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Lydia, who grew up with her grandmother in a remote village, was finally taken back to the wealthy mansion. Only then did she realize that this was the result of her sickly grandmother kneeling down and begging her mother, who had long become a wealthy lady. However, her mother warned her sternly in private, "You can never call me mom! You can only call me auntie! Remember that?" The moment she entered the house, her mother's son and daughter, who were born in a wealthy family, took turns picking on her and humiliating her. What greeted her was always her mother's mocking words, "They are my babies, and you are just my niece. We eat and drink well, so what if you give in to them?" She knew that her mother might do something crazy to hide her secret. Good! Nobody can be relied on! I'll rely on myself! After surviving university, the female protagonist packed her luggage and exclaimed, "What rich family? I don't care anymore!" The female protagonist ran away from home and entered the entertainment industry! With her superb acting skills, an experienced director offered her an olive branch. Thousands of fans went crazy for her. She was invited to a charity dinner by the wealthiest man on the Fortune List. Someone even bought a big screen at Times Square to celebrate her birthday. While everyone was crazy about her, a mysterious man bought all the headlines and announced, "Thank you for liking my fiancée! But, I'm the one who loves her the most!"

The dust of a small Texas town settled around Tessica Raleigh, a world away from the familiar outskirts of Dodge City, Kansas. She didn't expect much from this "Podunk" place, certainly not excitement. Her life revolved around the rhythm of the seasons, the annual harvest of wheat and corn that her family meticulously managed. Her true sanctuary wasn't a quiet room or a bustling city street; it was the cab of a combine or a tractor, the steady hum of the engine a comforting presence as she plowed and harvested the crops. Romance was a distant, practically nonexistent, concept in her demanding schedule. Her parents, meanwhile, basked in their perceived wealth from the successful harvests, seemingly oblivious to anything beyond their financial comfort. On the Triple R Ranch, Logan Ray was living a different, yet equally focused, life. His days were steeped in the traditions of the ranch, a legacy passed down by his dad and uncles. His sophomore year had been smooth sailing, and he felt no anxieties about stepping into junior year. The only real pressure came from his friends, who relentlessly teased him about getting a girlfriend. Logan, however, had his priorities set on his studies and the demanding work of the ranch. He found far more interest in the intricacies of cattle and crops than in high school dating. This focus, however, sometimes made him a target for Kale Edwards, Sawyer Edwards' oldest son, whose animosity often manifested in physical blows.

Year 2173 They called it the R-Virus. No one could agree on where it began—some swore it was the offspring of a black-budget nanotech program gone rogue; others blamed an old war, the detritus of a weapon whose purpose had been forgotten but whose effect had not. There were those who whispered it was nature’s judgment, a final answer to humanity’s century of choking the skies in iron and plastic. Within months, the R-Virus had rewritten the rules of survival. It was not a disease of the flesh, at least not at first. It preyed on the microscopic prosthetics, implants, and nanite swarms that pulsed invisibly through human bodies—the augmentations people had long taken for granted. The virus corroded them from within, turning sleek alloys into pitted flakes of orange and brown. Augmented limbs locked in place. Cybernetic hearts seized and stopped. But the virus didn’t stop with the machines. It spread to the natural metals in the human body—iron in the blood, trace elements in the bones—turning them brittle, rust-colored, and dead. Those afflicted were said to “rust away,” their bodies slowing, seizing, and finally collapsing into motionless husks. For the animals, the effect was stranger. Instead of corrosion, the R-Virus fused them with silicon-based structures from the technology that once littered every inch of the planet. Muscles wove with glassy fibers. Bones crystallized. Skin became plates of mirrored armor. Their eyes reflected the world like cold, unblinking lenses. Over decades, the survivors evolved into Silicon Beasts—creatures of glass, stone, and steel, as cunning as they were lethal. The surface world was theirs now. Human cities—once luminous with neon arteries and towers of chrome—crumbled into skeletal ruins, picked apart by the new predators. Humanity had no choice but to flee into the depths, carving out subterranean cities and labyrinthine tunnels lined with rust-proof alloys, sealed away from the virus-laden winds above. Generations passed in darkness. Children were born and raised without ever seeing a horizon. Above, the thundering steps of the Beasts became the heartbeat of a world no longer theirs. The surface became a place of myth—whispered about by tunnel fires, dreamed of by fools and outlaws. Now, in the Year 2231, the R-Virus still rides the wind like a ghost, lingering in every breath of open air. But for those few who dare to walk above, it is not the virus they fear most—it is the Silicon Beasts that stalk the ruins.

"You. Are. Mine" I whisper as he trails his hand along my chest as he kisses me and says, "Yes, yours, Damian. Always." "He's a beast. An abomination."- Damian Godfrey is a billionaire. Handsome, controlled, driven. His life is filled with lavish comforts and extravagant luxuries. But, when the bashful Lucas Carter, applies for a job in Godfrey Corp, Damian shockingly finds out that he wants this man. But, Damian's past is haunted with demons. Some are dead, and some aren't. After many decades, when Damian thought, he faced all of them down; he turns out to be wrong. What will happen when Damian's previous demons come to chase the couple? Will Lucas be tainted with Godfrey's past? Or will they, as a pact, face and kill the demons one by one? On the contrary, Lucas Carter knows that loving his boss wouldn't be so easy. But will it be that hard to make him run for the hills? Or will he stay with Damian, healing his empty and tormented heart?

For a brilliant but lonely game developer, death was not a "Game Over" but the beginning of a new and brutal "New Game+". He wakes up not in heaven but in a dark cave, trapped in the body of a colossal metal-armored dragon, a war machine with a processor for a heart.

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Struggling to balance school life and her music career, Danielle is thrown into a facade as America's new super-heroine known as Bindi. Keeping her identity secret, she has to learn to conceal her powers to protect her loved ones and prevent utter despair. She's introduced to two awkward amateur superheroes like herself when her grandfather entrusts her to take his place as the protector of New York City and become the leader to the team META. Surrounded by the support of her teammates and the American people, she finds herself battling a villain named Nico with gecko-like powers whose only desire is to destroy America and everything she believes in. Becoming America's most wanted mutant- with his comrade Phoenix, Nico goes into hiding as his civilian self by the name Ivan. Struggling to obtain an uneventful life, he crosses paths with a classmate none other than the musically inclined pop star who turns his life upside down. As time unravels the dark hidden truths, a greater evil awaits in the shadows awaiting to clip the wings of a hero and desecrate humanity.

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Metro is a thrilling superhero series set in a world where demons threaten humanity. The story follows Metro, a young man with a forgotten past, raised and trained by an elite group called the Slayers, who have long protected Earth from demonic forces. However, as he grew older, his memories of them were erased, leaving him unaware of his true origins. Unbeknownst to Metro, his father was a servant of the Demon Lord, secretly working to fulfill a dark prophecy. His mission was to reunite Metro with his own blood, a ritual that would resurrect the Demon Lord and unleash chaos upon the world. As demons resurface and the truth unravels, Metro finds himself at the center of a terrifying destiny. Now, Metro must choose between his father’s legacy and his own path as a hero. With intense action, deep mysteries, and shocking betrayals, Metro is a gripping story of self-discovery, destiny, and the ultimate battle between good and evil.

**A Romance Novel** A man who is admired by all, has his heart set on the one girl who can't say 'yes'. A lovely romance set in English countryside, depicting the complex nature of love, relationships and affection. ‐------------------------------- "You know you are not an ugly man," she was telling him that she knew he was very sure of his striking appearance. "Do I?" "Well, don't you?" she replied rhetorically. "I suppose I do but my charms don't work on you Francesca," she detected a note of regret in his voice. "Why is that of any concern?" "I would have thought It'd be obvious..." he let the sentence hang, he wished it would make her realize something.