The Night Gardener Washington Dc

Standing atop a tall building, he takes a leap. To anyone watching, it might seem like the end—but instead, he’s transported to another world. After an unfortunate accident, the main character finds himself in a new realm, a place that quickly becomes his home. His new life is comfortable, even enjoyable, yet something feels inexplicably... off. Content Warning: This story contains dark themes, including but not limited to suicide, self-hate, abuse, and mental instability. The r18 tag is for the second volume and beyond.

As Mia drove through the bustling city streets, her heart began to race—not from the traffic, but from the chilling knowledge that a bomb had been planted in her car. The news had come through a frantic message on her phone, a warning from an anonymous source that sent her spiraling into a state of panic. She gripped the steering wheel tightly, her knuckles turning white as she fought to maintain control. With every red light, her dread deepened. She knew that the moment she stopped the car, the bomb would detonate. The thought of leaving her Lysander behind filled her with a profound sense of sorrow. They had so many plans, dreams of a future together that now felt impossibly distant. With trembling hands, she picked up her phone and dialed Lysander’s number. “Mi Amore?” Lysander’s voice came through, laced with concern. “What’s wrong?” Mia smiled sadly, he could always tell when something was bothering her and yet she was going to leave him. “Lysander , I need you to listen to me,” she said, her voice quivering. “ You’re a very great person. I never thought I would find this type of love. I only thought love like this was just a fairytale. But you….you….” Mia paused taking in a deep breath. “Anna? What’s happening? Is something wrong? You’re scaring me.” Tears rolled down her cheeks as she turned her head towards the backseat where the bomb sat. How could she tell this to Lysander? She was going to die and leave him. She was going to leave him alone with the thoughts and dreams they shared. Silence hung heavy on the line, and Anna could almost hear the rapid beating of her heart. “I just found out…… I… I don’t have much time,” she choked out, tears streaming down her cheeks. “I’m so sorry, love. I won’t be able to see you again.” “Don’t say that! We’ll figure this out! Just tell me what’s happening? ” he urged, desperation creeping into his tone. “No, please, just listen. It’s too late now. I love you so much, and I want you to remember that. You’ve made my life so beautiful. I wish I could hold you one last time.” Her voice broke as she fought to keep her composure. “Anna, don’t—” “I have to go, Lysander . Just know that I’m always with you.” With that, she hung up, her heart shattering into a million pieces. She looked at the cliff ahead of her and stepped on the gas, the car racing towards the cliff. ************* In the heart of a bustling college town, twenty-year-old Anna Mia Harper is juggling classes, bills, and a growing sense of despair as an orphan navigating life on her own. Desperate for cash, she stumbles upon a peculiar job listing: a grave cleaner and companion for the dead at the local cemetery, promising a month’s rent for just one night of work. Excited by the prospect, Anna Mia arrives under the eerie glow of the moon, ready to face whatever the night may bring. But when she encounters a mysterious man lounging atop a tombstone—one who bears a striking resemblance to a deceased local legend—her heart races. Is he a ghost, a trick of the light, or something more sinister?

Oneshot story about a guy who got assigned to tend to the garden of a local high school and a girl who got interested in what he's doing.

Laiza Danford has lived her entire life at the beck and call of her family, enslaved by the desire of their love attention. Always being compared and living in the shadows of her twin. Detested by all even by the one she hoped will be her escape from her damned fate only for every thing to blow up in her face, pushed to death she promises to come back to destroy.

Rowan sees beauty in death. The Order he has sworn to obey only sees defilement. As the reviled Caretaker of the Order, Rowan has accepted his role as a dutiful outcast because he believes it is the only way to prove his worth to the man who holds his sisters’ souls as collateral. With his magic and his voice, Rowan can absorb death and transform it, but only in ways the Order deems acceptable to maintain the stability of the reality it claims to protect Order must subdue Disorder. Reality must triumph over illusion. He is tainted and always will be. Rowan has never questioned those lessons, but that changes the night he harvests a crimson soul that is more than human and chooses to keep it a secret. When Rowan’s song transforms that soul into a beautiful and mysterious man he names Wren, he is forced to accept that sometimes duty is a lie and illusion is the only thing you can trust. As the fabric of the Order begins to unwind and a new kind of Disorder takes hold, Rowan will need to choose again, stand with the Order that held him down, or forge a new path with Wren at his side. He may be the only one who can restore balance to the worlds, but only if he can find balance within himself first. ************************************* Updates 3-4 times per week. Note: This story focuses on relationships. I promise an epic romance, lots of swoon-worthy moments, and a healthy amount of fluff. When it does get steamy…you might get burned. Fair warning for explicit content. I don’t shy away from my spice. There are lots of side characters and couples to fall in love with, in addition to the main couple. If you love the idea of found family, you will be happy. This book is set in a non-heteronormative world, so you will see various gender identities/expressions and types of love. ************************************* Excerpt (if you want the full steamy version, you will have to read the book!): Still reeling from the new magic that coursed under his skin and unsure of how to react to the desire that threatened to take control of him, Rowan froze. Wren's hot breath against his mouth sent a jolt of pleasure through his body, and he choked back a groan. A different kind of panic flared in Rowan's chest, burning him as if he were the one on fire. This was what he wanted, what he'd thought about every night since Wren left. But wanting more was one thing. Acting on it was another. He'd spent so much of his life hiding, he didn't know how to do anything else. One corner of Wren's mouth twitched as Rowan pulled away. When he attempted to free himself from Wren's grasp, Wren just hauled him closer. Rowan liked that he didn't have to think about what to do next. His bare chest thudded against Wren's torso, and the heat from Wren's body merged with Rowan's skin, melting him from the inside out. "What did you just do to me?" Wren's deep voice vibrated against Rowan's chest. "The Disorder of your illusion was holding you captive. I…I absorbed it." "Oh? Where did you learn to do that? Have I been gone that long?" Wren's grip loosened slightly on Rowan's wrists as if he was satisfied now that Rowan was practically sitting on top him. Rowan stared at Wren's lips. He opened his mouth to protest, but immediately closed it again. "I know you aren't going to say that I shouldn't touch you." Wren's free hand splayed over the small of Rowan's back. "Not when you started it." Rowan's breath hitched. "No. I'm not going to say that anymore. Not to you." "I thought you were afraid to be touched." Wren's fingers traced a circle over the curve of Rowan's spine as if testing for a reaction. "I know that I'm not afraid of you." Rowan waited for the panic to set in, but all he felt was desire. "With you, I want…" "You want what?" "I want more." Triumph flared in Wren's gaze before he narrowed his eyes. "Really? Then why are you still trying to get away from me?"

A man gets reincarnated or transmigrated into a world full of steampunking, gods, and weird misconseptions, with only the memories of the body he is in. He fights the cruel world in order to find his lost memories and restore or destroy this body's life. Gifted three cards he must beat the odds that were never in his favor.

In the realm of dreams, a person finds themselves consistently drawn into a captivating vision. Every slumber carries them to an infinite garden adorned with pristine white flowers that stretch endlessly in every direction. Amidst this floral expanse stands a majestic white tree, its branches adorned with the very same blossoms that blanket the ground. A curious seeker, the dreamer often ponders the significance of this recurring dream. Each night, they find themselves transported to this ethereal sanctuary, as if called by an unknown force. As the dream's enigma deepens, follow as the dreamer embarks a thorny path of despair. Onto the dreamer’s paths to the eternal garden. Update: 5/week You could also find it here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/75470/eternal-garden https://www.scribblehub.com/series/890195/eternal-garden/ https://zenithnovels.com/book/eternal-garden-393

Han Xue Qin lost her family in a car crash. She wonders in her midnight garden in daze. One day at 19, she meet a boy briefly in collage. Again in her adulthood, she met him again in her midnight garden. However he turns out to be the man that her cousin's groom. She retune to hide in her midnight garden but he seek her out to bring her out to the sunlight garden.

All her life, Ariella kept giving him her everything silently but what she got in return was humiliation and... her death. but what happens when she is back in 10 years of her life, at the age of 16 where all her tragedies were yet to begin?

A noble girl who cares for only books and knowledge, not giving a single thought about marriage or what others think of her. She meets a commoner boy in a garden and their meeting keeps growing and growing, like the many flowers that grow. But lies grow the more they meet. Here, in the garden of lies, their tragic love begins.

When Ena woke up from her coma, she wanted to change herself but did not know where to begin. She was used to being the least prioritized because she always put herself down. Most people treat her like a bother. That is why when their gorgeous beyond reason CEO Aidan Lewis showed interest in her, her life began to take a huge turn! “Why me?” His eyes held many secrets behind his kind smile. “You are the woman of my dreams.” She became so confused. She cannot begin to fathom how a man like him would dream of such a plain lady like her. There is really something wrong here!

Main: The villain Setting: Nature Repeating: Heart-broken Plot: Anger leads to murder Point of view: Christianity Characters: Unpleasant

People often don't realize the value of things that they have been handed over. Not until they find themselves in a place full of despair and death. Follow the journey of Eldric whose entire world changes after one fateful day. Surrounded by despair and hopelessness, will he be able to survive or will the never-ending darkness swallow him like every other being before him? P.S. Slow-paced, no system, no cliches, horror and survival.

This is about a man who got his wish about wanting a life of thrill in a fantasy world. He was reborn in an alternate DC world as the someone with the most potential in his blood. Well, and also a clone. But who cares about that part.

Jack lives in a bedsitter room on his own, next door lives his crush, Lily. He's sought her for quite sometime but since moving to university, he finds himself in a love triangle with his crush, his friend at school and his crush's friend.

En un futuro no muy lejano, la Tierra se ve inesperadamente arrastrada a un torneo intergaláctico donde la supervivencia de la humanidad pende de un hilo. Seleccionados , un grupo de representantes se enfrenta a la crueldad de un combate sin reglas claras y aleatorias, donde el honor y la vida se miden en sangre. Soren Izuck, un joven atrapado en la monotonía de su vida diaria, es despertado abruptamente en un lugar desconocido, rodeado de otros como él. Guiados por un misterioso líder llamado Azur, quien también fue víctima de las implacables reglas del torneo, los representantes humanos deben adaptarse rápidamente a sus nuevos poderes, llamados "Essentials". Mientras se enfrentan a seres de otros mundos, cada batalla se convierte en una prueba de ingenio, habilidad y voluntad de sobrevivir.

For the past hundred years The dark elves in cooperation with the Elder Vampires had Sky Land under their disposition, chaos and darkness encompassed the Universe. They had everyone and everything under their powers, but fate had to play it's part as the smallest village produced The Son of Night. A vampire that was meant to end their cause or fulfill their greedy dreams of conquering the world. The Devil's Son whose purpose was confusing...

[Volume 1: Dante Blackthorn] When Anastasia and her sister Marianne are captured and shipped across the seas by pirates, they become commodities to be sold in a distant land. Marianne is taken as a courtesan, while Anastasia barely escapes a terrible fate by pretending to be mute. She is forced into the lowest ring of servants at the royal palace, where she endures a life of servitude and creates beautiful artwork to mask her pain. Despite years passing, Anastasia has never forgotten her sister's promise to return to their family together. However, with her movement restricted and the guards vigilant, escape seems impossible. When Anastasia comes into contact with the Forsaken Prince, her life spirals out of control and she triggers a Crux of incredible proportions. Now battling her own inner demons while navigating the treacherous politics of the royal court, Anastasia must confront the truth about her sister's fate and make a choice that could alter the course of an entire kingdom. [Volume 2: Emily Blackthorn] Princess Emily's life takes a turbulent turn when she is rejected, leaving her heartbroken and her soul at the brink of corruption. In a desperate bid to save herself, she journeys to the West. Enter the Storm Prince, a charismatic archdemon with striking blue eyes, with a saint-like smile. Emily had hoped she'd seen the last of him, but fate has other plans. As if her soul dying isn’t enough, someone wants to steal it! Caught between the suitors and the haunting nightmares that have plagued her since childhood, Emily begins to see Raylen in a new light. The blue-eyed demon may not be the monster she once thought.

Eveline and Saerom, two young women burdened with a past they cannot escape Find themselves on the run Their lives entwined with a mystery that stretches beyond their comprehends. As they attempt to glimpse the truth. . . They become targets themselves, Saerom and Eveline faced an impossible choice: flee or confront the truth. Their journey leads them to The Gates of Westallia Palace where they seek refuge under the guise of maids. Here, in the shadows of grandeur, Eveline and Saerom embark on a new chapter in their life One filled with potential friends, foes, and perhaps even lovers. But as they navigate the intricate web of palace intrigue, they cannot shake the shadow that follows them. . . Will Eveline and Saerom find the courage to face the unseen path ahead Join Eveline and Saerom on their journey of discovery where the line between ally and enemy blurs, and love may be the most dangerous secret of all

Revolving around the realms of Marvel and DC, he undergoes a transformative journey from an ordinary individual to a globally recognized mercenary and assassin. The dynamics have shifted. Should he embrace the path of righteousness as a heroic figure? Or will he persist in his nefarious endeavors?

On Earth in the year 2076, human technology had advanced greatly and humans were flourishing... That was until one day A rift had appeared in the sky which lead to countless beasts pouring down onto earth. Even with all the tech at thier disposal, holding back the beasts was all they could do and to make matters worse people began to fall asleep for no reason at all, and as soon as they fell asleep they would suddenly vanish. That day more than half of the human population had vanished and no one understood the situation. Ten years later the human population was no longer on the brink of extinction thanks to thier adaptability, for they had found ways to fend off and even kill most of the beasts. Then the same thing that happened ten years ago happened again more that half of the current human population went into slumber and vanished and among the people who had vanished there was a boy named Nicholas cage. He never knew his parents, his only thought was to survive no matter what and to live peacefully, even though he was very poor, and that was why he was shocked when he suddenly started experiencing the symptoms of someone who was about to enter into slumber, or as it was called... eternal slumber. "Why me? I just wanted to survive and live a peaceful life in this hellish world. Is that too much to ask?"Nicholas groaned " At least I'll no longer have to worry about anything or anyone ever again " With this thoughts Nicholas fell asleep waiting for his death, if only it were that easy.

Angering a god takes guts, skill, and a pinch of curiosity. Such transcendent beings are quite tolerant of mortal antics, though in the case of Persephone, the Goddess of Flowers, she's got quite the temper. Angering her would mean eternal damnation and suffering. One day a young man called Leo, came upon Persephone's secret garden. Without knowing he had stepped into a god's domain, he decided to observe and smell the beautiful flowers of the garden. Upon finding out that someone had trespassed into her garden, Persephone was furious, deeming the garden as filthy and tainted because of a mortal's touch. She cursed Leo, making it so he would forever die and be reborn until every flower in her garden withered, an eye for an eye, a life for a flower. To the Leo of today, that was a long time ago, having had lived an epiphany of lives and was now on the final flower, a crystal rose with 18 petals, 18 years to his final life. All flowers must wither, even this curse, after all, even the most beautiful or retched flowers eventually all wither.

(Hi author here, do note that garden of souls is just a temporary title, it might stick or it might change depending on how you guys like it and how I feel about it.) In the enchanting realm of Elsion, where magic and might intertwine, the tale of Cyrus Carod unfolds. Once a powerful mage betrayed and slain by his closest friend, Cyrus finds himself unexpectedly reborn into a new world, nearly three centuries later. Now inhabiting the body of a 12-year-old boy who succumbed to a rare condition, Cyrus embarks on a journey of self-discovery. As the reincarnated Cyrus navigates this unfamiliar world, he must grapple with the complexities of a society divided by magical prowess and social hierarchies. From his humble beginnings as an Initiate Mage, Cyrus strives to ascend the ranks, seeking redemption for past betrayals and rectifying the wrongs committed in his former life. Alongside formidable rivals and friends as well as facing challenges from unexpected enemies, Cyrus endeavors to carve a new destiny.

A story from the series The Princes Of Galaxies. https://www.webnovel.com/book/the-princes-of-galaxies_21734481506444505 The night. Ariadne feels as if he could only exist in the night, where he rules, and his kingdom, the most famous planet in the galaxy banished from the light forever. He has such a past, his nature is complex, but that won't stop this fiery and so ignorant princess from wanting to know and love him.