Carrie Hoechlin

Why are you resisting will you rather risk your life than take my hands he yelled frustration clearly written on him face, oh please stop acting like you care she replied struggling to get up on her own, seeing that she's a lost cause he swept her off her feet carried her in his hands straight to the car, ignoring her continuous yelling.

In the near future, climate collapse and ancient magnetic disruptions have fractured Earth’s natural balance, awakening long-dormant energies sealed by forgotten African gods. Deep beneath the rocky plains of Spain’s Extremadura region—where old Roman ruins whisper secrets—an ancient gate has reactivated. But it’s not from this world. A secretive society known as The Obsidian Custodians is on the move. They carry knowledge passed down through a fusion of African myths, Chinese elemental science, and Roman ritual—a knowledge that once held the balance between worlds. The gate is opening again. And something is coming through. Our protagonists—Ayinla, a Nigerian-Chinese code-smith with fragmented visions, and Mirella, an Italian-Igbo linguist running from her past—are drawn to the gate for reasons neither understands. Alongside them are war survivors, scholars, and warriors from different tribes and nations, each with stakes in this awakening. But Ayinla and Mirella are not ordinary. Each carries a piece of a myth long erased—one that could determine whether this world is reborn or consumed.

Those who seek to create must inevitably destroy. Chaos is a passage, and to deny it is to turn it into a debt. Long ago, Atemit, the first of the Boechins, chosen by the essence of all things, rebuilt the world ravaged by desolation into a utopian haven of peace. But after a century of tranquility, he ascended to another plane of existence, separating his essence into 11 parts and sharing the sembou widely among men. His departure gave way to a revolt, led by the one who carried chaos within him, the king, who took the Musiba with him. The ensuing battle left a deep mark on the world, and Senegal in particular, introducing to the world the scourge of humanity: the djinns. Three centuries later, at the heart of the protective barrier generated by the sacred Gouy-gui tree, a young boy named Jojo tries to live as best he can in a transformed world. Empathetic, broken, but possessed of a fierce will and carrying a dark past, he desperately seeks to conform to reality in his corner. What he doesn't know is that, despite himself, he has the power to upset the balance of power in Senegal and open the door to frightening truths alongside the enigmatic Jeanne. Fantastical and cruel, dive into the story of Georges Badji's quest for identity and his adventures in a world slowly approaching a prophesied destruction.

This is not a love story. It’s the wreckage after one. this book is for those- "For the ones still carrying ghosts in silence." It’s about a boy who gave everything—time, heart, soul—to someone who barely looked back. This is a story of being forgotten by the one person you couldn’t forget, of watching someone become a stranger while they still carry a piece of you. He wasn’t chasing a fairytale. He was trying to make sense of a connection that once felt real—but maybe never was. Through short, intimate chapters, this story is about the haunting aftermath of love: the slow burn, sleepless nights, the what-ifs, the ache of being forgotten by the one person who mattered most. A side— the part no one ever hears. “If it was never real for you, why does it still ruin me?”

Ainur was innocent, quiet, and hopelessly in love with a boy who outgrew her heart before he even understood his own. Years later, he returns—not as a stranger, but as a distant relative with a storm of emotions he never got to say out loud. In a small Kazakh village where traditions run deep and hearts carry long memories, can love that once broke apart… come home again?

Betrayed by blood. Stolen from her homeland. Sold across the sea. Nyasha wa Kinywa, daughter of Chief Kinywa wa Kobia, once danced beneath the sacred mountain as the pride of her people. But her stepmother’s jealousy delivers her into the hands of slavers, tearing her from the land she loves. A mighty storm shatters the ship meant to carry her to chains. Nyasha survives — only to be swept into the heart of a foreign empire. There, in the Dragon Emperor’s palace, she is offered as tribute to the imperial harem. But Nyasha is no ordinary concubine. She refuses to beg for favor. She refuses to break under the weight of schemes and cruelty. She speaks of her home — of warriors, chiefs, and the power of Kiini Kiro — and with every word, she draws the emperor’s heart closer. When jealous consorts accuse her of witchery, Nyasha is cast into the cold palace. Forgotten. Despised. Until the truth emerges: she carries the emperor’s heir — a child long thought impossible.

Luana Flores is twenty, loud, and just a little too alive for her own good. She swears too much, laughs at her own jokes, and always shows up late - barefoot, hair a mess, beer in hand. Island life is sweet and predictable: work at the beach café, talk trash with Mia, dodge her lola’s prayers, and maybe flirt with fate just a little. And then he walks in. Not tall. Not flashy. Just him - black shirt, khaki shorts, slippers that have seen better days, and eyes that fold into half-moons when he laughs. The kind of boy who’s quiet but kind, who loves bitter coffee and always notices the small things - like when her hands shake, or when her smile doesn’t reach all the way. Luana doesn’t mean to fall. She really doesn’t. But when it starts to feel like flying, how do you stop? So she keeps the flutter in her chest a secret. Tells no one. Not even him. Because love feels a lot like freedom. But what if her heart’s already too tired to keep up?

Fourteen-year-old Leah doesn’t flinch at blood. She doesn’t cry when people die, doesn’t lose sleep over the bodies she’s left behind. Because Leah isn’t like other girls—she was never meant to be. Crafted by trauma, sharpened by survival, she walks through life with a fractured smile and hands that have forgotten softness. There is no guilt in her, only memory. Only the cold machinery of purpose. But when she meets Caleb—a boy who sees past her monstrous calm, who chooses to stay even when he should run—something within Leah begins to stir. Not redemption. Not remorse. But something more dangerous. Curiosity. Emotion. Want. As Detective Avery closes in on the string of disappearances that all lead back to Leah, and as a buried government experiment known only as Project Pale begins to resurface, Leah finds herself at the center of something far bigger—and far darker—than even she can fully understand. Ghosts of her past claw toward the light, and with them come children born like her… but not all of them are sleeping. The Darkness I Carry is a chilling exploration of the mind of a teenage girl who kills without remorse—and the haunting realization that the real horror may not be who she is… but why she became that way. This is not a story of redemption. It is a story of control. Of violence. Of the things we bury in the dark… and what happens when they remember your name.

Born in the shadows of the feared Velzarim Cult, Lucius is a prodigious child with a Martial Heavenly Body and an unyielding memory. Though seen as ordinary, he carries the remnants of a fallen sect and the spark of a forgotten legacy. As power, betrayal, and blood shape his world, Lucius rises—an ember from the abyss destined to ignite a storm none can contain.

In a world ruled by sword and will, Fortis Lactresia was never meant to stand out. Born into royalty but overlooked, he walks a path no one else sees. As monsters rain from the skies and kingdoms crumble under hidden rot, Fortis awakens a power tied not to the blade, but to the mind — a force no sworder understands. Calm, unreadable, and carrying the weight of a nation, Fortis doesn’t seek power for pride... but when he moves, the world follows...

After being betrayed by her family, Bai Meiyue found herself struggling in the flourishing age where zombies and mutant animals ruled. And that too with a big belly! Though people called her crazy for being stubborn, Bai Meiyue didn’t regret keeping the fruit of her one-night stand. What she regretted was not protecting her child and trusting those whom she should have killed at the very chance that was handed to her. In the eleventh year, Bai Meiyue lost her child and died while taking revenge on those who took her son away. However, just when Bai Meiyue thought it was the end, she returned two months before the beginning of the doomsday. Carrying the grudge of two lifetimes, she swore to make life living hell for those who harmed her and her son. With the heavens blessing her with a barter system, Bai Meiyue was intent on giving her child everything that he deserved. But why was the child’s father chasing after her? Hello? We only shared a bed for a night. So why was he clinging to her? Her child’s father: From the best medicine to education, you have given our child everything, Meiyue. But what about a father?

After death, Lu Chen becomes an interstellar meteorite. Carrying his longing for his family and Earth, he embarks on a journey through the universe! He sees light in the darkness, witnesses miracles in desolation, and through interactions with numerous magical biological and celestial civilizations, he continuously absorbs interstellar matter, gradually evolving from a small meteorite into a starstone, asteroid, planet, and finally a star.

Growing up in a cruel environment, he adheres to an unchanging creed and carries on the military spirit, determined to step onto the battlefield of redemption.

In the 500-year history of Hana Kingdom, Genie has ascended to the throne as its first-ever queen. By her side stands Jade, the kingdom's greatest warrior—loyal, strong, and unwavering. Together, they embark on a journey to protect the nation and its people. But Jade carries a dangerous secret, one he can never reveal to Queen Genie. As their destinies intertwine, will the truth tear them apart, or will their bond prove unbreakable?

A boy born with the potential, so great that it threatend the world's powerhouses itself. _____ Born amidst chaos and tragedy, Azhrael, the son of the legendary Frost King and Celestial Witch, carries a burden no child should bear. Half of his soul was dormant into another world, while the other half was left sealed, hidden from the prying eyes of those who sought to destroy him. He was a child of immense potential—his very existence threatened gods and shook the balance of power in the world. However in the main story, Azhrael was only an "extra." A mysterious  beautiful boy with snow-white hair and dull grey eyes who exists in the shadow of others, bullied and beaten, unaware of the legacy he carries. That Is Until. _____ Guys, don't decide to read or not just cuz of the harem tag y'know. Just read the free chaps and you will get it. Discord- https://discord.gg/sa9wcY8V.

All Anissa Wallenstein wanted was to save her mother’s life. One desperate night in a billionaire’s world turned into a deal she couldn’t escape. Now she’s carrying a secret that could ruin him… and set herself free. In a world of betrayal, dirty money, and dangerous power plays, Anissa must decide: surrender, or burn it all down. Some girls break. Others rise.

FLAME BOUND A fantasy romance of fire, fate, and forbidden love. Born with forbidden fire in her veins, Lenara has spent her life in hiding—until a reckless encounter binds her fate to Kael, a rebel warrior with a haunted past. When a dying prophecy awakens, the two are thrust into a war against the Hollow King, whose army of corrupted flameborn threatens to consume the realm. Bound by magic and a growing desire neither can deny, Lenara and Kael must navigate betrayal, ancient power, and the cost of a crown she never wanted. But fire does not forgive. And the closer they draw to the throne, the more the flames demand of them both. He carries the blade. She carries the fire. Together, they could burn the world or save it.

Born under a sky laced with fire, Seraphina Rubienne came into the world with eyes the color of molten ruby — and a silence that unsettled even the proudest nobles. Feared. Watched. Never truly embraced. As the only daughter of the powerful House Rubienne, Seraphina lives behind layers of silks and secrets. Her gaze unearths truths others wish to hide. Her thoughts are never fully her own. And though the whispers of prophecy follow her like a ghost, she remains unaware of the storm quietly blooming inside her. But when a mysterious boy arrives at the gates — a traveler cloaked in grace and crowned with sapphire eyes — something ancient stirs within her. The aching behind her gaze begins to burn. The truth she once hid from now calls her forward. He carries secrets. She carries fire. And neither of them are ready for what will awaken between them. In a world ruled by deception and legacy, Seraphina must walk the delicate line between who she was raised to be… and the power she was born to wield. Because light and shadow are not enemies — They are two halves of the same bloom

The Ghost of a Whisper It was said that the wind in Drevenica could carry secrets — old ones, painful ones. Whispers caught between pine trees and mountains, tangled in the fog, never truly dying. Some called them legends, others called them warnings. But Adrian Varek knew better. He had lived one of those whispers once. And now, ten years later, it was calling him back.

While others arrive armed with blades, relics, and family crests—he shows up empty-handed. Well, almost. He picks up a stone. Just a shard from a broken floor. Just enough to prove he existed. At fifteen, every child is summoned. No one knows where they go. No one returns the same. Some come back with powers. Most… don’t come back at all. Ezgar isn’t ready. He’s cursed, starving, and abandoned by a world that gave up on him at birth. Whatever this trial is—he wasn’t supposed to survive it. But then again, neither was the last boy who came in with nothing… and rewrote the rules.

She awoke alone, with no name, no past, and no memories — only the crumbling world around her and her hands carrying the strange power to bring salvation. The people feared the rain that cursed the land and turned the living into hollow monsters. Yet somehow, very few could cleanse it — they could save them when no one else could. They were the White Saints. And the most powerful in decades had just awoken.

Chase was born with no name worth remembering. No house to claim, no banner to carry—only the frail warmth of a dying father and the legend of a mother who vanished the night he first opened his eyes. And yet, in the quiet hours between sickness and sleep, his father still spoke of her as if she were something more than mortal—an echo of divinity itself, cloaked in mystery and sorrow. Years passed. Seasons came and went. And the boy grew beneath a roof of cracked timbers, with no fortune but the stories of the woman he would never know. But destiny has no need of crowns or titles. The story begins not in triumph, but in ruin—on a night when Chase wakes to the scent of scorched embers, the cries of a village being torn apart, and the first taste of the chaos that would one day carry his name across the world. For on that night, as the flames devoured everything he had ever loved, a boy was born.

In a world where power is measured by Mana and destinies are written in blood, a young man named Saint is about to enter the most elite—and dangerous—academy on Earth: Sangre De Reyes. Thrust into a brutal world of combat, secrets, and ancient grudges, Saint carries a legacy he doesn’t understand and a power he never asked for. As rivals rise and shadows stir, one question burns brighter than the rest: Is Saint here to fulfill fate—or break it?

The death of Akram's father was a mystery to him. As he grew up, he struggled to find his true self due to a mysterious past that he no longer remembered. While he continues to live with his mother, things won't go as planned. Along the way, supernatural phenomena have happened with a scientific touch. Later, he finds out that he has to carry out his father's legacy.

“Could it be… that I’ve died and gone to heaven?” The reckless third prince, Yuri, of the fallen Briol Kingdom. Carrying the weight of his sins, he wandered, only to return to life after death. Back to the spring of when he was 13, before the Empire’s invasion began. “Briol will never abandon its honor. Even if it means death.” The lost oath has returned to him. One time of painful regret is enough. He will save the Kingdom from ruin!

Having fallen in love with a man, An angelic being was sentenced to hades as an eternal punishment from the eternal ones for mingling with the affairs of mankind. Her offspring would grow up as a Demi Angel, carrying both angelic and human DNA in his body. Learning about his mother's fate in hades, he would wretch havoc on the earth and attempt to wage war with the eternal ones

In a world shattered by ancient magic, power lies dormant within elemental stones—shards of a forgotten war between gods and mortals. These stones are rare, dangerous, and capable of granting incredible abilities to those who can wield them… or destroying them from within. The story begins in the heart of the burning desert, where survival is uncertain and the past refuses to stay buried. Alzath, a quiet and mysterious traveler, stumbles upon Snyx, a young boy barely alive, half-buried in sand. What begins as a reluctant rescue turns into a journey that will reshape their fates. As the pair cross the desert toward the mysterious city of Celestara, they uncover more than just answers—ancient forces stir beneath the sands, and twisted forests lie beyond, guarded by secrets that bend reality. Monsters of flesh and shadow, masked assassins, and cursed memories follow their every step. Snyx seeks his grandfather, who vanished while searching for a cure to a deadly disease ravaging their village. Alzath seeks something darker—answers about his forgotten past and the strange water-based power he carries, tied to a shard unlike any other. When their paths cross with a warped forest and a bandit ambush, they learn the truth: the stones are awakening, and not everyone who carries one is still human

One day, Cheon Donghwan, a man disillusioned by the corrupt rule of his nation, launched a one-man rebellion. Alone, he carried out a series of extreme and desperate actions in a final stand against the system. Though he succeeded in shaking the foundation of power, his rebellion ended in death. But that wasn't the end. Donghwan awakens, alive, but in a body far younger than he remembers. Has he returned to the past? Or is this something far stranger?

Kaien Thorne, the bastard son of a legendary blacksmith, carries the forbidden gift of Echoforging—crafting blades that unveil memories long lost… or yet to come. When he awakens an ancient sword, echoes of an impossible future mark him for death. In a world where remembering is a crime, Kaien must fight to uncover the truth—with a blade that speaks too many secrets.

Somewhere beneath the surface, beyond the cold water and the mist, something was calling me. Something I was meant to find. The kind of thing you only discover when you’re willing to lose everything. The rain carried a name I didn’t know yet — but soon, I would learn to say it.