Chapel Spock

Blurb: Adopted into the wealthy Hargrove family, Charlotte believed she had found her place in the world. But the return of Evelyn, the rightful heiress, triggers a series of strange events: shadowy figures in the woods, whispers in the walls, and memories Charlotte can’t recall. Jack, a mysterious figure who claims to be her protector, warns her of a deadly ritual tied to a centuries-old curse. As the lines between truth and deception blur, Charlotte must uncover the family’s darkest secrets before the curse claims her life—or her sanity. Trope: Adopted into danger, unraveling family secrets, an immortal protector with ulterior motives, and a “chosen one” caught in a web of betrayal and destiny. Climax: The cult captures both Charlotte and Evelyn, preparing to enact the ritual in the family chapel. Jack, overcome with guilt, helps Charlotte escape, but Evelyn refuses to leave, convinced her death is inevitable. Charlotte confronts the cult leader, who reveals that breaking the curse requires the destruction of the family artifact—a mirror that binds the ancient force. The artifact can only be destroyed by someone tied to both bloodlines. Charlotte, realizing her connection to the Hargrove legacy, uses the mirror to unleash the trapped force on the cult. In a final twist, Jack sacrifices himself to destroy the mirror and sever his immortality, ensuring the curse is broken. Denouement: • Charlotte and Evelyn: Evelyn survives but leaves the estate, seeking a new life free from the family’s dark history. Charlotte continues to rebuild and redefine her identity without the shadow of the curse. • Hints of Lingering Darkness: Although the curse is broken, remnants of the ancient force linger in the woods, suggesting not all is resolved. • Final Revelation: Charlotte finds a hidden journal from Jack, hinting at deeper truths about her origins and the possibility that she may not have been adopted by chance.

To be precise, this story is about how a young girl who failed in her young marriage evolved into a powerful CEO, with the help of her personal assistant who turns out be a missing legendary CEO. --------------------- It is a typical love story revolves around a girl and two men. She loves her husband so much but he never return it back to her. On the other hand, A legendary CEO who keeps his identity in secret fall in love with her desperately. On her formal wedding ceremony, her husband hand over her a divorce and made an agreement to continue to act as a husband in front of others. On her way to the wedding chapel, she met with an tragic incident and fall from a cliff to meet her destined new beginning of life. How she will clear all the unknown threats which was chasing her? How would she fulfill her mother's last wish to save the society which was being bullied in the war torn country? And also how she will fulfill her desire to become a street dancer and how she would turn into a powerful CEO? Who was that PA of her who would accompany her everywhere she goes to strike an attack? When she will learn that the her PA is a Legendary CEO? How both the man would stand side by side till the end to protect and guide her to achieve her success? Last but not the least, WHO WILL SHE END UP MARRYING.... You can contact to my discord link to discuss about the book, https://discord.gg/38feKTA

Althea stood at the doorway of the bridal suite, her heart heavy with a weight she couldn't shake. The dress lay on the bed, pristine and untouched, a cruel reminder of everything she had lost. It wasn't supposed to be her walking down the aisle, pledging herself to a man she barely knew. But here she was, forced to step into her sister's place. Her sister's choice to leave had devastated her. She had rejected a life that demanded sacrifice and duty, choosing freedom over family. And Althea, for all her anger and confusion, was left with no choice but to save the family's reputation. She had to wear the dress, say the vows, and marry a man she didn't love. Her fingers trembled as she adjusted the veil, staring at her reflection. She looked perfect-beautiful, poised-but she didn't feel that way. She felt like a shadow, a replacement for the woman who should've been here. The weight of the gown suffocated her as she prepared to step into a life that wasn't hers to claim. She wasn't ready for this. She wasn't ready to marry him. But with every step she took toward the chapel, the reality set in. There was no turning back. And there, at the altar, stood Elijah. His eyes locked on hers as she approached, his gaze intense, unreadable. A faint smile curved his lips, one she couldn't quite decipher, but there was something in it that made her blood run cold. Satisfaction. He looked at her as if she were an object, something to be claimed. With each step, his smile deepened, pleased with what was walking toward him. He wasn't looking at her as a woman to be loved. He was looking at her as a prize, something that had finally fallen into his grasp. Althea's throat tightened. She couldn't turn back now, not with everyone watching. As she reached the altar, she realized the vows she was about to speak weren't hers to make. They had been written for her sister, and now she would speak them, to a man who had claimed her sister's life and was now claiming hers by default.

They were childhood sweethearts. They lawfully got married in a chapel. And she became his legal wife, But how she ended up becoming the other woman, is something beyond her imagination.

|| UNDER EDITING PROCESS || " You...you didn't mark me...how can you claim me like that...." Everrett stuttered, sweat forming on her forehead. " Tsk...My naive Mistress...I don't use my canines to mark someone... It's my eyes who set the claim.." Fredrick replied with a crooked smile, the scar on his face turning visible under the light of the chapel. ___________ Born as a princess, Everrett Quintrell had never received the status of a princess. Because of her controversial birth, she was always left behind by her five sisters, mistreated by all until she became the biggest pawn of her king father. The kingdom of her father had faced a great challenge when the last lycan heir, Fredrick Silvester, rumoured to be the dark prince came back for his throne. Ruthless, bloody and merciless, Fredrick had no intention except revenge for all the Lycans that lost their lives. Will their entangled fate let them love each other or destruction was evident?

"The people of Cavorim, Chandor were happy and prosperous, when suddenly one night the city was invaded by the enemy who murdered the King and many of the inhabitants. The princesses and the ladies of the Court destroyed their jewels and committed suicide by drowning themselves into the river, which, it is popularly believed, still leaves gold powder on the shore. The tradition associated with the Fort is that the Queen who was absent in some other part of the Kingdom, visited the city one day, but found it in desolation and was given the sad news of her husband' demise. As a sign of her grief she removed her jewels, crushed them and threw them all over the place, and cursed the women of Chandor, wishing them all to be like herself. She came out of the fortress and, stamping her feet four times, said she would not take away any thing, not even the dust of her feet from the city..". The stone bearing the anklet-prints is located near the Chapel of St. Joaquim,the curse of the 'Stone', is still dreaded by the villagers of Chandor, as it is believed to be striking a particular caste of Chandor. It has not affected the population of other castes in this village. The fear of the curse goes to such an extent that it is understood that several landlords of this caste have taken up residences in Margao or elsewhere and their palatial houses are deserted. The curse of the Queen, as taken from one of the old residents of Chandor and transmitted through generations by word of mouth, is believed to be worded."

A man so quiet so dainty so....harmless what can this person do wrong? "Help me my lord for I have sinned" A cry was heard echoes of his own voice rang through the abandoned chapel. How could you help someone so monstrous? Is it an excuse if they are the only person who have cared for you? Would you remove your morals? Or would you choose to be a hero? .... owned by Tofu_M. any republishing or reposting of this novel is and will never be allowed. ... This novel contains graphic things involving mentions of murder, substance abuse and religion. Please read at your own risk.

A god and a mortal what can go wrong in this love.

Peace prevailed despite on-going wars only in this remote city. Will serenity be restored in the chapel that has been flourishing peacefully perpetually. Will Zulu destroy the city or are there patrons in the city who can fight him back. Read on.

Brianna Cordova was thrown in jail after poisoning her half younger brother. She was stripped of all her inheritance and rights in her family’s legacies, even though she was the legitimate heiress. Instead of bathing in dollars and gold bars, she bathed in the shower area of an Isolation Cell in the country’s most infamous penitentiary. There comes Bianca Acosta – a lowlife of all lowlifes. She was serving a lifetime sentence for multiple crimes; torture, illegal drug trade, severe fraud and financial crimes, aggravated property damage, arson, burglary, theft, robbery, and falsifying national documents. Bianca was betrayed by her gang members and sold off to the police, thus, she was serving her sentence and diligently visiting the prison chapel to pray for the death of all her former comrades. It happened one fateful day when it was raining hard. After finishing her cleaning duty, she went back without an umbrella, but was mesmerized at the rare phenomena unfolding before her eyes. A solar eclipse, despite the absurdity of the situation, but what Briana found the most unbelievable was how stupid she was, staring at the solar eclipse directly. As her eyes began to blur and tear up, a horrifying scream echoed through the entire penitentiary. Once the darkness brought by the eclipse disappeared, a body nailed at the altar of the prison chapel was found. Bianca Acosta died a gruesome death, expectedly. Brianna Cordova damaged her eyes, stupidly. One lost her life, the other lost her vision. However, unbeknownst to Brianna, she received the eyes of the dead Bianca, and since then, the ghost of Bianca kept pestering her to take revenge for her death. They say to let a ghost rest in peace, one must fulfill its dying wish. But how will Brianna, a pea-brained timid, and cowardly woman exact revenge against an infamous syndicate that killed Bianca?

Being being reborn, An Ran was a fool. She handed her family business, one that her parents had strived hard for, to a Casanova, and caused her parents to die tragic deaths. She swallowed her resentment for the sake of the three-month-old baby in her womb. Yet, the Casanova used her family’s fortune to lead her best friend into a wedding chapel! After being reborn, An Ran wanted revenge. She wanted to compensate for her shortcomings, reform the company for her parents, and chase away their awful relatives. She vowed not to forgive those who had hurt her, so she tortured her best friend and crushed the Casanova! During her revenge, An Ran mistakenly hurt Huo Qing, causing him to lose a few billion yuan. At first, she thought Huo Qing would be furious, but what was wrong with him? Why did he keep on helping her? An Ran wanted to uproot the four powerful families, but Huo Qing stopped her. “Let me do this little task for you.” Everyone thought that Huo Qing was only temporarily interested in her, but he kept getting involved with her relentlessly. An Ran was furious. “I heard that President Huo always minds his own business.” Huo Qing smiled. “All your matters are important to me!” An Ran was frustrated. “Can you stay away from me?” Huo Qing put on a pitiful expression. “I can satisfy any request you might have, all but this one.” An Ran was on the verge of collapsing. “Why exactly are you following me?” Pain and regret flashed in Huo Qing’s eyes. “I couldn’t protect you in that lifetime, so I swear that I won’t let you suffer any more grievances this lifetime.”

He dragged her backwards putting her back against the wall. He placed his hands on the wall making her stay in between his arms. "You're 18 years now" "Uhm" "Will you date me?" he asked staring deeply into her eyes like a sword piercing through someone. She looked directly into his eyes which startled him. She couldn't hold back her feelings anymore, so she hugged him tightly . Before he could speak she took advantage of his parted lips and indulged him into a wild and passionate kiss exploring his mouth like her life depended on it. "So I take that as a yes?"he asked . "Ya" "Thanks"he said lifting her up as he kissed her softly.

Archer Easton is in need of convenient marriage to ward off his relatives from hovering over his inheritance. Deciding to hire a fake wife, he had his secretary arrange for a quick wedding in Vegas. "All has been arranged. Her name is Hannah Grace. Meet her at the Chapel." So when he asked the beautiful lady in a short white dress if her name was Hannah Grace and she said yes, he did not even second guess that it was the wrong Hannah Grace. Hannah Grace is a Filipina American by blood and whose visa is about to expire. Recently just laid off of work and with no one to sponsor the renewal of her visa, she was in desperate need to marry into a green card. Deciding to marry her best friend, Lucas, she dressed in her best white and waited for him at the Chapel. Then came the stranger... asking if she was Hannah Grace.

Every people has their own sets of fears, and Aquina Herchel Johnson, a bounty huntress who is afraid of almost nothing except for one thing... the church. She's an atheist, a 28 year-old woman who lived her life believing that no such God exist. She vowed to never set foot on any church or chapel. Following her vow is simple and easy, she doesn't even need to try hard, not until... she succumb to her own fears when fate has other plans for her.

Eggbert and Eggbertina were two eggs from the equal carton who developed a crush on every other. Eggbert decided to dye himself pink in order to provoke Eggbertina and express his love for her. She regular his feelings and they arranged a small chapel wedding, attended through their egg friends and family. They moved into their very own coop and started out a family, and they lived fortunately ever after.

How many people have seen the news that is repeated daily murders, robberies, disappearances, corruption, prostitución. Sometimes I no longer usually turn on the television, however despite it being repetitive, we must always be attentive to what is happening around us to prevent and not regret later. "Now, we go through the disappearance of Alison Campbell, 17, who was seen for the last time a week ago at Station 28 Rol, Holmes Chapel, was shopping with her mother, the young woman took the bags to the car as we lose to see on security cameras and a hooded man appears behind her and the video cuts out. The Campbells ask investigators, detectives and officers for help so that they can find their daughter's whereabouts." I see her parents with their daughter's photo. I wonder where Alison is?

In order to prevent her heartthrob Alex Patrick from getting married to another woman, Lucia swapped places with the bride but on getting to the chapel she discovered she had made the biggest mistake of her life as she mistakenly married Daylen Patrick, Alex brother. Daylen Patrick is a 30 years old billionaire who grew up in a competitive family with rough upbringing and had experienced countless betrayal from his uncle and this made him ruthless and unable to show love. When he realized his bride was swapped he decided to continue with the marriage and even went ahead to threaten Lucia. Will Lucia give love a chance and accept Daylen? Did Daylen survive his uncle’s countless bretrayals? Will Alex allow their marriage?? Read on to enjoy the forced marriage between these two…

Six miners are sent on a program of indentured servitude for private company The Righteous Anglian Mining Company of Our Lady’s Hallowed Earth. Their task is to mine a particular kind of iron ore - Lodestone - which has the unique property of being able to absorb magical energy. They will work to pay off their debt to the company and earn their freedom, but must contend with the dangers, and wonders, that they encounter in these extraordinary mines. ​A crumbling, ruined chapel shall be their new base of operations in the vast caverns beneath the ground. There, they are greeted by someone who claims to be a Company veteran who has made the caverns their home. Foul, feral, and secretive; the miners will decide how much trust can they put in their new guide who tells them that he is officially dead, off the grid, and desires retribution on the Company that sent him there. The miners' time in the huge network of caves shall bring them to face otherworldly forces and malevolent entities. While not natural fighters, they must use all their resourcefulness to overcome the dilemmas that obstruct their work. All the while, they must deal with the supernatural residents of the caves; creatures from English folklore who were thought lost to the world. Their journey ahead is what they can learn and gain from each encounter, and how they can use this to escape the unending toil into which they have been trapped. (6 parts: concluded) This title is available to keep through Amazon Kindle https://www.stephenruddy.com/lodestone-book-1-excerpt

Rialle Winterbell is shaking with fear. She had entered a very, very dangerous world. In a moment of confusion, she walked into the chapel and took her place as the bride but the groom is her sister’s fiancé. There is a storm waiting for her and no one is on her side. This is nothing new for Rialle but now, she has to win over her husband. Will she be able to in the three months she has with him? - Dane Stormglade is no ordinary man. He is the most sought-after man in the land. The duke of the east lands, he has women vying for his attention and men clamoring for his favour. The duke is good-natured and kind to everyone and takes his duties seriously. Ruthless when need be, he can be gentle to even wrong-doers as long as they show remorse. One thing that he cannot stand though is trickery. - Members of the nobility possess rare powers. The powers and the essence of them make up the whole existence of the nobility classes. The stronger your powers, the stronger your house and place in the hierarchy. The people of the land are greedy, selfish and will do everything it takes to possess power and climb up the ranks. Even if it is to tear apart a fairy’s wings.

TRUE STORIES A man from Texas in the US. and he does carpentry work. This man, every morning, passes in front of a Church on his way to work. One day he took a decision that he must go into the Church at the chapel to greet JESUS before going to his work. So each day he passes the Church he will go to the chapel and say "JESUS l ‘m here to greet you" he did this for many years and it became part of hm. One day he went to work as usual and fell down from the roof where he was working and had a spinal cord injury, he was taken to many hospitals and there was no remedy to his health and he became paralyzed. One day at the hospital where he was on his sick bed without hope, his wife left him alone in the room to bring something from the house. A man who dressed in white walked into the room and greeted him saying, "my friend l have come to greet you. JESUS came to visit him since he couldn't come to visit Him as usual. And the sick man said Thank You, the visitor left and this man started to notice changes on his body, and to his greatest surprise, he got up and sat down on the bed still thinking if it was a dream when his wife came and saw him sitting down she thought it was a Ghost and raised alarm ran out from the room. The Doctor and Nurses rushed to the room thinking the sick man is dead, when the Doctor first entered and saw the man sitting comfortably, he also ran back, before he decided to ask him what happened and the healed man told him all that happened,He was visiting JESUS daily for many years but one singular visit by JESUS changed his hopelessness to joy! My brother, sister and Friend who is reading this message, this is a true life testimony. This happened somewhere.! JESUS lives, do not allow any body to deceive you please. As you type GOD IS GOOD and share this message to 5 different Facebook groups The ancient of days, he will visit you and change your situation before 3 days from now. 8 years of Good luck to does who will share to 5 groups

Tyller Knight,the prominent scion of KNIGHT's Corporation and the head ruler of the underground society,was all dapperly suited up with his entourage,wearing something from a wedding,except one teeny bit of problem : there is no bride. The loved of his life wouldn't even dared to and the bride they hired stood him up,he badly needed a bride as an scapegoat from the pressure of his grandfather and for protecting his beloved.He needed a wife. Then in unexpected twist that fate must've been having a good joke,Hana Olivar barge in and kicked the chapels door blast open while cussing in different languages,searching for a man named Adrian Hawke who left her with her very own sister Shareen,hoping to stop a wedding between the two. Since they were already there in the right place in the rigt time for the wrong reasons,he offered Hana the part with a nondisclosure agreement that can changed their whole lives with a price that she definitely couldn't refuse. And after exchanging an I DO's and meticulously signing the contracts,they were husband and wife. Can they really pull off their business arrangement for desperation and adjusting a life as Husband and Wife without cutting each other throats for each their own profits or would they be willing to stand for one another just like what they are playing at?can they keep living with their each different lives or should they continue of playing house?what if they forget that its all just for show? Can they fool anyone? Or are they just fooling themselves? Are they a match made in heaven? Or a couple from hell?