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Diana: Rebirth of a Lilie

They said she died peacefully. That's what they always say, don't they? When someone slips away in a hospital bed - when the machines stop beeping, and the room goes quiet except for the sigh of grief no one dares to release. Peaceful. Like death is ever kind. I was five. Too young to understand why my mother wasn't waking up. Too small to make sense of the nurses whispering in the hallway or the way they looked at me, like I was already a problem they didn't know how to solve. Her name was Rebecca. She was twenty-five. And her blood betrayed her. They said it was cancer. Aggressive. Silent. A thief in the bloodstream. By the time they caught it, it had already taken everything. I was all she had. And when she left, I had no one. No father. No family. Just a name I couldn't pronounce, and a world I didn't belong to. The system chewed me up und spat me out. Foster homes. Group homes. Back and forth like a package No one ordered. Smiles that didn't last. Promises that broke before they were even spoken. Every time someone tried to "fix" me, I'd break first, make sure they knew I was no one's charity case. No one's second chance. Eventually they stopped trying. I got older. Quieter. I stopped waiting to be rescued and started fighting instead. Literally. Underground rings don't ask for backstories. Just fists. Blood. And that, at least, I could give them. Then one night, seventeen years into this messy life, someone knocked on my door. A stranger. Two of them, actually. His name was Marcello Mariano, a man I'd only ever heard of in headlines. CEO. Businessman. Untouchable. I knew his face from magazines. I knew his name from rumors. But I didn't know why he'd come for me. Or what kind of danger was following him. All I knew was that everything I thought I knew about my life... Was a lie. And now the weight I never asked for is trying to pull me under. But I won't drown. Not again.
Lilies206 · 5.3K Views

Destined for the mad King

For thousands of years, the rulers of the world were those born with innate magical abilities. Those who could command water or fire reigned supreme atop the food chain. In a world divided into three; the Water Tribe, the Fire Tribe, and those without abilities. The last were scarcely fit to be called a tribe at all. For generations uncounted, the unarmed had bowed in service to the powerful. No one foresaw the rise of the Mad King, who unearthed the source of all magic, shattered it, and brought an end to the age of cultivation, ushering the nameless into power. Suddenly, possessing magic became a mark of shame. Survival became the only law. "Diana, listen to Mother," the woman said urgently. "Now that we must hide, marrying the Mad King is our only path. Your brother’s skills grow stronger; the entire clan will endure. We will rise again to take revenge and save you." She spoke to her daughter, a girl born without a shred of innate power; once the clan's greatest shame, now its only hope of salvation. "Mother, the Mad King has already taken ten wives," Diana said, her voice trembling. "None survived longer than seven days. Will my brothers and the clan rise to seek revenge the very next day after my wedding?" She frowned, bitter and heartbroken How could she not understand that marrying the Mad King meant certain death? Unfortunately, no matter how unwilling she was, for the survival of her entire clan, she was destined to marry the Mad King.
Juliet_Omuadona · 7.4K Views

Shadow: The Code of Honor - Prelude

When a rising Indian diplomat, Arvind Pratap Singh, is killed in a high-profile bombing in Kabul, a fragile peace initiative between India and Pakistan collapses overnight. But amid the smoke and diplomatic fallout, two unlikely figures are drawn into a deeper conspiracy: Wing Commander Sohail Mirza “Shadow”, a battle-tested Pakistani fighter pilot, and Ananya Rao, an Indian foreign service officer with secrets of her own. As tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors escalate, Shadow and Ananya uncover evidence that the attacks were orchestrated not by rogue militants—but by a powerful international network led by a ghostlike strategist known only as Blackwell, and his extremist ally, Mullah Ahab. Their goal? Destabilize South Asia, fracture alliances, and profit from chaos. From fiery air battles over disputed borders to backchannel diplomacy in Geneva and deadly surveillance in Istanbul, Shadow Protocol unfolds as a high-stakes thriller that blends espionage, military realism, and political intrigue. While war hawks on both sides call for blood, Shadow and Ananya work behind the scenes—sometimes at odds, sometimes together—to prevent a full-scale regional war. But peace has a price. With allies compromised, enemies hidden in plain sight, and the world watching, the duo must make impossible choices. Their actions lead to the creation of SENTRY—a secretive multinational taskforce built to intercept emerging threats before they ignite conflict. As the dust settles, peace feels within reach. But the shadows are never empty. The chaos has only just begun.
memsrs · 1.3K Views
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