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Craved by the Wrong Volkov

(trigger warning. This book contains mature themes) ****** "I can't..." she gasped between broken moans, her voice trembling somewhere between pain and pleasure. Every thrust seemed to blur the line between surrender and defiance. Then she whispered a name between her sweet cries ...it wasn’t mine. I froze. A slow, humorless smile curved my lips as the sound of his name filled the space between us. “Raph…” she breathed. I leaned in, my mouth brushing her ear. Feeling her tremble from touch until my teeth nibbled her earlobes hard enough to make her whimper and her fold to clench around my fingers. “Wrong name, Lynn.” I hissed, withdrawing from the warmth of her insides. I felt her body tense. She clawed at my shoulders, a desperate plea in every touch. “Don’t…” she whimpered. Those jade-like eyes unravelled me that moment. I could feel the ache in my trousers. A troublesome little viper. A cruel smile traced my lips hiding my emotions. “You called the wrong name,” I murmured, my voice low, dangerous. “And bad girls deserve to be punished.” Her glossy eyes met mine... so full of confusion, want, and power she didn’t yet understand. If she only knew how close I was to breaking. Because the only name she should be calling… was mine. Lucien. I craved it as badly as the air I breathe. ****** For better or for worse, till death do us part. That was their vows at the altar, but her husband broke them first.. He claims an open marriage is the solution to their childless marriage and that it's to protect her own interests. But all Braelyn sees is a prison built from guilt and lies. One heartbroken night, she stumbles into a karaoke bar and into the arms of Lucien. A man shrouded in mystery, rebellion, and danger. His very presence tells her to run but it also gives her the solace she craved. She never expected to see him again after she ran, forgetting his sinful existence, but life wasn't done making a joke out of her. Lucien isn't just any man, but one who can destroy everything she believes in. The man she was never meant to meet. Her husband's uncle The black sheep of the Volkov dynasty. A man whose desire will ruin her. Lucien knows she can't be his, but he was never a man who respected social norms. He doesn't care about anything but her every sin and touch. All he wants… is her, no matter how sinful it gets.
jodiekesh27 · 181.3k Views

From Covenant to the Roses

When the "Queen of Jewels" needed a marriage of convenience to save her empire, she chose the one man who ever dared to tell her: "Bread comes before pearls." Elisa Rossi, youngest ruler of a jewelry empire. She possessed diamond-sharp judgment, presiding over a multibillion-euro business dynasty. With eighteen months left until her thirtieth birthday, the cold clause of the family trust tightened around her neck: "Marry before thirty, or forfeit all shares." The arranged match was Alessandro, heir to a banking empire—polished, shrewd, and certain of victory. But Elisa offered a very different contract. "I need a husband who will vanish cleanly in three years." Her choice fell on the man in a worn sweater, tucked away in a small-town archive. Lorenzo Costa, archivist of San Gimignano. On his left ring finger rested a plain platinum band, passed down through generations, inscribed inside with his family’s creed: "Il pane prima delle perle." Bread comes before pearls. His father’s critical illness demanded a fortune in medical bills. When Elisa slid the contract toward him, he calmly added three conditions: "Schedule the surgery at once. Establish an independent trust. And—respect my boundaries." A marriage of mutual necessity began under the glass dome of Milan. She gave him a signet ring of gold, a symbol of power and transaction. He placed on her finger his platinum band, imprinted with legacy and truth. When corporate ambushes, family betrayal, and hidden clauses exploded at once— on a cliff’s edge, with a gun aimed at her heart— Lorenzo threw himself before the bullet. His final words: "Now do you believe it? Some contracts were never meant to be transactions." What began as calculation ended as a choice made with a life. When the queen of jewels learned to feel the warmth of bread, when the archivist redefined the worth of pearls, they finally understood: The strongest thrones are not built on roses, nor guarded by thorns— but rise from the ruins where two real people choose to rebuild, together. —A story of how lies can give birth to truth, how calculation loses to the heart, and why sometimes the one who saves you is the very person you first saw as a tool.
DuoduoQian · 3.9k Views

My Wife Refused To Cultivate, So I Took The Saintess As A Concubine

"Sleep on the floor. Don't look at me. And don't you dare think about touching me. I only married you to silence the Ministers." "Understood. Just to clarify—this means our assets and private lives are separate, correct?" "Hah! As if a piece of trash like you has a 'private life.' Yes, do whatever you want. Just don't embarrass me." "Deal." Li Ye was not a normal man. In his first life, he was a ruthless CEO on Earth who viewed emotions as inefficiencies. In his second life, he was the First Heavenly Demon, the man who invented the Unorthodox Path and bathed the continent in blood before perishing under the Heavens' Tribulation. Now, he has reincarnated 3,000 years into the future. The bad news? He is in the body of a cripple with zero cultivation base, married to the Empire's most arrogant (and beautiful) Princess who despises him. The good news? He possesses the Karma System, rewarding him for diverging from his past life's path of slaughter. But Li Ye has a problem. To fix his crippled body, he needs Yin Essence. His wife refuses to perform the dual cultivation rites. She is saving herself for a "Supreme Genius." Li Ye, a man of logic, does not beg. He simply finds a new supplier. At a dusty slave auction, while others see a sick, dying girl with a cursed constitution, Li Ye sees a goldmine. He buys the fallen Ice Saintess for pennies. He cures her. He takes her as a Concubine. While the Princess waits for her imaginary genius to save her, she watches her "trash husband" and his "slave girl" grow stronger by the day. And when the aura of a Supreme Demon lord finally erupts from the guest courtyard, the Princess realizes she made the worst business deal in history. "Husband... I was wrong. Tonight, I am willing to—" "Take a number," Li Ye replied coldly, not looking up from his tea. "The Concubine is first in line."
Predestined_Papaya · 12.2k Views

Tale Of The Manaless Misfit

Former assassin Victor Day finds himself waking up as a new person by the name of Cain Everest, a son of a young couple who have tried so many times to have children but with no luck. Cain is what one may say is either a miracle or blessing. Victor, who is now Cain, discovers that he is born in a world completely different than his old one, as it happens that this new world of his is actually a world where magic is an everyday life. But as he grows up and comes to the age where he is supposed to awaken his own magical powers, Cain discovers that he can't awaken his powers, but he also learns that he can't actually use any magic abilities, meaning that he is manaless. In a world that mana is an important part of life, without it one may not even be regarded as a person, and there's not even a name for it. Instead of feeling sorry for himself or thinking that his new parents may not like him like before, or even if they disown him like every parent with magic who doesn't want to be associated with a child that doesn't have any trace of magic. Things didn't turn out like that. His parents loved him regardless of his problem, and though the outside world won't welcome him like his loving parents, Cain didn't want to accept that, and he knew that though he didn't have any mana, he was still different from the others. He had a secret in his previous life: he was one of the most dangerous assassins, and in order to survive this cold, hard, and cruel world, he should use that experience of his. As he grows up, Cain has now adapted to this new world of his, and he understands the hierarchical structure of the world and the magic, but it's still not easy for him, especially since everyone knows the tale of the manaless Everest child. But people don't know that just because he doesn't have any magic, it doesn't mean that he is weak and useless as they hope, especially not after he was kidnapped and had a run with a demon. After that confrontation, everything changed for Cain. Though he still remained manaless, something was different with him. He was overpowered for his own good, and for some reason it seemed like Cain was just immune to magic, and every time he had a little scuffle with his peers, they would see his real, true power. Power that they fear, power that is unspeakable, the kind of power that the hierarchical structure don't even have but desire to possess. As he learns that there is an ongoing war between the deities, the angels, spirits, and monarchs, and as this war brews, Cain learns that he is also part of this war, and not just because his people are meant to fight for the deities, but because it's the possibility of their own extinction. As he keeps on getting older and reaching his teen years, the war gets out of hand, and now those deities who are fighting against each other now seem to have formed an alliance, and that alliance seems to be after him. As now he gets introduced to the Monarchs, and he learns that there is a reason why they are after him, and there is a reason why it feels like he doesn't have any mana, and he learns that though he didn't know, but he once ran into a Monarch, and that Monarch is the most powerful one there is, so powerful that he alone can cause the whole world to go extinct. Now Cain is no longer fighting for himself, but also for his new family and the friends that he made along his journey, as he been given an ultimatum of whether he fights in this war or just let the deities come for him.
Child_Of_Playmates · 490 Views

Levelling Up, I Became The strongest Dragon Elementalist

You live in the United States? Imagine if blue mana rain fell and dragons descended from the sky, lifeless, straight into your city or at your doorstep? Tell me what's gonna be the outcome? Lemme guess; mana fuses into everything, including life forms and the non-living and plants will be like, "I will kill everything", or even four-legged mammalian animals fused with mana begin to grow wings. It's gonna be a damn chaos with a bunch of weird stuff everywhere, I've been there and guess what? I saw a monkey with three asses. Hilarious right? But to me it was terrifying, like, what does a monkey need three damn ass for? But what if this all Mana situation was controlled? What would the results be? Evolution right. Yeah, humans are way too smart to let such an opportunity pass them by, but the same Homo sapiens were devious and selfish; they want all the good things to themselves. In this world, I am Jayden Logan, rejected by my father because I didn't get a great SAT score, but don't worry, I'm a genius. My SATs were low because of these devious humans, you can call them the weapon fashioned against me, but don't worry, I conquered. Eventually, I break through the tough bars of this world of beast taming and gain a beast with potential greater than anyone else's, and I even found true love. But my biggest rival was a scientific organisation, MAGEO and the man in charge? Guess who it was? The United States governor, body and soul. Swears, I was damn fascinated when I realised. They were sure planning something big with those dragons, I wasn't certain of it, but I knew it wasn't good. I don't really know how my story is gonna end, but one thing is certain, I'm gonna cultivate my beast and kick some ass.
Prezzy_stars · 59.7k Views

F-ranker Sword Saint: My Soulbound Sword is Secretly SSS-tier!

A century ago, colossal stone swords descended from the skies, stabbing deep at the heart of twenty-eight cities. Like so began the Sword Trials. Worlds against worlds, species against species, set in a separate, unique, battleground realm that resembled the greatest sword-themed, faction versus faction MMORPG to ever exist. Levels, Legendary Equipment, Hidden Quests, Guilds, Territories, Spawns, NPCs, Sword Skills, Loot that could transcend worlds through a special currency… Only those who can awaken their sword marks would be called Bladeborns, warriors of their race. Armed with Soulbound Swords of varying tiers that decided their ranking in the modern hierarchy, they would fight for the continued existence of their worlds. Ending the battle, however, proved far more difficult than expected. A seemingly unbreakable hundred-year stalemate was reached. The apocalyptic ending eventually faded from everyone’s minds, and being a Bladeborn suddenly turned into a profession. Some even treated the Sword Trials as a mere game. Schools began adding swordsmanship classes as a major subject, and those who excelled beyond their peers at the same high school would be called Sword Prince and Princesses. One such celebrity was Daru Finnley, a young man who had an unusual love for the sword. Named the Fallen Sword Prince after a disastrous awakening ceremony, the label of genius changed into garbage overnight. But his “trash” sword held a secret. And so did his soul… Three worlds WILL fall.
Meowder · 332.4k Views

Help! Five Beast Alphas Want To Breed Me!!(BL)

“I want to do it. “   “What!? “I reply in panic as I begin to struggle against his hold, but he tightens his grip around me. I’m afraid of getting caught, but why is a part of me suddenly excited by this? By the way he’s holding…pulling me close… not letting go. Why do I like it even though I know getting caught could be disastrous? “H… hey, please. Not here… I… I … “I begin, but he cuts me off as he moves a leg between mine and begins to press against my bulge. “Your body tells another story… “He says as he runs his tongue over the marks he created on my neck last night and I shiver in his arms. I feel him smirk against my neck, and I curse myself for how easy it is for him to get a reaction out of me. “But… This is a public space… “I struggle to complete my sentence as he begins to massage my bulge with his thigh. “You’re all I care about right now. “He replies as he reaches for and starts undoing my belt, and I reach down to hold onto it in fear. “What are you saying? Your reputation… “I begin, and he finally pulls away from me. “It would be just fine. “He cuts me off, and I gulp. “Are you ashamed of me? “He suddenly questions, and my eyes widen. “Of course not! It’s just… “I begin, but he doesn’t let me finish. “You’re the one who wanted my attention. “ “Not like this! “   “This is how I want to give it. “He replies, and I stare at him with wide eyes. This is bad. If we're caught fucking here, it'll be chaos. and he doesn't seem to mind that. These brothers are insane!! ***** Five Alphas. One innocent Omega. And a heat no one’s ready for. ******* Known as a misfit with a weird feature(Red eyes), his whole life, everything hit rock bottom when his parents disowned and kicked him out of his home for being attracted to men. One accident later, he wakes up in another world, groggy, naked… and on display at a beastmen auction. They called him rare. Valuable. Breedable. Twenty thousand golden bars later, he’s sold... to not one, but five Alpha brothers. All beastmen. All dangerously possessive. Each one hotter...and crazier...than the last. They’re fighting over who gets to breed him first. And Elián? He’s never even kissed anyone before. Alpha Koda, the calmest of the five brothers, promises Elián will be safe. But nothing about this new world feels safe to Elián. Not the way the Alphas look at him. Not the way his body responds to them. And definitely not that word they keep calling him. Omega. Elián is a man. Men aren’t supposed to have babies. But somehow… every Alpha wants to breed him. Because Elián might just be the key to a generation of powerful beastmen. Now, five ruthless brothers are ready to give Elián everything he could ever want... Including unending love... If he’ll let one of them put a baby in him. How will he react to all this? Especially when he has no idea what it feels like to be loved.
Blue_Bird_4500 · 1m Views

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Lu Lin had transmigrated to a cultivation world, yet the sad thing was that he had no spiritual root, unable to cultivate, and could only practice martial arts. But a martial arts practitioner was as lowly as an ant here, serving as no more than a cultivator’s tool and cannon fodder. Their Qi and Blood(vitality), tempered body, and combat skills seemed to cultivators’ spiritual energy, spells, and magical weapons a flimsy sheet of paper. Fortunately, he had awakened with the Martial Dao Furnace, which could transform spiritual energy into time spent training. Should a year’s time fail, then two years. Should two years fail, then a decade. Should a decade fail, then a century, or a millennium? Blazing Sun Technique---→Nine-Sun Divine Technique Grass Skimming---→ Sky Treading Footwork Steel Elephant Body---→Primordial Dragon-Elephant Art A crude martial arts technique to the scorn of immortals? Toss it into the Furnace, subject it to a millennium’s deduction. After tens of thousands of tweaks, it eventually became what rocked the cultivation world. Without a spiritual root? Then mold my blood, flesh, tendons, and bones into an undying golden body. Without magical weapons? Then smash magical weapons into pieces with my fists. Without spells? My self-created martial arts has developed a Behemoth Self-Projection, whose punch shatters mountains and rivers and whose stomp breaks space. In desperate, oppressed enslavement, as a mortal, Lu Lin forcibly hacked a path of martial arts longevity through an immortals-dominated world. With the wood fire ever burning, the Dao of martial arts would be everlasting; establish my Dao with martial arts, force a breakthrough into immorality!
DaoistftEGVE · 7.3k Views