All Our Hidden Gifts

CQ 2024 entry. When Lithe Hildebrand hires Zen Starke to retrieve stolen property belonging to the Maximillian Tribe nothing goes according to plan. Lithe, a workaholic and perfectionist, convinces Zen to let him go on the dangerous mission with him for fear that if mishandled it could ruin his reputation and career. Intrigued, Zen is determined to keep his potential mate by his side at all costs. For he’s never met anyone as captivating and sensuous as Lithe. When Lithe’s life is threatened, Zen makes a bargain to protect Lithe if he pretends to be his fiancé. Pressed for time, Lithe agrees since Zen is nothing like the media portrays him to be. As a recessive omega he finds the dominant alpha irresistibly charismatic and fiercely loyal. The problem is the feelings are mutual. Despite their differences, the lovers embark on a dangerous quest that gets them more than they bargain for when they encounter murder, deception and the gift of everlasting love.

He died without regret—and awoke in a new body, still within the same world. No grudges, no revenge… only a new path. In this unfamiliar life, ancient secrets rise and forgotten powers stir. As he walks forward, mysteries unfold—about the world, the heavens, and the destiny quietly waiting for him to claim.

The Hidden Ranker Synopsis: Lucien Drex is a first-year nobody at Arcanum Academy — lazy, unranked, and always missing from class. He naps through spell theory, avoids duels like the plague, and somehow convinces everyone he’s too weak to matter. But beneath the yawn and sarcasm lies something far more dangerous. Lucien doesn’t fight with power. He wins with traps, mind games, and sigils nobody else understands — because he helped design the system in secret before anyone knew his name. And when his old identity starts to leak through the cracks of Arcanum’s elite society, so do the enemies who erased him once before. Now, secret organizations like the Pale Sigil want him as a pawn. Rival prodigies try to expose him. And one girl — Seraphina Vale — might just remember the day he rewrote a forbidden flame sigil and disappeared from existence. Too bad Lucien just wants a nap. With sarcastic plans, manipulated professors, and terrifyingly accurate "accidents," Lucien slowly breaks the Academy’s ranking system from within — all while hiding the truth:

One day, a lonely teenager, who usually spent time alone after school, accidentally met a girl who was daydreaming in the school garden—the place where he usually went to be by himself. She was lost in thought because she was late in confessing her feelings to the person she liked. From that day on, they began to share their stories with each other every day after school.

god is dead. Lucifer, driven mad by power after millennia of senseless slaughter, finally had enough. For ages, god had commanded, "YOU SHALL ENGAGE IN AN ENDLESS BATTLE FOR MY ENTERTAINMENT IN THE MIDDLE REALM." So they fought. And fought. And fought. But eventually, Lucifer discovered the cruel truth: while angels and demons clashed endlessly in His name, god had long since turned His gaze elsewhere. He had found something new. Humanity. Hidden away in a far-off place called Paradise, they thrived, untouched by the madness, with no rules given to them. He called it free will. While those who bled for HIM were forgotten. He was busy playing with his new creations. Lucifer saw this as betrayal. A step too far. He began to plot. Allied with the demons, he moved to overthrow god, aiming to rule the world as he saw fit. But not all hosts of Heaven and Hell shared his vision. Many stood with god, igniting a war that would last centuries. At last, Lucifer dealt the final blow, killing god and all who remained loyal. But he was not finished. Instead of ruling alongside Satan, the leader of the demons, Lucifer betrayed him, just as he had betrayed the Seven Generals of Hell, and even his own Seven Brothers of Virtue. Taking their World Stones as a price for his victory. Now, Lucifer reigns from Heaven, his eyes fixed upon the last refuge of mankind: Paradise. Destroying it and sending its inhabitants into the war-torn middle realm: Pangaea. Since the fall of Paradise, the world has plunged into chaos. The connection between the Three Realms—Heaven, Earth, and the Underworld—has been shattered. Lucifer’s puppets now walk among men, spreading deception, hunting for something. Is it power they seek? Worship? Both? Or something even greater. But all is not lost. In His final act, god left behind a last resort—a hidden hope buried deep within mankind. A chance to rise. A chance to fight back.

'That was the night which changed everything in the life of the teenagers. A portel started opening. First they thought it was a dream. A little did they know what future had stored in for them! Soon the portel grew larger and larger. What shocked them the most was, many vampires came out of it.' This is the story of a fifteen year old boy, his sibling and his cousin who accidentally found a magical diary, later in the story they learn that the three of them are destined to maintain the balance between parallel worlds. This journey also helps the three teenagers to deal with the loss of their parents.

The world's messed up. Monsters started falling from the sky. Flesh-eating creatures that almost wiped out Humanity.But then, people began to awaken strange abilities—Gifts, they called them. Supernatural powers that gave us a fighting chance. With these new abilities, we fought back, and for a while, it seemed like we were winning. Life slowly started to return to something that resembled normal. That is, until the Curses began. No one knows where they came from or why they started, but one thing was clear: they weren’t Gifts. They were something darker, twisted, as if reflecting the worst parts of humanity. People whispered that the Cursed were dangerous, unstable. Some even believed they were monsters in human skin. I used to think having a Gift would be the best thing that could ever happen to me. I dreamed of it, even. Too bad I didn’t get mine until the darkest moment of my life. And it wasn’t a Gift at all. But hey, like I said before, the world’s messed up.

A girl named Azalea goes on her secret mission to find the Piredle stone, formed from the pink light of ancients, red fire of dragons and the purple magics of the water snakes. The one who gets it, they get the ultimate power to rule the world and be able to time travel. However, she met her childhood friend, Iris, the prince and the next king of the kingdom Gesha. She had a very mysterious past with him because of which the whole kingdom knows her and thinks that the past was her fault, and the result is the bad future. But only few people know about the truth. Azalea remembers all her buried past, love, friendship, bond and... Betrayal. The mysterious past reveals, all buried past, and regrets come back, the magic forms and... A love story takes place. Let's read the Mythical romantic fantasy. The love, past, regrets, broken friendships, broken bond and the truth reveals...

As the cosmic veil was removed for the first time and essence descended on earth , the first to awaken were the animals who became beasts and monsters that never severed their bond with nature. As for Humanity, since they have long turned away from their natural path of evolution and were living like rulers, content with their peaceful lives, they were left unawakened. This gave beasts a chance to rise from suppression and one continent after another fell... until only a single fragment remained. This fragment is called the Last Hope Continent, this land, survived thanks only to the emergence of the Hidden Lineages, ancient families who had awakened long ago , guarding elemental powers in secrecy because of curse. Their intervention held the tide just enough to save what was left of mankind. In a desperate effort to reclaim their place in the world, humans have developed a method to forcibly awaken elemental affinities. Each individual resonates with one of 9 elements, but only those with high affinity percentages possess the strength to fight back. 70% is talented. 80% is exceptional. 90% is nearly unheard of. No one has ever reached 100%... Until now.... Getting 100 % affinity has different meaning altogether.... those who hold it are called Elemental Sovereigns. _____ Due to restriction on choosing tags, few were left so here are those. Tags :- No-Harem, Mysterious, Dark (If you have any confusion, Just ask me in the comment section of my review...) ***Pacing in the start will be slow as it is important to clear basic structure of the novel, but after 20 chapters it will never be slow..*** _____ Try few at least 3 chapters to see if it is to your liking or not, If you don't like the writing style then I will take any bad review you want throw at me.. Thankyou _____

Leaving behind their peaceful village, siblings Kenji and Shiori venture to the city for a fresh start. Shiori is thrilled by the new experiences that await, but Kenji quietly struggles with the weight of leaving their home and the people tied to his past. Their new life, however, quickly takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious woman aggressively confronts Kenji on their first day. Just as things escalate, a stranger known as "the one who wields the cursed flames" intervenes, shattering any hope of a quiet life. As hidden forces begin to stir around them, Kenji and Shiori are thrust into a world of conflict, secrets, and danger far beyond anything they imagined. Their ordinary journey has already become something else entirely.

Alessandro Marchetti, raised to be great, raised to be powerful. He’s to take over as Don of the Marchetti clan and he is also to take over his family business which makes millions of dollars. Isabella Casanova, stunning, striking, and untouchable was raised up in the Casanova clan. Alessandro was her first love, but he leaves her one day without explanation, and goes back to Italy. She’s heartbroken. Years pass and he’s finally back, except she has a secret she cannot afford for him to find out. Fate, however, has other plans. Will her secret be revealed?

This is the story of a doctor girl named Kashmira and her two friends Jiya and Drishti. But the main character of the story is Kartik, who meets Kashmira. Both of them fell in love, but suddenly Kartik came to know something that he left Kashmira and ran away and swore never to come to Queen City. What happened that Kartik suddenly left Kashmira and swore never to come? After some time, Kashmira gets a chance to meet a real vampire. After all, what will happen next in her life?

Title: Extra Save Point Genre: Fantasy | Action | Academy | System | Comedy-Drama | Anti-Hero Synopsis: After spending five grueling years mastering a brutal magic-fantasy RPG, a sarcastic and survival-obsessed gamer wakes up to find himself inside the very game world—as a nameless extra. Not a hero. Not a villain. Just... an unlucky background character. Worse, the world is on the brink of destruction—twelve Demon Kings, seventy-two Commanders, and a plot that spans kingdoms, world trees, desert ruins, and sky-piercing towers. While the five chosen protagonists begin their destined journeys to save the world, he has only one goal: Survive. At any cost. Armed with deep meta knowledge, an unshakable love for his sister back in the real world, and an enchanted shovel (don’t ask), he begins hunting down every hidden piece, broken relic, and overlooked questline the heroes were too noble to exploit. He doesn’t care about being a hero. He doesn’t care about the world. Until he finds people—rivals, allies, and maybe more—who slowly begin to crack his cynical shell. But make no mistake. If saving the world gets in the way of saving his sister? The world is going to burn.

Before gods and kings, before blood and betrayal, there was Terah—a planet born not just of rock and fire, but of will. As the ancient world takes form—from drifting continents to celestial siblings, from biomechanical lifeforms to intelligent design—Terah becomes the battleground of choice, survival, and rebellion. When man is created by machines, and machines by gods, who truly holds the reins of fate?

a story about females having a hard time surviving in a male dominated time

Zane, a lone swordsman from the slums, encounters a mysterious woman in a hidden realm. After this encounter, the stakes are set—gods stir, monsters awaken, and ancient secrets unravel. Hunted and unsure of his destiny, Zane must uncover the truth behind the revelation he never asked for… and the woman who gave it to him.

In a world where power dictates life, Chirag was born without it—an anomaly among humans, who are already weaker than demons and rulers. Raised by demons, he knows nothing of love, except the cold touch of survival. But everything changes when Siya, the demon king’s daughter, sees something in him. With her love, Chirag’s strength grows, and he begins to unlock powers that defy the laws of nature. As Chirag’s abilities soar, he finds himself caught in a battle between the rulers, the gods, and the demons. To claim his place in this brutal world, he must confront the truth of his immortality and the price of love—a price that could destroy everything he holds dear. In the end, it’s not just his power that will be tested, but his heart. Can love truly transcend the boundaries of life and death?

Mnou is a witch, though it is a fate she never desired. She lives a solitary life without friends or family on the remote island of Kalkha. She can’t forget her painful past, nor can she move forward. Everything changes, however, when a young witch named Esme appears at her doorstep, searching for a mentor. Thus begins a complicated friendship—one filled with hardships, struggles, but also unexpected happiness. Together, they uncover their secrets and pasts, all while facing the mystery of the dead whose souls, for reasons unknown, are clawing their way back into the world of the living.

They pass each other in the halls. Share the same classrooms. But their worlds have never collided—until now. Rokuro fades into the background, quiet and overlooked. Sora’s the life of the party, always laughing, always surrounded. They seem like total opposites. Then one night, a random chatroom brings them together. No names. No faces. Just two people talking like they’ve known each other forever. They don’t know they go to the same school. They don’t realize how close they really are. What starts as an anonymous connection might just change everything.

If you are gifted enough you will be treated special but in this world, in this new era. "It takes gifts to be special,"

A orphan boy trying to navigate a world under attack. As he goes through this adventure with friends, family, and foes. His skills, gifts, and determination will be questioned. With half the population gone and with parts of the world under the invading planet rule. Will the young hero jack delgado sink under the weight of world or will he rise to the what the world needs. Will the world he loves kill him before the invaders get the chance to. This is a post apocalyptic world full of super humans with gifts, slight rpg aspects and mana to defend themselves from the invaders.

Species War Quintet Book 4: Gifted Eyes In this world where 'Guilds' arise with tremendous magical powers and battle the demons from the defenseless humankind, but later on, war broke out between two species. However, no one knew what will happen next. After 500 years the War suddenly stop and no one cannot answer it, therefore, they slowly forgotten and decide to live a peaceful life, but in the shadows, the 'phantoms' carried out the long- struggle blood battle between the 'war veterans' and the demons this war will named as "War of Silence" no one will ever know this event. Still, there is one man will change the entire world and turn the tides of war... John Kennedy was a prodigy, and he has a natural talent, but he witnessed the death of his family by "demons' when he was 10. He was picked by his one of his relatives in the age of 13. The relatives are fighting over the heritage for their own 'interests'. all of that a sudden 'unknown power' came into John's life and he never knew that the path will be a risky and dangerous one. No one knew the boy will surely be predicted and see the possibility be in the future. On the other side, the mysterious power is still unknown. He swore to himself that he will avenge and bring Justice to his 'Adopted Family' as he walks right into the top. Follow John Kennedy as he embarks on his adventurous on his long and dangerous journey along with his unparalleled-existence the unknown power of the 'Gifted Eyes'.

Our Desire Genre: Fantasy Romance | Mystery | Magic | Hidden Identity | Fated Love Tags: Strong Female Lead, Amnesia, Slow Burn, Forbidden Love, Hidden Royalty, Magical World --- "He was fire. She was the storm. Together, they could save the world... or burn it down." Sera has lived her whole life hiding—her name, her power, and the painful truth about her bloodline. Marked by the gods and cursed by fate, all she wants is a quiet life away from destiny. But when she saves a mysterious boy with no memory and eyes that burn like flame, her world begins to unravel. Riven is dangerous, lost, and wanted by forces older than time. The more Sera tries to push him away, the deeper their bond grows—and the stronger her forgotten magic becomes. Together, they are tied to a prophecy that could either heal the shattered Loom that holds their world together… or awaken the Rift and destroy everything. But falling in love was never part of the plan. --- A tale of secrets, power, and forbidden desire. Perfect for fans of star-crossed lovers, magical destinies, and slow-burn romance that keeps you begging for the next chapter. ---

The world fell into layers. Monsters took the depths. Gifted stood to fight. Elian? He just cleans floors. Elian’s job is simple: don’t die, don’t touch anything weird, and clean the blood.