"Love and loyalty are tested in a world of magic and monsters. Asher, a fierce alpha werewolf, must fight to protect his pack and the woman he loves, Emilia, from his sister's treacherous ambition and a powerful sorcerer's revenge. Will their bond be strong enough to defeat the darkness, or will the battle for supremacy destroy everything?"
The soft crunch of gravel under my boots was the first sound I heard when I stepped out of my car, the stillness of Raven's Peak. I looked upward to the old Victorian house that crowned this hill. It was pretty breathtaking itself-are not worn and weathered, but full of personality. Its walls whispered of course ivy up them, and it should've had a storybook charm. It should've had tall arched windows that caught that dying light just so and sent it tumbling into stardust.This was home now.I breathed in the crisp mountain air.
The scent of pine and damp earth and something faintly sweet, ever mixing of wildflowers nearby rode the current of air. The gift that felt like this was a moment after months of chaos ... heartbreak, stress, feeling like I was spinning out of control. A chance to start over.It had been a rough year, to put it mildly. Thinking about my high school sweetheart departed Alex, my breakup with him still stung. We'd been and shared dreams but at some point we'd drifted apart. It hadn't been any harder in art school. It had drained me of deadlines, criticism, pressure to be better, dead ends, everything until I packed up and left it all behind.
My escape, Raven's Peak; a small quiet town soothing me to hit pause and work things out. This is a place to return to the joy of photography, reconnect with nature and hopefully, be healed.Opened the trunk of my car, I grabbed the first of the boxes, and, being careful, climbed the creaky wooden steps to the porch. The house groaned some trash, and it looked like it was doing an awful job of hiding it from me, like it was stretching awake after ... years of being left to itself. I couldn't resist smiling as I fumbled through my pocket for the key. Sure, this place was old, but it had charm. It had waited for someone to come to bring it back to life.The air was cool and still inside, with that vague, dusty smell hallowed houses always had. Long golden shadows were cast across the wooden floorboards on the wooden floorboards. I put the box down and let out a small sigh of relief. This was mine. I am hoping...That peace didn't last long.The rustling sound came from outside, I heard it while I was unpacking a box of books. I thought it was the wind at first, but then it came again, sharper. It caused my heart to thud in my chest and I froze. I moved slowly to the window and looked out.That's when I saw him.Standing at the edge of the woods were some trees, partially hiding a man. Dark hair caught the last rays of sunlight as he was tall. While there was something wrong with the way he stood, still, so composed, it sent a shiver down my spine. I couldn't look away.
by then he was already coming closer, his movements were fluid and calm before I could be scared or even figure out if I was bothering curious. A scowl appeared on his face, and he locked eyes with me, his breath shocking my own catch.His voice was deep and steady, and I heard him say 'hi' cross the empty evening air. "Welcome to Raven's Peak."I hadn't said a word yet and I blinked. I stepped out on the porch and said, "Oh, uh-thanks." "I'm Emilia."It never wavered as he nodded slightly. "Asher."It wasn't awkward for a long pause to happen. It felt charged, if anything, as if there was something hanging between us, unspoken."Do you, sort of, live around here?" Desperate, I broke the silence asking.He smiled with his lips, almost amused. "You could say that."I couldn't tell what he's trying to do. He had some... different way about him, how he spoke and how he carried himself. He was just like he wasn't any ordinary local.After a moment, he said, still a little shifting in his voice, "Well, I'll let you get back to getting settled in, welcome again."He turned, and walked away, quiet, and disappeared back into the woods as quietly as he came. My mind raced with questions and I stood there a while, staring after him.
Who was he? Why did he look somewhat... like I knew him and had known him before even though I was certain that I had never met the man before?That night after sofa surfing and setting up enough things to make the house half look like a home I lay down on the old lumpy couch, what a relief. So this was what they felt like: my phone rang on the table, flashing an incoming message from Sarah.Sarah: Hey! How's the new place?I smiled as I typed back. It's amazing. As you may see, the house is very old but charming, the town is very, very quiet. Oh, and... I met someone.The reply she gave me was amazingly fast. Wait, WHAT? Who?? Tell me everything!His name's Asher, I wrote. I don't know much about him yet, but he's always... special. Mysterious, I guess. And kinda cute.This had me in stitches when Sarah replied. Ooh, mysterious AND cute? Sounds like trouble. Be careful, okay? Small towns, however, always have more mysteriously creepy of a vibe.Her words took time in my thoughts even more than I thought they would. It wasn't simply that Raven's Peak was alien to the Tallowed Men – in many ways it was – but there was something more to it. As if the town itself had secrets, well hidden but nevertheless neatly sandwiched between its pleasant facade. And Asher? He aspired to be one of those secrets, like he was a part of the darkness at least as much as the light.Laying in that bed and just as I was falling asleep I was aware that something in my life was about to shift and I did not yet know the magnitude of it.
On the night of a full moon, Aiko stands in a forest clearing, battling the wild wolf spirit inside her. Surrounded by her pack and facing a fierce rival leader named Kael, everything hangs on her next move. With danger closing in, Aiko must control the powerful beast within to protect the people she loves. After discovering her family's secret ties to werewolves and a dangerous prophecy, Aiko's life changed forever. Now, caught between two worlds and torn between two loves-Kael, the intense rival leader, and Haruki, her loyal friend-she must choose who to trust. With ancient magic, fierce battles, and hard choices, Aiko races to save her world and her heart before the moon's power takes over.
In the year 2035, an intrepid team of explorers embarks on a mission to investigate a newly discovered rift deep in the Atlantic Ocean known as the Abyss of Shadows. The rift emits mysterious sounds-deep, resonant echoes-heard only when the moon is at its highest. These echoes seem to trigger inexplicable phenomena, from glowing underwater ruins to shifting currents that defy physics. The team must unravel the source of these echoes before they awaken a dormant power that could reshape the world.
The day Lilah found out that she was pregnant, she caught her fiancé cheating on her. Her remorseless fiancé and his mistress almost killed her. Lilah fled for her dear life. When she returned to her hometown five years later, she happened to save a little boy's life. The boy's father turned out to be the world's richest man. Everything changed for Lilah from that moment. The man didn't let her experience any inconvenience. When her ex-fiancé bullied her, he crushed the scumbag's family and also rented out an entire island just to give Lilah a break from all the drama. He also taught Lilah's hateful father a lesson. He crushed all her enemies before she even asked. When Lilah's vile sister threw herself at him, he showed her a marriage certificate and said, "I'm happily married and my wife is much more beautiful than you are!" Lilah was shocked. "When did we ever get married? Last I checked, I was still single." With a wicked smile, he said, "Honey, we've been married for five years. Isn't it about time we had another child together?" Lilah's jaw dropped to the floor. What the hell was he talking about?
Rosalynn's marriage to Brian wasn't what she envisioned it to be. Her husband, Brian, barely came home. He avoided her like a plague. Worse still, he was always in the news for dating numerous celebrities. Rosalynn persevered until she couldn't take it anymore. She upped and left after filing for a divorce. Everything changed days later. Brian took interest in a designer that worked for his company anonymously. From her profile, he could tell that she was brilliant and dazzling. He pulled the stops to find out her true identity. Little did he know that he was going to receive the greatest shocker of his life. Brian bit his finger with regret when he recalled his past actions and the woman he foolishly let go.
"There will be no falling in love, we will only act as a loving couple when we are in public, we will share a room to make it believable, but no intimacy, touching is off-limits. We'll only have sex once a month, and that's solely to produce an heir. You won't interfere in my business, and I won't interfere in yours. You will be my wife in every sense and you will not be involved with any other man," he said, arrogance seeping from every word. I watch his mouth move, I'm not ready to fall in love with any man, especially not one as arrogant and egoistic as him. I can handle acting as a loving couple, and as for intimacy once a month. I can agree to that just to satisfy my sexual cravings with no strings attached. "Where can I sign?" I asked since I had nothing to lose. *** Nadine's wedding dreams turned to nightmares when she caught her sister and fiancé cheating! With a secret recording, she's ready for revenge. But then mysterious billionaire Logan West offers a deal: A Contract Marriage to take down her ex's empire. But what Nadine doesn't know is her life is getting complicated as she takes her chance to get revenge or risks everything for a chance at love?"
Belinda thought after divorce, they would part ways for good - he could live his life on his own terms, while she could indulge in the rest of hers. However, fate had other plans in store. "My darling, I was wrong. Would you please come back to me?" The man, whom she once loved deeply, lowered his once proud head humbly. "I beg you to return to me." Belinda coldly pushed away the bouquet of flowers he had offered her and coolly replied, "It's too late. The bridge has been burned, and the ashes have long since scattered to the wind!"
On the day of their wedding anniversary, Joshua's mistress drugged Alicia, and she ended up in a stranger's bed. In one night, Alicia lost her innocence, while Joshua's mistress carried his child in her womb. Heartbroken and humiliated, Alicia demanded a divorce, but Joshua saw it as yet another tantrum. When they finally parted ways, she went on to become a renowned artist, sought out and admired by everyone. Consumed by regret, Joshua darkened her doorstep in hopes of reconciliation, only to find her in the arms of a powerful tycoon. "Say hello to your sister-in-law."
"Love is blind!" Lucinda abandoned her beautiful and comfortable life because of a man. She married him and slaved off for him for three long years. One day, the scales finally fell off her eyes. She realized that all her efforts were in vain. Her husband, Nathaniel still treated her like shit. All he cared about was his lover. "Enough is enough! I quit wasting my years with an ungrateful man!" Lucinda's heart was shattered into many pieces, but she summoned up the courage to ask for a divorce. The news caused a stir online! A filthy rich young woman recently got divorced? She was a good catch! Countless CEOs and handsome young men immediately swarmed to her like bees to honey! Nathaniel couldn't take it anymore. He held a press conference and begged with teary eyes, "I love you, Lucinda. I can't live without you. Please come back to me." Would Lucinda give him a second chance? Read to find out!