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Brimstone And Roses

A Rose for Damien

"Till death do us part." ****** On the day of her wedding, Rose's world is shattered, when her groom and best friend are gunned down before her eyes. Barely escaping with her life, thanks to her fiancé’s loyal bodyguards, Rose vanishes from the city, broken and grieving. When she returns three years later, she makes a choice. No more lavish mansions, no more family fortune. No last name either, and nothing to lose. Just a quiet life far from the ghosts of her past. Working as a waitress in an elite club, she keeps her head down. Until one night, she spills a drink on the wrong man. Damien Pierce is the ruthless CEO of Pierce Group by day, and the feared king of the underworld by night. Emotions are a weakness he had never let loose… until a defiant waitress with wine-stained hands and flames in her eyes turns his world upside down. She dares to spill a drink on him. She dares to talk back. And worst of all, she makes him feel. Intrigued, but feigns anger, Damien makes her his personal waitress. And each night, he comes back. Not for the drink, but for the storm in her eyes. And still yet, never letting her get too close... until another man boldly kneels before her, asking her to be his. That's when Damien breaks his own rules. In one reckless moment, he drags her out of the bar, claiming what he’s tried so hard to deny. She was never meant to be his. But now that she has caught his attention… He won’t let her go. The following morning, Rose is holding her marriage certificate in her hands, wondering how she had gotten herself in such a situation. She doesn't remember saying yes but the name 'Damien Pierce' and 'Rose'... 'Rose Pierce!' are a proof she's now someone's wife. ***** “You think you can walk away?” His voice was a dangerous whisper, close enough to burn. “Walking is too slow, I'll run... away from your madness.” She met his gaze, steady, but her heart was a hurricane. “You don’t get to decide.” He stepped in, stealing the space between them. “Not anymore.” Her breath hitched. “Then what... are you going to claim me? Like some prize?” He laughed darkly, maniacally and threateningly. “No. I’m going to make you want me. Make you need me. Until you can’t remember why you ever tried to leave.” Her hands trembled, but she didn’t pull away. “And if I fight?” His eyes blazed. “Then I’ll break you. Piece by piece. Because you belong to me.” She swallowed the fire threatening to spill out. “I’m not yours.” “Not yet.” His lips brushed her ear. “But soon enough, you will be.” ****** Rose: "I ran from death. And he gave me a new name–his." Damien: "She was never mine to take. So I claimed her by force."
GraceDaniels · 3.9K Views

THE SCENT OF FORBIDDEN ROSES

In gaslit Paris, a perfumer’s magic could save her sister or doom her soul. Élise Dubois creates dangerous perfumes. With a drop of her blood, she steals grief from broken hearts and traps it in bottles sorrows sold as Souvenir de Marriage to wealthy widows. But her power has a cost: scars cover her hands, and her missing sister Clémence is held hostage by Paris’s ruthless Vampire Court. When the Court’s leader, the Vicomte de Sanglac, demands an impossible perfume forged from a queen’s legendary tears Élise must break into Notre Dame’s cursed crypt. There, she’s captured by Dr. Lucien Thorne, a surgeon hunting vampire kind. He knows her perfumes fuel the Court’s cruelty. He also knows pain: he killed his own sister when she became a monster. Lucien offers a brutal bargain: wear an iron cuff that blocks her magic and shocks her when she lies. Pose as his wife at the Vicomte’s masquerade blood ball, where humans are prey. Find the tears. In return, he’ll save Clémence. But in the crypt, Élise discovers a terrible truth. Her blood is poison to vampires. The Vicomte wants to weaponize it and Clémence is his bait. Worse, Lucien betrays her, planning to trade Élise’s life for the Court’s destruction. Now Élise must Unleash a perfume that erases vampire memories, Trust the hunter who left her for dead, Bleed her own life force to destroy the Vicomte, Choose between saving Lucien from turning vampire or letting him die human Her victory leaves her hair white and magic gone. But when a black rose arrives signed "V," Élise knows the Court survives. And with Lucien at her side, she’ll hunt them through the shadows of Paris no matter the cost.
thatguyimpulse · 7.9K Views

Blood Of The Moonlit Rose

In the shadow of a cursed rose estate, Seraphina Veyne flees the ashes of her burning village, her heart shattered by the loss of her family and the haunting echo of her mother’s final words: “You are moonblooded.” Stumbling into the arms of Elias, a brooding vampire lord with crimson eyes and a guarded soul, she discovers a power within her blood that bends the lunar tides—a power that marks her as both savior and prey. As the roses around her weep crimson tears, a rugged werewolf alpha, Kael, emerges from the night, claiming her as the key to his pack’s survival, igniting a forbidden love triangle that threatens to consume her.Torn between Elias’s possessive promises of eternity and Kael’s fierce devotion, Seraphina awakens to her moonblooded heritage, a rare lineage coveted by warring vampire and werewolf clans. Guided by visions of her past and the pulsing magic of a silver locket, she trains to harness her lunar gifts, only to uncover a chilling truth: an ancient moonblooded elder has orchestrated the chaos, manipulating her destiny for a dark ascension. As betrayal cuts deeper than any claw, Seraphina must navigate a treacherous truce, confront the ghosts of her guilt, and unleash a storm of power that could unite—or destroy—her fractured world.In a climactic battle beneath a blood-red moon, Seraphina’s sacrifice shatters the elder’s reign, but at a devastating cost that binds her power to a sinister legacy. Rejecting the men who claim her heart, she rises as a lone force of hope, only to face a new shadow lurking in the roses—a threat that promises to unravel everything. Will the blood of the moonlit rose bloom into salvation, or drown her in eternal night
Ember_Kaine · 2K Views
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