Sunlit Near Me

He narrows his green eyes at me as he leans back, folding his arms across his chest, "We're really going to do this again, aren't we?" "What do you mean?" I ask, annoyed. "This little game where you pretend to hate me, when I really know you're just in love with me," he replies, smirking. I scoff and roll my eyes, "In love?" I laugh loudly, "With you? No. I loathe you." Hating Jordan Gallagher was just so easy... "It's not that I don't believe in love. I just don't think it's meant for people like me."- Jordan Gallagher “Sometimes the people who hurt us the worst are the ones we need the most.”- Elyse Gates

They say death ends love. For Elara Veyne, it only restarts it. In every life, she finds him. In every life, he kisses her. Then… he kills her. Bound by a curse no god dares to lift, Elara has died seven times ... each death triggered by a kiss meant to save her. But in this seventh life, she awakens with all her memories… and a vow to break the cycle, even if it means destroying the man her soul still aches for. One kiss. One death. This time, it ends her way.

"Run again, and I’ll break your legs. You think I won’t love you in a wheelchair? Sweetheart, I’ll carry you, push you, and still fucking worship you—so stop running." --------------‐- She craved a quiet life. He craved her. Elara never wanted chaos. She never expected to fall into the hands of Nikolai Volkov—a ruthless Bratva king with ice in his veins and fire in his touch. One night was all it took to bind her to a man who doesn’t ask. He takes. Now she’s caught in a world of violence, secrets, and seduction. He says he’ll protect her. But what if the person she needs protection from… is him? He’s possessive, dangerous, and utterly obsessed. And when it comes to Elara, letting go was never an option. In a world built on power and blood—can love survive? Or will Nikolai Volkov be the one to destroy her completely

Zhou Yichen is the kind of CEO everyone fears — distant, demanding, and impossible to please. Beneath his cold exterior lies a man burdened by expectations he never asked for, struggling to connect in a world that feels too loud and fast. Zhao Xinyi, known to most as Yiyi, is fierce, determined, and fiercely independent. She’s fought hard to be heard in a company where her voice is often drowned out by power and privilege. When a crisis forces them into close quarters, their war of words reveals cracks beneath the surface — pain, vulnerability, and hopes neither expected to share. But misunderstandings and pride keep them apart, threatening to undo the fragile bond they’re building. Can two wounded souls find a way to trust, to forgive, and maybe even to love? An enemies-to-lovers romance about fighting for what matters, even when your heart’s the battlefield.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” -Sir Arthur C. Clarke Real-world cutting-edge tech products take the stage!

Some betrayals come from blood. Some salvations wear a killer's face. At 23, Abelia Kingston was supposed to inherit power, not survive a murder plot. But when her own brother tries to kill her for the family throne, she’s left broken—physically and emotionally. Her savior? Neil Nemo—her best friend, a cold-blooded assassin who was originally hired to end her life. After Cain Kingston breaks his promise, Nemo turns against him and rescues Abelia from the brink of death. Now, with a shattered spine but a fire burning stronger than ever, Abelia joins forces with the one man she shouldn’t trust. Together, they plan revenge—but emotions blur lines, and desire begins to cloud judgment. As old enemies rise, hidden heirs return, and blood relatives reveal darker motives, Abelia must face the most brutal truth of all: In this world, the people who save you can also destroy you. Will she take back her legacy… or lose herself in the process?

Thin cracks began to spread across the sky, like threads unraveling the vast heavens. From those rifts emerged strange creatures — from a distant world, carrying a mysterious power no one fully understood. Humans learned to survive, then learned to fight back with that power. Mira lived an ordinary life until a shadowy figure stepped out from the void — awakening a quiet flame within her, urging her to seek answers to the unknown. Mira never truly knew what she was searching for. Inside her was only a vague, unnamable feeling, ignited by that shadowy figure. A cold emptiness gnawed at her heart, yet it was that very void that pushed her forward — forcing her to confront herself: who was she, did she truly long for anything, or was she just running from the emptiness itself?

this is the story about a young man named sonorous michaelson, sonorous michaelson the son of Lucifer himself is caught up in a war that has been going on since the dawn of humanity. Sonorous michaelson has the ability or power known as "god's eyes", which grants him the ability to do practically anything he wants, destroy the universe, create a universe, destroy or create matter[matter mulnipulation on a grand scale]e.t.c.The one of its downsides is that he does not know the true length of his ability and it causes great strain on his human body, let's see how this story unfolds and the many obstacles sonorous michaelson will face in the future.

TOMTMO When 20-year-old Alex discovers a mysterious book, he's pulled into shifting worlds that blur fiction and reality. Guided by pages that write themselves, he must navigate twisted timelines, unfinished stories, and choices that ripple across the multiverse. The book isn’t just telling a story—it’s waiting for him to write it.

This is the narration of the most personal feelings of a college girl tackling a one-sided crush, with nothing more than her diary and her will on her side. This story unlocks the deep thoughts of humans, which will involve raw emotions and psychological struggle.

Jing is forced into marriage with her sister's fiancé, Yinguang Lei, after Ling's disappearance. Jing and Ling look alike—but they are nothing alike inside. Jing is thoughtful, self-contained, and emotionally honest, while Ling is vibrant, manipulative, and self-absorbed. Though Yinguang initially treats Jing with cold indifference, suspecting something is off, he slowly becomes drawn to Jing’s sincerity, resilience, and quiet strength. The more time he spends with her, the more she unsettles him—not because she’s pretending to be Ling, but because she’s not. Jing never wanted this. She only stepped in because her parents coerced her. Yet in the quiet corridors of Yinguang's world—his sprawling estate, his controlled habits, his deep solitude—something begins to change. As they navigate their complicated emotions, will they find love, or will their feelings remain unrequited? Can love that began with deception grow into something true, or will the shadows of another woman always stand between them?

The story follows a person transported to another world as a dwarf named Karma. While living a quiet life in this new realm, Karma encounters Freya, a succubus Demon Lord, who commands him to undertake a seemingly impossible task: assist her in completing her mission in this world. Freya presents Karma with a stark choice—ascend the Sky Tower of Doom to kill her or remain in the tower and love her for eternity. As Karma grapples with this dilemma, he meets Mirai, the world’s hero, who is desperately hunting him to obtain the Black Crystal embedded in his body. Mirai pleads with Karma to sacrifice his life for the sake of humanity and her mission on this planet. However, when Karma refuses, she offers an alternative: she’ll stop attacking him if he agrees to join her and live peacefully in the city of humans. Caught between the conflicting demands and missions imposed by the goddess on both the Demon Lord and the hero, Karma is thrust into a chaotic, nerve-wracking, and relentless adventure that upends his tranquil existence, forever altering his peaceful life.

Some puzzles aren’t meant to be solved. Especially when you’re the final clue. When a cryptic riddle is sent to every phone in the city at midnight, no one takes it seriously—until people start dying. Each victim, a clue to the next, part of a chilling puzzle spelling out a name no one recognizes. Avery Locke, a brilliant but reclusive linguist with a traumatic past and a gift for solving patterns. She's dragged into the investigation when the riddles begin referencing secrets no one but she should know. Paired with Detective Elias Reed, a skeptic with his own ghosts and a college student named Elias with a part yet to be known, they race to uncover the identity of the killer before the final riddle drops—and Avery becomes the last answer. But as the clues dig deeper into her own history, Avery begins to wonder: Is she solving the riddle… or is she the riddle?

They dragged me from a safe life and dropped me into a warzone... One ruled by a man who didn't know what mercy was. ... Dr. Nora Stafford was never supposed to be here. But when a notoriously dangerous gang kidnaps her to save their own, she’s pulled into a life where blood is currency and loyalty is lethal. At the center of it all is Jury White—cold, untouchable, and terrifyingly captivating. He watches her like she’s a puzzle he intends to break open, touch by touch, demand by demand. She’s supposed to be his prisoner. He makes her feel like anything but. She came to stop a man from dying. She didn’t expect to fall for the one who kills.

To me life is like a TV show because most of the things shown on TV are actually taken from our lives, so come watch my life as I deal with school, relationships, friendship and many more (And hopefully one day I'll get my own show)

What would you do if you were a boy and you wake up from a party for your last day before having to move away. You walk to your bathroom to take a piss, but once you reach into your pants nothing was there. You let out a yell but what comes out is girly scream. You finally take a look in the mirror and you see that your hair is down to your back, your face is more feminine, you have two jugs in front of you, your butt is bigger,and now you have a V instead of a P. Well this is the life of Alex "Slasher" Gray. Weird nickname right, but it makes perfect sense when each girl you been with gets there heart ripped out of their chest from being heartbroken, but that all changes after a party for Alex's last day in Florida. However, the major serious questions are: How did this happen and...WHAT HAPPENS NOW?!? (An: This story is kind of a girl loving a girl type story. If you don't like these kind of things please don't read. Thank you)

It's almost her 30th birthday still she hasn't find that right man, she feels shattered and wants to end it all.

Jaune died and gets reincarnated in the world of teyvat. What he expected was to get on an adventure and meet his favorite characters. But it seems like the Heavenly Principles don't like that idea. It seems that Jaune can't be perceived by people. How tragic. What will he do now? ---- This is my first fanfic. I got the idea from Unusual_'s (check his works out) forget me not. It has been over a year since the last update and I wanted to take my own spin at it. The only similarities with the Unusual_'s book is that it start of in fontaine.

To forget all the sad memories and only keep the happy ones. The memories that will never come back. If you were still here, I will ask my self.When, will l be able to let go. - Leighton This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

The dragon shifters are not the only ones in the world. A new breed of shifter was discovered by some human with the legal office of Dragoon affairs. Now the pack has to be divided amongst the Dragoon shifter clans. Iris Cassandra Rossi along with a few members of her pack was sent to Stonefire. Will the two Shifter clans work together or against eachother.

This is a story of a young man that got entangled in superstition and supernatural situations. Unraveling secrets and mystery of his dreams or should I call them visions. Join him on this journey of an adventure.

This is what's left of a nearly untreated star because I was blue Waltzed so bad by the world so he could rape me and my kids and who's ever kids he wanted! Gasoline so bad most people don't even know that we are female not male some people don't even know that one of us exists at all if not two of the three! SVU, Mariska Hargitay You play the part, Olivia’s might, A beacon of justice through the endless night. But it’s been my existence, no end in sight, Hard to get help when no one hears you right. Through screens you fight for those unseen, A captain of courage in a world unclean. Yet here I stand, voiceless and small, Hoping someone will answer my call. Your strength inspires, your heart’s so true, But the battles are endless—what can I do? The shadows linger, the silence stays, Lost in the maze of life’s dark haze. Mariska, Olivia, both intertwined, A hero on screen and in heart combined. Though my cries may fade into the air, Your light reminds me someone cares. they can do it but I can't say the word rape without being banned!