Holding Back The Tears

The Darkness We Hold Corinth’s greatest king will not bow—not to gods, not to kings, and certainly not to death itself. Sisyphus has always yearned for more. More power. More control. More life. A master of manipulation and cunning, he rules Corinth with brilliance, weaving schemes that leave both mortals and gods in awe—and fear. But his greatest ambition is yet to come: to unravel the chains of mortality itself. In a world where death is inevitable and the gods reign supreme, Sisyphus dares to challenge the unchallengeable. Defying fate, mocking prophecy, and daring to steal the secrets of eternity, he risks everything to outwit the very forces that govern life and death. How far can ambition take a man when the gods are watching—and what darkness will he uncover in his quest to overcome his own end?

Fresh out of High school, Alex Baker is thrust into the real world when He finds a mysterious basket on his patio. With this fragile heart in the palm of his hands, will he succumb to the pressure, or will he stand tall?

After the Guardian God's demise. Zack inherited his legacy. Zack is a driven individual who wields a lot of power. Will he follow the Guardian God's trail of footprints? Or Will he continue to forge his own legacy? He is intelligent, calm, and composed. When it comes to making decisions, he is decisive. In the world of Humans, Monsters, and other unknown species, he learns and grows. "I know you guys were the most powerful bloodline warriors dispatched to assassinate me. However, in the end, it makes no difference." With a slight smile on his face, Zack ridiculed. "Anything that stood in my way will be obliterated by my lightning," Zack added. "Lightning is Absolute!" ****************************************************** Current Plan- 7chaps/week. For more release, Vote with Power Stones. Target: 1st level- 100PS/Week. Result- 14chaps/Week. ******************************************************* Disclaimer: This is a Fantasy novel. Everything about this novel is Fictional. *******************************************************

A strong woman was a fool for a long time. She gave everything to a man who did not love her. Stuck in a tiresome cycle of rebirth, she craves a way out. The Jester, the knight, and the mage save her. Is she still craving an alternative path or a worse demise? The goddess who once blessed the royal family abandons them for the empress. The Empress is no longer the Emperor's fool. Now she is going to do things her way including having her very own Harem. trigger Warnings for mental health or others.

After an accidental space warp, Xenos finds himself in a place known as the True Universe—a vast cosmos filled with countless races, yet devoid of humans. Longing for Earth and a home he can no longer reach, Xenos trains tirelessly for billions of years, eventually reaching the pinnacle of what the universe can offer. During his relentless cultivation, he uncovers conspiracies, hidden truths, and the devastating reason why the human race is absent among the many races of the True Universe. The weight of this knowledge pushes Xenos to the brink of despair. Refusing to give up, he resolves to take matters into his own hands to rewrite fate itself. However, the ruling powers of the True Universe catch wind of his intentions and launch a brutal attack. Though wounded, Xenos narrowly escapes. After an arduous journey, he finally returns to Earth—only to discover his home universe has been destroyed. Overwhelmed by grief and anger, Xenos uses his knowledge to travel back in time to January 1, 3038. Now in the past, Xenos must act carefully. Using his Paragon-level cultivation risks alerting other Paragon beings, so he remains in the shadows, guiding humanity from behind the scenes. His mission? To lead the human race on a perilous journey through the planes of existence to the True Universe, where they can reclaim their rightful place among the stars. Will Xenos succeed in his quest, or will the forces of the True Universe crush his dreams? Find out by reading his epic journey—one filled with trials, heartbreak, and the burning hope of restoring humanity’s legacy. From the Author (Comedic Edition): Let’s be real, we’ve all had that “Oh, it’s good, but I’ll bookmark it later” moment. Spoiler alert: you’ll forget. Just bookmark it now, save yourself the regret—and me the anxiety of wondering if you’ll ever come back! #Reincarnation, #TimeTravelAdventures, #PowerfulProtagonist #SectBuilding, #ParallelUniverses, #DifferentRealms, #MultiverseJourney, #AncientMysteries, #AncientRaces, #CosmicBattles, #FantasyWorlds.

In a city plagued by unsolved murders, a brilliant and elusive killer plays a dangerous game with the police. Caden thorn, a seasoned detective known for his razor-sharp intellect and unorthodox methods, is called in to solve the case. But the killer, just as intelligent and ruthless, has a plan of his own—one that will test caden every move. As they engage in a high-stakes battle of wits, the lines between predator and prey blur, leaving only one question: who will outsmart the other in this deadly game of cat and mouse?

What will you do if one day, the "Moon" comes falling down? A new world lying before your very eyes? Mystics that are thought to be fantasy. A figure from a story, a legend, and myths. Where is this red thread of fate exactly leading us to? Sorasaki Hikari, a "Normal" boy whose life was completely changed by one life and death encounter.

In a world where light and darkness are in constant conflict, Thalion, a young warrior marked by a curse, seeks redemption amidst a past filled with pain and loss. Born in a small village ravaged by shadowy creatures, he witnessed the downfall of his family and the collapse of his innocent childhood. Haunted by shadows that feed on his fears, Thalion finds solace and strength in the company of Eloryn, a white wolf who becomes his loyal guardian.

It's a story of A Princess and A Renowned Businessman!! She is one of the Famous Artist of London!! He is the Young Renowned Sharp Businessman of Asia!! She is a Happy Soul!! He is totally Workaholic!! She always Smiles!! He rarely Smiles!! She is surrounded by MYSTERY! He has a Dark Past! A PALACE !! WHICH IS WAITING FOR THEM !! What will happen if they meet? Will they make our MANAN?? PEEP INSIDE TO EXPLORE THE JOURNEY!! Hey Guys!! It's a New Story!! Recently An Amazing plot came to My Mind and I'm going to make it feel real with my story. Hope you will love the story like my previous ones and plz keep supporting me with all your valuable votes and comments so that I can entertain you with my stories

Angelus Rathmore, heir to the Sevigoria throne, has been treated unfairly since childhood by his father, the king, who favours his mistresses children over those he had with his queen. His preference for men instead of women sparks a series of events that push out of the shadows and into the light where he aims to fight for his identity and birth right. Just when he thinks things can't get any worse. His first love is married off to his sister in his mother's attempts to protect his secret, and he loses a piece of his soul. This puts him on a path to punish the people who hurt him. When he meets a charming shapeshifter, Cassiel, who offers to put the world at his feet, Angelus finds security in the forbidden spark the male gives him. With magic and the practice of same sex relationships being punishable by death in Sevigoria, the prince and his new lover navigate the challenging ups and downs of their forbidden relationships. Will they find their way to a happy ending?

Edward and Samantha want to turn their deep love into marriage without being aware of some hidden truth which lies in the past. They arrange dinner on Christmas Eve to meet each other's families and declare about their marriage, the situation becomes darker when Edward and Samantha Know the secret which causes them to part from their devoted love.

Ahn Minjae, a sharp and seasoned financial expert, suddenly finds himself back in time, transported 20 years into his younger self’s body. With decades of hard-earned experience and knowledge of what the future holds, he is faced with the ultimate challenge: rewriting his life. Determined, he sets out to mend the fractured ties with his family, while transforming his struggling family business into a thriving financial empire.

At first, it was just that down jackets were sold out, water pipes burst due to freezing, and power was rationed throughout the city. Then, the workers who went to repair the damage died due to hypothermia, and the medical system collapsed. The cold current swept across the globe, and even the countries at the center of the equator were not spared... In just one month, the temperature plummeted by 100 degrees! The entire city turned into an ice sculpture. Before the trees could shed their leaves, they were frozen into powder. Rivers and oceans all over the world were frozen, and not a single drop of water could be found on the surface! If it were a zombie apocalypse, humans could still fight, but in the face of nature, what should humans do? This is not a movie! It's real... The extremely cold doomsday has arrived.

Lucius, a 16-year-old orphan, undergoes a test in a secret room. When he touches the crystal ball, he has a vision of a mysterious figure, warning him about a point of no return. Back in reality, he realizes fragments of knowledge that belonged to him without him even knowing. Now, Lucius must understand who he truly is to face the mysteries ahead of him. To do so, he will strive to become the strongest! And these fragments of memories will be his greatest weapon.

You all would pay back tenfold !, For the pain you have caused me !” Alex Meyer said angrily as he stormed into the room. Alex Meyer was a 24-years old chemical engineering student, who recently graduated from the university. He was sent out of his father's house by his stepmother after the death of his father. He always gets humiliated and constantly abused by his friends and family. He was considered trash who has no value then a smear to family reputation. He was at the verge of giving up on dreams and goals when his real identity was revealed to him as the only person who has the power to hide the hidden secret of his family wealth.

Everyone has their own struggle and happy moment in their lives, many fell to their own temptation to end their life in their journey to reach their end goal. From zero to infinity, from infinity to zero, the countless choice in this life is nothing but a way to reach a happy and fulfilling ending. However, that very choice, is also a death trap to reach an early end. “I have no regret if I could be with you, as long as you’re by my side, as long as you keep holding my hand, I do not regret anything…” The story of one man wanting to stay together with the one he loved is about to start. “You and I, we will always be together. Even if you die… I will follow you soon, with this knife in my hand, we will always be together. Without regret, without pain, with only love, I will be with you… Even in death.” The devotion of a woman to stay with her loved one is about to begin. -------------------- Cover Image is not mine. If you're the creator and want me to remove it, please tell me and I'll remove it. be it comment or review. leave some message, thank you.

Amidst the sea of fallen comrades, their lifeblood staining the earth, a solitary figure rises above the carnage. He stands atop a gruesome curtain of death, his longsword an instrument of divine wrath. In its gleam, one could sense a challenge to the very gods themselves. We were fools to face him; my comrades paid the price in their own flesh and blood. A desperate realization claws at my mind – a realization that I must escape this blood-soaked field and bring dire warning to the holy excellencies. I looked at my remaining comrades they instantly realized what I was thinking. They must know of this relentless force, this harbinger of doom. I looked at my comrades and as I turn to flee, fate intervenes, and our eyes lock in a moment of eerie connection. He looked at me and my comrades with his crimson red eyes. He swung his sword towards me. Why is the world upside down? I thought. Then I realized that my head was cut by his crimson sword. Time slows to a crawl as I find myself caught in the deadly dance of his blade. I see the malevolence in his eyes, a reflection of the abyss that has claimed so many. He cut through my comrades without batting an eye. The red moon casts an ominous glow upon the battlefield, and his crimson silhouette, now moving away, becomes a spectacle against the crimson canvas. With an inexplicable calmness, I embrace the darkness. As he strides away, the embodiment of destruction and beauty, I can't help but smile like a fool. Amidst the ruins and the echoes of my demise, I whisper to myself, "Beautiful!" - a final tribute to the twisted elegance that accompanies the brutality of this merciless crimson devil.

Gracia Judy is a 25-year-old orphan who was raised by her grandmother. She attains every virtue from her grandmother. In some days, Judy and Smith fall in love with each other. His presence makes her dull life colorful. Everything is going well despite paucity until she gets into an argument about her rights with a well-known, arrogant billionaire named Ellen John. How can the powerful, rich, and arrogant billionaire tolerate an ordinary girl’s pride? Her life turns upside down when she slaps him in return for his disrespectful words against her, and she becomes his one and only aim, whom he keeps chasing nonstop to ruin her life. When she discovers his nefarious plot against her, she has no choice but to flee to avoid his lethal clutches. Ellen keeps looking for her everywhere; however, he finds no clue about her, but the real shock comes when he discovers his enemy standing in front of him as his bride!

"Shhhh," he cut me off, his palms spreading on the revealed skin of my abdomen. His index fingers made their way into the waistband of my sweatpants as he pressed his front closer to my behind. "Don't shush m-" I tried to argue. "I said so," he stated, his tone going deeper as his hand went lower, this time to the waistband of my panties. I couldn't control my breathing anymore, more so as his teeth lightly grazed my neck. "So you better obey." ^^^^^^^ They say "A night in Vegas can change your life." Rachel didn't think this saying would apply to her. Well that was until she opened the door of her hotel room after a crazy night out. As a marriage certificate is shoved in her face, she notices a glistening diamond on her ring finger. The piece of paper turns out to be legit as stated by the lawyer who presented it. What's more shocking is that her said husband is Lorenzo Caden Peters, one of the best actors in the world and soon to be CEO of the biggest textile company around the globe. How would their life turn out?

A police officer named Jeff is tired of his boring life. But soon he gets a chance to 'enjoy' his life as the duty of guarding a mysterious criminal is on him. On the top of that a senior officer is determined to inquire the criminal and even bending the rules of the department for it. What past did the two have? The urge to find the answer is what Jeff driven about.

Tia yang kehilangan seseorang secara tiba-tiba. Tanpa kata tanpa ucap. Membuatkan Tia tertanya-tanya. Kemana dia pergi? Beberapa tahun berlalu. Akhirnya dia muncul kembali dengan perwatakan yang agak berbeza. Tia mula berasa hairan dengan sikapnya. Dia berusaha untuk mendekatinya semula. Tapi sikap barunya yang pura-pura bersahaja membuatkan Tia tiada harapan. Seolah-olah perkara yang lepas tak pernah berlaku antara mereka. Mereka yang berubah sikap dengan sebab yang tertentu. semuanya berlaku hanya di bulan febuari. Bolehkah kita kembali ke febuari yang lalu?

Isang pangyayari ang hindi inaasahan ni Louisse Venice. Nang dahil lang sa pagnanasa na kaniyang nararamdaman, nagawa niya ang mga bagay na hindi niya kayang isipin. Para sa kaniya, napakamakapangyarihan ang makamundong damdamin kung kaya't nagawa niya iyon sa isang lalaking pinagseserbisyuhan niya. Nang nangyari iyon ay agad siyang bumalik sa ulirat at taas baba ang dibdib dahil sa galit ang naramdaman niya sa lalaking ito na si Evan Torres. Akala niya ay maiiwasan niya ang lalaking ito ngunit hindi niya inaasahan na, sa isang araw ay magiging kapatid niya pala ito. Ano kaya ang mangyayari sa kanilang dalawa? Mag-iiwasan ba sila? o ipapagtuloy ang naudlot ng init ng gabi para sa kanila dahil simula palang sa una ang kanilang mga haplos sa isa't isa ay pagmamay-ari na nila. #adultfiction #adultromance #bedscene #bedwetting #erotic #eroticastories #eroticromance #hot #hotguys #kiss #obsession #obsessive #possession #possessive #r18 #r19 #sexscenes #smutwarning #steamy #stepbrother #stepsiblings #stepsister

When the cold metal of the heavy-duty truck knocked her, she surprisingly somersaulted in the air before crashing harshly on the cold and wet floor. Blood oozed from every natural opening in her body, including the artificially created ones, courtesy of the truck. Former heiress, Iris Bowman breathed her last, wishing for nothing but an opportunity to avoid the board meeting that destroyed her entire life. As funny as her wish may sound, the deities answered her prayer, fulfilling her dying wish. Iris was reborn as a vindictive grand witch who wouldn't bat an eyelid when wreaking havoc. How would she mend the broken relationship with her family and avoid her sister's tragic death? Would she save herself from doom in this lifetime? By a cunning design of the heavens, Iris Bowman discovered Tyler Harper, the heavily wounded mafia prince, sitting at the back of her limited-edition Ferrari. When love sparked between the two, would Iris survive in his ruthless world filled with bloodshed, or would it overwhelm her? What if the bloodshed was what the new Iris loved more than anything? Now, her traitor of a fiance wanted her back, but Iris had different plans for him. ******* "Tyler… Tyler… Don't be surprised that I know who you are…Tyler… I promise you… I mean no harm… Please, I need you to calm down and wait for a little while… Please don't die on me, Tyler… I beg you… Spare my sister and I… We cannot stand the wrath of the Harper clan if anything were to happen to you." Iris pleaded dreadfully. “Drive!” It was all the mafia king had to say before he shut his eyes.

Layla's future is altered from being a princess of Craftanwood to a slave in Moonshine following the surprise attack on the royal family that claims the life of her pregnant child and her parents. However, no matter how much a woman is harmed, the unborn child's lost soul cannot be restored. Layla bears all the suffering necessary to become the Luna to King David, the dominant King of Moonshine, and ultimately rises to become a formidable Queen. She has the chance to choose her own destiny in addition to getting her retribution because she is now torn between wanting revenge and falling in love with the king.

House Viper and House Wolfram stood poles apart in terms of nature and magic. Their union shook the world, Lilith Viper and Helios Wolfram their scandalous marriage was all over gossip magazines. Lilith is a woman known for her venomous nature and even colder heart. Helios the man with a warm gaze a living embodiment of fire itself and just as passionate love when he loves. How in the world did the two even end up married?

In the bustling heart of China’s entertainment industry, Li Zihan and Yixuan share a love story that begins in their idyllic childhood town. As inseparable high school sweethearts, they envision a future together filled with simple joys and mutual dreams. However, their path is disrupted by Li Zihan's father, Li Xian, a powerful mogul in the entertainment industry, who has grand plans for his son’s career. Li Xian, seeing the potential for Li Zihan to enhance the family’s business empire, pressures his son into the limelight. When he discovers Li Zihan’s relationship with Yixuan, he manipulates her into ending their romance, believing it to be the best for Li Zihan’s future. Heartbroken but compelled by the circumstances, Yixuan agrees to the breakup and leaves for studies abroad, while Li Zihan reluctantly follows his father’s wishes, becoming a celebrated actor and model. Years pass, and fate reunites them in the glamorous world of a Shanghai film premiere. Yixuan, now a successful entertainment manager, finds herself working with Li Zihan, who is a star on the rise. Their unexpected encounter reignites old feelings and unresolved tensions. As they navigate the complexities of their professional and personal lives, they must confront past misunderstandings and the challenges that come with their high-profile careers. Facing media scrutiny and personal dilemmas, both must reconcile their past with their present. Through a series of heartfelt revelations and shared experiences, Li Zihan learns the truth about Yixuan’s sacrifice, and Yixuan comes to terms with her own choices. As they overcome the obstacles thrown their way, they rediscover the love that was always meant to be theirs. In the end, "The Way Back to You" is a poignant tale of love, sacrifice, and the journey of finding one's way back to the person who holds their heart. Against the backdrop of fame and fortune, Li Zihan and Yixuan prove that true love can withstand the tests of time and circumstance, leading them back to where it all began.

What if there's a vampire apocalypse? and you're one of the only humans left, well, that's what happened to Leviathan