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THE Knight’s Hidden Princess

A princess's duty is to be beautiful, quiet, not loud, to be seen and not to be heard, which was how Dahlia lived most of her life. Bound by the expectations of her title, she spent years trying to prove to her father that she was more than just a princess and capable of being more than an ornament in his court but each time she never got the chance. Instead, she was forced into a marriage of convenience with the bravest knight in all the kingdom, Reagan Hawthorne. Dahlia thought she would use this marriage to escape the brutal crutches of her father and glide out of her cage but Reagan’s cold disdain was an unexpected prison of its own. While he waged wars on distant lands, she stayed behind, holding his household together and protecting the people he seemed to ignore. But Dahlia carried a dangerous secret. By day, she was the perfect wife. By night, she became the "Black Knight," a masked vigilante fighting for justice in the shadows. Reagan returned, ready to focus on his personal mission: avenging his father’s death. To him, Dahlia was just another pawn in his plans—a spoiled princess he needed to tolerate. But as cracks began to form in her perfect façade, Reagan couldn’t shake the feeling that there was more to his wife than met the eye. Now, with enemies circling closer and their secrets threatening to collide, Dahlia and Reagan must confront the lies they’ve told themselves and each other. But when masks fall and truths are revealed, will their fragile bond withstand the storm—or will it shatter beyond repair? One wound. One secret. One night that changes everything.
DA_Aloera · 288.3k Views

The Forest Never Forgets

It all started with a curse. In the sterile halls of St. Solace Hospital, Laura—wounded, desperate, and blinded by grief—cast a curse she never meant to. A curse that tore through the innocent, striking a child who wasn’t meant to bear its weight. Rozzi, a hero caught in the shadows, made the ultimate sacrifice to protect that child, her life extinguished in the Spiral’s growing darkness. And Asto De La, a father shattered by loss and betrayal, was pushed to the edge of madness. His quest for justice became a battle against something ancient and merciless—a forest that remembers every name, every pain, every secret. Now the forest watches. Elias, a boy who should have died that night, lives on beneath the trees. Saved by a silent girl whose name he never learned, he became the Spiral’s last heir. He writes the names of the forgotten into the dirt so they don’t vanish, so the curse doesn’t spread. But memory is not merciful. And the Spiral never forgets. When the dead begin to whisper and children wake remembering things they never lived, the curse calls again. Elias must choose between becoming a monster like the one who saved him… Or breaking the forest’s heart one name at a time. The Forest Never Forgets is a chilling supernatural tale of memory, sacrifice, and the weight of love that refuses to die. This is where grief grows wild and names become roots. Dear Readers, Some stories are born from fire. This is one of them. In the shadows of forgotten places, in the silence after screams, the past waits. It doesn't fade. It doesn't forgive. And if you dare to look too closely, it might look back. The Forest Never Forgets is not just a story of grief, curses, and the supernatural—it's about the aching cost of love, the terror of truth, and the monsters we inherit. Every word was written with trembling fingers and a haunted heart. I hope you read it with the same fire. Welcome to St. Solace. Remember: once you enter, it remembers you too. With ash-stained pages
Gra4ce · 3.6k Views

The Eclipse Paradox

For decorated Sergeant Dax Raoh, a lifelong comic book fan, the ideals of truth and justice were once simple. That was before the mission in the remote desert, before the mysterious NovaSyne container that whispered in the dark, and before the catastrophic blast that annihilated everything in a ten-kilometer radius—except for him. Now, possessing superhuman abilities and burdened by the crushing guilt of being the sole survivor, Dax is unceremoniously discharged by a military that wants to bury its secrets. Facing a mountain of debt and the systemic failure of the institutions meant to help veterans like him, he sees the hypocrisy of a society that celebrates fictional heroes while abandoning real ones. To provide for his wife, Sana—the one person he would do anything for—he must embrace the darkness that saved his life. He becomes Paradox: a meticulous and brutally efficient bank robber targeting the corporate predators who prey on the weak. This new purpose—part pragmatism, part vengeance—is complicated when he stumbles upon a human trafficking operation. The brutal efficiency with which he dismantles it reveals a shocking capacity for violence within him, blurring the line between justice and his own rage. As news reports surface of another super-powered being halfway across the world, Dax realizes his awakening was not unique. He is a player in a much larger, more dangerous game, one involving a cosmic horror that whispers promises of power at a terrible price. The Eclipse Paradox is the story of a man trying to live up to his childhood ideals in a world that has shattered them, a soldier fighting a new kind of war where the only way to win may be to sacrifice his own soul.
Aggrodamus · 525 Views