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Bettete is no ordinary girl—she's a hybrid, a rare being with DNA that makes her a target in a world divided by supernatural loyalties. Hunted and mistrusted, she’s spent her life hiding in the shadows, haunted by the fear that no one could ever understand or protect her. Until she meets Igor. Igor is everything Bettete has been taught to fear: a powerful werewolf with a past shrouded in mystery. But behind his fierce exterior is a boy who offers her the one thing she’s never dared to hope for—safety. As the walls around her heart begin to crumble, Bettete finds herself drawn to Igor, trusting and loving him in a way she’s never done to anyone before. But their fragile connection is shattered when Bettete uncovers a horrifying truth: Igor’s parents are the people that have sworn have her dead. Torn between the love she’s found and the danger she can’t escape, Bettete must decide if Igor is her greatest ally or her deadliest enemy. As secrets unravel and betrayal looms, their bond is tested in ways neither could have imagined. In a world where bloodlines dictate loyalty, can love overcome the scars of betrayal—or will their connection be the catalyst for their destruction?

Reincarnated as Javier De Armand as the youngest son of one of the Human Kingdom’s most powerful noble families, former salaryman Nakamura Junichi enters a world ruled by ancient bloodlines, divine relics, and collapsing empires. Born into the formidable Armand family, Javier hides his true intellect and combat genius behind a lazy smile and a laid-back demeanor. While the world sees him as a useless noble son, he quietly builds a legacy of innovation, loyalty, and power. From the daily chaos of being punched, dragged and chased by a beautiful elf maid for his antics, to crafting advanced mana relay towers and puppet knight army, Javier’s influence grows quietly but relentlessly. He walks a delicate line between playful freedom and deadly responsibility. Guiding allies, managing internal politics, and countering threats from scheming nobles, monstrous armies, and even forces beyond understanding. Javier’s silent work becomes the key to Armand’s survival. But the battlefield isn’t just war. It’s love, loyalty, and trust. Whether fending off persistent princesses, outsmarting corrupt nobles, or navigating his own rising harem of jealous and powerful maids, Javier must balance duty with desire, always one step ahead, always watching, never showing his full hand. In a world where kingdoms teeter on the edge of madness, one noble son dares to laugh, love, and lead, on his own terms.

Orion Foster was a roughneck biker. One day, while driving back from a bar, he ended up meeting his fate at the hands of the road. Only to awaken inside a world he hadn't read about since he was a child, one of heroes and mutants alike. But this new fate came with desire and twisted temptation, and he would soon find himself enjoying. Follow Orion as he enjoys the sweet offerings of the system and the women he comes into contact with, no matter how taboo or forbidden they are. *Disclaimer* This novel is heavy smut, with a side plot of being a twisted hero. Taboo subjects will be involved in this Fanfic, so be warned. Re-upload, as someone reported it. I made one change that needed to be made.

Join my server: https://discord.gg/aUKw3xKvMf *** Gideon Beckett, a 23-year-old man from Earth, died from illness and woke up in a deserted world ten years after the apocalypse. After saving a woman from danger, Gideon discovers he has been chosen by a mysterious system that grants him the ability to plant the [Seed of Aaru] and access an [Infinite Shop], tools capable of purifying land and rebuilding civilization from nothing. But power never comes without a price. To activate the system’s full potential, Gideon must build a harem, marry, have children, and reclaim territories occupied by the Aberrants, mutated monsters born from a failed government experiment meant to create living weapons. Now, those creatures roam the land as apex predators that survive on human flesh. As if that were not enough, Gideon’s ability to restore the world draws the attention of other factions. Survivors, warlords, and organizations all covet his power, each with their own ambitions for domination. In a world where monsters hunt humans—and humans are no less dangerous—can Gideon and his growing harem survive the coming conflicts and truly build a new civilization? Or will the rebirth of the world demand more than even his system can provide? *** Tag: Harem, system, smut, post-apocalyptic, kingdom building, impregnation, no NTR, no yaoi or yuri, oyakodon.

[Warning: Mature Content R-18, Smut, Yuri, Futanari] "To rule the world, he wanted to be a King. Fate decided he would be a Queen." "Keep your stance wide, grip the sword tight," Alex muttered to himself, trying to focus on the training dummy. As a fellow traveler from Earth, he dreamed of a powerful system, strength, domination, and standing at the top. But as a drop of sweat rolled down his chest, it didn't hit a flat, hard muscle. Instead, it slid down the valley between two soft, highly sensitive mounds of flesh that definitely hadn't been there a month ago. A thunderstorm in the Green Leaf Mountains changed everything. “Look at you,” a dark, purring voice echoed inside his mind, sending a deep shiver straight down to his toes. It was the Silver Serpent Empress, the ancient ghost who wants to occupy his body but is now trapped inside his head. “Trying so hard to play the tough man’s act?” “We both know your little toy down there is shrinking, and your new body is just begging to be touched and used.” A cold, phantom hand traced the newly carved dip of Alex’s waist, sliding upward under his shirt to pinch a highly sensitive peak on his chest. Alex gasped, his back arching off the mattress as an intense, melting heat flooded his system. “Such a responsive body,” the Silver Serpent Empress purred, her ghostly body wrapping tightly around him. "Stop fighting it, my little vessel." “Let’s see how long you can hold it in.” She loves to push him into dirty, desperate situations. Alex trembled, clutching his chest where his nipples were throbbing painfully against his shirt. "I am a man! I won't be your toy!" As his mutation deepens, she will force him into intense, sweaty Yuri encounters. He finds himself pinned beneath powerful females, his girly body subjected to deep oral worship. He will be forced to endure endless milking to drain what little of his male pride remains, riding out mind-shattering orgasms that slowly rewrite his brain into a needy, desperate girl. Locked in a battle for his own body, Alex watches in horror as his rough male skin peels away, leaving him soft and ultra-sensitive. His waist was shrinking, his hips were widening, and worst of all, his body was constantly leaking a sweet, heavy scent. But the Empress made one fatal mistake: she gave him a weapon, the potent pheromone, and it drove every woman who breathed it into a blind, sloppy frenzy of lust. Alex refuses to just be her broken pet. If the Empress wants to turn him into a demonic enchantress, he will play the part to survive. Instead of hiding in fear, he starts to adapt. Alex must navigate a world where he is no longer the hunter but is turning into the ultimate prize. Will the Empress successfully break his mind and turn him into a submissive toy, or will Alex master his new female body and use his irresistible allure to conquer the world? *Slow-Burn TF: A detailed transformation from a lean boy to a voluptuous, devastatingly sexy beauty. *Genre: Gender Bender (Male to Female), High Fantasy, Adult, System, Harem, Incest (Cousins), R-18, Mature, Yuri (After Transformation), Futanari, Domination/Submission. New Discord link: https://discord.gg/sUsUBKJST If you can't wait to find out what happens next, you don't have to! You can read up to 30+ Chapters ahead together with 300+ (R-18) Character Arts, right now on my Patreon. Read on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HDQK7X6H Patreon/Mountain Dusk Walker — Gender Change Web-Novels Thank you so much for reading and supporting my work!

His Crest Card says RANK F. SUMMONER. The son of Edmund Kane, SS-rank legend, the man who single-handedly dragged a dead profession back into relevance, and that is what the ceremony stone produced. An F-rank Summoner. A dead man's profession. His father's name attached to a rank that means nothing. He already knew how to survive humiliation. House Harwick had been teaching him since he was eleven, the year their advocates, their bribes, and their fabricated debt records put his father in a detention cell and his family name in the ground. Five years in Greyfen's lower city. Then Caldmore Academy on a scholarship. Then three years of being the quiet one. The one who covered for his team on every run and never asked for anything back. On the third floor of the Caldmore dungeon, his team leader looked at him bleeding on the stone floor and made a decision. They left. He should have died. The wraith had already done the work. The cold was already in his chest. Instead, silence. Then something vast and patient exhaling for the first time. [INFINITE GACHA SYSTEM: ONLINE] [VOID REGISTRY: ACTIVE] [FIRST PULL: AVAILABLE] She constituted from nothing: light gathering, form settling. Eyes closed. Then open. She was also just the first. He is going to collect every one of those debts from those he is owed. In full. In public. With interest. And the extraordinary women arriving from destroyed worlds, one by one, pull by pull, each one SSS-rank, are going to make sure he lives long enough to do it. [R18: Violence · Strong language · Explicit content · Power fantasy · Harem · Revenge]

Takashi Mitarai, who thinks of himself as a mob, both internally and externally. In the school he attends, there are multiple students who have idol-like popularity. Although they are fellow students, he thought that it had nothing to do with himself, who was just a mob. However, there is one rumor about him, and his life changes completely when one of Kuoh’s two big sisters comes seeking that rumor. Follow Mitarai’s tale as he faces dangers, madness, monsters, world-ending threats, and women, lots of women, as this generation's Red Dragon Emperor. Author Notes: ◉ This “Pinto_Sh” ◉ Issei isn’t the Red Dragon Emperor in this Fic. ◉ Huge Harem alert. ◉ NTR’ING Issei Hyoudou. If you don’t like it, don’t read it. ◉ Lemon with Plot. ... Advance 30 chapters at: https://ko-fi.com/pinto_sh Patreon: patreon.com/cw/Pinto_Lemons

University freshman Hirokazu Yoshida has a woman he admires and is attracted to, whose name is Rena Nakano, who lives in the apartment next to his. However, she has five daughters—Quintuplets. Furthermore, she is remarrying and moving out of the apartment— This is a story set in the world in which Rena lives, with an original character as the MC, where desire swirls from admiration. ... Advanced 10 chapters at: ko-fi.com/pinto_sh

Magic in the Multiverse, huh? it could be fun. -Thoughts of a Traveler

In a world where awakening grants godlike power, Lucas Reed was born a bastard — discarded, powerless, and forgotten. When his father, the influential Guild Master James Vanderbilt, finally drags him into the family, Lucas arrives not as a grateful son, but as a predator with one burning obsession: to claim everything the Vanderbilts possess — their wealth, their status, their women… and most of all, the untouchable S-rank Void Sovereign who now calls herself his stepmother. At Seoul Awakener University, two Mythic-class awakeners emerge from the same bloodline. Alex Vanderbilt, the legitimate golden heir, receives the divine Golden Heir. Lucas awakens the forbidden Heir of the Infernal Dominion, an abyssal force that hungers to corrupt, dominate, and devour. While Alex is shielded by his cold, beautiful mother Evelyn, Lucas begins his quiet, ruthless conquest. He manipulates the academy’s factions, bends powerful women to his will, and turns the university’s brutal hierarchy into his personal chessboard. His ambitions are not limited to power and status — he sets his sights on the ultimate prize: breaking Evelyn Vanderbilt herself, forcing the proud Void Sovereign to submit to the bastard son she despises. In a brutal academy where strength rules and mercy is weakness, Lucas will use seduction, blackmail, and raw power to shatter his stepbrother’s perfect life and claim the one woman who should be forever out of reach. Some desires are forbidden. Some heirs refuse to stay in the shadows. And some taboos were always meant to be broken. *** To read ahead, go to my Patreon. patreon.com/DevilsWhisper Disclaimer: 'The Bastard Who Claimed My Family' is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. This book may reference real companies and organizations, but these references are for narrative purposes only and are not intended to depict actual conduct or involvement of these entities. The use of these names and references is not meant to harm, defame, or discredit these companies or organizations.

[Content Warning: 18+] While Ren was busy gooning to sexy milfs in the n with bat wings website, suddenly he found himself isekaied to a different world. And what did he found in front of him, five sexy milfs straight out of his dreams looking at him with lustful eyes. But that was not all. The world where he had been teleported to was a fantasy world of magic and sword. And as a lover of this particular genre, Ren could not get any more excited. But wait, there is more. How could Ren be isekaied and not have any cheats ? So he was given the power to make any and all ladies wet and lustful. And doing so would also allow him to gain more strength. How awesome was that ? So, Ren just needed to get down and dirty with sexy, busty and lustful ladies and he would become stronger. Now if that was not a dream isekai fantasy of a man then what was ? But would he be able to able to handle all the ladies alone ? Would he truly be able to learn strong magic by only doing snu snu ? Only time would give the answer. __________________ A lot of lemons is included in this story but a main plot is also there for each of the arcs. Other than snu snu, you can also expect some dungeon diving, monster slaying, war and such. The story is also light hearted and not very dark. ___________________ Thanks for Reading.

“So I can summon Heroines and Villainesses, but I just have to create them myself? Seems easy enough!” Max lived for one thing and one thing only: a good story. Novels were the only escape in his mundane life. However, all the light novels and manhwas he read had the same problem: Ruining female characters. In all these novels, the powerful heroines and terrifying villainesses were always reduced to one-dimensional trophies obsessed with the MC. They had no goals or purpose of their own. When Max discovered Awakener Supreme, he thought it would be different. It started out promising; a dark fantasy, detailed, consistent world building, a complex magic system and interesting characters. But everything went downhill pretty fast. To please the fans, the dark tone vanished, and the fierce female cast was reduced to shallow fan service. In a burst of anger, Max confronted the lead writer, criticizing him for ruining female characters, and claiming he could do a much better job at creating heroines and villainesses. He never expected the universe to take him at his word. Max suddenly wakes up inside the world of Awakener Supreme, and was given the chance to back up what he had claimed in the form of a unique class. ⸢ You have awakened your Class ⸥ ⸢ Class: Architect - You can create heroines and villainesses and make them your Summons ⸥ ⸢ Class Group: Summoner ⸥ Was Max all talk? Or can he truly create more powerful and consistent heroines and villainesses to help him survive the grim world of Awakener Supreme? Character arts, novel art, panels and R18 images are available on the Discord! https://discord.gg/6yTukRbQF

Zhang Fei was the second son of a wealthy family, and his family loved him except for one person. His big brother, Zhang He, was always jealous and envious of him. One day, Zhang He colluded with Zhang Fei's girlfriend, who was a greedy woman by nature. They drugged him and framed him, which got him kicked out of their family. Fortunately, Zhang Fei had a kind maternal grandmother, and she always believed him. Since then, he has lived with his grandmother and started a new life as an abandoned child. Two years after that incident, a little girl who fell from the sky changed Zhang Fei's life forever. She caused him to die for a few moments, but her guardian revived him, and she gave him two apology gifts that completely changed his life. From that day on, Zhang Fei lived a completely new life with his three different identities: human, demon, and fox beast. Tags : #R18?? #Dual_Cultivation #Romance #System #No_Netorare #Milf #Yuri (Threesome or more only) #Illicit #Harem #Multiple_Worlds #Multiple_Races

Frost had never expected much from life. Although he constantly strived to be brilliant, that was more a result of his unwillingness to allow the great potential he had been born with to go to waste. One could even say he possessed a brilliant mind, having managed to earn a place at a respectable college through nothing but his own effort. His most recent problem was his inability to control his growing sexual urges, and while he blamed his eternal virgin status, as well as the sudden explosive increase in his testosterone levels, he would soon discover that nothing was ever as simple as it seemed. Life continued as usual until the illusion known as the Matrix came crashing down, bringing with it a new world order where the strong ruled and the weak perished. Beyond the illusion lay a far greater universe, one where the laws of nature were governed by runes, mysterious structures woven into the foundation of existence itself. Fire, life, space, gravity, and even the soul were all bound by these ancient edicts. For those who awakened to them, runes were also a source of unimaginable power, allowing ordinary people to surpass the limits of humanity and gradually take control of the laws that once governed them. However, Earth had not been cut off from the rest of existence for no reason. As humanity struggles to survive its rude awakening, hidden powers begin pulling strings from the shadows, and Earth's natives soon realize that the collapse of the Matrix was not an accident. https://discord.gg/dreamlesswanderer https://ko-fi.com/dreamlesswandererr Additional Tags #Dark #Mystery #Cerebral #Apocalypse #Interstellar #PowerProgression #Academy #Sexualcontent #Apocalypse #AdvancedTechnology

[300 Golden tickets= 5 Bonus chapters] [100 Golden tickets= 2 Bonus chapters] [400 Power stones= 5 Bonus chapters] [200 Power stones= 2 Bonus chapters] I'll try to do the total bonus chapters before the end of week... but I can't make any promises ______ Yohan wakes up ten years in the past, back when he still lived with his uncle and hadn’t yet lost his parents’ massage parlour. With a strange book filled with wellness techniques in his hands, he decides to live differently this time—more aware, more purposeful, and maybe even more fulfilled. “Missed opportunity is tomorrow’s regret.”

Jason was just like any other man, he wanted to attain fame and glory through his talents but a painful reality hit him in his early adulthood. Jason discovered he wasn’t funny, and could never dream to attain the prestige of Kevin Hart and Matt Rife. Jason wished he had more trauma to joke about but he was brought up in a perfect family, his mother and father loved one another and his younger sister supported him by resharing his shows through her social media platforms despite her small following. Jason knew he had to up his game or he might actually have to find a job. And then he stumbled upon a Reddit post, it was pure gold. Jason tried his luck on his next comedy gig and to his utmost surprise, everyone laughed. He was happy but it was short-lived as he was soon exposed as the fraud he was. Amid this, his girlfriend broke up with him, he was unfunny after all, not bad-looking but he came with a rather small package. Jason knew he had to make a comeback but the Reddit post he was stealing jokes from was no more, it had disappeared off the face of the internet like it never existed. It had been deleted but there was one joke Jason remembered, it was a joke about trains and how it always seemed to hit a character regardless of where that character was. It was a stupid joke and he had no idea what they were talking about as he wasn’t one to watch anime so the reference went right over his head. But soon after, he died the exact same way the joke described and Jason finally got the joke as he lay dying in the middle of the road. He chuckled realizing he was the punchline all along. "Truck-kun... truly finds all." But this wasn't the end of his story as he took his final breaths. [Ding!] [Compatible host found!] [Welcome to the monster world!] ----- 【 Warning: Mature Content R-18 】 [Epic Fantasy] [Civilization Building] [Racial Wars] [Gods] [God Slayer] [Thousands of Races] [WeakToStrong] [OP MC] [Exciting Storyline] [No Sharing] [No Yuri] [Adult Scenes]

[Epic Fantasy]+[Civilization Building]+[Racial Wars]+ [Gods]+[God Slayer]+[Thousands of Races]+[WeakToStrong]+[OP MC]+ [Unique Power System]+[Exciting Storyline]+[No Sharing]+[No Yuri]+[Optional Smut] After dying while gooing for 20 straight hours, he unexpectedly (or expectedly) wakes up in a primitive world, where humanity is still in the tribal era, and lives as Hunter and Gatherer, barely surviving from prehistoric beasts. But in this savage land, one thing was missing. ​Here, the concept of pleasure is nonexistent. Sex is nothing more than a cold, mechanical duty performed in silence, purely for the sake of survival. There is no passion. No blushing. No gasps of ecstasy. ​Until him. ​He awakens with a chaotic, forbidden gift: The Power of Free Use. ​With a single thought, he can shatter their biological conditioning. He can command the absolute sexual surrender of any woman he sets his eyes on, rewriting their reality. ​So, naturally, he doesn't hesitate. He embarks on a crusade to corrupt this innocent world. ​No woman is off-limits. ​From the sultry, unspoken curves of his own Aunt, to the voluptuous Milf next door who never understood her own heat. From the untouched, pristine Healers, to the fierce Huntresses who need to be tamed. ​Even the highest authorities aren’t safe. The Village Chief’s proud wife… and her sheltered daughter? They are just waiting to be broken in. ​In a world that knows only survival, he is about to teach them the true meaning of pleasure But... is this world really that simple? And is this Free Use really just limited to women or it's just a trailer? As he delved deeper into this world of unlimited wonders, he uncovers a stunning revelation: the world he inhabits that is several times bigger than our earth, is nothing but a tiny island, a mere speck in a vast, sprawling expense of millions of other much bigger islands, let alone those magical continents. A savage realm where creation hasn’t yet decided what should live and what should die. Here, the skies are split by dragons before dragons had names, and the ground trembles under titans older than the concept of gods. This world is not your fairy tale… In this world walked the *firsts*… the original templates, the prototypes of every species that would one day populate the multiverse. Inhabited by the primordial and most powerful forms of every race and species imaginable: There are Primordial Elves, tall and unblemished, their bloodlines so pure that later generations look like cheap knockoffs. There are Elemental Lords, beings of living fire, storm, and stone… the kind of creatures that didn’t “control” nature but were nature. Mountains walked, rivers spoke, and the wind itself had moods. The skies are home to Mythical Beasts… creatures out of nightmares and dreams, some so vast they blotted out the sun when they moved.... creatures that would shrink into legends elsewhere, but here, they still rule And somewhere, above it all, were the Gods. Not the pretty, moralized ones from scripture. These are the originals… raw concepts given flesh and ego. Divinity here wasn’t worshipped… it was survived. Everything in this world is either a predator, a prey, or both. A truly savage world where survival is not a right but a miracle, and every sunrise is a declaration of defiance. And into this world… arrives a man who died mid-goon. So, how will our MC navigate this dangerous world, where even the weather has a body count? a wrong step could mean extinction of a whole race, and will he really be able to achieve his dream of having a harem of every intelligent race. [kinks] [fetishes] [Smart Mc] [Overpowered] [Stone age][Myths] [Mythical Creatures] [Divine Wars] *** This is an epic fantasy disguised as a Smut novel. And since it's a smut, initial chapters will be a bit Smut focused but afterwards it's pure story, action, adventures and a bit of Smut.

[WARNING: MATURE EXPLICIT CONTENT R18] Rex Rexilion was a scumbag piece of shit—and he knew it. He was a bully. A serial heartbreaker. A man who laughed at consequences and crushed others for fun. When death finally claimed him, Rex expected hell. Instead, he woke up in another world. A cruel, lawless fantasy realm where heroes are hypocrites, gods are bored, and morality is just another currency. Before Rex could even process his reincarnation, a system appeared before his eyes to help him get stronger through his desire. [Desire Authority System Activated.] [Objective: Harvest desire from all womens you can get.] The rules were simple and ridiculous: the deeper the desire of MILFs, GILFs, and, VIRGINS, the stronger Rex would become. All of his strength, skills, titles, even fate itself would bend to him as long as he continued indulging in temptation. To Rex, it sounded less like a curse and more like a joke. A joke he was very willing to play along with. Armed with shameless charm, villainous intelligence, and a system that grew stronger the more morally questionable his actions became, Rex carved a path of chaos through kingdoms and noble houses alike. Seduction replaced swords. Manipulation replaced honor. And laughter followed wherever disasters unfolded. Heroes hunted him. Churches condemned him. Empires whispered his name with fear and fascination. Yet Rex never pretended to be a savior. “Villain?” he would scoff. “No. I’m just honest about my desires.” As wars ignited over affection and alliances collapsed over whispered promises, Rex Rexilion rose, not as a hero, but as something far more dangerous: A villain who understands desire better than gods. In this world, righteousness will fall. And Rex will laugh as it burns. ---------------------------- [LOTS OF IMMERSIVE SMUTS SCENES WITHOUT REPETITIVE!] [NO NETORARE! NO YURI! ] [STRONG NETORI AND SMART MC] What to expect: No NTR, No Yuri, No Yandere/Tsundere, A lot of Netori where MC steals someone's girl, pure villain MC, and LARGE harem MC is not a simp as well Tags: R-18 | Mature | Adult | Smut | Large | Impregnation | Harem | Ecchi | Hentai | NSFW | Netori | Blowjob |Anal | Sex | Threesome | Foursome | Moresome | Hardcore | Feet | Thicc | Milf | Gilf | Virgin | Choking | Out doors | Humiliation | Nymph| Bdsm | Fetish | Every Fantasy Creature | Action | Handsome MC | Overpowered and Smart MC | Pure Villain | Comedy | Dark | and many more... Discord: https://discord.gg/fD38nPykq7

[MATURE CONTENT WARNING: 18+ ONLY. Contains explicit smut, omegaverse, knotting, and mpreg.] "Fuck, still so tight." That's the first thing I hear after dying. Not a heavenly choir, not a wise guide explaining the mechanics of reincarnation, just a voice like dark honey and broken glass, breath scorching hot against my neck, and a body that absolutely isn't mine rolling its hips back like it has no objections whatsoever to what's happening to it. I have objections, so many objections. My body has apparently decided to hold a separate meeting without me. I was twenty-eight, overworked to the point of literal death, and had never so much as kissed anyone seriously. None of that seems to matter to the omega body I've just woken up in.. currently making desperate, broken sounds into expensive silk sheets, trembling around a knot that shouldn't feel this good, this full, this.. right, while my actual mind is still standing in the corner going what the fuck, WHAT THE FUCK??? By the time I finally see his face, it's far too late for dignity. Gray eyes cold as a winter storm, features sharp enough to cut, the kind of beautiful that doesn't ask permission before it ruins you. It gets so much worse when I learn his name. Wuchen Bael, my sister's fiance, the man who looked me dead in the eye afterward and said, without blinking.. "Round two?" And I haven't even gotten to the part where I find out I'm pregnant.