Penance

A ruthless woman had crossed over to another parallel world! What’s more, she was reborn into the body of a weakling. Avery, an SSS Level assassin, a woman with defying variables and strange abilities that can’t be explained, caught the attention of many underworld bosses and bussiness tycoons because of her defiant and cruel temperament. Avery Whiteman is a woman who doesn’t understand the word love. The only words in her dictionary are; pain, cruelty, and ruthlessness. She transmigrated into another body, and God gave her a second chance for redemption. But with her personality, would there be a redemption or penance? It wasn’t until she met her heaven defying husband, Lucius Devon. A man with cruelty engraved into his veins. What happens when he gets strongly attracted to his indifferent wife, who seems to have changed her temperament? How could a man like Lucius Devon control his morbid possessiveness towards a woman with no emotions? What happens when they share a mysterious past that is difficult to fathom? Will their love be tragic?

500 years ago, the Goddess of Order, Meena, chose a mortal whom she fancied and made him her champion, bestowing upon him great power that ensured he never lost a war and he always prevailed in the face of adversity. The 'Jojoh Meena', the blessing of the Goddess of Order, was passed down from the mortal whom she favored and down through the line of his male descendants who became Kings of the Kingdom of Binoria. The descendants, with the power of the Goddess, waged war against their rival Kingdoms. Nearly wiping out the kingdom of Kolotia who defied their rule. Subjugating the Remu and the Talisi Kingdoms and forcing them to pay an annual penance to the mighty Binoria to ensure their fate doesn't mirror that of Kolotia. Vayin Vigon, present king of Binoria and holder of the blessing of the Goddess as his ancestors before him, sits on the red throne of the most powerful kingdom in the realm, Binoria. King Vayin Vigon is unstoppable in and out of the field of battle and his reign of tyranny seems to have no end. But unbeknownst to King Vayin is a Kolotian shepherd named Ishar, a young man who catches the eye of the God of Chaos, a malevolent God named Ovek who seeks to right the wrong done to the realm 500 years ago by the Goddess Meena. As the Goddess of Order gave to the Kings of Binoria so must the God of Chaos take from Ishar so as to restore balance within the realm. And the price deemed fit to be paid by Ishar so as to be the champion of Chaos, is the young Kolotian's sanity. Will madness be enough to overcome tyranny?

In the crucible of courage and conviction stands Ajax Cornado, a gallant youth, resolute in his quest to be a firefighter, his heart aflame with the desire to safeguard lives. His noble aspiration is to become the very epitome of bravery and benevolence, defending the vulnerable, upholding the innocent, and extending a helping hand to those in dire straits. However, his world is thrown into chaos when an enigmatic woman condemns him to a ghastly realm, none other than Hell itself. As prevalent in many religious doctrines, Hell is a forsaken land where miracles fade into oblivion, a domain teeming with torment, the ultimate penance for those who have veered from the path of righteousness. Each stride within its infernal borders sears the soles of poor Ajax, an innocent soul wrongly condemned. But this was no mere misjudgment; it was a divine scheme, a celestial gambit. The gods, in their inscrutable wisdom, had chosen him to venture into the bowels of Hell to confront Lucifer, the sovereign of the sin of pride. Empowered by a force bestowed upon him by the divine, Ajax must navigate through this ordeal. His triumphs and trials, his feats and failures, will ultimately unveil the purpose behind his perilous journey. Only at the conclusion of this heroic odyssey will the answers to his burning questions be revealed.

Synopsis: "Shadow of the Alpha" is an extraordinary otherworldly spine chiller that follows the entwined lives of Michael and Sarah as they become snared in a universe of old mysteries, dull powers, and an approaching danger that could change their lives for eternity. Michael, a splendid however disturbed palaeontologist, coincidentally finds an old curio during an endeavour somewhere down in the core of the Amazon rainforest. Unbeknownst to him, the curio holds the way to a well-established prescience that could influence the harmony between great and fiendishness. As he takes the curio back to the city, secretive events start to unfurl around him, flagging the enlivening of a long-lethargic power. Sarah, a talented insightful columnist, is attracted to the unexplained occasions encompassing Michael. Interested by his disclosures, she begins to dig further into the starting points and ramifications of the curio. Much to her dismay that her quest for the truth will lead her into a risky trap of schemes and powerful powers. As Michael and Sarah combine efforts, they uncover a secret society known as the Request for Shadows, an old association entrusted with safeguarding the world from the noxious powers that hide in the shadows. With the prescience predicting the ascent of a strong alpha figure equipped for unleashing ruin upon humankind, the Request accepts Michael as the divinely selected individual who can either bring salvation or obliteration. As their process advances, Michael and Sarah end up sought after by both the powers of dimness and those looking to take advantage of the power inside the curio for their own benefit. Directed by the puzzling individuals from the Request, they should disentangle the privileged insights of their own pasts, face their internal evil spirits, and expert newly discovered capacities in the event that they are to have a potential for success against the coming haziness. With time expiring, Michael and Sarah attempt to beat the odds to open the ancient rarity's actual potential and satisfy the prediction. Their frightening experience takes them across old sanctuaries, failed to remember burial chambers, and perilous extraordinary domains, testing their purpose and developing their association en route. "Shadow of the Alpha" is a completely exhilarating story of predetermination, boldness, and penance as Michael and Sarah stand up to their own shadows to embrace their actual potential and save the world from the infringing haziness. Will they succeed, or will the force of the alpha consume them both?

What happens when you enlist for an experiment that rules out any jurisdiction? An experiment where you are free from laws in one condition. You will live your lives in a white room. Will you accept it? If so enjoy the 30 days of lawless living in a white room.

Michel Carter finds himself in hell with only one way out.

The year is 2052 and the world has changed. Heroes have risen from the ashes of an Earth ravaged by war and now, humanity is thriving due to the presence of dungeons and magical abilities. The Guild controls every aspect of superhuman lives. The strong are revered and the weak are shunned. Among the many hopefuls is a woman doomed to die despite being a once-in a-millennium genius! "Why were you ever born into this world? Why can't you just die in a ditch somewhere?" "You should know your place. Live while keeping your head down and I might just let you survive." Read PENANCE: The Prologue here -> https://bit.ly/PENANCEPrologue

Have you believed there is some female, whom the stupid vulgar call Holle, who is able to do a certain thing, such that those deceived by the devil affirm themselves by necessity and by command to be required to do, that is, with a crowd of demons transformed into the likeness of women, on fixed nights to be required to ride upon certain beasts, and to themselves be numbered in their company? If you have performed participation in this unbelief, you are required to do penance for one year on designated fast-days.

Ophelia had the life people wanted, she lived lavishly, was well cared for and highly valued. For an assassin. She did as she was instructed until one day her past resurfaces and forces her to chose between them.

A fractured world, a fractured moon, a fractured past. Not much is known of the Fracture, except that aeons the land was corrupted by an energy so vast and so powerful it caused a complete upheaval of all that was, is, and ever will be. Mountains split, skies fell, oceans grew, the entire world was ruined by the calamitous might of the Fracture. Nothing like it had ever been seen. Pray that nothing like it would ever be seen again.

Dark times call for dark choices. My Choices. They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, mine wasn't. However, Alex never made it to hell. Follow the story of a broken man as he pays the price for his sins in a new world. I do not own this cover.

Her life flashed before her eyes to the happiest years of her life. They had a horrible childhood that would have broken even the strongest people but they survived. They grew up in a world plagued by war, famine, and greed and they chose two destines that pit them against each other. Both decisions came at the cost of the most precious thing to them both but they knew each other so well that both knew that neither would stop until they had succeeded. The woman caressed the man's face with her bloodied hand. "Was this really the right choice?"

Change the tide, crash the moon, restore a rotten tree. Will you do everything for me? Then take a bow. Shoot an arrow. No fear. And, I beg you, don't miss. Or this and other happenings in the lives of two boys, living on a reclusive space colony. #regular updates#

“Wow”, said Mina with her mouth open when she looked at a shiny thing in front of her. Then she realises it is a barrier. It was a very thin veil hiding something. She is mesmerized with what is front of her. She has a feeling that behind the veil there is something sinister taking place. Suddenly she realises she is underwater as it is blue everywhere and she can see shoals and schools of fish swimming around her. She also notes that she is unconsciously swimming towards the barrier, and she seems to experience a very strong pull from it, and she feels as if someone is calling out for help from the other side of the barrier and if she does not help that someone, they will experience a great catastrophe. Mina swims with all her might and she is swimming and swimming, but the barrier seems to be going farther and farther away. The feeling of a voice that was calling out for her is fading and the pull that she was experiencing till then is also fading. She hears a ‘Crack’ from behind the veil. The crack turns to a loud bang of explosion! Mina realises she is late and she did not save what she was supposed to save, feeling helpless she shouts on the top of her voice, “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!” Mina then wakes up sweating and panting. “Ahhh… Not again! Is it that time of the month already? Why do I dream of this same scene every full moon? Is this something that I need to figure out? Will figuring this out tell me where I come from or what my life purpose is? Rudra, please please help me figure this out and soon.” Mina has been having this recurring dream since she turned 13, four years ago. Mina, now 17, has had enough of this nightmare (that’s how she has been referring to this for a while now). She knows she is someone with a purpose as she possesses qualities that are unique and rare. She has to figure out who she is and what is to become of her soon. All the power within her is making it very difficult to keep these hidden from everyone around her. She does not want to hide it, but the lady in the beautiful gold and white gown with the long cape who always appears to her when she needs any advice, guidance or whenever she is at crossroads tells her she must live a normal life at least until she is 18 without displaying her powers to anybody not even to her best friend, Jia. This is Mina’s story. Who is she? Who is the lady in the gold and white gown with the long cape? What does her dream mean? Where does she end up?

Dear readers, This is the most edited version of Lucy Wickshire on the net for my readers, whose eyes itch at mistakes. Synopsis: One misty day, the higher realms call for penance; the head of a mother and child requested. The stench of blood carried on for miles, A whiff of pain trailed down pine-covered hills. A mother's head taken on a spike, a child saved despite great battle. A failure to be dreaded for years to come. Banking on time, the realms prepare for when a child becomes a woman. But the impatient child would never reward enemies with even time. A promise; One should resolve a child's grudge before the breast milk is dry. A prayer; May the realms rue the day they failed to kill Lucy Wickshire. You are about to read the accounts of Lucy Torgenn of Wickshire and the millions of bodies burned as a backdrop to a child's rage.

A boy who suffered a lot of abuse from his father died and was reincarnated in another world as a girl. She got a loving and caring family, friends, and everything she never had. But happiness is not constant in any world. Tragedy befalls the naive Nyxia, resulting in her thirst for revenge. But can she survive this path? After all, Revenge is a one-way road with no comeback. ~~~~~~ Nyxia possesses extraordinary magical talent, making her one in billions. But is her talent solely innate? What about her unusual heritage, which manifested at the age of 15? Is her ability truly just a matter of talent? Nyxia has a sword that can transform into a crow, named Penance. She exchanged her right eye for it and now shares the vision of her missing right eye with Penance when it is in crow form. What is Penance? Why did it choose Nyxia? Uncover all of this by following Nyxia in this world of mysteries, magic, entities, and much more. And of course, the icing on the cake, peak Yuri.

"I am Valerian Erebus Jata and I am the progenitor of all Demons. The First vampire or Origin, if that suits more to your taste. But, believe it or not, in another life I was a human. Yes, human. Sometimes that life feels like a distant dream now. In numerous eons that have made up my life, you are only one of the two beings that I have told this. You should feel honoured. There are very few things that I have not seen. No joy I have not felt. Very few pains I have not experienced or inflicted and even fewer atrocities that I have not committed. I have ruled over a few empires that spanned continents and destroyed many more than you can imagine. Why? The answer is unfairly simple. After so much time, one's sense of ethics and morality slowly gets eroded and a sense of arrogance and self importance begins to seep into your very soul. Yet after a lot more time, you begin to have regrets. See different paths but by then, you have already created oceans of steaming blood and mountains of fresh corpses. I fear no one's vengeance. Most who dared go against me have already met their Maker and their Maker dares not step up to harass me. I need pay no penance. What I did was for my survival and the survival of those I care for. All I want is a peaceful immortal life but there are pests like you that come out of the wood work and cause me to fall back on old habits. I really enjoyed this chat but I have a dinner with my children and they hate it when their Father is late. You, swine, thankfully, are not on the menu. My palette is quite sensitive so you must die now, like the little pig you are." ***** Daily updates but one chapter a day. For three chapter comments = Shoutout in author's thoughts For three power stones = One extra chapter [Daily limit] For a review or feedback = a shoutout and two extra chapters ENJOY!

The death of 5 women makes Elliot accused of being the killer. The reason is the women who were killed were ex-lovers! Surprisingly, every corpse found was always in a terrible state, and something was hidden in their mouths. A few rose petals, and the police always find this thing in the mouth of Elliot's ex-girlfriends. Jo Rumi's presence is pure because of the negotiations that Oliver put forward--a firm man who wants to destroy Elliot. The mission that Rumi must complete is to kill the man, at least as a penance for the sins he committed.

A cybernetic monk travels the galaxy performing acts of penance for its murderous namesake. Its duty…its function, is to heal the damage caused by its sadistic progenitor. But during the dangerous journey, it discovers unsettling facts that force it to question its real purpose...and the true nature of its own existence. Dodging death and disassembly, the monk uncovers a disturbing secret hidden by its religious masters. A secret that could threaten the fragile balance of power in the galaxy. A secret they will kill to protect.

In the future world, where earth had discovered other races and began their conquest of planets, a former retired bionic soldier, Cronos who was labeled as a terrorist and imprisoned is been recruited to fight in the frontline as a penance to not only pay for his sins but was also given an opportunity to seek revenge against the one he hated the most. During the battle of conquest at Pruit planet against the Pruitians, he discovered the dark sides of the war, the war not told by the earth media, that humans instead were using the Pruitians as test subjects, due to their infamous longevity (near immortality) and the Pruitians were just fighting for their survival. Determined to turn the war with his power and might as well as some few hardened soldiers turned comrades, not only did he have to fight against his own race, but also find the man who made him to lose it all. The one who not only made him to be labeled as a terrorist but also killed the love of his life

6 complete strangers chosen at birth are forced to be the deciding factor to either save or destroy all of human and fae kind. The son of farmer must either take vengeance or forgive the man that enslaved his family, and try to get them back. The daughter of the kingdoms head general is forced to follow or kill her father for crimes against the kingdom. The daughter of a Wizard has to decide to take the apprenticeship from the man that imprisoned her mother or break her out and never see her home and father again. The son of a Duke is faced with protecting his fathers' land from ever increasing bandit activity or joining the assassin's guild to eliminate the threats to the kingdom. The Arch-bishops' adopted son is sentenced to a life of slave labor or service to the church in penance for crimes he didn't commit. The run away daughter of an abusive tavern keeper father is forced to join the convent before she could save her 2 younger sisters and brother from being beaten and starved by their father. A long forgotten evil has started to gain strength again and only an ancient power that has faded into legend can either stop it or bring it victory after generations of wars.

Dive headfirst into a high-octane quest brimming with danger, moral conflict, and courage, set against the backdrop of a merciless world. Here, we meet an unexpected band of champions - The Nullifier, battle-hardened; Dim-Dar, the resolute wheelchair warrior; Joseph, master of conjuring and summonings; Seth, master of mystics; Boulder, a slumbering giant with a heart of gold; Rocket, a dynamo with an infinite recharge; Zurel, whisperer of secrets; and Olen, a dreamer with unshakeable resolve. A mundane life and school's lecture halls are illusions they crave. Yet destiny deems they must master their gifts, tirelessly training for the onerous mantle of world saviors. Alien climates, treacherous terrains become their classroom as they uncover hidden lineage mysteries and confront both allies and adversaries. The intense climax? Preventing the cataclysmic penance, a doomsday design by "the order", hell-bent on erasing their world only to sculpt it anew. Are you strapped in to partake in their audacious destiny?

"A girl in a strange land, with no memory and a prince with a future to claim, must save a crumbling kingdom and find their selves" Alexandra wakes up on the morning of her family vacation with no memory of the previous day. She soon finds herself in the kingdom of Eldrida, where she will make penance for her crime and eventually become entangled in royal politics. She is in the kingdom where everything appears to be doing well, but it is actually dying from the inside.

I was supposed to be celebrating my friend's induction party, not becoming a pawn in the game to track down Theodore Xander. Theodore wasn't someone I anticipated encountering amidst my already tumultuous life. In retrospect, his life was just as chaotic. Neither of us sought a romantic entanglement, yet fate had other plans. We stumbled upon an intense, profound connection, a bond rarely experienced. However, our pasts loomed ominously, threatening to extinguish any flicker of hope. The night we collided, it wasn't just a crash—it was a demolition. They say pain either changes you or hurts you, but what about when it distorts you? His pain felt like a penance, while mine was a fortress. Both shrouded in darkness and gripped by fear, our destinies were intertwined. Love stories aren't always idyllic; sometimes, they're shadowed by ghosts.

Detective Lila Morgan has devoted her vocation to maintaining order in reality as we know it where people and vampires coincide precariously. Her purpose is scrutinized when a progression of formal homicides shakes the city, taking steps to light a conflict between the two races. At the point when an unmistakable vampire privileges advocate is grimly killed, Lila and her accomplice Imprint are brought into a dim connivance drove by the baffling and strong vampire, Morana. As they dig further, they find the presence of the Obsidian Request, an old vampire clique goal on recovering strength through dim ceremonies and slaughter. Their examination drives them to Gabriel, a vampire with a puzzling past and profound information on the mysterious. Together, they uncover Morana's arrangement to play out a staggering custom that could give her unfathomable power and dive the world into turmoil. As they attempt to beat the clock to unravel antiquated texts and find Morana's adherents, Lila winds up scrutinizing her own convictions and the delicate harmony she has battled to secure. The peak works to a showdown at a political meeting, where Morana plans to execute her blood custom. In a fight that tests their cutoff points, Lila, Imprint, and Gabriel figure out how to defeat Morana's arrangements, yet not without cost. Morana's last words allude to the proceeding with danger of the Obsidian Request, passing on Lila and her partners to prepare for future difficulties. "Everlasting Reverberations" is a grasping story of secret, dim sorcery, and the getting through battle for harmony in a world wavering on the edge of contention. With a solid, decided female lead at its heart, this story investigates subjects of devotion, penance, and the intricacies of conjunction among people and vampires.

Sita is Rama's wife and daughter of King Janaka of Mithila. Sita is the epitome of womanly purity and virtue. Laksmana (seen here) is Rama's younger brother. Completely loyal to Rama, he chooses to go with Rama and Sita when they are exiled from Ayodhya. Ravana is the king of Lanka and has 10 heads and 20 arms. He received a boon from the God Brahma that he cannot be killed by gods, demons or by spirits, after performing a severe penance for 10,000 years. After receiving his reward from Brahma, Ravana began to lay waste to the earth and disturbed the deeds of the good Hindu sages. Vishnu incarnates as the human Rama to defeat him, assisted by an army of monkeys and bears, thus circumventing the boon given by Brahma

Death. All I could see for miles was death, so great that destruction was more befitting a term. I collapsed so many times. And yet you stood. You stood forever, as was your penance. And yet I loved you, I loved you for who you were and I love you for who you are. But still, I could not touch you, no matter how I reached my arms to your figure. Forever to remain alone, forever an outcast. But I was content. Because in my eyes evermore, you were truly... Perfect.

IN THE NORTH OF THE ENDLESS CONTINENT. THERE IS NORTHSIDE COUNTRY WHICH IS COVERED IN THE SNOW. IN THE CENTER OF THAT COUNTRY THERE STOOD A MAJESTIC PALACE WHOSE DOORS ARE CARVED WITH GOLDEN SPIRIT STONE AND WALLS ARE WITH SILVER SPIRIT STONE WHICH PROVIDES A HOLY AND NOBLE VIBE WHICH STOOD IN THE CENTER AS THE REPRESENTATION OF POWER. AMONG MANY COURTYARDS THERE IS ONE COURTYARD THAT IS EMBARKED BY DIAMOND SPIRIT STONE ALSO KNOWN AS LONELY COURTYARD. ARIZ NOK IS STANDING IN THE TOP STORY OF A LONELY COURTYARD AND HE IS VIEWING UPWARD, IF ANY IS PRESENT THERE THEY WILL NOTICE HE IS GLANCING ABOVE THE UNIVERSE IN THE ENDLESS CHAOTIC DARKNESS. HE IS GIVING THE NOBLE AND ELEGANT AURA WHICH IS OUT OF THIS UNIVERSE. IF YOU GLANCE AT HIM YOU WILL SEE HIS BEAUTY IS NOT FROM HIS BODY BUT THE DEEPEST PART OF HIS SOUL LIKE HE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREATURE OF ALL. HIS EYE IS LIKE THE BOTTOMLESS HALLO IN WHICH THE INFINITE AND ENDLESS UNIVERSE CAN BE CAPTURED, THE STANDING POSITION AND HIS IGNORANT FROM HIS EYE SHOW THAT EVERYTHING IN THIS UNIVERSE IS AS IMPORTANT AS A HEAVENLY OBJECT, STARS ARE ALSO UNWORTHY OF HIS GLANCE, AS LIKE HE IS SUPREME OF ABOVE. SUDDENLY THE DOOR OF THE TOP FLOOR OPEN, ESME "ARIZ WHAT ARE YOU DOZING FOR" WHEN HE GLANCES AT HER HE DOESN'T HAVE AN IGNORANT OR DOMMERITING AURA BUT A KIND AND LOVING AURA AS A SON HAS FOR HIS MOTHER. ARIZ " I AM SEEING AD ENDLESS CHAOS MOTHER" ESME SUDDENLY TRIES TO GO ON HER KNEE BUT WITH THE THOUGHT OF CHAOS SHE CAN'T KNEEL. ESME " LORD I AM JUST YOUR DEVOTEE I HAVE DONE LONG PENANCE OF YOU AS TO OBTAIN YOU IN THE FORM OF MY SON WILL YOU PLEASE BE MY NORMAL SON BY GIVING UP ALL YOUR DIVINITY. ESME WAS PLEASED EITH ARIZ WAS HIS NORMAL SON. ARIZ THE SUPREME LORD OF GODHEAD WHO IS OMNIPRESENT AND ABOVE ALL WILL GIVE UP HIS DIVINITY FOR HIS MOTHER WHO HAS PENANCE FOR A LONG TIME TO GET HIM AS HIS SON? WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE SUPREME LORD WHO CREATES AN INFINITE NO OF UNIVERSE IN WHICH EACH IS ENDLESS HAS TO START HIS JOURNEY FROM THE BEGINNING AND HAS TO FULFILL HIS RESPONSIBILITY AS SON TO THAT MOTHER WHO FIGHTS AGAINST THE WHOLE WORLD TO OBTAIN HIM AS HIS SON? LET'S GO ON A JOURNEY WITH US TO SEE THE JOURNEY OF THE SUPREME LORD IN WHICH HE WIL OBTI=AIN HIS GODHOOD AS STEP Y STEP AGAIN.

FACTS/MYTHOLOGY: The Dattatreya Temple is itself a blessed and highly auspicious place in the entire Ganagupura kshetra which is considered holy and is a major pilgrimage spot for Hindus everywhere. The area was first deemed holy after the appearance of Guru Dattatreya, and became even more important after Shree Nrusimha Saraswathy Swami took reign of the spiritual guidance activities in the region after the disappearance of Shri Dattatreya. Shree Nrusimha is regarded as the second avatar of Dattatreya himself. nativeplanet.com REAL STORY OF BLACK MAGIC/EVIL SPIRITS: At Dattatreya Temple, people here are believed to be possessed they gather inside on new moon and full moon days. They are seen hurling abuses at the gods. Which is believed to free their body of the evil spirit in them.Very unusual sight of people climibing on the walls and ramparts of the temple and scream from there.Its a very bizarre site to witness and can certainly spook one out.Priests of the temple can be seen reciting mantras Hawans and pooja for hours together.It is visited by thousands of devotees everyday offering penance in extreme ways, ranging from climbing and chaining themselves to the walls.When the aarti begins people can be heard shouting, screaming, dancing with open hair and hurling abuses at the God. Even though with all such paranormal activities the place is blessed and really powerfull. Once you visit this place surely one can will get peace.If any problems like black magic and ghost problems exists this place is a must visit.