge her, and a sense of possibility that has always seemed out of reach. Yet she struggles to find her place. She is different, an outcast in a school that measures children by their gifts. And the magic inside her, though powerful, is unpredictable—an echo of something far greater than she has ever known.Beneath divided skies, loyalties will be tested, hearts will falter, and choices will carry consequences that reach far beyond the academy walls. In a world alive with enchantment and danger, she will discover that courage is more important than strength, and trust can be the most powerful magic of all.For the girl who has always felt alone, the journey ahead is uncertain, filled with first friendships, whispers of love, and a spark of magic that could change everything. As mysteries unfold, she must find the strength to step into her own power, uncover the truth about who she is, and learn that sometimes belonging is something you must claim for yourself.
Deborah_Theophilus · 17.4k Views

BLVCK WOLVES

A world of magic. A "mage" born without it. And an outrageous f*cking crew. In the Valley Kingdom, where steampunk meets futurism and powerful magic means status, a Guild named the Black Wolf Knights, or rather—the Black Wolves—stand wildly apart. Their acting captain, Greed, carries neither magic nor nobility, only a title he never wanted and a forgotten past. Though he has no magic, he has another power that defies it—along with a crew as unhinged as they are loyal and who all have their own insanely broken abilities: A Ghost-mage whose eyepatch hides more than it covers. A powerhouse who hits like a Behemoth and naps for sport. A vice captain more promising than most high-ranking mages, but only wants to spend the days cooking. A horned lunatic with a superiority complex and an obsession for her acting captain. A cyborg. A wolfdog the size of a lyconbear. And others off on missions or prolonged duties—each with their own unique quirks. The Black Wolves only have a single goal: to live a life as meaningless and carefree as possible. But when a conspiracy threatens to swallow the Valley—and pins the crime on them—they become fugitives in the very Kingdom they called home. As they fight to clear their names and face an enemy that seeks to destroy everything—the Black Wolves, ironically, become the Valley’s last line of defense. And everyone's last hope. Expect: - Black Clover meets Final Fantasy meets JJK meets Vox Machina - NOT isekai, transmigration, evolution, system, or cultivation. Go look for that elsewhere - OP MC from the start with no magic [NOT ANTI-MAGIC], progressively gets even more OP - Harem relationships in the beginning, moderate fanservice and some sex scenes (hate me), and strong romance subplot towards the end with only one girl - Classic slow-paced story with character development, backstories, perspectives from multiple characters, stats and ability descriptions, intricate plot, worldbuilding, and of course tons of fighting - A long, ongoing story Author's note: This book is only available on Royal Road, Webnovel, Scribble Hub, Inkitt, Wattpad, and featured on Chereads as well for the time being. If you're reading it anywhere else, it is entirely without my permission.
J_N_Marlow · 124.5k Views

DEADLY PROTECTOR

Kidnapped at sixteen and returned to a life wrapped in wealth and surveillance, she grows up protected to the point of suffocation. At twenty-one, she is allowed freedom only in carefully measured doses like running a small publishing House, controlled outings, and two bodyguards who never leave her side. Sleep is fragile. Peace is temporary. When a panic-driven mistake brings her into the orbit of Alaric Voss, a man who thrives on control and silence, nothing about him resembles safety. He does not offer comfort. He does not explain. He does not soften. Alaric trains private security personnel for his fathers private security company and lives by rules that leave no room for emotion. When Alana asks him to teach her how to defend herself, he agrees under conditions as cold as his gaze: be early, be disciplined, or walk away. As her training sharpens her body, it also exposes truths neither of them are willing to name. Outside the dojo, a powerful figure from her past resurfaces, a man who believes ownership can be claimed, and that some debts are inherited. Caught between protection that cages her and strength that demands everything, Alana must decide whether learning to fight is enough or if reclaiming herself will cost more than she is ready to give. This is not a love story about rescue. Its about war in corporate society. war in love It is about restraint. trauma. healing. vicious circles that are deadly. About fear. A story of when a man who does not bend under any pressure meets what he hates. Definition of weakness. Yet he can't turn away. He fights his own demons daily without submitting and in his word fragility had no space. Yet he can't look away from the very picture of what he despises
Broken_Ink · 2.8k Views