Still Star Crossed

The stars are dead. The sky is empty. And Rain? He’s the last goddamn nightmare standing. A city broken by pain and shadow is his hunting ground — a place where mercy died long ago. When an ancient power tears through his soul, he becomes a Star Bearer, a reluctant weapon against an unstoppable darkness called Mourn. No salvation comes easy. No light comes without scars. With only the cryptic Moon Person and Dawn’s fierce loyalty at his side, Rain must fight a war in the cosmos — and inside himself. The question isn’t if he’ll break… it’s how far he’ll fall before he rises.

What if the world and the whole universe turned out to be just a lab experiment? What if the Creators got frustrated with their creations? What if They decided to abandon the experiment? What if they decided to leave their creations scattered across the universe with just one rule? Andrew Sparrow has to find the answers to these questions and many more if he wishes to survive when the whole universe turns upside down and the only rule is the survival of the fittest.

In a world on the brink of collapse, where the lines between ally and enemy blur, a group of powerful individuals discovers the unimaginable. As ancient forces stir and dark secrets unravel, the survivors must navigate power struggles, treachery, and their own inner demons. With the world hurtling toward chaos, uncertain alliances will be tested, and sacrifices inevitable. Amid the destruction, each person must decide: will they fight for redemption, or will the desire for power destroy them all? What emerges from the shadows will change everything—forever.

Sixteen-year-old Bradley’s life takes an unexpected turn when an alien girl crash-lands in front of him - just after being rejected by his crush. Zenyr is brilliant, curious, and utterly lost on Earth. As Bradley introduces her to human life, the two form an unlikely bond over science, wonder, and discovery. But when visitors from her home planet arrive, Bradley begins to suspect there’s more at stake than he realized. What started as a secret friendship may become the key to something far bigger than either of them imagined.

Reji là một nam sinh cao trung mắc căn bệnh ung thư tim, sau nhiều lần không thể chữa khỏi, cậu đành chấp nhận số phận của bản thân. Trong những giây phút cuối cùng của cuộc đời, cậu lại gặp phải một hiện tượng kì lạ, sau đó cậu cũng chết theo một cách rất tàn bạo. Nhưng cậu mở mắt thêm lần nữa, phát hiện ra mình lại đang ở một nơi rất lạ? --- Reji was a high school student suffering from heart cancer. After many failed attempts at treatment, he eventually accepted his fate. In the final moments of his life, he encountered a strange phenomenon and died in a brutal way. But when he opened his eyes once more, he found himself in a strange new place.

I Want Her Still By Princess Tobby Samson She came as the shy fiancée. She left with the most powerful code on Earth. Ana Ross never planned to live a lie. But when a ruthless crime lord threatens the lives of her mother and younger brother, she’s forced into the ultimate con: infiltrate the Lopez tech dynasty, pose as the billionaire heir’s fiancée, and steal the code that could rewrite the system. Her target? A secret vault buried inside the estate. Her challenge? Damien Lopez, brilliant, guarded, and unknowingly falling in love with the girl sent to betray him. As Ana slips deeper into Damien’s world, the lines blur between pretense and passion. He pampers her, protects her, and promises her a future she was never meant to have. But behind every kiss is a ticking clock, and behind every secret, a growing storm. Caught between two lives, Ana must make an impossible choice, protect the man she was sent to deceive, or save the only family she has left. Because love was never part of the plan. And in a world built on secrets the truth can get you killed.

not every performance ends with applause..... some ends with screams Author: mozaran_lo

not every performance ends with applause..... some ends with screams Author: mozaran_lo

It all began in the grim aftermath of a devastating mech war on the desolate planet Virelia-7. The battlefield stretches endlessly beneath twin suns, littered with the ruined remains of massive mechanical titans and fallen warriors. Amid this vast graveyard of steel and death, a lone 15-year-old boy awakens—injured, disoriented, and alone. His body is battered, his clothes tattered, and his memory is gone. He doesn’t know his name, where he came from, or what side he fought for. All he remembers is the sky. Around him, war machines lie shattered, their pilots still strapped in their death positions. Clan insignias—the lion’s head torn in half and the twin-bladed wing—decorate broken steel, but they mean nothing to him. He wanders the wreckage in confusion, haunted by the stillness of it all, until hunger drives him into action. Strange scavenger creatures called Black Ravines pick at the corpses. Birdlike in shape but entirely alien, with bone-hooked limbs and oily feathers, they feast on the dead without fear. Desperate, the boy tries to hunt one but fails. On instinct, he plays dead, and when one comes close, he kills it with a shard of mech metal and devours it raw, choking through nausea to survive. Unbeknownst to him, his mind is fractured into three entities:1) The Amnesiac Self – the current version of him, living moment to moment on raw survival instinct. 2) The Aggressive Voice – violent, impulsive, and bloodthirsty. It tempts him to surrender control for power. 3) The Calculative Voice – cold, brilliant, and tactical. It watches from within, feeding him strategic thoughts and survival data when he’s close to death.

Arian was a kid who lived a happy life with his family. Until the Empire came and took away everything he had. His family, his happiness, his freedom. Now he is a no one.

Peter mont had his future finally taking shape when he tragically passed in a car accident. Only to awaken as a newborn in an environment he doesnt recognize. Rain, Wheels, and unfamiliar voices surround him in the back of a wagon. He's held by a woman with sunken eyes and hollow cheeks. Peter realizes hes been reborn in a place where the language is foreign and the comfort is scarce.

A star? I wasn't even close to being something as beautiful. But... undying? Yes. I was. Since death never ever accepted me into its embrace. So what if I live this story to its end one more time? Just one last time. I want to feel it, living, rather than death. Only once. What awaits me at the end of this never-finished draft, I wonder... Is it the cure to my curse, or yet another rebirth?

Across the universe, the only purpose for all mortals is to ascend to godhood. This opportunity is granted by the divine beings who oversee the cosmos. Every five years, all planets throughout the universe are offered the chance to undertake trials of wits to achieve this divine ascension.

In a town where the coffee is warm and the silence speaks louder than words, two hearts quietly find their way back to love. A gentle, slow-burning college romance filled with late-night conversations, golden autumn days, and the kind of connection that lingers — even when nothing is said. Sometimes, the most powerful love stories are the quiet ones.

Angel Johnson was a waitress struggling to make ends meet when an unexpected contract with Tryson Bliss, one of City Y's most powerful and ruthless billionaires, changed everything. Tryson needed a fiancée to appease his demanding family, and Angel, desperate for money and a way out of her humdrum life, agreed to play the part. What began as a calculated arrangement soon evolved into something neither of them expected—an intense and forbidden connection. But when Tryson's family uncovers Angel's true motives, they cast her out with venomous disdain. Humiliated and heartbroken, Angel's last hope is confronting Tryson. But instead of an apology or a chance at redemption, she finds herself shattered when he declares that he has chosen his first love, Riley, the woman he was preparing to marry. Devastated and with only her pride left, Angel walks away, determined to rebuild her life alone. Two months later, Angel is lost in the pulse of the music at a dark, crowded bar, seeking refuge in anonymity. A hand seizes her from behind, and her breath catches as she turns to face the man she can't forget—Tryson. His eyes, once cold and calculating, are now stormy with raw emotion, and he pulls her into his orbit, holding out the contract she once signed.  "We haven't finished our work, Angel. The contract says you have a year left to be my fiancée. Don't tell me you're planning on breaching it now." With no choice but to comply, Angel moves back into the house that once rejected her. But to her surprise, the family she once loathed now welcomes her with unexpected warmth and kindness. As she navigates this unsettling shift, Angel is left to wonder—what has changed, and why? What secrets do they hide that could alter everything she thought she knew about Tryson and his family? And as Angel's heart begins to thaw, she's confronted with the hardest question of all: Can she keep the secrets she's hidden from Tryson? And will Tryson fight for her love a second time, despite everything that has come between them?

What if the child everyone ignored was born to save two worlds?” Liora Sage was invisible in her own home. Born the fourth of five, trapped in a world of emotional silence, she knew how to survive—but not how to live. One hidden letter changes everything. Thrust into the mystical land of Virelia, Liora becomes one of The Chosen Five—children of prophecy, each carrying fragments of a shattered world. Together with a sarcastic shadow wolf, a prince cursed by memory, and a scholar with secrets, she must unravel a legacy deeper than blood. But the stars are watching. And they remember what the world forgot. Romance, comedy, betrayal, transmigration, and mystery collide in a heart-wrenching fantasy inspired by a true-life story. “They called her a burden. Virelia called her a star.”

After swearing death to all vampires, how does he plan on making it happen?

In the stillness of the evening, a sudden, deafening thud shattered the tranquil silence. Zarah’s father, recognizing the uninvited intruders, attempted to flee, only to be seized and brutally beaten by two brawny men. Her mother and sisters watched in horror as their beloved patriarch choked on his own blood. From the shadows, a sinister figure emerged, brandishing a cigarette and cloaked in a woolen coat. "You've ignored my warnings, and now you expect me to show mercy?" He snarled, standing over Zarah's father as he pleaded for his life. "I gave you plenty of time to pay back what you owed. But you ran away with my money, your family, and my cocke." "Please, please, we can work this out!" Zarah's father begged, spitting blood from his battered mouth. The man shook his head, his cruel smirk widening. Too late, amigo," the man sneered. Without hesitation, two gunshots rang out. Zarah's eyes fluttered open, the world a watery blur. What she saw silenced her forever. Her father's head was bashed and bleeding, her mother's stomach torn open. A scream ripped from Zanah's throat, tugging at Zarah's heart. Tears streamed down her face as the horrific realization set in. They were gone.

Yivor é um jovem garoto que vive com seu pai e sonha em se tornar um aventureiro de classe Cruz de Platina. Determinado a alcançar seu objetivo, ele embarca em grandes aventuras e enfrenta desafios formidáveis ao lado de seu melhor amigo Falkkor. Enquanto desbrava esse caminho perigoso, Yivor começa a desvendar segredos sobre sua origem oculta, que podem mudar o destino de todos ao seu redor.

Nina Ojo grew up in a family that once felt whole — laughter in the living room, Sunday hair-braiding, love that filled every corner. But all of that faded. Her brother drowned in addiction. Her father became a stranger. Her mother, a woman hardened by grief and exhaustion. Now nineteen and starting college in the U.S., Nina carries the weight of it all — the bruises no one sees, the silence she’s learned to live with. But even in the ache, she holds on to hope. Hope that her family might still find its way back. Hope that peace is possible. What she doesn’t expect is him. A boy whose words feel like truth and whose presence threatens to break past her guard. She didn’t come looking for love. But love… might have found her.

The stars crafted his beauty. The world forged his ruthlessness. But his destiny belongs to no one, not even the heavens. In the celestial empire of Astralis, power is etched in bloodlines and carved through conquest. Here, amid warring clans and dying stars, Kael Vorian enters the world as both miracle and mistake, an intersex heir with a face like sculpted moonlight and a soul too vast for the realm to contain. His beauty is a weapon. His power, a curse. His past, a locked door even the ancestors fear to open. When the dormant Eldar Realm stirs, a dimension older than gods, hungry for what it once lost. Kael finds himself hunted by shadows and his own gnawing doubt: What if the sealed soul within him isn’t enough? To survive, he must turn enemies into pawns, unite heirs raised on betrayal, and face Valen Vaelstrom, the storm-wreathed rival whose very presence ignites both fury and an unsettling, forbidden heat. As ancient forces awaken and the other Supreme Planes sharpen their blades, Kael races against a fate already written in the stars. The question is no longer whether he’ll rise. It’s what he’ll become when he does.

Naph had a couple of years of extremes. One year, he was trying to chase down a few rats in a desert. Another he was hunting bears in a river. There was a year when he just chilled himself on a beach. His volatile heart mayhems his life. This time his hunt had a different breed entirely. Named Bulwark. Quite the bounty on such a name. The only requirement? Bring the head back clean and without damage. Hunting was a sport. At least that’s what he had learned by watching others. Every adult showing off their repertoire of the dead. His volatile nature and teen years hadn’t taught him whom to show off or not. Bulwark was his first human kill. Yet it was his first insight into what a ‘catalyst’ could do. His survival had been on his intellect earlier, but not anymore. The world responded. He ran. Ran into things he hadn’t heard. Will the world make him another number in its long list of the dead? Or will he learn its truths? Will he know of the unspoken words he hadn’t processed? His heart a volatile entity; the world a raging a beast chasing him. And a few words that he didn’t knew- yet one etched itself in: “Cata”. ---------------------------------------------------- This story is also available on RoyalRoad.com with the same title "Catalyst Cross Lesio" with the username 'alex_reads'. My paypal is connected to it, so if you wish to help out a budding artist do go to my "Catalyst Cross Lesio" on RoyalRoad.com and hit that donate button! Thank you! :)

Welcome to a world where dragons soar through skies painted with magic, and devils lurk in the shadows cast by ancient portals. Five thousand years ago, a rift opened in the heavens, connecting our world to another—a realm teeming with gods, dragons, and a myriad of fantastical beings. Overnight, the balance of power shifted, and humanity found itself amidst an age of wonders and perils. In this new world, magic is not merely a legend but an everyday reality. It flows through the air, courses through the earth, and pulses within the very essence of life itself. With the advent of magic, humans evolved into heroes, demon lords, and monsters, carving their place in a society now governed by divine beings, dragons, and demi-humans. Three thousand years into this new era, a cataclysmic battle erupted between two mighty dragons—the Dark Dragon and the White Dragon. Their conflict ravaged continents and threatened to plunge the world into eternal darkness. Fearing mutual annihilation, humans, gods, devils, and demi-humans set aside their differences, forging an unprecedented alliance to slay the warring dragons. With great sacrifice and courage, they succeeded. The souls of the Dark Dragon and the White Dragon, however, did not find peace. Instead, they awaited their chance to reincarnate, their destinies bound to new hosts chosen from among humanity. Now, as the world enters its two-thousandth year of peace, the White Dragon has found its bearer—a young warrior named Ryuji. Ryuji, renowned for his valor and mastery of elemental magic, is hailed as the savior who bears the soul of the White Dragon. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to many, the Void Dragon—the counterpart to the White Dragon—awaits its own host, observing humanity from the shadows. As Kazuki Satoru prepares for his first day at a prestigious high school, unaware of the ancient power stirring within him, he finds himself thrust into a world where legends and reality converge. Little does he know, his destiny will soon intertwine with that of the Void Dragon, setting the stage for an epic tale of magic, courage, and the bonds that unite or divide us.

He found a dark silver watch in the trash heap—and it summoned the most powerful mecha in the cosmos: the Xingqiong. When the Twin Watches resonated, tearing through the void, the Xingqiong’s energy core ignited its fifth blue light (50% sync rate), and even greater secrets began to surface... “I didn’t come to fight—I came to protect.”

For years, Gabrielle has silently harbored an intense, unyielding love for Adrian, a devotion that has slowly consumed her. Tormented by secret jealousy and private heartache, she can no longer suppress the powerful emotions that dictate her every move. In a desperate, final act, Gabrielle drugs Adrian, revealing her true, terrifying intentions as he succumbs to her will. Now, weakened and disoriented, Adrian finds himself utterly at her mercy, trapped in the clutches of a love that has spiraled into a dangerous obsession.