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A dance with the pentarch kings.

In a world where beasts rarely crave their own gender, Blazar's disguise as a boy is both her shield and her greatest gamble. Her scent betrays her—an intoxicating lure that would send any beast-blooded king into a frenzy to claim her. The disguise makes them hesitate, their instincts confused by the male facade over the irresistible female scent beneath. Every breath risks her discovery. Every moment is a gamble. Born a nobody. Sold into slavery. Bought by a king. Raised as a weapon. Her orders are simple: infiltrate Royal Imperium Prestigia High, pose as noble boy Orion Spade from a broken line, and assassinate the most powerful king. Succeed, and she lives. Fail, and she dies. Prestigia is an academy where monsters are crowned—and innocents devoured. Ruled by the Havoc Five: Dante the werewolf supreme alpha, Kaelric the apex of humanity, Vesper the vampire overlord, Xeari the werecat king, and Ryuzaki the celestial kitsune. Each lethal in their own way. Thousands of nobles would kill to kneel at their feet. For most girls, this is paradise. For Blazar? A nightmare. Her defiance doesn't go unnoticed. She attracts the attention of all five. The kings circle her—some to protect, some to break her, others wanting more. She runs. She tries to deny. But the longer she resists, the more entangled she becomes. To survive, she must outwit them all while hiding her true gender, her slave mark, the deadly secret of her bloodline, and escape the king who owns her. Blazar Staray won't play their games. And she certainly doesn't kneel. But the real question is—can she resist the hunger they woke in her? °~Excerpt~° "I don't understand," she whispered, her voice shaking. "I haven't done anything. I don't know what's happening." Kaelric stepped forward, his expression cold and calculating. "That's exactly what someone using seduction magic would say." His ice-blue eyes bore into hers with such intensity that she felt like he could see straight through to her soul. "The question is, what kind of magic are you using, and who sent you here?" "I'm not using any magic!" Blazar protested, her voice rising with desperation. "I don't even know what you're talking about!" But even as she said the words, she could feel the weight of their stares on her. Something was definitely wrong, and somehow, she was at the center of it all. The one thing they all seemed to want but couldn't quite understand why.
Cy_hello · 31k Views

Rebirth of the Phoenix Empress

Amid the softly falling snow in the Cold Palace courtyard, Princess Xianlan drew her final breath—silently. She had been falsely accused of poisoning the Crown Prince, brutally flogged until her body was torn, and imprisoned without a shred of mercy— all part of a cruel scheme orchestrated by Noble Consort Su Zhen, her stepmother, whose gentle appearance masked a heart of poison. Meanwhile, the Emperor of Li—the very man who claimed to love her above all—never realized that the only daughter he cherished had been crushed to death by the hands of the one he trusted most. But the heavens showed mercy. Xianlan opened her eyes once more, reborn into her eight-year-old self— in the time before everything shattered. This time… she would not be a worthless pawn in a game of power. She would become the master strategist, toppling each of her enemies one by one. With icy composure and razor-sharp wit, Xianlan hid in the shadows, slowly gathering evidence, allies, and influence within the palace. And fate brought her an unexpected ally— Feng Yuhan, Crown Prince of the Southern Yan Kingdom, known as the “Winter Tiger.” Cold, brilliant, and seemingly heartless—yet from their first meeting, something in her eyes held his gaze. Together, they moved in the darkness. Xianlan laid the plans. Feng Yuhan executed them. As the Kingdom of Li fell into the depths of political games— As vipers hissed behind silken smiles in the inner palace— As even a father’s love could be twisted by deceit— ⸻ When the phoenix returns to her nest—she will never again let anyone trample her. The will of the heavens may be written in ink… But Xianlan will rewrite fate in the blood of her enemies.
kotchanipa · 20k Views

Midnight bride

The moonlight spilled through the canopy of the dark forest, casting an eerie glow on the man lounging against an ancient tree. Morris was impossibly handsome—too handsome to be real. His sharp jawline, framed by tousled black hair, was shadowed by the flicker of firelight in his golden eyes. He swirled a goblet of wine lazily in his hand, his lips curved into a devilish smirk. Elowen froze, captivated. He looked like a prince from a forbidden story, but something in the air warned her he was no mortal. “Lost, little lamb?” His voice was velvet, dark and smooth, wrapping around her like a spell. “I was...just—” she stammered, but he stood in one fluid motion, closing the distance between them. “Just wandering into my domain,” he interrupted, his tone teasing yet dangerous. “How bold of you.” His gaze raked over her, and her heart pounded under the weight of his attention. “You shouldn’t be here,” he murmured, stepping closer until she could feel the heat radiating from him. “Do you know who I am?” She shook her head, her throat dry. “I am Morris,” he said, his voice dropping to a low, seductive growl. “The devil. The one your kingdom fears, the one your priests curse. And now,” he leaned in, his golden eyes glowing like embers, “you’ve wandered straight into my hands.” The shadows around him seemed to ripple with his amusement as a smirk played on his lips. He extended a hand, his voice both a command and an invitation. “Come closer, Elowen. Let me show you what happens when innocence meets the devil.”
Neph444 · 29.2k Views

Blade of the Fates

The story starts with a shady deal out in the Route 66 desert, then twists through a blood-curdling curse on a Texas ranch and a backroom conspiracy on Capitol Hill. It all unravels when the FBI cracks open their supernatural case files, laying bare a century-old dark pact. These "knife peddlers" use blades as their currency—trading "prophecies that come true" for people’s promises. And every last one of those promises? They’re tied to the gory, swept-under-the-rug chapters of American history. The storytelling’s steeped in American roots: the truckers rolling down Route 66, the Texas ranchers clinging to their land, the scions of Capitol Hill politicians. These characters aren’t random—they’re the backbone of what makes this country tick. Their struggles, their compromises? They’re a mirror held up to that "me-first, profit-above-all" mindset that took hold when we pushed west. And the rules these peddlers play by? Purely American. Swapping a sheriff’s badge for a gang war body count. Putting up a deed to get a tornado to steer locusts clear. Greenlighting a dam to make a loud critic "vanish." Every deal lays bare the ugliness this nation’s built on: stealing Native land, the bloodshed behind getting rich, the way politics rots morals. The spooky stuff? It’s tailored to how Americans see the world. The FBI’s "Western Ghost File 731," Masonic symbols, old projects like the Transcontinental Railroad or Hoover Dam—all tangled up in curses. It takes that old Eastern tale of knife peddlers and turns it into something we recognize: a "supernatural debt collector" system. And the knife? More than a tool. Back in the frontier days, it’s how you got things done; here, it’s a contract. An 1850s Chinese blade at San Francisco’s docks. A railroad worker’s scalpel from 1903. A dam engineer’s letter opener from 1955. The blood and scratches on those blades? Like tree rings—each one marking the price of a deal. The whole story boils down to this: "There’s no such thing as free progress." A trucker gambling his casino winnings to outrun a sandstorm. A rancher sacrificing his prize stallion to save his spread. A senator’s daughter looking away when her aide kills himself, just to pass a bill. Every choice echoes the peddlers’ line: "In America, every mile of railroad track sits on bones." And when the FBI files finally spill the truth? The peddlers *are* all the folks who made those deals—rolled into one. It turns personal stories into a national burden. Those hidden costs of building this country? They never vanished. They just became these ghostly peddlers, showing up at every big historical crossroads. With their blades, they’re here to remind us: Every good thing fate hands you? It’s already got an American price tag. Paid in blood. Paid in fear. Paid in guilt you can never, ever settle.
张佳旭 · 607 Views