𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝. Neriah Lancaster has everything a girl could ever want. A brilliant mind. An untouchable family. A pretty face that makes people forget to look a little closer. But behind the Lancaster fortune lies a history no one dares to speak of, and Riah has never been as innocent as she appears. Then there's Lucien Devereux. Ruthless. Arrogant. Possessive. The one man she should hate. The one man she's never managed to forget. Their history is anything but simple. It was all illicit encounters, broken trust and a passionate hatred that has always felt dangerously close to something else. Now, an arranged marriage is bringing them together again. And this time, Luc has no intention of letting her slip through his fingers. But falling for him might be the least of Riah's problems. Because there's blood staining her soul-the kind that never washes clean. And someone knows too much. In a world where power is inherited, loyalty is bought and love can be just another weapon, one thing is certain: The monsters aren't always the ones you should be afraid of. And Riah might be the worst of them all. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞.

𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘴. She is born in the lap of the Gods. Covered in blood she did not spill. Hands tied to a long epilogue of sins she never committed. He could have killed her. He wanted to. But even when stripped of all her dignity, left bare and cold, she is still a god among the ordinary, a virtuoso he cannot dispose like every other. All diamonds yield to her touch, like clay in the hands of a child. ◈──── ✟ ────◈ "I hate you so bad, I don't even want you to die." His hand on my shoulder tightens and he forces me down on my knees. The force catches me off guard and my knees hit the floor before I could register. I look at the floor between his feet, my heart drumming against my ribcage. My hands feel numb, paralyzed by fear and a thousand thoughts that cross my mind. "Because then, I get to keep you here." He wraps a hand around my throat and tilts my face up. "And make sure your entire world revolves around my will." ◈──── ✟ ────◈ Copyright © 2026 King_Celestia. All rights reserved.

This story is set in 2035! It's him... He's touched me in the places no one was ever allowed to see. He's seen me so deeply, so completely, that my cheeks scorch at the memory. He always seizes me by the wrist or the waist like the entire world ceases to exist the instant I'm in front of him. He's standing in front of me right now and his presence sends my heart plunging into my stomach. My throat constricts 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦...𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. Then 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯??

"ɴᴇxᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴋɪʟʟ ᴍᴇ... ᴅᴏ ɪᴛ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴋɴᴇᴇs." ──────────────────────── She was paid to kill him. She should've pulled the trigger. Now the don she was supposed to erase has her pinned beneath him.

❝𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤, 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞.❞ ❝𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐭,❞ 𝐈 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞. ❝𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲. 𝑵𝒐𝒘, 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏.❞ ⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺ 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳. ⁺‧₊˚ ཐི⋆♱⋆ཋྀ ˚₊‧⁺ 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗛𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝙛𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨. 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻. 𝙎𝙥𝙮. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿. 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡. 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭... 𝐎𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞- 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. ... 𝗔 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹. ..

Two people haunted by their past, making a deal to destroy their demons. Morana Fields has been hurt too many times to count. When she returns for another year at Celeste Academy, she hadn't thought it could be any different from the last few years. But as a new guy walks in on the first day of school, she realizes just how wrong she was Alastor Lowell has always been accustomed to people assuming wrong things about him. But what is he supposed to do when someone comes along and sees past the aloof facade of him?

Book 1 in Vows series Vedant Agnihotri is not a man-he is a force. Known across the country as the ruthless, cold-hearted Mafia King-a title earned through sheer brutality and unrivaled success-he is The Devil in the boardroom and the shadows. As the owner of one of India's top ten richest companies, Vedant takes what he wants, and everyone stays out of his way. Isha Malhotra is a woman of focus and steel. Five years ago, her life was shattered, but she rebuilt it on professionalism and quiet determination, burying her past deep beneath the surface. Until the moment Vedant Agnihotri acquires her boss's company and walks into her office-her new, arrogant, and terrifying boss. Because Vedant is not just her new employer. He is the man she "assumes" she divorced five years ago after an unforgivable misunderstanding ripped their marriage apart. Isha sacrificed their love to protect a fragile secret, making him believe the worst about her. Now, they are trapped together. He claims he hates her, yet every shared glance is a dangerous reminder of the vows he never truly broke. When past and present collide, will his hate or their history finally win?

Beneath the Bloom Eliza Hart has learned to live with the shadows of her past. After losing her mother, Amy Wilkins, Eliza is left with more than grief. Unanswered questions, painful memories, and things left unsaid make her wonder how much she truly knows about her own past. Aunt Catherine has always protected her, but as Eliza grows older, she begins to sense that Catherine is hiding something-something connected to a past Eliza was never meant to uncover. Then there is Leo Ashford. Their story does not begin with instant love. Through ordinary moments, friendship, and growing trust, Leo slowly becomes someone Eliza can rely on. But allowing someone close means confronting the fears she has carried for years. As Eliza moves toward a new chapter of her life, friendships change, new relationships develop, and the people around her begin facing their own struggles. Meanwhile, fragments of her past start resurfacing. A name. A memory. A secret. The closer Eliza gets to the truth, the more she must question the people she loves-and the life she thought she understood. Can she learn to trust again? Can she face the truth without letting it destroy her? And can she allow herself to love while carrying a past that refuses to stay buried? ****** Notes... Beneath the Bloom is a story of romance, drama, friendship, family, mystery, and growth-where love may offer hope, but the truth may change everything. Beneath the Bloom is my original story. AI was used only as a writing aid for grammar, proofreading, sentence structure, and wording. The characters, plot, ideas, and story development are my own. © 2026 @mnopqrstop. All Rights Reserved. Beneath the Bloom: Shadows 🩷🩷 is an original work by @mnopqrstop. Do not copy, repost, or translate without permission.

Amelia Montgomery is a walking ray of sunshine. She's sweet, bubbly, occasionally clumsy, and always finds a reason to smile, even on the worst days. She believes in kindness, second chances, and finding the good in people. Unfortunately, her new boss might just be the exception. Dominic Sterling is a successful, ridiculously wealthy CEO with a reputation that makes even the toughest businessmen think twice. He's demanding, intimidating, impatient, and dangerously ruthless when crossed. He runs his company with an iron fist, has absolutely no tolerance for nonsense, and prefers to keep everyone at a comfortable distance. Smiling isn't his thing, and neither is dealing with overly enthusiastic employees. Unfortunately for Dominic, Amelia Montgomery is his newest employee. She's everything he can't stand: talkative, cheerful, a little too curious, and seemingly incapable of being intimidated by him. And she's about to turn his perfectly controlled world upside down in ways he never saw coming. ••• THIS STORY CONTAINS: Grumpy x Sunshine CEO Romance Workplace Romance Slow Burn Jealousy Flirting Family Drama Spice 🌶️ Mature Themes Strong Language