73 Book(s) Related to prisionera de amor

Mafia's Prisoner

Mafia's Prisoner

64.7k Views · Ongoing · Anika Mufidah
"Aaaahhh ahhhhh ahhhhh..."

"Do you like it?" Eyes that looked dim were increasingly lulled by the situation.

"Yes." I said without further ado even though I didn't know the man who was now playing with me at all.

He started taking off my bra and threw it in any direction. I could only surrender to enjoy an exciting night even though at first I was confused and felt uncontrollably depressed, I almost swallowed dozens of drugs beforehand but this man was the one who stopped me. He even invited me to chat in a room I didn't recognize. The time was so long, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up because I felt ticklish. As I went in and deeper I started to feel wet.

"Aaaahhh ahhh ahhh...."


For the first time in three years, Matteo sees the girl of his dreams after she left, and he saves the lives of her and her son. Meanwhile he lost his business partner and best friend, making him hungry for vengeance. He’s also now motivated to keep Lilianna back home, especially since he knows he’ll need her to get her father’s forces back together. Without a leader they’re scattering. He’s dealt and emotional wound when she says she had the boy with a man in Italy, but he still feels he owes his friend enough to keep her safe.
Mafioso's Prisoner

Mafioso's Prisoner

63.9k Views · Ongoing · Fer M
”What are you doing?” I asked, alarmed.
”What do you think we're going to do?” with all his strength, he rips the dress shirt off his body, and the buttons burst.
I see him completely naked in front of me, my cheeks heated up when I came across his hard and powerful penis, I looked away feeling so ashamed. Scared, I got up from the bed and ran to the door, but before I approached it, his strong, thick hands wrapped around my waist and pulled me towards his body, he quickly turned me around.
”What's wrong, baby? Are you scared?” His lips whispered in my ear.
”I'm going to have you, girl.” Arthur got between my legs, violently, he ripped off the only piece that covered my intimacy.


Arthur Drummond, a powerful and feared mafia boss, discovers that his empire is being systematically robbed from within. Determined to identify the culprit, he becomes increasingly obsessed with a woman named Ariel, a brilliant medical student. As Arthur delves deeper into the investigation, he becomes convinced that Ariel holds the key to uncovering the truth behind the betrayals.

Driven by a mix of suspicion and fascination, Arthur maneuvers his way into Ariel's life, using his influence and resources to manipulate circumstances that bring them closer. Despite her initial resistance, Ariel finds herself inexplicably drawn to the enigmatic and dangerous man who seems to hold all the answers she seeks.

As their connection deepens, the boundaries between obsession and desire blur, leading them down a treacherous path where secrets and lies intertwine. Arthur's relentless pursuit of the truth begins to consume him, jeopardizing not only his criminal empire but also the fragile trust between him and Ariel.

Caught between her growing feelings for Arthur and the moral dilemma of being entangled with a criminal, Ariel finds herself torn between loyalty and self-preservation. As the stakes escalate and their worlds collide, they must confront their own demons and make choices that will alter the course of their lives forever.

This is a gripping tale of love, betrayal, and redemption, where the line between villain and hero becomes increasingly blurred, and two individuals find themselves entwined in a dangerous game of power and passion.
Prisioner in your arms

Prisioner in your arms

3.5k Views · Ongoing · LeaFaes
Nicole Williams is a good girl, an 18-year-old college student. She is deceived by her sister during a party to enter the room of a mysterious man. Her sister didn't expect that she would end up in the wrong room. After being exposed in her passionate night in national newspapers, she is forced to marry that man, who will make her suffer unimaginably.

Bruno Leone is a multimillionaire CEO, an attractive man in his early 30s. After being betrayed by a woman with his own brother, he became bitter. Unintentionally, he spends a night with Nicole while in a drunken state from a drink he was given. His father forces him to marry the girl, and he thinks she planned it all. Therefore, he decides to make her regret what she did, enjoying making her suffer. He never thought he would end up loving her. Will Nicole be able to forgive him after all the harm he caused?
Prisoners of Fate

Prisoners of Fate

34.8k Views · Ongoing · karasee dee
“I wonder why you aren’t good at bed? Is it the small penis or just the stamina?” she added and this time he dragged her by her hair and flew her across the room and she hit the window.

Despite bleeding, she didn’t stop but his anger just made her want to provoke him more. “Wow, little boy doesn’t want to admit he has problems in the bedroom?” she asked with a smirk.

Hendricks knew then and that if he got any closer to her he would rip her apart and later regret it...

Grace, a hybrid, her mate killed her entire pack and spared only her but for his own gain. he marked her forcefully, when Grace finally runs away from him she looks for a way to get rid of his mark.
She does find it but she has to pay a price, if they remove the mark then a part of Grace would go with it. But it’s a price she is willing to pay. The mark is removed then Grace becomes a shell of a person, she doesn’t feel love anymore and all she wants is to kill her so-called mate.

In the path of revenge, Grace finds her second chance mate, an Alpha prince, and she saves him as a prisoner. He is perfect and wants to be with her, but, Grace can’t ever love him back.

The price of getting rid of the mark is that she cant love anyone else, she is not capable of love...

Is she?
THE ALPHA'S PRISONER

THE ALPHA'S PRISONER

385 Views · Ongoing · Ngozi Odife
I never meant to witness the murder. At seventeen, seeing my uncle kill my parents should have gotten me killed too. Instead, he framed me for their deaths and made me a prisoner in my own pack. Five years of beatings, starvation, and slavery taught me to keep my head down and my mouth shut. Then Alpha Ryker arrived—a man with ice-blue eyes and a reputation for crushing anyone who crosses him. He didn't come for me. He came for a treaty with my uncle. But something about my broken scent caught his attention, and he refused to leave without me. Now I'm in his territory, and he's claiming I'm his contracted mate. But my uncle's lies run deeper than anyone knows, and the truth about my parents' death could destroy everything. If I can survive long enough to uncover it.
The Alpha's Prisoner

The Alpha's Prisoner

1.1k Views · Ongoing · Rafaella Dutra
“I don’t get why you would hide from me.”

“What do you want?”

“I honestly don’t know how you can want to run away from this.” he whispered before pulling her head against him and claiming her mouth with his.


Violet is sent on a mission to find Jack Morde, the leader of the Rebels pack. But unforeseen twists lie ahead and she can't imagine what is waiting for her.

When she becomes his prisoner, Violet starts to realize that maybe what she heard about the enemies of the Diamond Pack wasn't exactly what it seemed.

Is she going to give up on her life and her family to seek her future and destiny? Or will she try to escape from Jack’s mansion and do what she had to do in the first place?

The Alpha's Prisoner is created by Rafaella Dutra, an EGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.
The Billionaire Prisoner

The Billionaire Prisoner

176 Views · Ongoing · tijanisodiq2020
Roseline's life changed instantly when she was forced to marry Ronaldo Santos, a ruthless billionaire. Her only aim was to save her family from financial ruin.
Life with Ronaldo was a living hell as he was cold to her. She found comfort in the hands of his cousin and became pregnant for him.
what will happen when Ronaldo finds out he is not the father of the baby?

would his cousin come to her rescue or is she doomed to be his prisoner forever?
Borrowing Amor

Borrowing Amor

61 Views · Ongoing · Kat Bellemore
A small-town mayor. A stranger with a sketchy past. Two weeks before Christmas, Katie is kicked out of her apartment. Again. Rather than wander the streets and continue to work for a dirty cop, she escapes, determined to disappear for good. Until her car breaks down in a small New Mexican town, and everything is threatened when she falls for the charming mayor. Sam Freedman is the first bachelor mayor of Amor. After convincing the locals that having a mayor without family responsibilities means he can dedicate all of his time to the community, they watch his every move. Then Katie Andersen shows up. Against Sam’s better judgement, he hires her to replace his former event coordinator. Now he can barely think straight, let alone run a town.  In the midst of half-truths and outright lies, Katie and Sam desperately search for the place where honesty and trust lead to love. But they have to find it before the past catches up with them. Borrowing Amor is the first book in this New Mexican small-town romance series. If you like small towns, quirky characters, and swoon-worthy kisses, then you’ll love this story of love and new beginnings. Pick up Borrowing Amor to embark on this romantic journey today!
Her puppet His prisoner

Her puppet His prisoner

1.1k Views · Ongoing · Anaya Singh
Lucien Ward is a ruthless billionaire with everything—power, wealth, and charm. But beneath his cold exterior lies a dangerous truth: Lucien possesses a forbidden ability—he can control people’s desires. He hides it from the world, afraid of being seen as a monster. Until one night… he lets it slip in front of her.

Aria—his quiet, mysterious maid—accidentally walks in during one of his “episodes.” Fearing exposure, Lucien forces her to submit. She becomes his obsession, his possession, and his weakness. He thinks he's enslaving her desires, molding her body and soul to fulfill his every dark fantasy.

But Lucien doesn't know the truth.

Aria has been watching him for years.

And Aria… isn’t ordinary. With the power to manipulate thoughts and emotions, she lets him believe he’s in control—while pulling the strings from the shadows. Every move, every moment, was orchestrated by her. Even his darkest secrets… she already knows.

But in a world ruled by lust, lies, and layered betrayals—does Aria truly want Lucien’s love? Or is she playing a game so deep, even she can’t escape?
Prisoner To My Mate

Prisoner To My Mate

11.4k Views · Ongoing · Amal Usman
Ana was like every young she-wolf out there. She couldn’t wait to meet her mate. She didn’t expect the way things would go the day she finally met him or the way he would treat her once they met. Ana’s mate wants nothing to do with her but won’t let her go. Ana feels like a prisoner to her mate. Her mind is torn on what to do. She wishes her mate would love her, but he shows no hope of that happening. She wants to try and build something with him, but he makes things difficult for her. He treats her horribly, and Ana doesn’t know why. Ana wishes he would reject or let her go, but he won’t. She feels like he is determined to make her his prisoner forever.
Read and find out how Ana survives being a prisoner to her.
From Prisoner To Princess

From Prisoner To Princess

2.1k Views · Ongoing · Alana Dyer
Alone and with no memories prior to age six, Allison has spent the last fourteen years growing up in the slums of Zalaris, the capital city of Nimairene. She has learned to steal and con the wealthy to survive, always getting away until one day her luck runs out and she is unfortunately arrested and sent to Lady Priscilla's Prison for Troubled Women with the expectation of becoming a Proper Lady of Society upon release.

Spending her days in and out of solitary confinement, Allison begins to believe she will never finish her sentence on time until she is rescued by a palace guard and whisked away from her torment.
Learning she is the missing princess Allisara Nimair, rightful heir to the throne, Allisara begins to uncover the secrets and dark truths surrounding her missing memories and precarious upbringing with the help of Skylard "Sky" Blackhawk, an unlikely ally in the busy Palace.
Now, Allisara must navigate her new reality as a princess while she grapples with her past and potential threats to her reign.
Can she manage to restore her kingdom to its former glory, or will the past return to claim the life it tried to steal all those years ago?
Prisoner To My Mate

Prisoner To My Mate

1.4k Views · Ongoing · Amal A. Usman
Ana was like every young she-wolf out there.

She couldn't wait to meet her mate.

She didn't expect the way things would go the day she finally met him or the way he would treat her once they met.

Ana's mate wants nothing to do with her but won't let her go. Ana feels like a prisoner to her mate.

Her mind is torn on what to do. She wishes her mate would love her, but he shows no hope of that happening.

She wants to try and build something with him, but he makes things difficult for her. He treats her horribly, and Ana doesn't know why.

Ana wishes he would reject or let her go, but he won't. She feels like he is determined to make her his prisoner forever.

Read and find out how Ana survives being a prisoner to her.
The CEO's Prisoner of Love

The CEO's Prisoner of Love

3.1k Views · Ongoing · Aurora Watson
The person I loved most—Sebastian, the youngest judge in history, sent me to prison himself.
During those three years, all my pride was worn away.
After my release, my family was ruined, and with nowhere to live, I could only become a lowly bar hostess.
Fate brought Sebastian and me together again.
He looked coldly at my exposed mini-skirt, gripped my waist tightly, and said through gritted teeth, "Gloria, who gave you permission to work here?"
I flashed a seductive smile, enticing him. "Sir, a bottle of wine? And I'm all yours tonight."
Prisoner of the cursed alpha

Prisoner of the cursed alpha

1.1k Views · Ongoing · ademolaadetoun80
You’re captured.
You learn what it means to be owned.
You try to run and you’ll pay the price.
In this world, humans mean nothing to the royals or the alphas.
One moment, you’re free.
The next, you’re standing on a stage, being sold to the highest bidder.
We’re seen as breeding tools or as slaves.
Stay silent… until they auction you off again.
I’m Ava, a human girl sold at an auction and bought by the beta of the Black Moon Territory.
He locked me in the dungeon and forgot I existed, all because he found his mate that very night he bought me.
But after six months of pain and loneliness, the most powerful and cursed hybrid Alpha discovered me in his dungeon.
And that’s when everything changed, because I’m not just any human girl.
I’m his mate.
This isn’t your typical love story.
This one will leave you craving more.
Step into a world where a human girl becomes the fated mate of a cursed hybrid Alpha, half wolf, half dragon, and entirely dangerous.
Borrowing Amor Boxed Set

Borrowing Amor Boxed Set

2 Views · Ongoing · Kat Bellemore
Borrowing Amor: Where New Mexico meets small-town romance. Read books 4-6 in this sweet romance series to experience space tourism, Carlsbad Caverns, and a road trip mixed with a billionaire, a real estate developer, and an unlikely love. Each can be read as a stand-alone novel. Borrowing a Billionaire: Sometimes to find love, you need a little space. Bev Miller is shocked when she wins a seat on Galactic Enterprise’s inaugural space tourism flight, considering she never entered her name into the drawing. But thanks to her best friend, Bev finds herself at a spaceport, preparing for the adventure of a lifetime. Unfortunately, that includes Charles Michael. Handsome, single, and rich—he’s everything she’s cut herself off from. After her stint with homelessness, she has no desire to date someone who represents her old life, when she too had wealth. Charles Michael thought rising from rags to riches would solve all of his problems, but now that his parents’ bills are paid off, the money is nothing but an anchor around his neck. He reserves a seat on a space tourism flight in hopes it will help him figure out his life—to give him perspective without distractions. He didn’t count on meeting Bev Miller. Bev and Charles have only three days to shed their prejudices and learn to trust. Will their return to earth mean the beginning of a new adventure? Borrowing Kisses:  He’s a real estate developer who has a job to do. She’s the one who is going to stop him. As the mayor’s assistant, Zoe Flores has had a front row seat to how quickly the small town of Amor has changed. So when she’s assigned to help real estate developer Stephen McAllister replace several local businesses with high-class stores, she plots to save Amor and drive Stephen out of town. When Stephen shows up in Amor, the only thing he wants to do is buy out the properties on his list, then get out—all before the local residents realize what he’s up to. He didn’t plan on the mayor assigning his beautiful, and feisty, assistant as his liaison. Now he’ll be lucky to get anything done with her thwarting his every move. Stephen and Zoe try to fight their growing attraction to each other, but can they put aside their differences long enough to give love a fighting chance? Borrowing Second Chances:  No one told them that their ex would be on this trip. When Debbie Allred is asked by the new mayor of Amor to go on a one-week recruiting trip, she is thrilled. This would be a chance to earn extra money while utilizing her skills as a business owner and a member of the town council. But it isn’t until after Debbie agrees to the job that she discovers the mayor didn’t give her all of the important details—specifically that Debbie’s ex-boyfriend would be heading the recruiting trip. Bob Larcher is not a people person. At. All. He loves rules and procedure, which means he’s great at his job at Town Hall, but there is one item in his job description he’d overlooked. Job Recruitment. When he discovers that he’ll be traveling with his ex-girlfriend for an entire week, he’s not sure if he should be ecstatic, or terrified.  Armed with mistrust, unresolved resentment, and unwanted attraction, Bob and Debbie have two weeks to figure out what made them fall in love in the first place. And if it’s worth saving.
Borrowing Amor Boxed Set

Borrowing Amor Boxed Set

144 Views · Ongoing · Kat Bellemore
Read the first three books in the Borrowing Amor series, where New Mexico meets small-town romance. Chile peppers, hot air balloons and white sand dunes mix with a small-town mayor, a fake fiancé, and a second chance at love. Borrowing Amor: A small-town mayor. A stranger with a sketchy past. Two weeks before Christmas, Katie is kicked out of her apartment. Again. Rather than wander the streets and continue to work for a dirty cop, she escapes, determined to disappear for good. Until her car breaks down in a small New Mexican town, and everything is threatened when she falls for the charming mayor. Sam Freedman is the first bachelor mayor of Amor. After convincing the locals that having a mayor without family responsibilities means he can dedicate all of his time to the community, they watch his every move. Then Katie Andersen shows up. Against Sam’s better judgement, he hires her to replace his former event coordinator. Now he can barely think straight, let alone run a town.  In the midst of half-truths and outright lies, Katie and Sam desperately search for the place where honesty and trust lead to love. But they have to find it before the past catches up with them. Borrowing Love: It’s better to have loved and lost, they said. They were wrong. Ruby Freedman hasn’t left the small town of Amor in four years--not since her husband died. The memory of his fateful accident was enough to cause her to sell her airplane, and never ride in a car again. Then Parker Loveland comes back to town. Now she has to add him to her list of things she intends to avoid. After years away, Parker Loveland is back in Amor to celebrate his parents’ thirtieth wedding anniversary. He has worked hard to escape the clutches of his hometown, but when he runs into Ruby, the only girl he cared about in high school, and the only one that ever stood him up on a date, he’s torn between the embarrassment he felt more than a decade before, and his desire to be around her. Caught between memories of the past and fear of the future, it will take leaving Amor to help Ruby and Parker find the second chance they didn’t know they were looking for. Borrowing a Fiancé:  She wanted freedom. She got a fiancé instead. Melinda Garrett has been stuck managing her parents' diner for over a decade, with no end in sight. When her younger sister gets engaged, Melinda reluctantly agrees to attend the wedding with her friend, Daniel. But when the pressure is on, she claims he is her fiancé, in hopes that her parents’ opinion of selling the diner will change. Daniel Armstrong isn’t the kind of guy a girl takes home to meet her parents, but when he offers to attend a wedding as Melinda’s date, he finds himself labeled as her future spouse. Now, challenges lie around every corner, testing Melinda’s claim that she and Daniel are in love. With every touch and fake kiss, the line blurs between fiction and reality, and it seems inevitable that at least one heart will be broken by the end of the weekend.
Ebonveil's Prisoner: Hunted By The Fallen Seraph

Ebonveil's Prisoner: Hunted By The Fallen Seraph

519 Views · Ongoing · authoryukee
He has harvested a thousand souls without losing a single night of sleep.
She has survived a thousand near-deaths without understanding why.
When Lirael Vaelryn breaks curfew on harvest night and crosses paths with the Fallen Seraph himself, she expects death. What she gets is worse. His attention…stalked and followed.
Xalric Born does not want her soul. He wants her. All of her. And in Ebonveil, what the Fallen Seraph wants, he takes.
Trapped in his manor under the threat of her family's destruction, Lirael fights him the only way a powerless girl can. With her mouth, her defiance, and her absolute refusal to break. But the dreams are making it harder. Dreams of a softer version of him, a version that laughed, that loved, that looked at her like she was the reason he bothered existing at all.
Dreams that are not dreams. Memories that are not hers. A power stirring in her veins that has no business being there.
Something ancient is waking up inside her. Something that already died once, for him, and chose to come back anyway.
And something far darker than either of them is coming to make sure this time, it doesn't survive.
In Ebonveil, Death does not ask. It takes.
But she is starting to wonder if she was always meant to be taken.
Goodbye Alpha, Your Prisoner Is Now an Heiress

Goodbye Alpha, Your Prisoner Is Now an Heiress

985 Views · Ongoing · Nuella C
She was his fated mate… and his wife in name only.
Every night, Damien claimed her body, while his heart belonged to another woman. Elias endured it all, playing the perfect Luna, holding together a marriage filled with desire, but no love.
Then she became pregnant.
She believed the child would finally soften him, that the mate bond might at last mean something.
Instead, her mate personally sent her to the operating table.
"Elias," he said coldly, "you and the baby—only one can survive."
Her world shattered.
Her love meant nothing.
Her pleas meant nothing.
Completely broken, Elias vanished from his world without a trace.
Years later, she returned, no longer the obedient Luna he discarded, but a radiant, untouchable woman who stunned the entire pack. Only then did Damien realize what he had destroyed.
He fell to his knees, desperate.
"Come home, Elias."
She smiled calmly.
"Sorry. I'm no longer interested in mates."
His eyes darkened as he stepped closer.
"Then explain why you begged me to stop last night."
PRISONER LUNA: HELD CAPTIVE BY TWO ROGUE ALPHAS.

PRISONER LUNA: HELD CAPTIVE BY TWO ROGUE ALPHAS.

576 Views · Ongoing · Favour Eze
All her life Ria Renee Robinson has been subjective to horrible mistreatment which began after the death of her mother, after her father went back on his promise to her and decided to get All her life Ria Renee Robinson has been subjective to horrible mistreatment which began after the death of her mother, after her father went back on his promise to her and decided to get married again to a horrible woman who became her stepmother. Camille, Ria's stepmother had always felt threatened by the affection that Ria's father always showed towards Ria, she worried that her unborn child might have to compete with Ria for her father's love so she concocted a plan to have Ria sold to traveling werewolf.

After selling Ria to the werewolves, Camille made up a convincing lie that Ria had run away to be with her boyfriend that her father did not agree with.

As her father grieved her absence, Ria was being auctioned and after a long brutal bargain between the Greyson Brothers, she was bought by Kael Greyson, the Alpha of the pack. This did not deter Darius (Kael's brother) from wanting Ria for himself. He only saw her as a object that his brother owned, an object that I would enjoy stealing from his brother. Darius had the bad habit of wanting everything that Kael has, like wanting Ria for himself, he also wanted the throne. 

Seeing how much softer Ria had made Kael, seeing just how much Kael had fallen in love with Ria gave Darius the confidence he needed to go ahead with his plan of overthrowing kael and taking the pack's leadership all for himself.
The Billionaire's Amore

The Billionaire's Amore

5.1k Views · Ongoing · MisisDChinita
I didn't drink much vodka, but the sensation Abigail was giving me made me feel drunk.

I can't keep my hands from touching her, even if I wanted to stay in one part of her, but I seemed to want to touch Abigail's entire body.

I had way too much fun exploring Abigail's body when we heard a knock on our room door.

"Fuck!" I cursed. This is what I don't like the most, there are other people in my mansion!


Abigail Lopez comes from a wealthy family. She was an obedient daughter but everything changed when she met the son of a business opponent of her parent, Jacob Fuentes.

They married without the knowledge of her parents. They had a happy marriage until Jacob had an accident and he forgot about his memories with Abigail.

When Jacob regained consciousness, the woman who pretended to be his wife, Catherine, appeared to him.

David, Jacob's best friend, came into Abigail's life.

Would Abigail be able to accept the fact that Jacob had another child while she was also carrying their son?

Will Abigail fight her love for Jacob?

Will Abigail help Jacob to recover his memories?

Or would Abigail choose to move away and join her friend David and live a new life?
Mystifying Alpha's Amour

Mystifying Alpha's Amour

1.2k Views · Ongoing · Rafa Inv
“Who are you, Dakota?” she questions herself again while looking at her own reflection in the mirror. Her mind remained blank. Frustrated, she ruffled her wet hair and tweaked it slightly. “Why I cannot remember anything about me? Even a single... What is happening to me?”

Dakota Anika Vixen is the only child of Connor Vixen — who is the Alpha of the wolves in Flordenilla forest. The maiden is the next heir as Luna.
As punishment, Dakota will prevent her from turning like a wolf. All the things related to her being a wolf, she would forget. She can’t even transform into a wolf.
What will happen if Dakota woke up, had no memory, and found herself lying in Ivo’s restaurant?
Would Ivo accept and believe that she really lost her memory?
Conquest of the Dragon King: His Prisoner, Her Defiance

Conquest of the Dragon King: His Prisoner, Her Defiance

622 Views · Ongoing · midaspen78
She lost her mother to him. Then her father. Then her crown.

Then the night came when she lost everything else.

Valdris is not a man who waits. He has fought the same war for three hundred years, buried generals, toppled kingdoms, and never once blinked. He takes what he needs and he does not apologise for it.

He needed a witch queen.

He did not expect her

But something far older than their war is moving through the south, and it is not stopping. It does not negotiate. It does not retreat. It has been feeding on the earth itself for centuries — slowly, quietly, the way a fire feeds on a house before anyone smells the smoke.

Malachar the Demon Monarch has been patient for three hundred years.

He isn't anymore.

Dragon fire won't touch him. Armies won't slow him. Every wall between him and what he wants has already begun to crack — and he knows it. The only question left is whether the two people who can stop him will destroy each other first.

A prisoner who has every reason to let the world fall.

A king who has never once asked for help.

And a demon lord who is already inside the walls.

Some enemies you can fight.

Some you were always meant to face together.

The hard part is surviving long enough to figure out which is which.
The Wolf King’s Wife: She was his wife, his prisoner…and his punishment

The Wolf King’s Wife: She was his wife, his prisoner…and his punishment

1.2k Views · Ongoing · Laura Neri
Born between two kingdoms at war, Astrid Stone’s life has been marked by pain and misfortune, condemned to live as a slave within her own palace.
She is the princess no one wants, the shadow of a lineage that despises her.
When the new wolf king, Lysander Rowan, forces her to marry him to avenge his father, both are trapped in a union forged by hatred… and consumed by a desire neither can deny.
As their love grows and her true nature awakens, Astrid must choose between loyalty to her past or a forbidden love that threatens to destroy them both.
In a world where blood dictates destiny, can love defy the moon?
Wife of Alessandro de Luca

Wife of Alessandro de Luca

1.1k Views · Ongoing · Kuraht
"No one touches what belongs to Alessandro De Luca. Not his business. Not his empire. And certainly not his woman."
"I'm not your possession."
"Wrong," he murmured. "You're my wife. That makes you both."
She became his wife to repay a debt.
He vowed to destroy her for a past drenched in blood.
At fifteen, Rose's fate was quietly sold by the man she trusted most—her father.
At twenty-two, she's forced into marriage with Alessandro De Luca, the ruthless Italian mafia boss feared across continents. To the world, their union is a cold arrangement. To Alessandro, it's a weapon—his slow-burning punishment for the enemy's daughter.
But what Rose doesn't know is that her father once committed an unforgivable crime—and her mother died keeping the truth buried.
Alessandro vowed to shatter whoever destroyed his family. He never planned to fall for the enemy's daughter.
Trapped between a husband who burns with revenge and a father who thrives on lies, Rose must fight to survive the war ignited in her name.
Because in the mafia… love is just another weapon.
And the most dangerous man she's ever met is her husband.
The Hybrid Bed Warmer & Her Mates

The Hybrid Bed Warmer & Her Mates

400 Views · Ongoing · Yhen Amor
She was captured and sold as a bed warmer to a notorious Mafia Lord. On her escape, he was caught by him.

As their eyes met, she was stunned. Did she just find her second chance mate? She thought.

Her heart went wild, and so with her wolf inside. But the gorgeous man just looked at her with cold eyes. There were no traces that he felt what she felt. Her mate's pull toward her seemed to be not working. Until she realized by sniffing at him that he was not just a wolf. He was something more!

“Moon Goddess, I was just rejected by my mate, but here you are again, giving me a second chance mate, who is as cold as an iceberg,” she thought, whining.

Her wolf shouted, “Mate! He is ours!”

But then she was captured by the most fearful Hybrid King, who took her as his captive. But why did her heart go wild too as she saw him? There was no fear in heart for him but a familiar feeling of love and security.
She was already in a dilemma when her Alpha mate who rejected her returned to claim her!

Darn! Moon Goddess, whom would she choose?
The Lycan Princess In Dragon's Arms

The Lycan Princess In Dragon's Arms

8.9k Views · Ongoing · Yhen Amor
He made a step forward near her. “You are here in my Thregonad Village Shelyca, or should I say she-wolf?” He darted her with a look that seems to be traveling down her every spine.

Princess Shelyca was caught off-handed. “How… how do you know? I am in my human form,” confused she asked.

He stepped one more time and then caught her face in between his big callous hands. “I saw it while I was trying to revive you but don’t you worry, I can keep a secret if you want it to be a secret,” he whispered.

“Who are you really? I can feel you are not an ordinary human,” she asked while looking at him this time. She wanted to determine what is deep within his eyes.

“You are right, I am not an ordinary human but I won’t tell you. It is up for you to find out." He eyed her while grinning.
The Alpha's Chosen Breeder Is a Zeta

The Alpha's Chosen Breeder Is a Zeta

2.2k Views · Ongoing · Yhen Amor
“You will start your duties as the chosen Alpha's Breeder, whether you like it or not,” he hisses at her as his anger rise even more.
She braces herself and looks at him with her eyes dancing with mockery, “Let it be then, Alpha King Dantes. Bring me to the lair of any mateless Alpha and watch as he rips me off, listen as we moan, and never close your eyes as he thrusts into me so deep, fast, and repeatedly until we both gasp for air and shudder in ecstasy.”
With his face burning with anger, the King of all Alphas snatches her waist and plunges her onto his right shoulder like a caveman.
“You pissed me off completely, Zeta! Wait for a moment and you will find yourself being ripped off, gasping for breath thereafter, and writhing in ecstasy as you reach your goddam peak!”
The Missing Golden She-Wolf

The Missing Golden She-Wolf

50 Views · Ongoing · Yhen Amor
She is the last in their breed of Golden Wolves; the most powerful werewolf with strong mental powers, but Daffodil never knew it.

Lexus is a Beta Warrior with a mission; to find the last golden she-wolf that the next in line Alpha dreamed of having as his wife to make him the most powerful Alpha in the Werewolves’ realm.

What happened if the last Golden She-wolf is the mate of the Beta Warrior?

And what is the truth, behind the Beta Warrior's identity?
Her Marriage to the Vampire King

Her Marriage to the Vampire King

38.5k Views · Ongoing · Yhen Amor
Asalea’s eyes narrowed. She can guess that the event is a wedding ceremony. So, she will be attending a wedding occasion. “Whose wedding is this?” she asked the man who fetched her.

“Yours Madam.” He said and then got something inside his paper bag. “Please wear this,” he said again handing her a black veil with a tiara in it, beautifully adorned with black diamonds.

“What did you say?!” Asalea gasped in surprise.

“This is your wedding Madam.” The man repeated his prior statement.

“Who shall I be marrying?” with narrowed eyes, Asalea asked again.

“You will know later on. Be ready Madam. The wedding march will start.” Then the man step aside and motioned her to walk forward when the wedding march song started to fill the whole astrodome.

Asalea does not know if she will follow or will make herself invisible and run. She chose the first. She knows that she will be dead if she will run. At least they will not kill her. Looking at her elegant black gown, her veil with tiara, and the venue of the wedding; she knows she will be marrying someone of a high profile from the Glodeous Kingdom. She can still start her life here and then plan for her revenge later on against the Ecleteon werewolves.

With chin held up, Asalea made her graceful walk going to the altar. Getting nearer the altar, she saw the back of a man standing in front.

Asalea surmises that he might be her groom. “Hmm, not bad,” she murmured.

Slowly the man turned his back and faced her when she was already walking almost beside him.

Asalea’s eyes grew big when she recognized the man.

“Hello, my pretty vampy.” He whispered and intensely looked at her with his ocean-like deep blue eyes.
 Edge of Obsession

Edge of Obsession

180 Views · Ongoing · Salmo Amor
Glyndon King always knew that disasters start on starless nights. After the tragic death of Devlin, her best friend and confidant, she finds herself on a precipice, both literally and metaphorically. Haunted by the memories of the fatality and consumed by guilt, Glyndon returns to the cliff on Brighton Island, where everything fell apart. She hopes to find some form of peace or perhaps an end to her incessant pain.

But instead, she encounters Killian Carson.

Wrapped in sophisticated charm and an aura of mystery, Killian is a cold-blooded predator. His angular face and imposing presence hide a perverse and relentless nature. When he photographs Glyndon at the edge of the cliff, the line between savior and executioner becomes dangerously thin.

Killian reveals a dark side, a sick desire to capture the exact moment of Glyndon’s fall. He keeps her on the brink of the abyss, proposing a sinister deal: her life for his art. Trapped between the desire to survive and the dark magnetism of Killian, Glyndon must navigate through a web of manipulation and power.

As Killian provokes her and keeps her in suspense, Glyndon realizes that escaping this deadly game won’t be easy. His charm is as lethal as his disregard for human life. Glyndon is determined not to be just another victim in his collection of horrors, but every wrong move could lead to her destruction.
To Touch a De León: A Forbidden Billionaire Affair

To Touch a De León: A Forbidden Billionaire Affair

737 Views · Ongoing · Ayla Ren
She was never meant to be touched. Until he did.

When Maritza de León—heiress to a billion-dollar empire—catches her fiancé cheating, her life implodes in a single scandalous night. But her revenge kiss with Cole Harrison, the ruthless lawyer her family despises, lights a fire neither of them can put out.

He wants payback. She wants freedom. But the closer they get, the more dangerous their desire becomes—because Cole’s secret could destroy everything she’s fighting to protect.

Power. Betrayal. Obsession.

In the glittering world of the De León dynasty, love is the most forbidden sin of all.
Beneath His Billion-Dollar Gaze

Beneath His Billion-Dollar Gaze

2k Views · Ongoing · De Vo
She needed a job.
He needed control.
Neither expected to fall apart for each other.

Elena Rivera is a Brooklyn-born fighter working two jobs, caring for her sick brother, and doing everything she can to survive in a city that swallows girls like her whole. When a fiery encounter with New York’s most ruthless billionaire unexpectedly lands her a high-paying assistant role, she’s thrown into a world of power, luxury, and danger she never asked for.

Adrian Drake is cold, brilliant, and untouchable—a man who built his empire from nothing and trusts no one. Especially not the beautiful woman with sharp eyes and a stubborn heart who now sits outside his office.

What begins as a tense business arrangement spirals into something deeper, darker, and more dangerous. Secrets unravel. Enemies close in. And when emotions cross the line, both Adrian and Elena must decide:

Is love worth risking everything when everything is what you stand to lose?

Genre: Contemporary Billionaire Romance.
The Life That Wasn't Mine

The Life That Wasn't Mine

1k Views · Ongoing · Kola De
I have been invisible my entire life. Not the poetic kind of invisible, the kind where your own mother looks through you at dinner, where your name is only said when something needs to be done or someone needs to be blamed. I was never the daughter they loved. I was the one they kept around in case they needed something.

And they finally did.

My twin sister ran. Left her wedding, her billionaire groom, and her entire arranged life behind without a single word to me. So they handed it all to me instead... her name, her dress, her future. I didn't get a choice. I never got a choice. One slap from my father and I was stepping into a limousine headed toward a life that was never mine.

The Hale Estate was everything I had never been allowed to want. Grand and cold and full of secrets that hummed behind every wall. Alistair Hale, my new husband, was dying, slowly and deliberately, like a man with unfinished business. The staff smiled too carefully. The rooms felt watched. And nothing, not a single thing, was what it appeared to be.

Then there was Lucian.
The Inheritance of Us

The Inheritance of Us

824 Views · Ongoing · Kola De
Ava Thompson, a bright, ambitious, and talented young woman, receives her dream job for a high-powered Manhattan-based architecture firm. Ava has no notion that this new position places her in the midst of a whirlpool of complex power struggles between her and three dominant men: Julian Sterling, the genius and enigmatic CEO; Caleb Sterling, dark-haired architect and loner and estranged son of Julian; and Marcus Sterling, friendly and fabulously insightful brother to Julian, which by the way is Ava's new stepfather. Ava is fighting the weight of her working world, and she's drawn to all three of them, and they symbolize different forms of love and passion. Their shady past, corporate scandals, and unrelenting attraction build to a bombastic and volatile situation, making Ava choose what she wants and what love and family are.
Redo Love with a Billionaire

Redo Love with a Billionaire

549 Views · Ongoing · De Lilah
"Shut up and kiss me, Sir!"

"Yes, Honey! Do it!"

Hazel was disappointed to learn that her fiancé was cheating with her cousin. As a result, she let alcohol take over her senses and... unconsciously, Hazel had a one night stand with a man!

Hazel quickly regained consciousness and went home, but her cousin and fiancé instead slandered her and she was kicked out of the house! Hazel had no one, nowhere to go, suddenly, a gang of thugs chased her to collect a debt! Hazel ran because she didn't feel indebted, it turned out her ex-fiancé had set her up! Hazel hid in a car parked on the side of the road, miraculously, a little girl saved her from the thugs' pursuit!

"Would you like to replace my Mama's position?"

"Lucy! You can't just bring in anyone!" Her father scolded her. However, the little one insisted and Hazel was shocked when the man was... Mr. One Night Stand.

"Please help me, I'll do anything to repay you."
Fake It Till You Fall

Fake It Till You Fall

1.1k Views · Ongoing · Kola De
I made a deal with Declan Moss at prom and I told myself it was strategy.

He needed a girlfriend. I needed an ex-boyfriend to finally notice I had moved on. Clean terms, mutual exit. I was good at arrangements. I had been making myself useful to people who didn't deserve it for years.

What I was not prepared for was him. Not the version he performs... the armor, the silence, the carefully managed distance. The real one. The one who hands you an essay he never meant for anyone to read and watches your face while you do it. The one carrying a sick sister, two jobs, and a scholarship that stands between his family and a number too big to say out loud. The one who has been holding everything together so long he has forgotten that holding everything is not the same as being okay.

People are trying to destroy him. Quietly. Patiently. From the inside out.

And somewhere between session four and the worst week of his life, I stopped being the girl on his paperwork and became the person he called first.
The arrangement had rules. I had an exit strategy. I was supposed to walk away clean.

Then he said my name in a parking lot like it meant everything he hadn't found the words for yet. And I understood that I had not been performing for weeks.

I had just been... there. Fully. Without the contract.

The fake part ended a long time ago. I am the only one who knows that.

For now.
My Mated Enemies

My Mated Enemies

401 Views · Ongoing · Mi De
Get ready to dive into a world of ancient rivalry, werewolves, witches, and forbidden love in "My Mated Enemies" Ruby, a human engaged to her long-term boyfriend, finds herself caught between two men, Lucian and Tyler, who are both her mates. As she navigates their archaic feud and hidden supernatural world, Ruby learns about her ancestry and must make a decision that could ultimately cost her one of her mates. With a thrilling twist involving an evil force and a blood oath, Ruby's journey is one of love, magic, and self-discovery. Will she choose Lucian or Tyler? Find out in this captivating tale of passion, power, and destiny.
MY BROTHER-IN-LAWS OBSESSION

MY BROTHER-IN-LAWS OBSESSION

6.5k Views · Ongoing · blessing amos
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TRIGGER WARNING:
This book contains steamy sex scenes. Dark dangerous obsession, violence, dark secrets, Cheating,suicide.

“You’re mine, Heaven. Every moan, every tear, every fucking inch of you.”
Her breath shook, her knees almost gave way .
The altar pressed into her spine, Boyle’s portrait loomed above. Guilt and want collided, her body heated up at his claim.
Maverick’s free hand slid under her skirt, shoving it up to her hips.
“M..ave..rick no no we can’t.. it’s his a..altar… we can’t....”
His fingers found her panties, tore them aside with a rip. “You want a life?… I am your life!!You stay where I want you..where I keep you!!” he snarled, two fingers plunged into her without warning.
Heaven gasped, her nails dug into his shoulders. She was already soaked shamefully, helplessly.
His fingers curled, stroking that spot inside her that made her see stars.
His thumb pressed her clit, ruthless circles.
“Look at him,” Maverick growled, twisting her head toward Boyle’s portrait.
“Look at your dead husband while I finger-fuck you….even he can’t do anything”
“Maverick…stop…” she couldn’t help but moan



Heaven Kalabora’s life shatters the moment her father gambles away their fortune.
To save her family from ruthless loan sharks, she’s forced into a marriage with a man she has never met, the heir to the most influential military family in ivory city who was rumored to be impotent.

But tragedy strikes on her wedding day.

Trapped in a mansion that was never her home, Heaven learns to live in silence and bound by a name that isn’t hers.

Until one fateful night… she ends up in bed with her distant cold brother-in-law, Maverick Richard

What begins as a single mistake soon turned into a dangerous obsession,one that would consume Heaven entirely
VOWS OF VENGEANCE: HER RUTHLESS CONTRACT WIFE

VOWS OF VENGEANCE: HER RUTHLESS CONTRACT WIFE

1.5k Views · Ongoing · blessing amos
Diana Moreau has spent her life surviving.
Crushing debt, loan sharks at her door, and a son slowly dying in a hospital bed have stripped away all her pride.
So when a dangerous stranger offers her a one year contract, ten thousand a week, Diana signs.
Alessia Vincenzo is cold. Untouchable. Lethal.
The ruthless heir to Horrixo’s most feared mafia empire needs a spouse on paper to claim her throne but her true plan is to burn that empire to the ground and destroy every member of her family in revenge for her mother’s murder.
She chooses Diana because the sharp-tongued single mother is unimpressed by power, fights men on instinct, and wants nothing from the Vincenzo name.
The rules are simple: play the devoted wife, smile for the family, ask no questions.
But nothing stays simple.
Forced proximity turns every calculated touch into fire.
Every cold command stirs something neither woman can control.
Then the devastating truth surfaces: the woman Alessia is avenging, the one she’s willing to destroy an empire for is the same woman who destroyed the life of the wo man she was never meant to love.
Will she be able to hide this secret as the past comes rubbing its face on Diana again?
TO PROTECT MATE&BOND

TO PROTECT MATE&BOND

50 Views · Ongoing · Priya Amour
On the one hand, a man leading the whole city of Atlanta being a billionaire businessman and also the Alpha of the pack of werewolves hides two secrets.
On the other hand, a girl hates werewolves for some past reasons, but what can happen when she is the mate of the powerful Alpha?
Will she reject him because he is the werewolf? Or there are any secrets? Whom does she hate in real? Will she accept him after knowing the most brutal truth about them? What if he comes to know why she hates werewolves and what stops her from coming near him? He wants his mate by every nook and corner but what will happen if he comes to know that it will cause his death? Will he fight with fate to seal his mate with him?
With a lot of twists and turns, join in the journey of DEVLIN & LUCY
To Protect Mate & Bond is created by Priya Amour, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.
Blood in the Harbor

Blood in the Harbor

365 Views · Ongoing · Amos Gwani
Elena Santos thought she was fleeing the corruption of Los Angeles when she moved to the quiet coastal town of Moonfall Bay. As a former LAPD detective turned private investigator, she wanted nothing more than easy cases and peaceful nights.
She was wrong.
Within hours of arriving, Elena finds the body of seventeen-year-old Chloe Martinez washed up on the beach. The neighbors whisper about accidents and runaways, but Elena's trained eye sees the truth - this was murder.
Dr. Ryan Archer has spent five years keeping dangerous secrets in Moonfall Bay. When the beautiful ex-cop moves in across from his clinic, he knows his carefully built walls are about to fall. He's watched too many girls disappear, treated too many suspicious injuries, and stayed quiet too long. Now he must choose between his life and his conscience.
Sheriff Marcus Daniels has ruled Moonfall Bay for twenty years through fear and blood money. His fish processing plant is a front for something much darker - a human trafficking operation that has claimed thirty-seven young lives. When Elena starts asking questions, Marcus knows she has to die before she breaks everything he's built.
But Elena Santos isn't just any detective. She's part of a federal task team that's been tracking the trafficking ring for months. As the trap closes around Marcus, Elena finds herself stuck between a corrupt sheriff who wants her dead and a tortured doctor who might be her only ally.
In a town where trust is deadly and love is dangerous, Elena must discover the truth before she becomes the next body to wash up on Moonfall Bay's blood-soaked shores.
Some secrets are worth killing for. Others are worth dying to reveal.
A heart-pounding thriller where justice and romance clash in the deadliest of waters.
His Stripper, Their Obsession

His Stripper, Their Obsession

3.8k Views · Ongoing · Amore Lovelace
“All this time,” Adriano’s voice was low, shaking with rage, “all this time I kissed you, made love to you, put my life on the line for you…” His eyes burned into hers. “You were fucking my brothers behind my back?!”

“Adriano, please I can explain. It's not what you think.”

“NOT WHAT I THINK?!” he roared, stepping closer, fists trembling. “You told me you love me!”

“I do,” Diamond sobbed.

His voice broke. “Then why?”



They are the princes of Il Serpente Dorato, the most powerful Italian Mafia. Adriano, Alessandro, and Gabriele.

Dangerous. Possessive. Obsessive.

Diamond was just a stripper when she first caught Adriano’s eye. A one-night distraction who became something much more. At first, she was tangled only in his sheets… until his older brothers wanted a taste of her.

And soon, she wasn’t just his. She was theirs

Now she belongs to all of them. Claimed and worshipped in ways that leave her breathless. The nights turned wild with sex, pleasure, and pain. The tension, the lies, the betrayal… unbearable. She wasn’t just a woman to them—she became an addiction, a possession they’d fight, bleed, and kill for.

Yet Diamond has a secret. One that could shatter everything. And if the Greco princes ever discover the truth, their obsession with her won’t just burn.

It might destroy her.

Welcome to a story of sin, obsession, betrayal, and forbidden desires. Where love and hate are only a heartbeat apart.
Crimson Thorns, Golden Crown

Crimson Thorns, Golden Crown

211 Views · Ongoing · Charity Amos
"You're just a pathetic slave wolf. This bond means nothing!" Beta Marcus sneered as he shattered the fake mate medallion, revealing years of deception in front of the jeering pack.
As a slave wolf born into servitude, Lyra has known nothing but chains and cruelty her entire life. When she discovers what she believed was her mate bond with the pack's Beta was actually an enchanted lie designed to exploit her rare blood for dark rituals, her world crumbles completely.
Cast out to die in the cursed Shadowlands, Lyra is found by the mysterious Phantom Alpha - a legendary figure whispered about in fearful tales. Darius Nightfall is not just any Alpha; he's the exiled heir to the Celestial Court, banished for refusing an arranged marriage and seeking to overthrow corrupt pack hierarchies.
In his hidden sanctuary, Lyra discovers she's not a slave wolf at all, but the last of the StarBlood lineage - descendants of the first werewolves blessed by ancient celestial magic. Her blood doesn't just heal; it can reshape the very foundations of pack power structures.
But when her former captors come hunting for the "escaped slave" and Marcus reveals he's been working with a conspiracy to harvest StarBlood wolves for an ancient ritual, Lyra must choose: hide in safety with the Alpha who sees her true worth, or return to face those who enslaved her - not as their victim, but as their reckoning.
The weak slave they discarded will return as an empress of starlight and shadow.
The Scentless Mate

The Scentless Mate

1.8k Views · Ongoing · Charity Amos
Caleb Riverstone was born as the Gamma's son into the cruel Moonshadow Pack, and his life was a nightmare. Marked by the reputation of being a scentless wolf, he faced unrelenting bullying, peer rejection, and paternal disappointment. Caleb finally collected enough money to leave behind the group that tormented him, despite his broken dreams and burning need to flee.

However, independence is only temporary. Caleb's calm solitude is shattered when the fearsome Alpha brothers of the Crimson Fang Pack, Lucian and Tobias Vale, enter his life with a shocking revelation: Caleb is their fated mate. They are ruthless and unrelenting, refusing to let him get away. As Caleb deals with his feelings and the implications of his claim, an impending battle between their packs threatens to shatter the fragile relationships they've formed.

Will Caleb accept his destiny alongside the Alpha brothers, or will the ghosts of his past and the foes waiting in the forest ruin their chance for love and unity?
The Secret Roommate Game

The Secret Roommate Game

865 Views · Ongoing · Charity Amos
When Alex, a mischievous art major, creates a fake online profile to flirt with his handsome but reserved roommate, Ethan, he never expects things to spiral out of control. Posing as “Emily,” Alex quickly wins Ethan’s heart, but as the lies pile up, Alex finds himself caught in a web of his own making. With Ethan’s childhood friend Liam growing suspicious and Alex’s best friend Jasmine egging him on, the situation becomes a ticking time bomb. As feelings grow and secrets unravel, Alex must decide whether to come clean and risk losing Ethan forever or keep up the charade and lose himself in the process. A story of love, lies, and the messy truth of being yourself.
Shattered Moon, Rising Queen

Shattered Moon, Rising Queen

13.2k Views · Ongoing · Amos Joshua
"You're nothing but a stupid omega. I reject you as my mate!" Alpha Kaiden's cruel words echoed through the ceremonial grounds as he publicly shamed me in front of the entire pack.
As an omega, Elara has always been treated like dirt by her pack, forced to work like a slave just to live. When she finds the young, arrogant Alpha Kaiden is her fated mate, she dares to hope for a better life. Instead, he uses her, exploits her, and eventually rejects her for a "stronger" she-wolf.
Left broken and abandoned, Elara faces death at the hands of rogues when she's suddenly rescued by the feared Lycan King Alaric - a man whose reputation for ruthlessness precedes him. To everyone's shock, the cruel king shows a gentle side only to Elara.
As she finds refuge in his country, Elara begins to discover powers within herself that were always meant to be hers. But when her former pack faces danger and Kaiden comes crawling back, Elara must decide: forgive the man who broke her, or accept the king who helped her rise from the ashes?
One thing is certain - she's no longer the weak omega they once knew.
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