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The 18 Billion Wife He Abandoned

The 18 Billion Wife He Abandoned

3.5k Views · Ongoing · Daniel Angel
When star hockey player Jack Reynolds tosses divorce papers at his wife Emma, he believes he's trading up for a more glamorous model who "understands his lifestyle." What he doesn't know: the quiet, supportive woman he's discarding is the secret heir to an $18 billion fortune – and the granddaughter of the man who owns his hockey team.For eight years, Emma Mitchell hid her true identity, supporting Jack's career while secretly learning the business from the ground up. Now, with her grandfather's health failing and the Boston Blades facing financial crisis, Emma is poised to step into her rightful role as majority owner.*Some men have to lose everything to realize what they had. Some women have to lose a husband to find themselves. In this game, the most dangerous plays happen off the ice.
Forced Marriage To The Secret Billionaire

Forced Marriage To The Secret Billionaire

5.7k Views · Ongoing · S.Y
When Sara Lexington decided to loosen up a bit by getting drunk and ended up giving her virginity to a complete stranger, she didn't expect this to become such a huge problem.

“ I can make you forget everything by pleasuring you in ways you didn't even knew existed! ” He whispered before leaning down and nibbling on her earlobe, making her moan loudly

“ Ple-Please...” She pleaded, dragging her nails down his bare back without caring about how she didn't even know his name. . (Recommended for 18+ audience strictly)
The Lycan King And His Mate

The Lycan King And His Mate

775 Views · Ongoing · Sunshine Princess
"If I could have stopped this sham of a marriage, I would have."
My chest tightened painfully. Ronan?
"There should have been another way. I was supposed to be the Luna. I'm your mate!"
Mate. I knew the word. But hearing it from her made it feel different, important, and sacred. My mind searched desperately for another explanation. She was someone else, maybe a friend, or a relative, just anyone, but Ronan spoke.
"I know, baby."
My stomach dropped. Baby. He called her baby.
"That human is nothing to me."
I stepped closer before I could stop myself, and then I saw them, his arms around her. My eyes widened when I saw my husband crashing his lips on her.
The woman's fingers tangled in Ronan's shirt as they kissed fiercely, and she moaned his name.
My world went completely silent, and the music downstairs disappeared, everything did. Because the man I had just married was holding another woman like she was the only person in the world who mattered.
How did my life become this? I closed my eyes and took a breath.
My father traded me away. My fiancé abandoned me. And barely an hour after our wedding, my husband made it painfully clear that I was nothing more than a political bargain.


Josie's future is destroyed when she's forced into an arranged marriage with the infamous Lycan King, a man who despises humans and is hopelessly devoted to his fated mate.
Ronan never wanted a human wife. Josie never wanted a husband who would never choose her. But as betrayal, political conspiracies, and an enemy threatens them, the line between duty and desire begins to blur. Fate chose Sadie. His pack chose Josie. In the end, Ronan will have to choose for himself.
The devils bride: blood and vows

The devils bride: blood and vows

1.6k Views · Ongoing · Noctis_Ink
She wore black to her wedding.
He smiled when she defied him.
And together, they sealed a marriage in blood.

Lucia Moretti was meant to be a sacrifice, a bride bartered for peace. Dante Vitale was meant to be her cage, the ruthless Don feared across Italy.

But fire doesn’t bow to steel.
And when defiance meets obsession, vows become chains, and blood becomes the price of survival.
The CEO is my Baby Daddy

The CEO is my Baby Daddy

477 Views · Ongoing · favourigbokwe487
James Brooke owner of Brooks and Co. company limited goes bankrupt.

In desperation, he accepts the offer of a merger with rock industries.

He thinks the merger is a simple one until he meets Missus rock and she tells him that's in order to save his company he must guarantee the rock family that Brooks and Co.

Mining Company Will be under their full control and that is by engaging his daughter, heiress to his company to her eldest son Jonathan rock.

Wealthy, Cold And well known for his indifferent behavior, CEO Jonathan rock is the man.

James Brooke signs the contract selling his young 20 year old daughter, Kayla, in exchange for money and for his bankruptcy scraped from the books.
The Last Image: A Damascus Romance

The Last Image: A Damascus Romance

1.2k Views · Ongoing · Olivia Williams
The Unsung War Correspondent Georgiana Parker witnessed bloody massacres on the battlefields of Syria, where she fell in love with Michael Hall, the soldier who saved her life. Together, they worked to expose the terrorists' atrocities to the international community. Just as their comradeship was about to blossom into romance, they faced the terrorists' most brutal retaliation.
A close-range explosion nearly cost Michael his hearing and destroyed his promising career as a senior military officer. Georgiana only regained her sight through corneal reconstruction surgery.
When these two young people, scarred by war, met again, everything had changed.
Georgiana's photographs became powerful evidence in identifying the terrorist organization, and she shot to fame in the journalism industry. Michael, the former military officer, had been reduced to working as a humble security guard.
"Michael, I've finally found you!"
"Ma'am, you've got the wrong person."
"How could that be? I could never forget those steel-gray eyes of yours."
Accidentally Married to the Mafia Boss

Accidentally Married to the Mafia Boss

1.2k Views · Ongoing · Florence Renault
I'm Susie, an apprentice train mechanic living in an abandoned train car, just wanting to save money for a stable life.

At a Halloween party, I drunkenly brought home a man covered in tattoos. For self-protection, I used my most practiced double-loop knot to tie him to my metal bed.

I thought he was just an ordinary muscle-bound guy, never imagining he was the most feared mafia godfather on the entire East Coast—Matt Loren.

I nervously fluffed his pillow, warmed milk for him, and even spoon-fed him cheap pasta, hoping he'd spare my life once untied.

When my friend came to visit, she mistook him for my "tied-up boyfriend" and warned him to treat me well.

Not only did he not correct her, but he played along, performing an act of deep affection in front of my friend.

"You tied me up for a day and night—how do we settle this score?"

The man cornered me against the wall, his burning breath against my ear.

He gripped my waist, his voice low and dangerous: "My shirt costs $8,000, your monthly salary is $1,800. Since you can't pay it back, you'll repay me another way."

I trembled with fear, but he smiled and slipped his burning palm under my skirt: "It's simple—finish what we didn't complete last night... our bondage play."

I thought untying the ropes would be the end, never realizing it was just the beginning of my downfall.

When the knots symbolizing freedom were untied, they were replaced by an invisible cage woven from his power and desire, trapping me completely.

"Susie," he pinned me beneath him, his eyes filled with bottomless possessiveness, "the game begins now. You tied me for one night, I'll tie you for life."
I Stole The Villain’s Dragon Egg

I Stole The Villain’s Dragon Egg

1.1k Views · Ongoing · E.S. Medusa
In every story, the villain died. Jessica had always thought that was fair, until she woke up as one.
Neria Virethorn was a disposable villainess, written to suffer and disappear. After breaking her engagement to a duke, her father treated her like a ruined object, making pain the primary language of their home. But her father wasn’t the greatest threat.
Sebastian Blackmoor, the crown prince and the story’s primary villain, was a man who viewed mercy as a weakness. Neria’s only goal was to stay small enough to survive him.
She failed…
After stumbling into a sealed royal vault, Neria accidentally bonded with a dragon egg that belonged to him.
The bond was permanent. Sebastian didn't see fate; he saw theft. He began hunting her with the cold patience of an executioner. Realising running was futile, Neria chose to interfere with the plot itself. She revealed Alistair…the rightful heir, the story’s "hero," and the man destined to kill Sebastian.
It should have been her escape. Instead, it trapped her between two blood-soaked futures: one where Sebastian destroyed her for her "theft," and another where Alistair used her as his reason in his war for the throne.
Neria was never meant to matter. But with a dragon bound to her soul and the narrative fracturing around her, she realised the truth.
This villainess was no longer a side character; she was the mistake the entire plot had to answer for. If she was destined to be the villain, Neria would become the kind that ruined everything.
“Fine! I’ll be your villain in this story!”
The Mafia's Plaything: His To Ruin

The Mafia's Plaything: His To Ruin

1k Views · Ongoing · richiebanks306
Then, with deliberate slowness, he reached for a small black bottle. “I thought you would prefer the gentle way,” he murmured. “Guess I was wrong.”

The poison burned down my throat—Deadly Nightshade. It was once my favorite. I had used it to end others. Now, he was using it on me.

“Sometimes,” he whispered, “the person you once loved is the one who finally kills you.”


Brinda Virginia’s life has always been a battle—against fate, against her own fire, and against a heart that beats too weakly to match the storm inside her.


Abandoned as a child and raised by the only woman who ever truly loved her, she’s now facing her biggest loss yet. Her stepmother is dying. And the clock is ticking—seventy-two hours. That’s all the time she has to save her.


But then he returns.


Francesco Dante. Her past. Her ruin. A man cloaked in shadows, bearing a twisted bargain—submit to him, body and soul, or lose everything.


To save the only family she has left, Brinda must surrender. But submitting, in a world ruled by power, lust, and betrayal, is never truly submission.


Because this man doesn’t just want to own her—he wants to unmake her, unravel her, and turn her fire to ash.


And the most devastating part?


She might just let him. And love, in this kind of story, always draws blood.
Betrayed And Loved By The Bikers

Betrayed And Loved By The Bikers

11.2k Views · Ongoing · PR Brady
Bikers and good girls don't mix. Cage was a bad boy biker. Tattoos and muscles he is every girl's dream, including Addie's.
Addie was a good girl. Raised to be quiet, don't talk back, never hang with the wrong people. Date only those her parents approved. She was completely bored and felt she was just existing. However that wasn't the case when she would see him. The boy in the biker club. She'd see him around town and fantasize about how her life would be different if she was with someone like him. She could imagine lots of fun and excitement. However he didn't even acknowledge her existence, or so she thought.
Cage noticed the gorgeous innocent good girl. Her kind could never survive in his world. He had living proof of that. It took a bet from his brothers in the club to get him to meet her. When he did, he knew he was in trouble for falling hard for the good girl. Could she exist in both the world she's known her whole life and his club life? Or would she have to choose?
Neither knew nor were prepared for what this encounter would bring about. Secrets buried for years, second chance love, and all the club drama you can handle. Some betrayals were meant to protect her. How will she handle learning her father is the Prez of The Hells Riders MC? Will she be able to forgive them? Will she find the true her and have the courage to spread her wings? And if she does, will she give them another chance or walk away?
Her whole world falls apart, only to get put back together totally different than she ever imagined. Her real father never got over her mother. Will they get back together or will his current woman destroy any chance they have? Look for upsets, betrayal, rejections, injuries, and more. Come hell or high water Addie will get her Happily Ever After!
Enchanted: A Baby for the Billionaire

Enchanted: A Baby for the Billionaire

470 Views · Ongoing · Jowiey
"You're pregnant.". Her words dropped like a bomb.

"What?" I asked, perplexed. "H-how is this even possible?"

Suddenly, memories from that night came pouring into my head like a fountain; My skin shuttered as it remembered his touch. My ears rang as it recalled his groans and my cries of pleasure from that night. My lips quivered as it remembered the passionate kisses he planted on them. We had made love!
~

After walking in on her boyfriend cheating on her, a hurt Mélie Shapman gets drunk and ends up having a one-night stand with a stranger which results in pregnancy. She decides to keep the baby and raise her as a single mom. Five years later, her daughter disappears from her school and an unknown number informs Mélie of her daughter's whereabouts. She arrives at the location and finds Darcy, her daughter, with a man who claims to be the father of her child. He turns out to be indeed the father of her daughter. But that is not the only thing that he is. He is Damien Jaeger, a filthy rich multi-billionaire and the most handsome man in existence! His next move shocks her beyond her imagination, "Let's get married."

Mélie agrees to marry Damien. But why would Damien Jaeger walk into her life so suddenly and ask to get married?
Does he have an ulterior motive or is he just desperate to have a family?

In a world of lies, secrets, betrayal and vengeance. Mélie will soon find the answers we're looking for. But will she be able to handle the heat of her flaming life with Damien Jaeger or will she let it consume her and burn her to a crisp?

And what about you? Can you handle it?
365 Days As The Mafia's Bride

365 Days As The Mafia's Bride

1.4k Views · Ongoing · camarachi943
"I object to this marriage!"
These words shattered Kaitlyn Peterson and threw her into an abyss that she couldn't escape from.

To save her late father's reputation and business, Kaitlyn grants her stepmother her greatest heart desire to leave the man she loves for the ruthless Mafia Lord.
Pledged to be his bride for 365 days, Kaitlyn seeks revenge on everyone who tore her apart from the man she is destined to spend the rest of her life with, and that includes her stepmother, stepsister, and of course, the Mafia Lord.
But the question is; Will she survive him for 365 days? Will she be able to tame the ruthless king of the underworld? Can she destroy him and go back to the man she loves?
Mated To The Ruthless Alpha Kael

Mated To The Ruthless Alpha Kael

589 Views · Ongoing · ezehchioma310
You make me want things I shouldn’t,” Kael said, voice rough with need.

“I want to pull you close, and I want to push you away. I don’t know which will kill me first…losing you, or loving you.”

Eliara grew up knowing omegas were born to serve and yet she carries a gift no wolf should possess.

A gift that could heal, that could save lives… or get her executed.

When Alpha Kael returns from war poisoned, cursed, and on the brink of death, the council has no choice but to break their own laws.

Eliara is dragged from the servant quarters, and ordered to heal him in secret.

It took one touch and their wolves were irrevocably entwined forever.

An Alpha cannot claim an omega like her.
But Kael cannot deny her.

Now Eliara must survive the pack that fears her power, a council that wants her destroyed, and the pull of a mate bond that is as dangerous as it is irresistible.

Eliara was never meant to choose. But her heart… may not survive if she doesn’t.
Forced To Wed The Devil Don

Forced To Wed The Devil Don

1.5k Views · Ongoing · Blu Vee
Ten years ago, Clark Russo abandoned Nikolai Petrov on a rooftop and disappeared without a word.

Now, Nikolai is no longer the reckless boy Clark loved. He is the ruthless Don of the Bratva, feared across New York, and he wants revenge. His plan? Marry Clark’s little sister and drag the Russo family to its knees.

But Clark knows the truth. Beneath Nikolai’s rage is the boy he once loved, and beneath the marriage arrangement lies a deadly conspiracy that could end in bloodshed.

Forced back into each other’s lives, old obsession reignites into something dangerous—violent fights, stolen kisses, buried secrets, and a love neither of them ever survived.

In a world ruled by guns, betrayal, and power, loving each other may be the one thing that finally destroys them both.
Flash Marriage with the Cripple Billionaire

Flash Marriage with the Cripple Billionaire

1.1k Views · Ongoing · John Doe
After being forced into a blind date with a wealthy crippled businessman, Olivia’s defiance sparks an unexpected connection with the aloof billionaire, Herbert Wyatt. One impulsive kiss shatters both their worlds—his allergy to touch vanishes, and her life spirals into chaos. When Herbert demands she take responsibility for his first kiss by marrying him, Olivia’s faces a whirlwind of secrets, passion, and dangerous love.


“You took my first kiss,” he whispered. “You’ll have to take responsibility for that.”
Her breath caught. “Wh-what?” she stuttered, unsure if she heard him right.
He smiled faintly, his fingers tracing the side of her face. “You heard me.”
She blinked rapidly, her heart pounding. “How am I supposed to take responsibility?”
Herbert’s gaze softened for a moment, though his tone remained firm. “Marry me.”
Marked By The Bad Boy Alpha

Marked By The Bad Boy Alpha

3.6k Views · Ongoing · Ivyy~
Evre has spent her entire life hiding.

At St. Peter's Academy, she is known as the "Wolfless Omega"—a weak girl with no wolf form and useless magic.

She endures daily bullying from the school elites, especially Sebastian, the boy she foolishly thought was her friend.

To protect her true identity as a high-ranking heir from the North, she keeps her head down and takes the abuse.

But everything changes after a vicious prank goes wrong.

Left for dead in the woods during a full moon, Evangeline is forced to reveal her secret: she isn't wolfless.

She is a rare and powerful White Wolf. Just as she loses control of her new form, she is intercepted by Bradley—the academy’s notorious bad boy and an Alpha who has always seen through her lies.

Now, they are bound by a bond neither of them asked for.

The night leaves Evre marked as Bradley’s fated mate. Suddenly, the school's outcast is under the protection of its most dangerous student.

But this protection comes with a price. Bradley is possessive, demanding, and refuses to let her run back to her old life. With Sebastian plotting revenge and her family closing in,

Evre must decide if she can trust the bad boy who holds her leash—or if she'll fight to break free.
After Divorce: The Mafia Queen's Comeback

After Divorce: The Mafia Queen's Comeback

1.9k Views · Ongoing · Avery Vaughn
When Owen cheated, he thought Avery would never leave him.
“Avery, I was wrong. Please give me another chance,” he begged, filled with regret.
But another man stood by Avery’s side, firmly holding her hand.
“She’s mine now. You don’t deserve her,” the mysterious billionaire declared.

The night Owen kissed another woman in a bar, Avery’s heart shattered. Determined, she filed for divorce. Owen brushed it off, convinced she couldn’t survive without him.
But after the divorce, Avery rose from the ashes. She conquered multiple industries, earning admiration and respect from everyone around her.
Now, as Owen tries to win her back, he realizes it’s too late—Avery has found someone new, a powerful and enigmatic tycoon who’s ready to protect her at all costs.
If the Basilisk Falls in Love

If the Basilisk Falls in Love

311 Views · Ongoing · Ivy Cole
"Will you come with me?"

I stood before Mother's grave, extending my hand to that silent, withdrawn boy.

At that moment, I didn't yet know this decision would change my entire life.



After Mother died, I lost my home.

My stepmother and stepsisters saw me as a thorn in their side, while Father watched my suffering with cold indifference, as if I had never been his daughter.

Everyone hurt me.

Everyone except Alden.

He was withdrawn, mysterious, never one for words, always standing apart from the crowd. Everyone called him a freak, yet whenever I was bullied, humiliated, pushed to the brink, the person standing beside me was always him.

He would light torches for me in the darkness.

Would silently repair Mother's vandalized tombstone.

Would hold me when I broke down, whispering, "Mia, I'm here."

Later I discovered that Alden harbored secrets that didn't belong to this world.

And I, too, possessed powers I couldn't understand.

As the door to the magical world slowly opened, truth after truth began to surface. Yet more than those unknown dangers, what concerned me most was—that boy who had always protected me.

Why could he always find me first?

Why did his gaze toward me always carry emotions I couldn't read?

And why was I becoming more and more dependent on him?

Until one day, I discovered Alden's deepest hidden secret.

Only then did I finally understand.

That from a very long time ago, he had been running toward me all along.

What I didn't know was, when the day of destiny arrived—

Would I lose him,

Or fall in love with him.
Entangled With The Merciless Mafia Don

Entangled With The Merciless Mafia Don

656 Views · Ongoing · doseebi2000
Elena Russo lost the one person who meant the world to her brother, and ever since then; she was deeply fueled by the strong urge for revenge on the family that murdered him.

She dedicated her life to this cause as an understated waitress by day and a renowned genius hacker in the Mafia underworld by night. All her efforts to track down the Moretti family were useless. Everyone knew who they were, yet no one knew them.

What happens when Elena decides to loosen up on a certain night and recklessly has a one-night stand with the same man she had been searching for all her life-Luca Moretti?

And when she finds herself falling deeply for this same person, and facing a shocking revelation that all she had believed for years was nothing but a lie, what happens next?

Why don't you find out?
One Night Stand With The Billionaire

One Night Stand With The Billionaire

3.5k Views · Ongoing · Lois David
Four million monthly!
For a nanny?
That's half of her Step mom's surgery money!" Disha's inner mind screamed.
"Is that really the amount you pay?" Disha asked.
"Yes and it's fixed, it can't be changed" Killian said.
"How do you... never mind" Disha said.
She had wanted to ask how he copes with the payment forgetting he's a billionaire and a philanthropist.
"I think that'll be the end of our conversation. You're to resume tomorrow" Killian said and Disha nodded.

She's a popular prostitute who would do anything to make her life better.
But life has another plan for her.
She met the popular billionaire who wanted her to work for him as his baby's nanny.
People were against him bringing her in. But what they don't know was that it was never her plan to be a prostitute.
While working for the billionaire she found out she's has fallen in love with him beyond control.
But what will happen when the billionaire's sister would do anything to get her killed?
Will she escape from the danger ahead?
In Love With The Hot CEO

In Love With The Hot CEO

453 Views · Ongoing · Tula
Celine Nelson approached a stranger in a bar to sleep with as a revenge for her husband cheating on her with his secretary. She thought that it would only be a one night stand but she ended up getting married to the man. Jared Walker had a beef with her husband and in order to revenge this he forced Celine whom he had been stalking to divorce her husband.
“Celine Nelson, I want you to divorcé your husband and marry me instead. I will pay you 10 million dollars. I know you need the money” Jared muttered without any hesitation.
“Alright I accept, but you are going to give me some time to get the divorce.”
The Luna's Painful Betrayal and Rejection

The Luna's Painful Betrayal and Rejection

910 Views · Ongoing · montanaa59
In the shadowed halls of the Malroy pack, human Luna Alisha Tabor has endured years of silent betrayal, her mate Alpha Zaden’s cold indifference, her son Ben’s rejection, and the slow poison of a bond her body cannot survive. When she overhears their cruelest truths and collapses coughing blood, she chooses defiance: public rejection, a daring fake death, and escape into the human world. Five years later, as Dr. Lia Marrow, she returns, not for forgiveness, but to shatter the life that nearly killed her.
A Danger To The Cursed Alpha

A Danger To The Cursed Alpha

347 Views · Ongoing · Viczeeoyin
"I could fuck the shit out of you right here and now, Rhea, and nothing would happen to me. My body is ready for you."
He pulls back just enough to look me in the eye, his voice a low growl.
"I dare you to say I can't."
At twenty-two, Rhea Grayson thought heartbreak was the worst thing life could throw at her. She was wrong.
With nowhere else to go, she accepts a job at the lair of a feared Alpha—Adrian Raven, a man known for his cruelty, power, and the way no one ever stays by his side for long. He wants to own her, to control her... yet refuses to claim her.
Rhea is human—or so she believes. Terrified of werewolves and desperate to stay invisible, she has no idea that her existence is tied to an ancient secret. One that could change the balance of power forever.
Adrian is cursed by a force so dark it fuels his rage and hunger. He rejects fate, convinced that love is a weakness that only leads to death. But no matter how hard he fights it, his bond to Rhea grows stronger—more dangerous—with every passing day.
Because some bonds cannot be denied. Some truths refuse to stay buried. And in a world where loving the wrong Alpha can get you killed, desire may be the deadliest mistake of all.
CLAIMED BY THE LAST WOLF KING

CLAIMED BY THE LAST WOLF KING

1.2k Views · Ongoing · Nancy's Best
He’s the last of his kind. The king in a world where no one bows. The predator in a city full of prey. And he says I belong to him.

I thought I could ruin him.
I thought knowing his secret, that the city’s beloved billionaire is actually the ruthless mafia king in the shadows meant I had power over him.

But I was wrong.

Because Leander Vekaris doesn’t just want to silence me.
He wants to break me.
Strip me.
Claim me.

He says my bloodline is the only one that can save his dying race. That I was born to bear his heir, to carry his mark.
That he’s waited too long to let a weak little human like me say no.

And every time he touches me—every cruel word, every brutal kiss, every whispered promise to ruin me if I run—
…I started to believe him.

Because under his cruelty, there’s something else in his eyes.
Something dark and dangerous… but desperate too.
Like maybe he hates needing me as much as I hate needing him.
And maybe…
I’ll let him destroy me anyway.

Even if loving a monster like him might cost me everything.
Ice Heart: The Mafia CEO’s Submissive

Ice Heart: The Mafia CEO’s Submissive

238 Views · Ongoing · Leh Magalhaes
“You don’t have a choice.”
“I do. I can hate you until the end.”
He laughed, gripping her chin. “Hate me all you want—but call me sir when I make you beg for more.”
She tried to pull away, but she was already trapped between the wall and his body, the heat of male power crushing the air from her lungs. Hatred burned—but desire… was even crueler.
He is Vicenzo Moretti, known as Ice Heart—a CEO who built empires of casinos and luxury resorts while hiding the underworld he rules with an iron fist. A man carved by scars, orphaned by violence, a survivor who swore he would never love again.
She is Giulia Salvatore, granddaughter of a mobster he vowed to destroy. Rebellious, proud, and willing to sacrifice everything to uncover who murdered the man she loved.
When the death of his best friend explodes into mystery, Vicenzo accuses Giulia and traps her in a contract: wife for the media, slave in bed. What begins as revenge turns into a dangerous game of domination and surrender—where every exposed scar brings them closer… and tears them apart.
Will Ice Heart fall to the one feeling he swore to kill?
Or will Giulia pay the ultimate price for daring to challenge the monster?
The Billionaire Who Needed My Milk

The Billionaire Who Needed My Milk

822 Views · Ongoing · Alice.K
"You don't understand."

"No," the billionaire murmured, his cold blue eyes fixed on me. "It's not my baby who needs you. It's me."

Valerie thought she was applying for a high-paying job as a lactation specialist. Instead, she found herself trapped inside the mansion of Magnus Wolfe—the most powerful billionaire on the East Coast and a widowed father raising a newborn alone.

Freshly betrayed by her cheating husband, abandoned with a three-month-old daughter and drowning in debt, Valerie has no choice but to accept the most unconventional job of her life.

Magnus is cold, ruthless, and untouchable. He trusts no one. Yet his baby refuses every caregiver... except Valerie. Soon, she moves into his mansion, where every day blurs the line between employer and employee, duty and desire.

But Valerie has secrets of her own.

A manipulative ex-husband determined to take her child.

A jealous woman who will destroy anyone standing beside Magnus.

And a forbidden attraction neither of them can resist.

When the billionaire who only wanted her milk begins craving her heart... who will walk away first?
Sold To Break The Alpha's Curse

Sold To Break The Alpha's Curse

1.2k Views · Ongoing · DripTouche
"Quiet, girl!" I growled. Her body stiffened. I fumbled her breast with so much anger. "See, boys?" I said, with a low growl, "She is so soft." I laughed, cold and harsh.
Lucian and Jamil roared with me.Her eyes squeezed shut, a blush creeping up her neck. This was better. Broken. "This is how you should behave," I muttered to myself with raw satisfaction. My hand moved lower, smacking her butt hard.
Crack! Lina whimpered. It was a small, painful sound. Her pain was mine. I dragged her towards me. Her bare skin brushed my clothes, like a jolt. My hands moved over her curves, asserting my ownership.
Her skin was soft, silk. She shivered with fear and something else. It excited me. I leaned in, my breath hot against her ear. Her heart pounded, like a frantic drumbeat.Just as I moved to take her, a whisper crept out of her mouth "Please, Sire, I haven't done this before." Her voice shook. It surprised me. I pulled my hand back, feigning surprise.
Moonlit Betrayal: The Rejected Lone Wolf

Moonlit Betrayal: The Rejected Lone Wolf

1.4k Views · Ongoing · Nina GoGo
“I reject you, Omega."
"Alpha Lucas, there seems to be a misunderstanding. It wasn't me who—"
"Save your breath, Omega. I've heard enough."
"I would never accept an Omega as my Luna. " his voice had declared, a harsh decree that had struck me like a dagger to the heart.
“You should learn from your sister, instead of becoming a worthless omega, don't you feel ashamed of so many scandals? Leave now, you should understand that your actions will hurt Seraphina.”


I was a lone wolf, entangled in a web of secrets and lies, and the notorious male wolf I had just shared a bed with was the last person I should have been involved with. And as I stood there, the weight of my past and the uncertainty of my future crashing over me, I couldn't help but wonder if this was the price I had to pay for my reckless pursuit of freedom. I will counterattack and become a unique female warrior under three packs so that everyone can no longer despise and ignore me.
The Turned: A Dark Vampire Romance

The Turned: A Dark Vampire Romance

354 Views · Ongoing · Mary Taylor
He feeds me his blood.
He locks the doors.
And he tells me I belong to him now.

I wake up in a vampire’s mansion with no memory of how I got here—only the hunger, the burning sunlight, and the man who refuses to let me leave. Thad Samford is cold, commanding, and absolute. He says my transformation isn’t finished. Until it is, my life—and my body—are under his control.

When I try to escape, the sun nearly kills me.
When he saves me, he binds me to him in blood.

The bond changes everything. His voice settles the hunger. His presence pulls at something deep inside me. I should fear him—but my body craves his blood more than freedom.


As Thelma learns how to exists in this new world, she starts piecing together the truth he's been hiding. Her turning wasn't random. She was chosen, and Thad knows why. Even if he won't tell her.

The more Thelma uncovers, the less she knows what to believe. Thad claims he's protecting her, but from what? Why does his protection feel like a prison? As rival clans close in and dark secrets come to light, Thelma has to decide if she can trust the man who helped steal her humanity or if she should walk away before he destroys her completely.
Mated to the Alpha I Killed

Mated to the Alpha I Killed

1.1k Views · Ongoing · Veekee Bee
They say the truth will set you free, but what if the truth revealed a darker side of your life you would have never believed existed?

Just when Vanika Merrick was finally getting comfortable with her boring life laden with strange rules, Derion Silber barged into it and turned everything upside down.

From making her break every single rule, to unraveling the mysteries surrounding her life, Derion didn't know he was digging his own grave.

When she eventually remembered who she truly was, he found himself positioned as the target she had vowed to eliminate for the second time.
From Prison To The Scorpion’s Bed

From Prison To The Scorpion’s Bed

1.2k Views · Ongoing · Naomi
"I killed a monster to save myself. Now, Scorpion wants to use me as his shield."

Sentenced to life in prison for defending myself against a vicious attacker, my world was reduced to concrete walls and endless survival. Until Logan Vance walked into the visiting room.

The ruthless billionaire offered me an impossible way out: marry him, and walk free. Desperate and out of options, I signed my life away without asking questions. The marriage comes with strict rules and a cold facade, terms I was more than willing to accept for my freedom.

But the illusion shatters the moment I discover why Logan really chose me. He didn’t pull me out of prison out of pity. He needed a weapon against his deadliest enemy—the very woman I spent my whole life mourning. My mom. She didn’t die in the fire I survived years ago. She is alive, ruthless, and actively plotting Logan’s destruction.

Now, I am caught in a lethal crossfire. I have to choose between the mother who abandoned me to a phantom death and the billionaire husband who became my unexpected sanctuary—before one of them destroys us both.
Playing Pretend With The Hockey Captain

Playing Pretend With The Hockey Captain

880 Views · Ongoing · booksbynoor02
One kiss. That’s all it takes to ruin everything.

After catching her boyfriend cheating, Bree Whitmore makes a reckless decision. She kisses Adrien Campbell, the Falcons’ ruthless hockey captain, in front of everyone.

To protect his reputation and stay on the team, Adrien needs a girlfriend. To survive school and her own reality, Bree needs money.

Fake relationship, no feelings, no complications.

Except Adrien isn’t just arrogant—he’s intense, controlling, and impossible to ignore. And Bree isn’t as invisible as everyone thought.

Nothing about Adrien is fake. Not the way he looks at her. Not the way he protects her. And definitely not the danger that comes with him.

As jealousy turns into obsession and enemies close in, their fake relationship becomes the least of their problems.
Because in a game this dangerous… someone is bound to get hurt.
Arranged Marriage To the Deadly Alpha

Arranged Marriage To the Deadly Alpha

797 Views · Ongoing · Choice Ashlee
He wanted a contract wife, and she wanted to save her sister's life.

When Dimitri Valequez, one of the wealthiest and most eligible bachelors in New York, proposed a marriage offer to Adriana Cross to be his wife in exchange for saving her sister's life. She couldn't refuse.

It was a win-win deal and Adriana thought she knew what she was signing up for, but the truth was, she didn't and she hadn't taught her heart not to fall for the mysterious man who'd always stared at her like she was his next course of meal.

But Adriana knew there could be nothing between them as they both belonged to two different worlds. And she was running from a dark past with a big target on her back.

And he was Dimitri Valequez. The last living Alpha of the entire werewolf kind after the massacre by the vampire king, Nikola Vladimir.

All Dimitri wanted was to break the curse of his kind and take revenge on the vampire king who destroyed his people. For years he'd been searching for the last two missing pieces to break the curse; his mate and the last living Halo witch strong enough to break the curse on his kind.

When he'd offered Adriana a marriage contract in exchange for saving her sister's life, Dimitri didn't expect she'd be so dangerous that she'd drive him crazy with need and make him feel all the wrong things he shouldn't.

He hated every torturous minute of being next to her, but he had no choice, he needed her and the help of the last living Halo witch to break the curse. And now he had to fight the strong attraction between them because falling for Adriana Cross was the last thing he planned on ever doing.
The F1 Champion Regretted Losing Me

The F1 Champion Regretted Losing Me

1k Views · Ongoing · Alice.K
“Three years ago, you chose money over me.”

Liam Cranston never forgot the day Nina shattered his heart. He had just won the race that was supposed to change their lives—and was ready to propose. Instead, Nina threw his trophy to the ground, told him she loved another man, and walked away.

Now Liam is a world-famous F1 champion and the heir to a billion-dollar empire.

And Nina is back.

Broke, exhausted, drowning in debt, and desperate enough to accept a million-dollar contract from the man she once destroyed.

Liam swears he will never forgive her. He makes her work under his watch, pushes her to her limits, and uses every chance he gets to remind her that she was the one who left him.

But Nina is no longer the fearless girl he remembers. She hides her pain behind obedience, works through fever, and refuses to tell him why she really abandoned him three years ago.

The colder Liam becomes, the harder it is to ignore the truth his heart already knows.

He still loves her.

And when Nina collapses in front of him, Liam realizes he may have spent three years punishing the one woman he should have been protecting.

But before he can uncover the truth behind that million-dollar betrayal, Nina’s past comes knocking—and this time, it may take her away from him for good.
The Ace Assassin’s High School Reign

The Ace Assassin’s High School Reign

1.3k Views · Ongoing · Willow Ashford
"Phantom, don't blame me for being heartless. This is the Organization's decision." My teammate looked at me coldly. "Cooperate, and you might live. But even if we only take back your corpse... it makes no difference."

Countless infrared lasers locked onto every lethal point on my body.

I am Phantom, the undisputed Queen of the underworld’s deadliest assassins. But because I became too powerful, the Organization deemed me a threat. They wanted me erased.

There was no escape. But...

If you want me dead, prepare to dragged into hell with me.

Yet, after a lethal explosion that should have ended it all, I woke up. I was reborn into the body of a marginalized, bullied high school girl. No one knew that inside this "ugly, bloated" shell lived a monster.

I was once the nightmare that made the entire underworld tremble. I still am.

To those who bullied me, humiliated me, or tried to kill me: I will pay you back tenfold—no, a hundredfold.
Underworld: Arranged To Marry The Enemy

Underworld: Arranged To Marry The Enemy

424 Views · Ongoing · zainabwrites2095
Irina Alexei never thought she would marry her family's enemy, Roman Atono. Irina Atono, the hidden and only daughter of Atono Alexei who has been hidden from the underworld her whole life to save her from the enemies of her father was fed with the news that she was going to be betrothed to not any guy but the Don of the Atono Family, and the biggest threat to her family business. Irina was betrothed to Roman in assurance of the agreement deal Roman and her father had to thrive against the strong enmity both parties are facing from the third mafia family.

They had a flash marriage despite the strong opposition from both families. Roman made her life miserable in the first few months of the marriage before he started falling for her. The marriage was going fine until she met with the Atono family, the family of her husband—the family that reeks of villainous acts. Their common goal is one thing: to eliminate Irina. Her husband, Roman, tried saving her from his family, but it was almost impossible.
One Night With The Smithfield Heirs

One Night With The Smithfield Heirs

809 Views · Ongoing · l33310006
“What do you think about him? Is he still bothering you?” Lucian asked me with a sadistic smile, his lips hovering in front of mine.

I chuckled and tried leaving, but he placed his hands on the walls, caging me. “Answer my damn question, Sonia. I don't have all day!” He growled, his hot breath fanning on my neck, increasing my wetness.

“Why are you asking, do you want to sack him from your company?” I asked Lucian with a stern voice, trying to act like I wasn't smitten by his possessiveness.

Lucian's eyes locked on mine, monitoring me closely. “No, sweetheart, I want to kill him! I am Lucian Smithfield, I have no rivals!”


After finding her fiancé cheating on her days before her wedding, Sonia Magnus got herself drunk and had a one-night stand with the cold-hearted billionaire, Lucian Smithfield. She was certain that he would never recognize her. However, not only did he recognize her, he also found himself wanting her for an unknown reason.

To protect herself from the scandalous rumors bound to surround her after a one-night stand with the CEO, Sonia agrees to a contract marriage with Lucian Smithfield; a one-year marriage devoid of emotions and bound by strict rules.

But as she spent days with the hottest man alive, Sonia slowly began to fall in love with him, and Lucian accepted her feelings.

Gawin, Lucian’s step-brother, also found himself attracted to her. And so Sonia must deal with her emotions, her career, and the dangerous game of power between two brothers hell-bent on destroying each other while trying to keep the secret surrounding her marriage to Lucian Smithfield. But how will she handle things when Gawin, her boss, keeps trying to win her over, and her husband, Lucian keeps interfering?
The Prince And His Convenient Wife

The Prince And His Convenient Wife

50 Views · Ongoing · Maureen Elochukwu
"I'm pregnant! And it's the prince's baby. I have to decide what to do. I've lost my job, and I can't go home because the press are like a pack of wolves outside my flat. And the whole world thinks I'm a giant slut."
When virgin waitress Holly is thrown into the playboy prince's arms, he lives up to his wicked reputation by bedding her—then casting her aside! Unknowingly to his he has planted his seed into her.
One month later. Holly is pregnant!
Casper is furious; to him Holly's just a scheming gold digger, but royal protocol demands he make her his bride! He wedded her by the royal command and promised to make her life miserable.
Innocent Holly has the wedding of her dreams. But with abandonment rather than adoration greeting her after the ceremony, what will become of their forced union?
The Alpha's Savage Regret: Feral Obsession

The Alpha's Savage Regret: Feral Obsession

900 Views · Ongoing · Duffty
Accused of a crime she didn’t commit and banished to a life of misery, Lyra survived five years in the shadows... until her past finally caught up with her. Silas, the Alpha who swore to destroy her, has claimed the fugitive as his mate. But in this pack, the blood bond isn’t a blessing—it’s a death sentence. Amidst threats in the dark and a Valentine’s Challenge that will forge their fates, Lyra must choose: succumb to the dominance of the man who hates her, or awaken the forbidden power coursing through her veins.
Tricked Into the Wheelchair Billionaire's Bed

Tricked Into the Wheelchair Billionaire's Bed

338 Views · Ongoing · AListGirl
Nora Elizabeth Wells thought betrayal was the worst pain imaginable.
Until she woke up in a stranger’s bed—
next to her stepsister’s fiancé.

The night wasn’t a mistake.
It was a trap.

Drugged by her so-called best friend and set up by her stepsister, Nora becomes the centerpiece of a scandal designed to ruin her. Photos explode overnight. Her family turns on her. And her father gives her only one option to “save the family name”:

Marriage.

The man she’s forced to marry is Julian Devereaux—quiet, distant, and supposedly confined to a wheelchair. A man everyone believes is powerless.

They’re all wrong.

Julian can walk.
He’s a ruthless billionaire who controls far more than money.
And instead of exposing the scheme, he chooses to accept the marriage.

Because this scandal works in his favor.

Trapped in a gilded cage with a husband who planned far more than he admits, Nora realizes the truth too late—this marriage was never an accident.

It was a calculated move.
And she was never meant to escape it.
30 Days to Reject the Alpha

30 Days to Reject the Alpha

494 Views · Ongoing · Jessie Love
"Emma, this is a big night for the pack. The Alphas gathered here tonight could be important potential allies. You need to make a good impression." My father said.
"Potential husbands for your daughter, you mean?" I retort. "The way you used Mom to make an alliance before casting her aside when your 'true mate' appeared."
I cast a disdainful glance at Lisa, my father's 'true mate'. Her smile tightens but, for once, she doesn't speak.
"Mind your tone," my father snarls a warning, "At least your mother knew her place. You would do well to remember yours."
"My place? Is that what you call this? So you're grooming me to be like Mom. To be used and then thrown away when a prettier option appears?"
"That's enough!" My father grinds his teeth. "You will do exactly what I say for once. You'll meet whoever I want you to meet. You'll play nice and do what's best for the pack."
"I'm not going to repeat your mistake, I'm not going to end up like Mom!"


Emma, the daughter of the Alpha of the SilverPine Pack, grew up witnessing her father secure power through a political marriage to her mother. But when he found his true mate, he reduced Emma's mother to a slave and allowed Lisa to humiliate and torment her. This painful experience made Emma swear never to repeat the same fate or become a sacrifice for pack alliances.
Forced to attend the Choosing Party by her father, Emma rebels and escapes, unexpectedly sharing a one night stand with Ethan, Alpha of the IronClaw Pack. What she thought was a fleeting encounter shocks her when she discovers Ethan is the very match her father arranged for her.
Though drawn to Ethan, the shadow of her mother's suffering haunts Emma. She vows to find her true mate within 30 days or... do whatever it takes to make Ethan willingly give up the marriage...
Moonfated Destiny - The Wolf Next Door

Moonfated Destiny - The Wolf Next Door

630 Views · Ongoing · shaycalestia
At eighteen, Sienna Miller has always lived in a world of numbers, patterns, and quiet certainty. A prodigy in mathematics and actuarial science, she is brilliant beyond her years—but socially adrift, navigating life through logic in a world driven by emotion. Freshly graduated from Harvard, she should be stepping confidently into her future but her heart and mind are now torn by bonds that pull her in different directions.

Roman Blackwood is an Alpha—powerful, ruthless, and born to lead. As a billionaire CEO, he dominates both the corporate world and his pack with the same unrelenting intensity. Women are easy. Disposable. Forgettable. Until the moment he sees her.
Sienna is not what he expected.
She is too human. Too Fragile. . And entirely unprepared for the dangerous world he inhabits.
But she is also his mate.
And that changes everything.

Driven by instinct and the Mate bond he cannot ignore, Roman does the only thing he can—he pulls her closer. Offering her a internship, that brings her closer to him. To a secluded estate where she will live just steps away, in the cottage next door.
Close enough to protect her. Close enough to claim her.
But Roman carries a secret that could shatter everything—He is a wolf. And Sienna is destined to be his but will his autistic Mate understand this?
Yet Roman is not the only one who feels the pull.
Nikolai Drakov—enigmatic, powerful, and dangerously alluring—is no ordinary rival. A vampire from a 500 year old bloodline also believes Sienna is his fated mate. And he has no intention of stepping aside.

What begins as desire quickly spirals into a battle of dominance, obsession, and fate.

But something is buried in her past too..
A truth waiting to surface.
And when it does—it will change everything.
Slave to the Mafia Prison Gang

Slave to the Mafia Prison Gang

8.1k Views · Ongoing · Sylvia Writes
In the heart of a high-security men's prison, Liberty Lockwood, a brilliant yet repressed criminal psychologist, embarks on a groundbreaking experiment. As the sole female inmate among a sea of hardened criminals, she becomes the focal point of an electrifying social study.

Her mission: to understand the impact of a female presence on incarcerated men. But what begins as a professional endeavor quickly transforms into a tantalizing journey of unexpected desire and danger.

Surrounded by inmates craving female company, Liberty catches the eye of a notorious prison gang, drawing her into a perilous game of possession and control. In this treacherous world of mob bosses, hitmen, and twisted admirers, she finds herself teetering on the edge between survival and surrender.

As alliances form for her protection and boundaries blur, Liberty grapples with her own desires, discovering a world of thrilling passion she never dared to explore. Can she maintain her professional facade amidst the chaos of temptation and danger? Or will she succumb to the alluring pull of the unexpected romance blossoming within the confines of the prison walls?
The Billionaire's $20 Million Contract Wife

The Billionaire's $20 Million Contract Wife

999 Views · Ongoing · Luckin
Amanda’s husband lost all of their savings through bad investments — the money they had saved for their six-year-old daughter Emma’s heart surgery.

When Amanda was trapped in despair and heartbreak, her aunt Linda offered her a life-changing opportunity: a job with a $10 million annual salary — becoming the stepmother of Charles Morrison, a trillionaire, and taking care of his autistic son from his previous marriage.

Can Amanda seize this opportunity and change the future for herself and Emma?
Moon Light Bound The Cursed Luna

Moon Light Bound The Cursed Luna

209 Views · Ongoing · Nma Ñwa
BLURB

On the night Zara Blackwood was born, the pack seer collapsed mid-celebration and spoke a prophecy that silenced the entire crowd. The last born of the Alpha's blood would awaken an ancient power. Through her the curse on the Ironblood Pack would finally break. Or Through her, it would consume them all.

For eighteen years the pack held onto that promise. And watched her They waited And built their hope around a girl who had not yet earned it.

Then her eighteenth birthday came and she did not shift No wolf No power just Nothing. The pack that had once whispered her name like a prayer started calling her the False Moon instead.

But Zara is still standing. And the deeper she digs into the curse that has been killing her people for generations, the closer she gets to a truth nobody prepared her for.

The curse was not an accident nor was it ancient. But It was a choice. Made by the one man she trusted above everyone else. The man who held her pack together with one hand and fed it to the darkness with another hand.

Her own father.

The prophecy was never about power It was about a decision Save her pack or protect the man who made her.

She cannot do both.
The Strange Man Is An Alien

The Strange Man Is An Alien

59 Views · Ongoing · Ainin ain
A man rescued by Sicily has a little oddity amidst the many rumors that aliens are starting to arrive on earth. The man realizes that Sicily is a student and his teaching assistant at the science laboratory, Steinitz Fors, who is none other than an alien, turns into an innocent man in order to get information little by little about his family who are reportedly on earth and are being held captive by human groups.

Initially utilizing Sicily, but eventually they fall in love with each other. Will Stein manage to save his family and return home to their planet? On the other hand, Sicily has long gotten a round black tool that she doesn't know what it is, is it connected to Steinitz's real life? Did they manage to escape the pursuit of human hands who were busy hunting down aliens including Stein who was finally caught?
Chasing the Wife He Threw Away

Chasing the Wife He Threw Away

319 Views · Ongoing · Fajrina Agusti
Felicia believed her marriage to Wilson was a perfect love story—until one day everything shattered when she discovered that her husband was having an affair with another woman. Her heart broke, and her pride was deeply wounded. In anger and desperation, Felicia made a decision she had never imagined before: to repay betrayal with betrayal.
On a night filled with overwhelming emotions and alcohol, Felicia accidentally bumped into a stranger. That unexpected encounter turned into a single night that would change her life forever.
A few weeks later, Felicia was shocked to discover that she was pregnant.
But the real shock came when she learned the man’s true identity—he was the husband of the woman who had been having an affair with Wilson, her own husband.
A Submissive For The Beastly Mafia

A Submissive For The Beastly Mafia

912 Views · Ongoing · Comfort Victor
She’s innocent and untouched.

He’s a dominant control freak.

Their worlds are totally different, but they both have one thing in common, a trauma neither wishes to revisit.

She knows he’s everything her family has been running from, but he can’t get enough of her.

The more she runs, the more she realizes he’s a constant in her life she can’t escape.

For a man with scars running as deep as his own, Russel Mancini knows his tempting angel can either be his salvation or another heartache to ruin him, forever this time.
Sold To The Ruthless Werewolf King

Sold To The Ruthless Werewolf King

366 Views · Ongoing · Moon Bunnie
After her mother’s death, Emily’s world collapses. Betrayed by those she trusted most, poisoned until even her wolf falls silent, and stripped of everything she once called hers, she is reduced to nothing more than a slave in the very home she once thought was safe.
Then she is sold.
To the ruthless werewolf king.
A monster whispered about in fear, a ruler drenched in blood, and a king who has buried nine wives before her.
Now… she is the tenth.
Trapped in a kingdom built on secrets and corpses, Emily must survive a husband feared even by monsters.
Will she become just another dead queen… or the one woman capable of bringing him to his knees?
CLAIMED BY THE ROGUE ALPHA KING

CLAIMED BY THE ROGUE ALPHA KING

308 Views · Ongoing · Stephenson Miracle
What if your fated mate was the one man determined never to want you?

Aria has no wolf. No family. No one willing to stand beside her.

When she takes the blame for a starving orphan, she is condemned to serve drunken warriors—a punishment few Omega girls survive.

But the real nightmare begins when Alpha Aramic drags her into his chambers and tries to claim her by force.

Aria fights back.

One shattered vase.

One blow to the Alpha’s head.

And by morning, the truth is buried beneath lies.

Branded a seductress. Accused of trying to murder her Alpha. Publicly whipped. Thrown beyond the pack borders to die.

But death never comes.

He does.

Ronan.

The Rogue Alpha King.

The man the kingdom believes is dead.

The ruthless ruler hiding in the shadows while secretly building an army to reclaim his stolen throne.

And the man fate has bound to her as her mate.

The moment his hands close around her broken body, the bond ignites.

Violent. Possessive. Impossible to ignore.

Yet neither of them is willing to surrender to it.

Aria no longer trusts men.

Ronan refuses to let any woman become his weakness.

But every time she laughs with another warrior, his control slips.

Every time he touches her, her body betrays her.

And every time they swear they mean nothing to each other, the mate bond burns hotter between them.

Now war is coming.

Enemies are closing in.

A jealous rival is waiting to destroy her.

And the woman who was once left to die may be the key to bringing an entire kingdom to its knees.