Intrigue Stories

Silla Ek Mhurkum is just barely a nobleman. One who has very little backing and no prospects. What he does have is knowledge on how to swing a sword, familiarity with military stratagem and a hunger to prove himself. In the Royal Mirlthanian war machine, that has to count for something. Ayanna Wu Kyrian knows that the meritocracy is not fair. Which is why she's spent her entire life trying to manipulate its rules, but when she finally thinks that her days of struggle are over, she's awoken by a frustrating twist of fate. But if something so cheap as fate thinks it can stop her, it is sorely mistaken. From mistake and curse, both Silla and Aya will rise to the heights of legend. *Inspired by Evan Winters "Rage Of Dragons" and Alexey Osadchucks "Last Life".* Cover by: @d0moniqueWrites NOTE: None of this story was written through AI. It all came from the old noggin. NOTE: This story touches on LGBTQ+ themes and traditional African Spirituality, if that makes you unhappy/uncomfortable please skip. Copyright: Please don't re-upload this anywhere or try to pass it off as your own. We are all just creatives trying our best okay.

He wasn't supposed to exist. He was just another reader...someone who cried over a fictional villain who loved too deeply and died too unfairly. "The villain deserved a happy ending too." Those were his last words before a speeding truck ended his life. When he opened his eyes again... "Young Master is awake!" He had transmigrated into the very novel he had finished reading. Not as the heroine. Not as the hero. Not even as the villain. But as an insignificant side character destined to disappear before the main story even began. The original owner was weak, kind-hearted, and constantly abused by relatives who stole everything from him. This time? Things would be different. He would reclaim everything. Protect himself. And most importantly... He would save the lonely villain everyone misunderstood. But what if... The villain stopped looking at the heroine... ...and started looking at him instead? "I once lived for my obsession." "Now...my obsession has become you."

Lumina has one simple wish. To live quietly. No unnecessary visitors. No troublesome strangers. And absolutely no romance. For someone who treasures peace, Wintermere seems determined to test her patience. As winter settles over the village, unfamiliar faces begin appearing for reasons that have nothing to do with one another. Some seek answers. Some seek refuge. Others carry secrets they would rather keep buried. Each path leads somewhere different. A village physician. A respected noble whose lifelong devotion to medicine has earned him both admiration and skepticism. A forgotten truth waiting to be uncovered. Or perhaps... A destiny no one saw coming. For reasons she would rather not investigate, troublesome people have an annoying habit of finding her. Even worse... Suspiciously handsome men become surprisingly common. While Wintermere carries on as though nothing is changing, unseen threads quietly weave together, connecting strangers, villagers, old promises, hidden ambitions, and long-forgotten secrets in ways no one yet understands. Lumina intends to stay out of all of it. If only trouble shared the same opinion. After all... Some people search for adventure. Adventure searches for Lumina. Mind: You could still pretend none of this concerns you. Lumina: That was the plan. Mind: Then why do I have a feeling we're about to become very busy? Lumina: ...I don't like it when you're right. Mind: You could still pretend none of this concerns you. Lumina: That's exactly what I plan to do. Mind: You opened the door. Lumina: ...That was my first mistake.

"Aurora White, from now on, you're not my fiancée anymore and you're banished from the kingdom!" Taking out the fan to cover her mocking smile, Aurora watched the crown prince spouted the declaration from the stage on their graduation ceremony and sneered. Banished? So, the time has come? The corner of her lips curled up slightly. For her or for the kingdom? Because in Aurora's eyes, she can only see a bright path for her future. ... Story set in settings similar to middle ages

In Book three of The Stormcrier Chronicles, divergent paths lay before everyone. Matt finds himself prisoner aboard a ship of pirates. Anthony must grow into his role of Duke of Dragonfyre and his place on the Resistance's Council. Sylvia must find Matt while Will finds himself with new responsibilities of his own. Nathan, while searching for his lost brother, has found someone unexpected. Newly appointed Steward, Leonardo Bernoulli, struggles to build a coalition as he seeks to solidify his rule. Hal, as always, plays his own game entirely. Where do these paths converge? And what part do the Stormcrier Dragons have to play?

History does not disappear. It leaves scars. In a world shaped by the aftermath of a devastating era, Mira lives among the consequences of battles and decisions made long before she was born. The legends of heroes, saints, and tyrants from the previous age still shape politics, faith, and power in her present world. But history is rarely as simple as the stories people tell. As Mira begins to uncover the truth behind the previous era, she discovers that the figures remembered as monsters, traitors, and false heroes were far more complicated than the world believes. Their actions created both salvation and destruction, leaving behind a legacy that continues to divide kingdoms, churches, and noble houses. Caught between political intrigue, rising conflict, and the shadows of the past, Mira must navigate a dangerous world where every decision echoes the mistakes of those who came before her. Because in a world built on the ruins of another age, the past is never truly gone. And sometimes the difference between hero and villain is simply which side of the coin people choose to remember.

Between power and desire, there is no safe choice. Elise is sent from the mainland to marry King Daniel Vale, the volatile ruler of a colonial island kingdom. She expects a political marriage built on influence. Instead, Elise finds herself bound to a man who is reckless, arrogant and far less interested in her ideas than she had imagined. Daniel is everything she was warned about. And yet, beneath the spectacle of his court, she begins to glimpse a man more complicated than his reputation suggests. Then there is Archer Dray, Daniel's trusted advisor. He is everything Elise had hoped Daniel to be, but the closer they get, the more she suspects his loyalty hides secrets of its own. Because Avenor is not as carefree as its king pretends. Behind the court's endless celebrations lies a colony under strain, where Elise soon finds herself caught in the unrest. As her marriage grows more complicated and desire begins to blur with duty, Elise must decide how far she is willing to go for power, for change and for the man she was never meant to want. Falling for Daniel could cost her everything. Choosing anyone else could cost even more.

Arseniy Marinov made a pact with a being beyond reality. It kept him alive. It cost him everything else. Twelve years later, reality is cracking open. Impossible rifts bleed across the sky, and a marginalised people are being blamed for a disaster no one truly understands. At its heart is Hidayat--a privileged boy sheltered by a family that knows the truth: he shouldn't exist. Hidayat knows what he is, even if he doesn't deserve the consequences. The world remains oblivious. Marinov does not. As a healer, Marinov is sworn to protect life. But he lives on borrowed time, bound to carry out an order he cannot refuse: eliminate the boy whose existence is unravelling the world. Exposing the truth would doom Hidayat. Refusing the order would doom Marinov. And every day, the world breaks a little further. [ FIRST STABLE DRAFT ] [ WORD COUNT: 90K ]

A story of a betrayed memory and a dying kingdom. A girl with no past struggles to survive in a world where the land is rotting away due to the magic of a cursed crown, and her greatest enemy-or her only chance of salvation-is a cold and calculating guard.

Prince Valerian of Aurelia wanted a peaceful rule. Unfortunately, a dreadful necromancer has his eyes on the crown. Valerian has the aid of his family (who would never betray him, right?), a colossal eel, a retired, haunted (literally) revolutionary who only came to look for his missing father, and one griffin. With his motley companions, can Valerian save his kingdom and everybody he loves from conspirators, demon kings, and necromantic overlords, or will Aurelia fall? Note: All chapters are complete and scheduled for release! Chapters will drop Wednesdays and Saturdays. Please leave feedback, comments, or anything it all.

In the peaceful village of Dreamville, twelve-year-old Kysh dreams not of being a celebrated hero, but of joining the Lumina Institute as an engineer-building tools and structures that keep people safe. But on her birthday, the very thing she never wanted appears: the Verdant Sigil, marking her as a Kryphyn-one of the rare gifted ones the realm reveres... and the Institute seizes by force. Taken from her family in the dead of night, dragged away to the towering, gleaming halls of Lumina, Kysh discovers that the noble order everyone praises hides a dark truth. Her father fled this place years ago; the guards who captured her were once children just like her; and the "special power" she bears is something they call dangerous. Among nine other stolen children in Batch 241, each marked with a unique Sigil, Kysh must learn to master her gift-not to fight for the Institute, but to find her way back home, uncover the secrets her parents kept, and decide for herself what it truly means to protect the ones you love.

Murder, secrets, forbidden love affairs, and more abound in this scintillating alternate history court drama. 1399 England is filled with intrigue, with banished Henry Bolingbroke returning to England to take the throne from his cousin, King Richard II. Everyone has a secret, and everyone has a price, there are no good men in this game of kings, and if there were, he would certainly lose. Both contenders for the throne have courts riddled with traitors, spies, and drama, as even their own families turn against them. One agent is playing both sides against each other, but who? Both men try to identify the traitor, before it's too late. You can't trust anyone, but you can have a hell of a good time. We've got, secret codes, spies, illicit affairs, dark pasts, and more. Come join the fun, if you dare, this is the Middles Ages dark comedy you've been waiting for you. Trigger/Content Warning: profanity, some grotesque violence. A character is depicted as having an eating disorder. Family drama. Some violence. Dark humor relating to the above. Sexual assault is discussed. Characters are often in peril. Some suggestive scenes. Characters have sex, nothing explicit. Some crude humor.

When a chance meeting spirals into secrets, betrayal, and undeniable attraction, two lives collide in a storm of suspense and romance. Every choice could be fatal; every glance could ignite desire-and nothing is as it seems.

Eclipse of the Lost Sovereign Long ago, the world was united under a legendary king whose name vanished from history after a devastating war. His kingdom fell, the truth was buried, and the gods rewrote history to hide what had really happened. Seventeen-year-old Ryuken Kurogane lives as an ordinary swordsman with no family, no status, and no place to call home. His only goal is to become strong enough to survive. But when he discovers a mysterious black sword hidden within ancient ruins, his quiet life comes to an abrupt end. The blade awakens powers that should no longer exist, drawing the attention of kingdoms, assassins, monsters, and even beings believed to be nothing more than myths. As Ryuken sets out to uncover the truth behind his forgotten past, he forms unbreakable friendships, finds people worth protecting, and slowly falls in love. Yet every step forward reveals another painful secret, and every victory demands a sacrifice. What begins as the journey of a lone adventurer soon becomes a battle that will decide the fate of the entire world. Friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and the line between hero and villain begins to disappear. The greatest threat is not the Demon King or the Seven Gods, but the hidden truth that has shaped history for a thousand years. As ancient kingdoms awaken and the final war approaches, Ryuken must decide whether to save the world that rejected him or destroy it to create a better future. Filled with breathtaking battles, heartfelt friendships, unforgettable romance, shocking betrayals, emotional losses, and twists hidden from the very first chapter, Eclipse of the Lost Sovereign is an epic fantasy adventure where every choice echoes through history, and the final page reveals a truth that changes everything.

Book 1: In the first book of the Stormcrier Chronicles, a revolution stirs in the east as ancient dragons return to the continent of Verden after being extinct for 100 years. A young man's world is turned upside down as he attempts to find his place in a country full of more conflict and secrets than he could have ever imagined. Book 2: In the second book of the Stormcrier Chronicles, war covers the continent of Verden. East turns against west as once proud allies fight to wrest control of kingdom; to preserve it says the west, to save it says the east. Above all, five dragons, seemingly returned from the dead, wait to strike while Verden is at its weakest. #1 in #newseries #1 in #newaccount #1 in #swordandsorcery

They called the world's first photograph "The Last Picture" ‎But why? And who is the boy captured in a frame that should have never existed? ‎One forgotten name. One impossible image. One truth that could rewrite history. ‎ 🖤Top Kook 🖤Bottom Tae #Heavyangst #I800'stale #Slowburn #forbiddonlove #Homophobia #Mystery ‎

When Liam, a French teacher, first sees Noah, it triggers an instant, consuming limerence-a blinding flash of a reckless euphoric obsession under the city lights. 🌃 What begins as unspoken tension quickly escalates into a mutual, bi-curious fascination. But when that psychological pull turns physical, Liam's world shatters. On the outside, the fake dopamine transforms him into a cool, effortlessly chill version of himself. But it's a dangerous illusion. Behind the neon lights, Liam is spiraling into paranoia, confusion, and a state dangerously close to psychosis. 🎭 Trapped in a vicious cycle of euphoria ➔ obsession ➔ instability, his health deteriorates under the weight of toxic jealousy and blurred boundaries 🔥 . With shattered friendships 💔, a failing career, and an escape disguised as substance-fueled pleasure 💊 , Liam has made Noah his religion. How far can you go for the one person you've deified? And what happens when the butterfly realizes its wings are made of ash? Some people don't arrive gently... they take root, spreading through you before you even notice. Unfiltered ⚠️ MATURE CONTENT NOTICE: While this book adheres to platform guidelines, it contains heavy psychological themes, substance use, and intense adult parts. Strictly recommended for readers aged 21+.

❝ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀᴛꜱ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ɢᴏɴᴇ ❞ ── ⋆⋅𖤓⋅⋆ ── Iris Belby and Draco Malfoy were never friends and neither of them would have argued otherwise. He didn't trust easily. She didn't trust snakes,and to her, he was the worst kind. So when he showed up with an offer that didn't fit anywhere near her plans, every instinct told her to walk away & she almost did. What started instead had no name and no clear rules. Just two people from opposite ends of the castle, slowly figuring out the other might be worth keeping around, and two more, Eloise Harrington and Blaise Zabini, being pulled in right alongside them, whether any of them wanted it or not. TROPE: enemies to lovers, reluctant allies, unlikely duo, forbidden relationship, slow burn, partners in crime RAVEN AND SERPENT draco malfoy x oc blaise zabini x oc order of the phoenix - deathly hallows harry potter series all credits for the cover to my great friend ilya ♡

An anthology bringing together a collection of short stories where the ordinary coexists with the unexpected. Within its pages, you'll find mystery, horror, fantasy, emotion, and scenes inspired by everyday life. Each story opens a different door: some evoke tenderness, others unease or fear, but all are crafted to surprise the reader.

Zara has already lost too much to war, and she's trying to hold her family together while living in a place that was never meant to welcome them. When Solmara takes them in under a so-called humanitarian program, Zara gets thrown into an elite academy full of smiling lies, dangerous rules, and people who are either watching her or waiting for her to fail. But the closer she gets to a life she never thought she'd have, the more she realizes that safety, love, and betrayal can look a lot more alike than she ever expected. Please do not copy my story.