Esther

After being rejected by her fiance at her wedding alter. Mariana was forced to accept her reality but not rather to let the day end without her getting married. so she rush out to find any random, good looking man to marry her. Please marry me, I promise to compensate you in whatever way I can," Marina said to the man staring at her with confidence. "Alright, I will." After the wedding, "I want to get a divorce. Let me go Aiden."  "No, you are my compensation for marrying you," Aiden remarked, on his lips hanging a cocky smile.

Esther, a guardian of the Earth, awakens after centuries of slumber to a world transformed. The energy of the planet, once in sync, feels fractured and wrong, making him to embark on a journey to uncover the source of this imbalance. Lazy but impossibly sharp, handsome, and undeniably powerful, Esther is an immortal being who has always existed beyond the concerns of mortal life. On his journey, he meets Hina, an ambitious and fiery woman determined to become the next queen of her country, a goal that intrigues Esther and pulls him into the complexities of human ambition, politics, and relationships. Along the way, Esther will meet multiple characters who will teach him lessons about life, love, and the human spirit—things he had long ignored in his centuries of existence. A story of self-discovery, growth, and breathtaking action, *The Descendant of Sloth* is a fantastical tale that explores what it means to truly live.

In a realm almost on the brink of oblivion, a man arises, a lone protector, the last guardian who had sworn to repel the shadows threatening to engulf the world. Armed with the sword of Arcana, a weapon of immense power, holding the key to forgotten magic and secrets, he embarks on a dangerous journey. As ancient evils awaken, the guardian must master the sword’s hidden powers before the darkness consumes all. With fate hanging by a thread, will he uncover the truth of the arcana and save the realm, or will he fall to the very shadows he fights?

Driven by desperation to save her ailing father, who requires expensive surgery he cannot afford, a young woman accepts a position as a live-in caretaker at a lavish mansion. Initially focused solely on her father's well-being, she finds herself drawn into an unexpected and forbidden romance with the enigmatic and wealthy owner of the mansion. As their relationship deepens, she grapples with guilt, societal pressures, and the fear of losing everything, including her moral compass, in her pursuit of her father's health.

Mythical creatures have always been a thing of interest to him, vampires, demons, witches and everything the world might think don't really exist. Lurking within the shadows ready to pry on their little and every prey. He knew but no one paid any interest to a scrawny teenager who only wanted to see beyond the world. His interest picked more when his father died right in front of his eyes knowing it was a natural but not natural cause as his mother called it was the beginning and ending of his suspicions on the world and the secrets held within every alleyway and every book he found in the library. What killed his father may not be what he thinks. And what lurks in the dark may be far more terrifying than he ever imagined but it never frightened him as it would to everyone. Now, hunted and chased by a shadow being led by an unknown faction, the secrets of his father lying in wait to unfold, however scary of what he would find out. He is lucky to have a chance to peek through his fantasies and see beyond the world. Through a dream, he transmigrates into another realm, a world filled with all mythical creatures he could ever think of but one thing is sure. The realm is under doom and on the brink of destruction and an apocalypse. An apocalypse that could change the course of events in the real world if not stopped.

Melanie Bates a highschool students gets entangled in a complicated web of love, loyalty and power.Engaged to the charismatic and dominant heir of the William's corporation

"Marry me" Moore stretch the ring towards Ember proposing to him the moment she saw him. "You must be out of your mind, how can I marry a someone like you? I don't even want to marry" Ember hissed and left Moore standing. Moore looked shocked, she thought she must be really out of her mind for proposing marriage to just an ordinary guy she met at the night club. But what can she do? She is pregnant for that ordinary man who is a popular gangster. ** "I must have been a fool to turn down such great opportunity" Ember let out regretfully. Now he wants to have her name and will do anything to have it. "I must bear her name regardless" he promised himself. Ember, a gangster who loves to seduce pretty, rich ladies only. He met with Moore Morgan, the most popular billionairess business tycoon and the only perfect woman in the country who disguise herself to Emerald night club where Ember frequents. Moore followed Enny her friend to Emerald night club to relief herself of work stress but her attention caught Ember, a charming handsome dude and decides to have fun with him. But she suddenly falls pregnant and decides to abort the baby, but it was too dangerous for her health, so she decides to keep the pregnancy. Since she don't want to give birth out of wedlock and loose her place as the CEO of Morgan foods and products, she decides to look for Ember who is responsible for the pregnancy, but was rejected.

The story is all about two couples that got married for over 12 years without a child... but Mrs Natasha who happened to be Mr. Alexander wife kept having a strange dream about an abandoned little child. it hurts her so much because she truly wish she could have her own child. it also hurt her alot because she couldn't bear the fact an innocent child is being abandoned for nothing by her fellow woman. But things turned around for the couples.

An ordinary boy from the ruins fights against his fate to break free and save the entire city but he stays trapped between choosing to be a good person or a bad person hated by all. He unfolds the conspiracy behind the chaos that was set to devour the entire city and pulls his best to save the entire city by himself.

Mason, a daring explorer of ancient tombs, endured relentless suffering and torment while serving under his ruthless superior. Ultimately, he fell victim to treachery and met his demise. When Mason regained consciousness, he found himself transported back in time to an era predating the existence of the Crypts, equipped with a sophisticated system enabling him to acquire potent relics of immense power. Armed with foreknowledge of the future yet stripped of his former abilities, Mason seizes the opportunity to lay claim to these fabled artifacts before anyone else. His ambition drives him to aspire to the mantle of true Emperor and seek retribution against the corrupt rulers of the past. However, the lingering question remains: can he outwit those fated to ascend to power once more, or are the threads of history doomed to weave the same tragic tapestry anew?

Julia Merry is a young 18 year old Waitress working at an hotel to support her 52 years old widow mother kalisa. Along the way favour intervenes as a director, Jill Peters a director and Best friend to the famous celebrity Bryan Jack, renders an helping hand in building up her career. Love ties Jack and Julia today as they both struggle to gain popularity. Trial intervenes as Derry Esther, Jack's Colleague, becomes obsessed with him. Getting to know Julia's relationship with Jack, she tends to eliminate her. Her disappearance impacts a belief of her being dead. But Esther uses it as an opportunity to be in a relationship with Jack using a potion from a sorceress for over 5 years. But the battle wasn't over, Julia Merry returns back after 5 years, losing her memory but currently living with a wealthy woman named Kahina Tswana, a south African woman, A mentor to Bryan Jack. The words from her foster parents from an ancient village had led her to search for her true identity. Whereas Esther had been receiving unpredictable dreams about her return. WOULD JACK AND JULIA REUNITE AGAIN?

A boy is born in the dead of winter and abandoned by his mother. Luckily a powerful witch named Esther finds him. She takes the boy to her village where he s adopted by a small family living in the same village as the Mikaelson's. Watch as Elias forms a relationship with the Mikaelson children and begins to learn magic from Ester.

Consumed by vengeance, Mitchelle becomes the Quinn’s CEO's secretary, determined to destroy those who ruined her family. Her father was killed and his company was stolen, her mother driven mad, and her family left penniless. The culprit? The very man she's now working for. But fate throws a curveball when Mitchelle discovers her knight in shining armour, Mason, is none other than the CEO. Her crush since that fateful night, Mason makes her heart skip beats. Yet, she refuses to let emotions cloud her judgement. With her eyes fixed on revenge, Mitchelle must navigate her own feelings. Can her quest for justice withstand the temptation of love? Or will Mason's charm crumble her resolve? Can revenge take over a crush that might turn out to be love,while being close to him?! * Taking in his chiseled features and appearance,mitchelle’s eyes roved over mason,the man who saved her on a desolate night—her savior. Her heart skipped a bit only just staring at him, a foreign feeling blubbering at the pit of her stomach, she’d never experienced such a feeling before. In her twenty three years and no man had made her heart skip but…until him. Only the thought of him made it flutter and ready to fly away. Why the hell was it him? Why?she thought. Mitchelle steeled herself, shaking off every Ill thought of love. Revenge comes first, love was a weakness she can’t afford, not now or ever. join our discord server and let’s talk more: https://discord.gg/82WxJk2me9

A story revolving around the life of “Kim Do Hee” the heiress to the Kim investments and corporations and Park Min Jae, the daughter of Do Hee’s nanny, grew up as friends but later on, they became rivals, read along to discover the reason they turned to rivals and a lot more of secrets revolving the female leads and their family.

Lisa Dennis, a mistreated young lady, was manipulated by her sister Esther into marrying a poor crippled man. After the marriage, Lisa discovered the truth about her husband Richard Rogers, he turned out to be the wealthiest man in New York City. Lisa seeked revenge against her deceitful family and when Esther tried to claim Richard for herself, a dangerous conflict occurred. Will Lisa be able to protect herself, her husband and her unborn child from her sister Esther or will Esther succeed in making Richard hers?

"When love turns to despair, can a long time crush fill the void? Huo Yi's heart was pained seeing the person he had secretly loved for years tormented by the loss of his elder brother. It pains and angers him when he sees his brother not cherishing what he has and eloping with someone else.  Unable to bear seeing the man he loves go through emotional pain, he came up with an idea that others may find unthinkable and desperate, but to him, it's a successful attempt to be with his love. The proposal of becoming a substitute for his brother.  But as the forbidden relationship goes on, Hou Yi gets more addicted and possessive, and Huo Yi's emotions are put to the test. Will their love crumble under the weight of deception? What will happen when his brother returns and finds out about the relationship? Will Huo Yi's love ever be reciprocated? Who will the man choose between His real love and a Substitute?

"Do you see this? Activate channel 7!" Her phone beeped and she quickly tuned to it, apprehensively. There stood the cafe patron, looking with dread. His lips was moving, but no words were coming out, but Elena could understand him. "i'm sorry we failed once more." The TV signal went off. In the unexpected calm, Elena heard Luna stop pacing. The car alarms halted. Even the breeze died. The arena held its breath. Her phone flashed up one last time. Identical unknown number: "The day after today does not come. However, the day that passed repeated." The floor began to quake and Elena sprung into action, her body moving with the rhythm of past lives... ### In a world spiraling into chaos, the sudden appearance of deadly dungeons and freak natural disasters signal the end of days. Amidst the destruction, one ordinary individual— Elena Crawford—discovers an extraordinary ability: each time she dies, she wakes up again at the start of the apocalypse, trapped in a time loop. Desperate to stop the looming catastrophe, she races against time, trying to survive, gather allies, and uncover the truth behind the mysterious dungeons. As Elena relives the apocalypse over and over, she begins to piece together a disturbing puzzle: a shadowy organization, hidden secrets, and powerful forces that suggest the end of the world may not be an accident. Alongside Zach, Elena must navigate a dangerous web of deceit, alliances, and betrayals.

Divorce!? She wants a divorce after three years of marriage.  She was given money, luxury, and house everything. But all these things are nothing to her, after all, she is royal blood. She has seen everything.  Everything he is giving to her are the things which are left to him by her mercy.  When she found he was dumped by his ex. She clung to him and forced him to marry her. But in the end, she is treated like trash even after loving him for years. He even bought his late Ex's son home. But She didn't show any hostility to him. She treated him like her own.  But in the end, she only received his spite. She is tired of this relationship. Now, she wants to be free and pursue her dreams.  But little did she not know he didn't want to divorce her.  Arthur Garcia, a royal from the Garcia family married Esther Benjamin, who is the royal heiress from the Benjamin Family. But she leaves him without even saying goodbye. When Arthur goes back to get her back he got to know there is already someone with her. But he forgot that there is already someone with him too. ______ After her initiative to divorce, he unleashed the dangerous beast inside him which almost took her life. But that acted as her trigger while it started unleashing some of the real her. While she was finding herself, she met with her destiny. But she was not ready to accept her destiny. By the time she got an idea of who she was, she realizes that she doesn't belong human realm. Her son... was not even a human. While her destiny who was supposed to be a CEO was actually a..... What's her destiny? If her son is not a human what he is? What is her real self? If she doesn't belong to the human realm where does she belong to? ----------- Hello...  The work is original, not a translated work or anything. The cover is not mine. I found it on google. And editing is done by me. The credits go to the original artists. The story genre will change after the first volume. This book has elements of magical realism and some elements from Hindu Mythology. There would be few words and sentences from Sanskrit, A Dravidian Language. Check the tags before reading the story further. The cover of this book is doesn't belong to me. The credits go to the original artist. The editing is done by me. Also... this book didn't have great or fine English. If you are looking for good English this book is not your cup of tea. Discord: priyabolagani#5884 Instagram: priyabolagani

In the outskirt part of Sydney , a place where the Mafia are the government. There was a boy called Calvin. He is a final student at Brimford university Sydney , Australia.At twenty-nine he has achieved what an eighty years man cannot.He is a handsome guy and has a lukewarm personality not that cold , not that warm. He looked quite harmless meanwhile he is the leader and owner of "Leo GROUP" the most popular and dangerous mafia group in Australia. A group its name send shivers in people. A mafia group known for it ruthless operations , you are inviting death if you mess with them. He is basically a solitary person and don't interact much with people. He is also the top student in the whole school. Dorothy is a fresher who was mistakenly given a course she didn't want to study. All her attempts to change it were all in vain. To make matter worst the lecturers were all on vacation , the course was not an ordinary course. Accepting her fate she started looking for someone that will teach her the course. There was no one of could help her expect the lukewarm and isolated Calvin. Gathering all the courage she could muster , she approached him and told him her intentions.He agreed to help her but with a condition , he asked her to marry him. Due to her circumstances she agreed. Meanwhile , back in Highschool , Dorothy had it tough. Alexa Samson , Stephanie Wales , Marion Steve , Harold Evans , Jason Johnson and Raymond Levi were the devils in human form that made her pass through hell.They did all sort of things to her , even ganged up boys and raped her and they even recorded it. All these was because she testified against them about a young girl they buried alive. After Highschool Dorothy went to therapy to overcome the traumas and after one year she was better. And then she enrolled in the university , on her second year in the university , her enemies were transferred to her school basically all of them. To make matter worst , they are now top agents in a mafia group called "COBRA GROUP". They discovered Dorothy and continued from where they stopped not knowing they were inviting terror. What happens when Calvin finds out about them and starts dealing with them for touching his wife? What will be their fate? Follow me in this story and see all those that wronged Dorothy were made to eat the dust.

Vivienne Parker, a young graduate finds herself entangled in a love web. Vivian Parker, first daughter of the Parker family and step sister of Mary Parker, signed a contract to be a substitute bride for five years to a man who was supposed to married to her step sister. just to save the life of her father Robinson Parker. For Vivianne Parker she was been saved by the enigmatic and handsome billionaire called Aaron Richmond from her step mother and sister maltreatment. As Vivienne Parker is been thrust into world of Luxury and intrigued unknowing to her that she signed a contract to be a kidney donor to Mrs Daisy Richmond, Aaron's mother.   What will happen to Vivianne Parker when she finds out she was just a kidney donor for the Richmond's Family? What will Vivianne Parker do when she finds out that after five of marriage to Aaron Richmond. He still see her as a substitute bride? Will Vivienne withstand the pressure and betrayal or will she fight back?

Wilson, a man seeking true love, decides to pretend he is blind, hoping that in his vulnerability, someone will love him for who he truly is, rather than for appearances. His plan is tested when he meets Esther, his mother Margaret’s loyal and caring personal assistant. Drawn to Esther’s kindness and sincerity, Wilson's heart begins to soften, but his deception becomes a growing weight on his conscience. As their relationship blossoms, Wilson wrestles with the dilemma of revealing the truth to Esther, fearing it might destroy the bond they’ve built. Meanwhile, Esther has her own journey—balancing her career, navigating family responsibilities, and confronting the emotional baggage of her past. Their love story unfolds alongside friendships with close confidants like Ruby, Saffy, Mick, and Sam, who provide support, wisdom, and humor. Over time, Wilson confesses his secret, bracing for Esther's reaction. Her response, while initially filled with hurt, ultimately reflects her deep understanding of love and forgiveness. Their connection deepens, and they decide to build a future together, filled with authenticity, growth, and mutual support. Their journey takes them through the joys and challenges of marriage, parenthood, and career ambitions. As they raise their children, they face new obstacles but always find their way back to one another. Surrounded by close friends and family, Wilson and Esther create a life rich with meaning, memories, and unwavering love. Throughout the years, Wilson’s pretending evolves into a lesson about the power of truth, vulnerability, and the importance of seeing—and being seen—for who one truly is. Their story is a testament to the enduring strength of love, resilience, and the beauty of finding one’s soulmate in the most unexpected ways.

PROLOGUE "You didn't just say that."The guy said staring at her like a mad woman, though his eyes were barely open,but which woman in her right frame of mind would openly ask for such thing. "I did, don't tell me you are scared, aren't you?"She asked daringly. "Of course not,come with me."He said. Bryan Smith, a well known billionaire known for his handsome looks and cold demeanor, he is new in the business world but acts like one who was born in it. As handsome as he is, he chose to remain single, not by will but because he couldn't get over his first love. His first love who is a pro*titute, he kept to his words and remained loyal earnestly searching for her whom he knows as feisty. But his plans came crumbling right before him when Octavia Wills resumed working at his office, a crazy woman with the beauty and shape of all women in the world, a look isn't enough to satisfy your prying eyes, one look and you want more. She is crazy enough to spend a night with an unknown man after suffering from an heartbreak, late on her first day at work all because she was with a man whose face she didn't get to see. And it wasn't intentional after promising herself not to go back to her horrible past when she had do anything to make money. Bryan was drawn to her daring character and every bit of her character and personality reminded him of his first love, it was that at first, but he found himself falling for this tempest.... Would he find his first love? Who did Octavia spend a night with? What happens when Bryan is faced with a threat to his life and property? What past those Octavia has? And what happens with Octavia when her sister would do anything to take her down? Find out....