Shadow In The Heart

He lived under their roof. Ate at their table. Walked past them every day. And they never saw him. Elias Kael was the third son of the powerful and prestigious Kael family. But unlike his celebrated brothers, Elias was quiet, unwanted—an afterthought. After a heated clash with Caspian, the family's prized second son, he was emotionally cast out, abandoned in everything but name. They didn’t throw him out. They simply stopped acknowledging he existed. For months, Elias became a ghost in his own home. No eye contact. No conversation. No presence. And no one cared—until the day he vanished. No note. No sign. No farewell. Just gone. Only then did they look back. Only then did they wonder what he was doing all that time. Only then did they question the strange noises, the flickering lights, the cold spots in the halls. And by then… It was far too late. Because Elias wasn’t just forgotten. He had become something else. The mansion buried him. Now the mansion remembers.

This is the story of Lucien Dion — the cold and ruthless CEO of Dion Biotics. A man shrouded in mystery, whose life is filled with silent scars and a long line of dark family secrets. Lucien enters the spotlight when his Mother, Lara Dion — whom he deeply resents, finally reveals his existence. This revelation stuns the board of directors at Dion Biotics, especially those who were plotting to take the company from Lara under the excuse that, as a woman without an heir, she was unfit to lead. Now exposed, these wolves begin to stir and amongst them is Mrs. Gloria Dubois, one of the fiercest players in the game, determined to uncover what lies beneath the surface of the Dion legacy. As Lucien reclaims what was meant to be his, he crosses paths with Bernadette — a soft, demure young woman whose gentle nature stands in stark contrast to his coldness. But what is amusing is that a chain of buried history binds them both and it is only a matter of time before everything unravels. This is a story of power, family, betrayal, hidden identities and a dangerous love that will question everything you thought you knew. DARE to step into the shadows?

*Shadows of the Heart* is a gripping romance-action novel set in the pulse of modern-day Lagos. It follows *Edward*, a man trying to outrun a violent past and live a quiet life in the shadows. But when a chance encounter with a fearless journalist, *Lena*, pulls him into a dangerous conspiracy, Edward is forced to choose between staying hidden and becoming the man he once was. As the city’s secrets unravel, Edward and Lena must navigate betrayal, rising tension, and an undeniable bond that could change everything. Packed with emotional depth, explosive action, and moments of dark humor, *Shadows of the Heart* is a story of healing, purpose, and the fight to protect what matters—when love and survival are both on the line.

This story is about love, betrayal and hatred. How people trouble others to fulfill their desires and on the other hand there are people who put their lives at stake to save others. How humans get the power of dragon and how they use that power to rule the whole world and kill their enemies.

Velan City floats above an endless void. Powered by ancient machines and abyssal energy, it thrives while hiding secrets older than memory. Cira Velan, a low-tier engineer struggling for survival in a rigid caste system, stumbles upon a forgotten level beneath the city—home to relics no one was meant to find. What she unlocks doesn't just threaten Velan's survival. It threatens to reshape everything humanity believes about power, freedom, and control. Alliances fracture. Factions rise. The abyss stirs. When the city itself becomes a weapon, who will command it? [ONLY 25 CHAPTERS]

He is the most powerful man in the Imperial City, the master of the empire's rise and fall. Displease him, and your fate can be summarized in two words - Destruction! But this arrogant woman does not regard him in the slightest! Two years after marriage, she was all about clinging to him, and he was all about divorcing her; she tried innumerable times yet failed, but he successfully divorced. Who would have guessed that on the first night following their divorce, she carefully strategizes and finally succeeds? Ming Mei: "What crime have I committed?" Kang Chen sat high on the judgment seat, "Theft!" Ming Mei: "What have I stolen from you?" "Heir!"

In a world where cities float above the earth and ancient beasts roam the land, truth has long since been buried beneath the clouds… Seventeen-year-old Aryan has lived his entire life in a cursed land city — a crumbling outpost surrounded by monsters with fangs like swords and demons with human faces. His mother, a low-tier Light wielder, died from a mysterious illness when he was seven. His father? Vanished in a classified government mission years earlier, investigating the very secrets the world refuses to speak of — the beasts, the demons… and the floating cities themselves. No one knows Aryan exists — not the ruling government, not the elite nobles who live high above in shining cities suspended 1000 feet in the sky, not even the assassin guilds and rebel warlords fighting for scraps of power on the surface. But Aryan is about to shatter their silence. Hidden within this fractured world lies a shattered ancient artifact — a mysterious cube once powerful enough to hold the balance between land, sky, and beyond. Split into four fragments, each held in secret corners of the world — from the heavenly Sky Government cities to the beast-infested wilds — its true purpose is unknown… but it calls to Aryan. As he journeys across deadly lands aboard flying warships, hunted by assassins, tracked by beasts, and haunted by fragments of his parents’ forgotten legacies, Aryan begins to uncover a terrifying truth: The cities were never meant to float... The beasts were never meant to exist... And he was never meant to survive. But fate doesn’t care what the world intended. Aryan is coming — and he’s not just looking for answers. He’s looking to break the sky open.

When the sky changed, the world followed. Dimensions collided, birthing an Earth teeming with magic and peril. Silas awakens in a mysterious cave, roots entwined in his body, and a bond to an ancient, mystical tree he cannot explain. Stripped of everything he knows, he must navigate a stunning yet dangerous land, where even the smallest acts—like aiding an injured cub—could spark life-or-death confrontations. In this world of wonder and terror, Silas must uncover the truth of his origins and embrace the destiny written in his very roots. How far will he go to survive, and what secrets does this beautiful world hide?

A fallen prince reborn in a forgotten body, Marcus Roland must navigate a modern world of secrets and shadows to uncover the truth behind his death. With vengeance in his heart and a kingdom on the line, he rises again, not as royalty, but as a legend in the making. #Reincarnation #ModernFantasy #HiddenIdentity #PoliticalIntrigue #DarknetHacker #VengeanceQuest #EliteTraining #FromWeakToStrong #SecondChance #MysteryThriller #ActionDrama #TechAndMagic #RevengeArc #BodySwap #PrinceInExile

At twenty-four, Queen Layla Thorne never wanted the throne that claimed her parents' lives. Now, as the reluctant ruler of a fractured kingdom, she must prove herself worthy of a crown that feels more like a shackle than a symbol of power. With only her fiercely loyal friend Dara by her side, Layla struggles to master her thresh-wielding abilities while haunted by visions of shadowed wings edged in gold—visions that feel more like memories than dreams. When mysterious Rayne enters her world, hiding secrets that could either save her kingdom or destroy it, Layla must choose between the safety of her throne and the dangerous pull of a connection that threatens everything she's been taught to believe. In a realm where political alliances shift like shadows and power comes at the ultimate price, some bonds can only be forged in darkness. Will she embrace the shadows that call to her, or will the weight of the crown crush what remains of her soul? BOUND BY SHADOW - where political intrigue meets forbidden romance, and some destinies can only be claimed in darkness.

What the hell is this? I was reincarnated in the novel “Breaker of Destiny,” which I read as the protagonist. What is the protagonist? No, the third-rate villain, Ash von Agnus, the illegitimate son of the Emperor, the most hated person in the novel, is initially a minor antagonist in the novel, and he serves as a starting point for the hero and is destined to die in the most tragic ways, but regardless of this, this accursed world is headed for ruin. Oh, whatever, nothing connects me to my previous world, no family, no one, I was alone and I still am, nothing has changed. For better or worse I will live this life. I still remember all the details of the novel, and with my knowledge I will kill, survive, change my fate, and save this damned world.

In a normal morning a girl with her big dreams starts her day by doing something for herself which was one of the biggest moment of her life but what happen when she met a person which wants to show an inhuman act to the whole world. A psychological drama novel about the serial killer who starts a game of terror against the justice

The underground racing court is Nicolas Reed’s domain. The Alpha King’s son, feared and undefeated, never loses—until a stranger steps forward. Ethan is different. Confident. Unreadable. And when he wins, Nicolas’ world shifts. They cross paths again at school, but things only get worse. Lylia, the girl Nicolas has always loved, Gets close to Ethan, fueling a rivalry that burns hotter with every encounter. Yet beneath the hatred, something else lingers—something neither of them wants to admit. Secrets, power, and pride keep them at odds, but fate has other plans. Because some enemies are destined to clash. And some hearts are bound to fall—whether they want to or not.

An ordinary life in the real world or an extraordinary life in a non-existent one? Teresita, a 25-year-old woman, loves to read books after work. She has no family except for Von—her best friend, who doesn’t want her to spend so much time reading. One ordinary day, while staying at the city library and reading a newly chosen book, she suddenly sees a bright light. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself in another world.

Living in Her Shadow For as long as she can remember, she has been invisible — a name forgotten, a voice overlooked — living in the radiant glow of her best friend, Christabel. With fair skin, hazel eyes, and cascading wavy curls, Christabel is effortlessly captivating. Everyone wants to know her. Everyone wants to be her. And standing beside her all these years has turned her into a ghost. But something is changing. After years of shrinking herself to fit into the margins of someone else’s story, she begins to step away — quietly at first, then boldly. As she navigates a world where she’s no longer just the girl “next to Christabel,” she discovers a voice of her own, an identity worth seeing, and the painful truth that sometimes friendship and jealousy can live side by side. Living in Her Shadow is a deeply personal coming-of-age story about self-discovery, quiet rebellion, and the fight to be seen — not as someone’s sidekick, but as a main character in your own life. ---

The shadows lurked, its whispers a fearful caress to the heart. A word of it begot omen and doom is the person who sees it. The world was evolving, creatures emerging and some going instinct, but one rule remained among the humans, "BEWARE OF THE NIGHT CREATURES." Ophelia, tossed and turned by the cruel wind and unfortunate side of the world found herself embracing the very shadow that was feared by many. The shadow which always haunted her. Not only was she haunted, but she was also the reason the shadow lurked. Its darkness deftly intertwined with the course of her life, bringing to light secrets locked away in the abyss. Secrets which led her to the arms of the one whose statements remained of evil. Rumors of her prevailed, each one more abhorrent than the other. While most of the rumors were false, there were specks of truth in them. However, in the dance of darkness, its drums beaten by the shadows, everything and every danger she faced culminated on the day she was bitten by the very creature humans termed evil and vile. She was his pawn, his amusement to be poked, his first bite. Her blood the first to ink his fangs, had unbeknownst to him formed a forbidden and sacred bond that could not be severed unless she died. Gone from his play toy to the number one on his kill list, Ophelia found herself confronting dangers that she, no matter how hard she tried, could never win against. When the game of chase and death slowly evolves into an unspoken spark-like trail of shadows weaving in the hearts of the predator and the prey, Ophelia is conflicted about the path to follow. The path to toss the dangers aside and embrace the whispers of her heart— or, the path to heed the warnings of her heart and run further from her predator. Unfortunately, in the dance of the cruel hand of fate, whichever way she took, he was always there like a shadow ready to entrap her. SHE WAS HIS FIRST BITE AND HE WAS HER SHADOW.

For those of you reading this, I'm a novelist, a writer, call me what you will. I love creating stories, but I've always wondered what would happen if I ever found myself stuck in a world of my own making. To be honest, I usually dislike the romance genre, but right now, I'm writing one of them—or am I? This is a twisted tale of a person who is about to experience unimaginable suffering for the rest of their life. Let's see what it brings to our hearts; it should be interesting. If you have the courage to stick with it until the end, please do. Akira Tsukihara is a struggling romance novelist trapped in a cycle of churning out saccharine, uninspired stories. Her life in a sweltering Japanese apartment is already a constant battle with mediocrity, a struggle compounded by her eerie building security guard and demanding editor. Akira secretly loathes the fluffy, unrealistic tales she churns out, feeling her soul dwindle with every clichéd happy ending she pens. But then, a shockwave hits her stagnant routine. Her latest novel, "The Fallen Kingdom of Seraphis"—a story she finally thought was getting somewhere—suddenly faces a copyright infringement lawsuit. The accusation? It's an blatant copy of an older, popular novel. Her editor, a bumbling, self-absorbed bear of a man, abandons her, leaving Akira to fight an seemingly insurmountable legal team alone. A mixture of anger, disbelief, and a desperate need to prove her innocence compels Akira to reluctantly begin reading the allegedly plagiarized work, "Hearts Bound in Starlight and Ruin." As she delves deeper into its pages, far more sinister events begin to unfold. Strange phenomena plague her apartment, from drastic temperature drops in the middle of summer and inexplicable buffering screens to an unsettling feeling of being watched. Then, a blinding light erupts from her laptop, consuming her whole. Akira awakens in a world reeking of mud, misery, and medieval despair. Her body is no longer her own but that of a gaunt, oddly white-haired young peasant girl. The horrifying reality dawns on her: she hasn't simply been transported to another world; she has been reincarnated into the very story she detested—a world that reflects the harsh realities she unintentionally created. Her forced fantasy has become a terrifying new reality. Can she survive the stark, unromantic world she unconsciously penned? Or is this the ultimate punishment for a writer who loathed her own creations?

In a world where every soul is bound by a Creed a power that defines your fate one boy is cursed with the lowest of them all. But what if fate could be broken? What begins as a quiet life under chains soon spirals into a journey that will shake the world, unravel ancient secrets, and challenge the laws written by the gods themselves. The world fears Creedless ones. So what happens… when one dares to become one?

Ash lives in the quiet space between attention and absence — a watcher, a listener, a boy most people overlook. In a world where secrets are currency and truth is never simple, he trades in glimpses and guesses, building a life out of things left unspoken. As he follows the threads of knowledge, strange talents, and quiet possibility, he begins to uncover something more personal than mystery: potential. Not quite a thief, not quite a spy, and not quite ordinary, Ash walks the line between what is and what might be. His journey isn't about saving the world — it's about discovering what he might be to it.

In a world where magic reigns supreme, the powerhouses of the world cast deep, dark shadows. The weak, if they were lucky to survive, could only live like lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Lucian and the villagers of Onyx were examples of such lambs. While they hoped for a peaceful life, destiny had other plans. . . . Powerless to fight back, Lucian despaired as the acrid smell of blood permeated his senses. Dead. Everybody was dead. The corpses of his loved ones lay mangled, torn, and lifeless across his feet. The loss of his family had left him despaired, broken. But... This wouldn't be the end. He wouldn't let it be. He'd get his revenge on whoever did this. By any means necessary. He'd smother his enemies with their own shadow. Armed with the knowledge granted to him by a clandestine organization, he would expand his power, refine his magic, build connections, and ensure retribution upon his foes. He would become The Supreme Shadow.

Evans Diamond vivait une vie insouciante et ne manquant de rien. Jusqu'au jour où il fut au courant du secret sombre de ses parents. Une sorte de secte vouant un culte à des ombres maléfiques. Il fut soumis de force à ce culte en me transformant en ombre. Mais il réussi à garder une part humaine et devint un être mi-humain, mi-ombre. Chaque nuit il doit survivre et échapper à ces ombres qui le surveillent le jour et l'attaque la nuit, bien décider à faire de lui l'un des leurs........

Kael A 19 -year -old man loses his family tragically during the childhood because of Belzébuth the king of Babylon or the country howl. Filled with a strong feeling of revenge and justice he traverses the world to find Babylon and the king of this Belzébuth nation a powerful being but whose existence itself is unknown. To find this country he will have to find the world map, which is the only artifact capable of showing where Babylon is and is the key, for the non -residents of crossing the Demon forest without getting lost and back to Babylon.

Once the silent victim of cruel high school torment, Scarlett Prescott has returned—richer, colder, and unrecognizable. With a new identity and a calculated plan, she’s ready to dismantle the lives of those who once destroyed hers. From secret affairs to shattered reputations, no sin will go unpunished. But when love complicates revenge and friendships blur into loyalty and betrayal, how far will Scarlett go before she becomes the very monster she’s hunting? In the Shadow of Scarlett is a dark, dramatic blend of revenge, secrets, and slow-burn chaos, wrapped in twisted romance and shocking revelations. Note: This book contains some chapters with 18+ content (though the main focus is revenge). For those specific chapters, a clear warning is always included before the scene begins, so please check for it before reading