At Any Price Brenna Aubrey

Han Yuri is one of South Korea’s most adored actresses. Elegant, talented, and with a spotless track record, she embodies the perfect image of a modern celebrity. But everything crumbles when an anonymous photo links her to a murder case. To save her reputation, her father proposes a radical solution: an arranged marriage with Lee Tae Joon, the rebellious heir of one of South Korea’s most powerful families. Charismatic, sarcastic, and dangerously unpredictable, Lee Tae Joon is the complete opposite of Han Yuri. And yet, he might just be the key to her survival. Caught between forced love, ghosts from the past, and a truth ready to explode — how far will Han Yuri go to protect everything she’s built?

SHADOWSEAL — A Mission Born from Darkness A lone young man with a troubled past stumbles upon an ancient seal in a desolate forest. But this is no ordinary mask it’s the beginning of a demonic pact. The moment it clings to his face, his fate is sealed forever. He is dragged through a trial in the spirit realm, cast into hell… and sent back. Every return marks the start of a mission. Every mission brings bloodshed. Every kill seals a soul… and every sealed soul brings the devil one step closer to walking the earth. Yet, in the heart of this darkness, a fragment of his humanity remains. A girl he meets in a quiet town sparks the last light within him. But she, too, is now marked. Their fate is no longer his alone it’s a shared descent into darkness. The mask stays hidden. But the mission is clear: 13 special souls must be sealed. And in the end, the devil will descend in his true avatar. Will the carrier hold on to his humanity... or become the very demon he serves?

“In a world where power is forged, not gifted, Auther Finn awakens with the rarest ability of all — the power to create skills.” One year after mysteriously arriving in a parallel Earth teeming with monsters, mana, and Gates, Auther finally Awakens. While others rely on inherited skill books or dangerous trial-and-error to grow stronger, he has something else: Skill Creation. Every skill. Every technique. Every path of power — his to shape. But power has a cost. And in a world ruled by ruthless Awakeners, ancient civilizations, and legendary monsters, forging your own destiny is the most dangerous road of all. As his abilities grow, so do the enemies watching from the shadows. And somewhere far beyond the stars… others are watching too. This is the story of a forgemind. A creator. A warrior. And the boy who would become legend

In front of a crowd, the classic "broken engagement" trope unfolded. Gu Feng smiled faintly and took out a golden abacus. "That certain someone, I don’t mind you breaking off the engagement. However, you’ll have to pay me compensation." "At three years and one month old, I secretly fed you a piece of jerky. The meat itself wasn’t worth much, but the seasoning on it was expensive—100 spirit stones." "At three years and two months old, I gave you a wooden knife. This blade was carved over ten years by a master craftsman—1,000 spirit stones." "..." "On top of that, you also owe me compensation for emotional damages over the past 15 years and the next 10,000 years, totaling..." "And for those times I kissed you..." --- Support me on www.patreon.com/c/AnubisTL and Read Ahead!

What if there was a world where cultivating power was as normal as breathing? Where children learned sword forms before they could even read — and schools taught lethal arts like they were just another subject. Sounds normal, right? Well… only if those schools were anything close to normal. Kaizen Moriya was born into this world with nothing but a dirt spoon and a family too poor to afford mistakes. And then, that opened its doors for him. A Gate full of opportunities for him. Now, Kaizen wields something that the world has no name for. A destiny that even the heavens fear to watch. He will be crowned in obsidian and shall be revered by everyone as....

A boy who has forgotten even his own name, hating humanity and its civilization that reeks of lies, is raised by the ruthless yet honest laws of the forest. For him, life is synonymous with survival; his philosophy is pragmatism, his weapon is raw instinct. This one-man kingdom is shaken by an ancient, moon-white tree he discovers in the heart of the forest. The spiritual fruits it offers promise a chance to "ascend," but the boy's nature is not to trust, but to test. This mistrust culminates in him witnessing the creation of a monstrous abomination (Yaoguai) when he experiments on an innocent animal with the pure, uncontrolled life energy (Qi). Forced to consume the fruit himself to defeat the beast, he is driven to the brink of madness, attaining a flawed yet overwhelming power through a Qi Deviation (Qi Zou Ru Mo). Unable to contain this new, wild power, his body pushes him to create his own hell. Without a master or a technique, guided only by pain and the will to survive, he begins a journey of superhuman Body Cultivation (Tixiū). His ultimate goal is not to accept the ancient tree as a gift, but to uproot it like a prize, to possess the very source of his power. The tree's mental assaults on him reveal fragmented memories of a manor in flames and a sorrowful lullaby, hinting that a personal tragedy lies at the root of his hatred for humanity. His journey takes him to the fringes of civilization, to the Thunderclap Peaks. Here, he chooses the Path of the Rock to tame his power and, in the process, makes his first contact with established Cultivator Sects who become aware of his existence. This encounter transforms him from a mere beast into a strategist who uses pawns for his own gain. "Zarziyan: The Price of Ascension" is not just a story of empowerment, but a saga of a lonely soul searching for his identity, confronting the ghosts of his past, and in the process, transforming from a monster to a king, and perhaps even to a god. It is the tale of a conqueror forging his own path with blood and steel in a world beyond good and evil, where absolute will and power are the only law.

In the rain-slicked, gaslit city of Dunholm, the dead do not rest easy—and for Cædmon, they do not rest at all. As the city’s official Echo-Walker, he is a man blessed and cursed with the ability to step into a corpse's final moments to witness the truth of their demise. It is a grim art that has cost him his peace, staining his soul with the phantom pains and sorrows of the departed. When he is summoned to the scene of a seemingly simple murder, he uncovers a crime that is too clean, too perfect. His investigation reveals an impossible truth: he is hunting not just a killer, but a conspiracy of "Scriveners," shadowy figures who can forge memories and rewrite a soul's final testament. Now, an outcast from the very law he served, Cædmon must hunt a conspiracy that the world doesn't believe exists. His only allies are the ghosts of the dead themselves. But in a world where memory can be a weapon, how can you trust the truth, even when it comes from beyond the grave?

In a world where strength determines worth, Jin—once branded a villain and betrayed by those he called friends—meets his end with a blade through the heart. But death is not the end. Waking ten years in the past, Jin finds himself in the body of Rael Drayce, the academy’s weakest and most ridiculed student. With no skills, no allies, and the face of a child long forgotten, Jin resolves to live differently this time—not to conquer, not to rule—but to find peace. Yet peace, like power, comes at a price. In a place where survival means standing above the rest, can a man who desires nothing still escape the gravity of greatness?

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Aiko Shirai was a washed-up mangaka with three cancellations and a dying dream—until a mysterious pen appeared in her kitchen. No name. No owner. But when she used it, her new manga exploded to #1 overnight. Every panel drawn with it is gold. Every stroke sells. Her art is suddenly flawless. Her name? Back on top. The industry that once laughed now worships her. But fame draws more than fans. Rival artists want what she has. Editors grow suspicious. Because the pen doesn’t just draw manga. It draws from her—memories, pain, ambition. The deeper she uses it, the more it shapes her world... and warps it. Now Aiko must protect her secret, defend her success, and survive a world where failure means vanishing, and popularity is everything. Because in an industry this obsessed with hits, the deadliest thing you can hold is a pen that makes them on it's own.

Three centuries ago, Lucien Vale made a mistake that cost him his soul. Once a charming, reckless vampire noble, Lucien broke the heart of a powerful woman who cursed him with an insatiable hunger — a punishment that left him condemned to wander the earth, feeding without satisfaction, desire burning through his veins like wildfire. His betrayal brought exile, shame, and centuries of emptiness. His only companion? His also-cursed best friend — the only one who stood by him when the vampire kingdoms cast him out. Together, they’ve survived in the shadows of the human world, hiding their identities, burying their power, and pretending to be something less than what they truly are. Lucien had made peace with his misery. That is… until Aria walked into his life. She is everything he shouldn't want. Everything he can't resist. A struggling bartender with dreams buried under reality, Aria never imagined one night, one alley, and one dangerously beautiful man would change her life forever. When Lucien saves her from an unseen threat—and then pins her to a wall with a kiss that shatters her—she's thrown into a world she never knew existed. A world of blood, power, desire... and monsters. But Lucien isn't like the others. He’s a predator, yes. But also a man tormented by his past, desperate for redemption, and inexplicably drawn to her blood, her voice, her light. Their connection is more than lust. It’s ancient. Fated. She ignites something inside him he thought long dead—a love fierce enough to break the curse. Yet love is never easy in the vampire world. Old enemies rise. Secrets unravel. And the curse? It's not done with him yet. As Aria falls deeper into Lucien’s dark, addictive embrace, she must decide if she’s strong enough to love a monster—and if that love is powerful enough to rewrite fate itself. > Sinful. Addictive. Devastatingly romantic. At His Mercy is a dark, erotic vampire romance about second chances, ancient curses, blood-bound passion, and the kind of love that consumes you… and saves you. He was cursed to hunger forever. Until he hungered for her.

Princess Seraphina of Valthera—brilliant, beloved heir to the throne—is framed for regicide by her half-brother Prince Edric and his scheming fiancée, Lady Isolde. Publicly humiliated and executed by guillotine, she dies screaming curses at the traitors. But the gods are not done with her. She awakens in her 15-year-old body, 5 years before her execution, with fragmented memories of her past life. This time, she vows: no mercy, no hesitation. Armed with future knowledge, forbidden blood magic, and a ruthless intellect, Seraphina will burn the entire royal court to ashes before they can betray her again.

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You live in a world where most has some kind of power related to a mythical creature. even less have multiple or all the creature posseses.One of these few is damian your husband, a very powerful mafia leader

Cherish Battle is the daughter of the world's smartest and wealthiest man, a living legend. Despite her celebrity status, she has no interest in fame or the spotlight. For Cherish, life revolved around two goals: staying at the top of her school and earning a place in her father's company, where cutting-edge research on alien life defines their legacy. To her, senior year isn't about prom or graduation like it is for her classmates. It's about preparing to take over the company that once saved humanity from extraterrestrial threats. But everything changes when her father makes one shocking decision: to hire one of her classmates to help save the world....

Luis, a poor 17-year-old boy, tries his luck at becoming an Awakener to change his fate. However, his dreams are shattered when he fails to awaken a Special Spirit and is instead saddled with a 5 million dollar debt by their planet's colonizers, the Flying Star Empire. His life seemed doomed—until a mysterious system suddenly appeared in his head: The Monster Transformation System. It gave him the power to transform into any monster or animal he had ever seen. From a cat to an eagle, even a horse, Luis begins to understand that his power may not come from Spirit... but from the ability to become any monster.

When a hereditary issue leaves Artemis unable to see, she tries to give up on a world she created for a book. But the world won’t give up on her, and drags her and her best friend, William, into the world dangerous world she created.

After turning 20 years old something weird started happening to lee tae-ho at 12 AM everyday

One day, while on her way to school, Isa gets into a horrible accident. What should've been a miracle of a recovery, ends up being the beginning of a series of unfortunate events in Isa's life. She should've been showered with love, with everyone holding her tight, so why does she feel the least loved she's ever felt in her entire life? [Warning: This short story contains content that may be emotionally triggering and exhausting for readers.]

In a world where magic is common but deadly secrets lurk beneath every shadow, Kael Veyen hides a power few possess—a mastery of both sword and storm magic. Haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his hometown during a realm-shifting event, Kael survives with fragmented memories and a shadowy entity named Silas bound to his mind—an enigmatic spirit who speaks in riddles and half-truths. When a cryptic artifact surfaces—a shard of a legendary dagger once wielded by his father—Kael is thrust into a perilous quest to uncover the truth behind the vanished city and the dark forces hunting him. Joined by his loyal but reckless friend Rylan, Kael must navigate a treacherous world of shifting realms, secret societies, and ancient pacts where every answer demands a price. As the Eclipse Order closes in, determined to seize the dagger’s full power and reshape reality itself, Kael faces a choice: embrace the shadows that bind him or risk losing everything to the silent price of secrets long buried. Will Kael reclaim his past and stop a catastrophe, or will the shadows consume him first?

Kim Ji An is anything but normal. She is extremely smart, beautiful, and mature. She loves fashion and she knows fashion. She needs to start her own business, but there are 3 problems. Number one she is only 14. Number two she doesn't have money. Number three her school. So will fate be by her side.

Inspired by (an actual book) A Murder Most Unladylike series. It was raining... Murder happened. The victim was alive when we saw her on the P.E field. We asked a few questions. She didn't know who killed her, she didn't see. She was stabbed from the back. There was nobody. She saw blonde hair. There are many people with blond hair. Maya, my best friend, but she was with me.... Michelle Rosestreet. Ms. Anderson and more.... She made it alive at the hospital. But couldn't remember a thing, including us asking questions. That's good. Nobody would know we were solving who the murderer was. It was summer school and only a week has passed by when the murder happened. We had less than four months to solve this biggest and first ever case. Welcome to Emily Rosewood and Maya Summers' mystery.

This book tells the story of Eva Monroe, a woman who, after marrying a wealthy and charming billionaire, discovers the shocking truth that the man she loves is responsible for the tragic death of her father. Eva struggles between her love for him and her strong desire for revenge. She starts to uncover dark secrets, lies, and betrayals. As the lies are revealed, she must decide if she wants revenge or to find forgiveness. In the end, a tragic twist leaves everyone broken, with love, revenge, and redemption connected in a way no one could have anticipated.

"Makanaka's name means beauty — but life in the dusty alleys of Bulawayo never felt beautiful. When a twist of fate takes her from poverty to privilege in Burnside, she thinks she’s finally escaped her past. But secrets don’t stay buried forever. A hidden video. A shattered friendship. And a betrayal that will cost her more than she ever imagined. How far will she go to protect the life she fought so hard to build? And when survival demands sacrifice... whose bond must be broken?"

In a neighborhood forgotten by hope, Lucas Altamirano had only two choices: survive or dream. He chose to dream. Football was his escape, his reason to believe. But in a world where every opportunity comes with a hidden price, Lucas will learn that talent isn't enough and that sometimes, chasing your dream demands everything you have... and everything you are. A ball, a field, a boy willing to lose it all. This is not just a story about football. It’s a story about sacrifice, betrayal, and the brutal cost of believing in a better future. How far would you go to make it?

For Kassia Wave, survival and becoming successful is all that matters. Having endured hardship at the hands of her mother, her only priorities are taking care of her sister and finding a way to escape her mother’s clutches. There is no time for love or unnecessary distractions. Arrogant, rude, egotistical, and prideful—these are the defining traits of Cain Mysia. As the CEO of a multinational company, he has little patience for anything outside of business. ICT Enterprise is the top-ranked firm in New York City, and love or emotional instability has no place in his life. But when two people who share the same views on love cross paths, will logic be enough to keep them from falling for each other? Or will their relentless pursuit of success drive them apart?

Shikha spent 10 years for Hitesh, but what did Shikha get in all these years? Her love and dedication was a joke to hitesh .for him,she was merely a bet,that he had with his friends.but now shikha wants to end everything she had for hitesh.will she able to do that?will she find her true love?and had her revange?