A dystopian thriller that evolves into a violent sci-fi nightmare with hints of monster (very) dark romance. --------- Alice has a good life: a great job, a cozy, paid-off apartment, and a loving husband. She also has an oppressive government, a war-torn city, and general social decay around her, and what seems to be an alien invasion, though nobody is willing to admit it. You know, the kind of things that can really throw a wrench into a morning commute. She should have left a long time ago, but right or wrong, it's her country. What's the worst that could happen if she sticks to it? No, seriously, what's literally the worst?

Something was very common in all the dreams... perhaps nightmares; the two individuals, who never get their happy ever ending, wore homaika rings-just as the man who has been having these horrifying 'nightmares' of those two. He, too, wore the same white and black clear rings. What's it trying to say? ⊹࿔⊹࿐⊹ೃ🪼࿔⊹ Warning/Mature(⚠️ ): - More may be added. - ➨Mention of: ‣Blood ‣Gagging/vomit ‣In word sounds, too ➨Contains some coarse language (Swear words). ➨ Animal abuse. ➨ Emotional Distress. ✦ Three (3) POVS: 1st person(2) and 3rd person. ➳➳➳Republished due to the mistake of using an old draft for the new storyᥫ᭡. {The book cover does not belong to me - found on Pinterest}.

Isabella Rossie has been secretary of Adrian Blackwell for three years, always composed, professional and untouchable. But no one knows about the deadly past she kept hidden, the one from which she ran away to. Born in a russian mafia family, her life was filled with power, control and danger until one tragic incident of her life made her run away and build a new life in the heart of New York city. Adrian Blackwell, a powerful, ruthless and irresistible CEO who rules the business world with his favorite pawns, tossing and turning them as he wants. He was cold, his steps always measured and controlled until one night, one incident when his eyes caught the glimpse of the wild side of his calm and composed secretary. Suddenly, she is more than his secretary. She is the puzzle, the desire, the temptation he can't resist. "You are my muse, Isa." He murmurs, his lips trailing down her neck while she shivers at the intensity of his words. "A temptation I always crave for. You are the fire that burns my soul. Still, you are the last thought when I go to sleep and my first need when I open my eyes." Every glance, every touch she resists, increases the desire in his chest to claim her. But involving him in her life might give a call to potential dangers that lurk in her life because of her past. Yet she can't deny the pull he has over her. In the world of power, secrets and forbidden temptation , how far will she risk it before the waves of her past swallow them both?

Leo Walker was destined to be a Rockstar. A legend. At least, that had been the plan. When a tragic bus accident took the use of his legs and the love of his life, Winifred, he was broken. Miserable. Without his muse, the music died and Leo spent years alone. Almost a decade later, a failed band reunion leaves Leo spiraling into his darkest hour. A savior appears when Leo is on the brink of ending it all. A man in a white suit, Azrael Archer, promises he can bring Winifred back to life if Leo can "learn the Song of the Fallen Star." With nothing left to lose, Leo accepts this impossible offer. Suddenly, he's thrust into a whole new world with working legs and a whole new rule set he wasn't anticipating. Solaria- a broken world of chaos, Imperial tyranny, magic, monsters, mayhem, and intrigue- is on the verge of a slow and tragic death. Through trial and error, Leo learns that his voice and guitar skills are their own kind of magic and he must use them to navigate this new world by any means necessary. Can a broken man save a broken land? Will Leo reunite with his beloved Winifred or find he's made a deal with the devil? Can love conquer death itself or is Leo destined for failure? Find out in; Song of the Fallen Star!

Kayla, anti-romantic creator of a 26th-century matchmaking system, has to confront Analyst Mathew's theories on love and soulmates in order to defend her life's work from becoming a business disaster. ｡ ✴︎ ⋆⚛ 🤖 ⚛⋆ ✴︎ ｡ Kayla Lacson is the brilliant mind behind Dorothea, the most advanced AI dating application of the 26th century, designed to calculate compatibility with extraordinary precision. She trusts data, logic, and predictable outcomes, believing that love is a biological equation that can be solved. Mathew Matel is a Behavioral Analyst as brilliant as Kayla is. He joins her team, and his theories on love and soulmates challenge her belief systems. And when Dorothea's latest revision loses public trust and corporate pressure mounts, he becomes the catalyst that pushes Kayla to uncover the flaws in her creation and fracture her carefully structured world. Despite Dorothea's calculation of their incompatibility, Kayla is drawn to Mathew. Flashes of his face begin to haunt her as she tries to untangle his unexplainable familiarity. And soon she must decide whether love is something to manipulate or something she must surrender to. ｡ ✴︎ ⋆⚛ 🤖 ⚛⋆ ✴︎ ｡ ONC 2026 Round 1 Winner and Ambassador Pick Round 2 Winner and Ambassador Pick Round 3 Qualifier and Longlister ｡ ✴︎ ⋆⚛ 🤖 ⚛⋆ ✴︎ ｡ Genres: Romance SciFi Speculative Fiction Unconventional SciFi Hard SciFi Slow Burn Romance

[18+] Book Two of Control "...And I think I had to go through hell just to reach the top not knowing what prize was meeting me up there." I found out the source of my nightmares all because of one therapy session. All of my trauma floated to the surface. Will I make it out alive? Or will I let it consume me? ATTENTION: I OWN ALL RIGHTS TO THIS STORY (including the book cover)- DO NOT use without permission or legal action will be taken

After decades of misrule, the fate of the Empire of Sanressia hangs in the balance. Throughout the realm, the great and powerful await the demise of the ailing Emperor Sigismund, eager to exploit the uncertainty of succession for their own ends. As the most influential people of the realm descend upon the capital of Renewal, the future of the Empire appears murky. The court is powerless to stop the re-emergence of factions and contradictory visions for the future. Within the growing chaos are three who may yet have a larger role to play than they believe. Lady Ladislava, a young noblewoman of one of Sanressia's subject kingdoms, dreams of assisting her best friend in her mission to bring long overdue reform and support the people of the Empire. Sir Zachary, the only son of a house accused of treachery twice over and derided as heretics, longs to restore the honour of his family and faith in the eyes of the those that once counted his forebears as equals. General Frieda, a rising star of the Imperial Army from the humblest of origins, wants only to uphold her oath and defend the Empire and its citizens from all enemies, both those without, and those within. All of them wish for a peaceful and more just Empire. But as plans laid long in advance come to fruition, deals are struck behind closed doors, and engines of war are made ready, the fate of Sanressia may already be sealed. Content Warnings: Violence, war, poisoning, disease, religious persecution and xenophobia.

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