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The Guardians Pendant

Mordecai is a man haunted by a ghost he despises: his grandfather. His life is a cycle of dust, sweat, and failure on a dying farm, raised by a grandmother, Comfort, whose quiet grief he can't understand. In a world ruled by the wealthy and the magically-gifted, Mordecai is powerless. He sees it every day in the eyes of the girl he loves, Esther, as she's courted and harassed by Kael, a cruel, privileged student from the rival Dragon's Claw camp. Mordecai is a man of dirt and resentment, and he can do nothing but clench his fists. ​His inheritance is a map of this failure: the "Rising Sun," his grandfather's abandoned karate school, now a dilapidated monument to his family's shame, covered in the Dragon's Claw's taunting graffiti. With the dojo facing foreclosure and a high-stakes regional competition just weeks away, Mordecai sees the school as a final insult. He also inherited a heavy, locked toolbox from the old man—a mystery he has bitterly refused to solve for ten years. ​Pushed to his breaking point by the humiliation of his rivals and his own powerlessness, Mordecai finally forces the toolbox open. Inside, there is no junk, only old journals and a single, heavy bronze pendant. The moment the metal touches his skin, his world shatters. He is flooded with a raw, uncontrollable energy, a power that sharpens his senses, makes him impossibly fast, and allows him to do things that defy logic... things that feel like magic. ​The journals reveal a staggering truth: his grandfather wasn't a failure; he was a Guardian, part of a secret line protecting the world from those who hoard magic for themselves. But in a world where unauthorized power is a death sentence, Mordecai must keep his newfound abilities a secret. He begins to train in the shadows, his only allies his fiercely loyal (and completely non-magical) friend Silas and a growing, dangerous hope for his future with Esther. ​But the competition is looming, and the Dragon's Claw won't be satisfied with just mocking him anymore. As Kael and his powerful masters set their sights on destroying the Rising Sun and everyone in it, the tournament is no longer about saving a building; it's a public execution. To protect the people he loves, the boy who has hidden his whole life will have to decide what he's willing to unleash... even if it starts a war.
Asian_Emerson · 445 Views

The Unbreakable Contract

Jax Ryland, the visionary producer and rapper who serves as the bedrock of the globally dominant boy band Aether, built his multi million dollar empire from absolute zero. His drive isn't fame; it's the desperate need to prove to his middle class parents, who only wanted the secure life of a doctor for their firstborn, that his art is worth the risk. Drowning in the exhausting aftermath of a world tour, Jax seeks oblivion in an elite private club. ​Aria Thorne, a highly ranked operative in a covert mercenary unit, is on her first true vacation from a life of lethal secrecy. Her stunning looks conceal a tragic past—abandonment by her wealthy father and a harrowing kidnapping at 17 that propelled her into the world of shadows. When she sees Jax, she recognizes a fellow warrior, and their instant, explosive night together is a total, dangerous loss of control. ​They vow to forget it, but fate is governed by contracts. Aria is a powerful shareholder in her older brother Elias Vance’s global investment firm, the same firm acquiring a massive stake in Zenith Records, the label Jax built. ​Thrust into a corporate boardroom as professional rivals, Jax is determined to uncover the secrets held by the woman whose body language screams danger, while Aria must keep her soldier identity hidden at all costs. As the glamorous world of celebrity fame crashes headlong into a landscape of global threats and deep personal betrayals, they must expose the unseen scars to survive the fallout.
funmilola_serah · 2.4k Views

My Lost Omega [BL]

All that Axel has left after his first love are hot, blurry summer memories… And a son, left on his doorsteps, while the young male omega who birthed the kid vanished into thin air. Barely an ‘adult’ himself, Axel would have struggled as a young single father, if it wasn’t for the help of his own parents, who supported him through the whole ordeal, making sure that neither he nor his son were ever lacking anything, be it love or money. Five years later, he’s a fresh college graduate, starting a job at his parents’ company, while his son - growing healthily and happily - is attending kindergarten. Despite his parents’ insistence, Axel is reluctant to date again, afraid of another heartbreak, but mostly out of worry about how his potential partner would treat his son, if they were to have any more children together. Secretly, he’s hoping to find his lost omega - for his son who’d want to meet his ‘daddy’, if not for himself. As he is going about his daily life, a cute barista, a male beta and the owner of a freshly opened coffee shop near his office, catches his attention. Will he move on from his lost love… Or is there more to the mysterious beta than he thought? ———————————— After sleeping with a cute alpha one hot summer night during his first heat, Elias’ whole life quickly fell into pieces. First the alpha disappeared in the morning, leaving not even a note as he returned to the city, but only the servants to chase Elias away, and then soon after, Elias discovered he got pregnant?! With his father in jail and his family dirt poor, how was Elias, still a high schooler, supposed to raise the kid himself? Out of options, he turned to the alpha’s family for help… Only to be threatened with his mother and elder sister’s jobs, if he doesn’t quietly hand the child away and disappear. What could have a young, powerless, poor omega such as himself do? Out of worry for his loved ones, Elias had no choice but to surrender to the demands. Five years later, he returns. With his appearance changed beyond recognition, his family safe abroad, faked gender, and a changed name, he opens a coffee shop near the company owned by the alpha’s family. His goal? Get revenge and get his child back… At least that was the plan. However, soon he discovers things won’t be so easy. How is he supposed to get his revenge without hurting his son in the process? …Should he just give up, and be happy with watching his child grow up happily, even if just from a distance? But what is he supposed to do when that wretched alpha, who had hurt him so much, makes his heart beat faster once again? ——————————— Elias: I’m no longer that cute omega you remember. Axel, kissing Elias softly on top of his head: You seem pretty cute to me. OMEGAVERSE BL
SoundlessSong · 56.3k Views