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The Cursed Wolf's Love
Adolphus Osbourne, the Alpha and the Crown Prince of Arcaria Kingdom, was cursed by a witch while attempting to take the forbidden moon crystal from her.
The curse forbade him from finding his mate.
However, when Iris Vinsant crossed his path, he could not stop from getting close to her, irrespective of the consequences that were awaiting her.
Iris, a human who was abused by her stepmother for 15 years, decided to run away on one dark night. She forgot that going to the dark forest was forbidden for humans and she was captivated by a werewolf. Her life turned upside-down when she was told to serve the werewolves in the palace.
But fate took a strange turn when she caught the attention of a cold and dark pair of eyes, which were of none other than Adolphus Osbourne.
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Iris' back pressed against the cold wall as Adolphus' tall figure hovered over her. Her petite, small body was caged between his arms.
"You took time to return, Iris," he uttered. The smell of the wine fell on her nostrils.
"His Highness is drunk. I shall take my leave," Iris said softly.
"You are the reason for my drunkard state," Adolphus answered, and their eyes met.
Flickering her eyelids, she said, "Me?"
Adolphus nodded. "The way you smiled at my younger brother; the way you handed the drink to him, made me think to kill him," he affirmed, which terrified Iris.
"I never—" she couldn't complete her words as Adolphus' pointer finger rested on her lips.
"So, it was my younger brother. Shall I kill him for smiling at my woman?" A smirk appeared on Adolphus' lips as he posed the question before her.
The Devil Inside
Jaesung didn't expect his end to come at the hands of the one he trusted the most.
To help his grandparents' make ends meet, Jeasung dropped out of high school and joined the mafia. Little did he know he would be signing his life away to their cold-hearted heir, Luca.
In reality, his troubles were just beginning. As a Korean-Italian in an American mafia group, Jaesung was already considered the lowest of the low. Now with the young heir having put all his attention on him, his simple life was anything but. Add in a new drug on the scene that is slowly killing their members, and life for Jaesung just got a lot harder.
A story about the dark underbelly of the city, with betrayal, murder, romance, and deceit at every corner.
Will Jaesung fall prey to the devil himself?
In Which a Demon King Does Not Have a Romantic Interest in His Human Gardener
Demon King Jurao returns from his successful thirty-year Union Campaign and discovers something amiss - the castle gardens have a secret caretaker.
Using his authority over the sentient plants, he discovers the gardener is... a human! But after hearing the man out, Jurao decides to appoint Braelin as the official Royal Gardener for all his hard work.
Now he just needs to figure out why everyone seems to believe he is romantically interested in the human...
Constellations of Chiron
Chiron has given up on finding true love after undergoing a painful breakup. But after one awkward encounter with a less-than-subtle hottie, Chiron must choose whether to move past the hurt and try to heal? Or will he remain trapped, reliving past pain and terrified of finding happiness?
A contemporary, mature, queer romance.
Romance of the Cursed Knight
Shafir, Vice-Captain of Slentis Empire Knights, is an angry guy. Being an abrasive individual, he’s always had others looking down on him. Many elves wonder where his loyalties lie. Unbeknownst to others, a mysterious man cursed Shafir to be the downfall of those around him, which leads to constant fighting with his captain and a long-time rival. Shafir has never met someone he hated as much as his captain.
Why does Shafir feel the urge to fight him on sight? Why does his heart beat so fast when they argue? Thus begins the journey to take down the evil behind his curse and protect the empire. Can they do it without beating each other black and blue in the process? Can Shafir figure out why he feels this way as well?
Monster Anthology Volume 1
A creeping horror in the dark. An echoing howl in the forest. A spreading pool of ichor. Shadows stalking the slightest hint of fear. A prowling terror just out of sight. Roiling storms crouching on the horizon.
The following anthology contains Mythic tales of monsters and beasts, and the horrors inflicted upon the innocents in their path. Are you brave enough to crawl into the jaws of a beast?
Be aware of all content warnings provided for each episode.
Find the illustrated version on Gumroad or Tapas. Art by OddDaph and Roxma
The Cage
Julian's dream is to become one of the most successful criminal lawyers around, so when a client asks him to venture to The Prison From Hell located on a remote island for an assignment, he jumps at the chance in hopes of a promotion. He's well-aware of the prison's infamous reputation, corrupt laws and peculiar hierarchy, so he already expects to find the baddest of the bad and the foulest of the foul within its concrete walls. Instead, he finds and catches the eye of the most beautiful man he's ever laid eyes on.
When Schneider Cross, the new King of the Prison, offers him a one-in-a-lifetime chance to represent him as his attorney, Julian accepts, but just before he leaves, a riot breaks out and the prison descends into chaos. Julian is unwittingly caught in its midst and is made to defend himself from a group of rapists, forcing him to kill in self-defense.
Angered, the inmates conspire to pin a bogus murder charge on Julian and have him thrown into The Prison from Hell with the intention to finish what they started. Dangerously unprepared and still reeling from the injustice, Julian must now seek the protection of the strongest man in all the prison if he is to survive. Only to ensure the King's protection, Julian must agree to become his 'bitch' and 'serve' him in an entirely different way than the first job entailed.
But how can Julian possibly agree to such a thing when he suspects Schneider of conspiring with the other inmates to get him locked up?
Wolf and Her Runaway
As a small Gothic werewolf Annette already has the world against. From her fashion sense to her height not to mention other things. On an equally stressful day Annette was overcome with annoyance at her councils regularly meeting until her mate crashes through her window. 1st book of Aces in the Pack series.
Darkwalker
The city of Londinium is made up of several thousand people scraping out an existence in a man made cavern. With Earth’s surface uninhabitable, the sub-city relies on highly sophisticated life support machinery for their continued existence. Keeping all that machinery in working order is a difficult task, considering it’s been in place for close to a century.
On one hand, Londinium has Tarriq to oversee the upkeep of the systems that make continued life possible. He’s a specialist when it comes to this. On the other hand, Tarriq is an ill-tempered misanthrope. If he could live a hermit’s life with his partner Meshani, he would in a heartbeat. But the sub-city desperately needs his unique skills.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard Tarriq tries, the machinery needs more and more upkeep with each passing year. Multiple unexpected equipment failures have Tarriq running himself ragged. He can keep jury rigging the systems for only so long, as they really need to be replaced, and that job is entirely too big for just one person.
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Book 1 of the series "A Song in the Darkness"