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Torn between Yesterday and Tomorrow

Luna Soleil Alvarez, a 30-year-old wife and mother, believed she had built the perfect life with her husband, Rhyns Evans, a successful head engineer, and their four-year-old son. Though she was once heartbroken by her first love, Kai Rowan Davis, she found comfort in Rhyns' unwavering persistence and love, eventually moving on and embracing a quiet, happy family life. But the cracks in her marriage begin to show when Rhyns' infidelity shatters her trust, leaving Luna broken and questioning everything she thought was safe. Just as Luna tries to piece her life back together, Kai, her first love, reenters her world after eleven long years. Now a decorated military captain, Kai is no longer the boy her family tore her away from but a man determined to win back the woman who still holds his heart. Yet, the Luna he finds is a shadow of the vibrant, spirited girl he once loved—a woman weighed down by betrayal, guilt, and the struggles of single motherhood. Caught between the wounds of her past and the scars of her present, Luna must face impossible choices. Should she fight to repair her broken marriage for the sake of her son? Or should she allow herself to explore the possibility of a second chance with Kai, risking it all for a love she never truly let go of? As old flames reignite and emotions intensify, Luna's story becomes a journey of rediscovery of herself, her strength, and what it truly means to love and be loved.
AriaHeartstrider · 553 Views

Between Worlds - The Empire System

"Second chances don't come easy… but this one came with a system." Alex Young is just a nineteen-year-old struggling to find purpose—a university student by day and a part-time convenience store clerk by night. Life feels like an endless grind… until a fateful encounter brings him to the edge of life and death. When he wakes up, he's granted the Empire System, a mysterious tool designed to build something bigger, something powerful. Bound to the mysterious Empire System, Alex must now navigate not one but two worlds. In reality, he starts crafting a business with friends from the ground up. Yet, he's charged with a far grander purpose in a realm of magic and monsters, building an empire that could reshape everything. Every skill he masters, every challenge he overcomes, and every choice he makes carries consequences across both worlds, pushing him to transform in ways he never imagined. As he dives deeper into the mysteries of the Empire System, questions begin to haunt him. Is he truly alone in wielding this power? Are there others, hidden among the chosen, who hold a similar key to greatness? With allies at his side and powerful abilities awakening, Alex must rise to meet the daunting trials of his second chance. But will he shape his destiny—or will the System's demands lead him down a path he never expected? This is the beginning of Alex's empire-building journey—a path where every decision counts, every mission has a cost, and power is only the start.
AdrianMutu · 14.1K Views

The Light Between Shadows

The air was thick with smoke and the scent of blood, heavy enough to choke her as she clung to the shadows. She’d grown up within these walls, the stone corridors of her family’s stronghold, where she’d always been the quiet one, the unassuming Luminary, watching her kin wield their power over the wolves below with an iron fist. Tonight, the fortress shook under the force of rebellion. A war-cry echoed nearby, and she shivered, feeling the ground tremble as wolves overthrew the guards in waves, the very magic that had once bound them broken. The legends always said that the Luminaries were untouchable, but here they were—falling, one by one, as the stronghold became a grave. She ducked into an alcove, her back pressed against the cold stone, heart racing as her mind fought to make sense of the chaos. The Luminaries’ rule was absolute; they controlled everything and everyone with invisible threads of power. They were feared, revered—and yet, she knew what had been done in her family’s name. The iron discipline, the cold cruelty that had been deemed necessary, even just. But now, face to face with what that cruelty had cost, she felt a hollowness settle in her chest. A shadow appeared at the end of the hall. She stiffened, recognizing him immediately. He was the one from the old stories, the one who had somehow resisted the Luminaries’ control, a man of a bloodline immune to her family’s magic. His eyes, dark as midnight, swept the corridor before falling on her. In that moment, every instinct told her to run, but her body wouldn’t move, caught between dread and a strange sense of fate. He stopped before her, and his gaze bored into her, assessing, calculating. “So,” he said finally, voice cold. “This is where they hid the last of you.” She swallowed, lifting her chin. “I… I didn’t ask for any of this.” “Didn’t you?” His words were sharp, cutting through the chaos. “How convenient. That’s what they all say when they’re caught.” The accusation stung, but she kept her gaze steady. “Not everyone deserves to die.” His lips curled in a bitter smile. “Spoken like a true Luminary. Even now, you cling to the lies they fed you.” The weight of his anger was palpable, filling the air around them. She could feel his fury like a storm, a hatred so raw it burned her. And yet, as he glared at her, she saw a flicker of hesitation, a crack in the armor he wore so tightly. She didn’t know that, in her softness, she held a power she didn’t understand—a quiet magic, subtle but unyielding, that drew him in against his will. He closed the distance between them, his hand gripping her arm firmly. “The others will die,” he murmured, his tone edged with finality. “But you, you’re coming with me. You’re too dangerous to be left alive, but maybe you’re just valuable enough to be kept breathing.” Her heart hammered, the weight of his words settling over her as he pulled her forward, binding her fate to his, a captive of the very rebellion that had destroyed her family.
dawnuts · 240 Views
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